yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Xt51:
well i can tell you guys this much..you dont need that app for otg to work..just plug in a mouse or keyboard, and it starts working...except an external storage, thats what doesn't work. Was hoping that would as well, but..guess not huehue :P
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] skinlab:
Noticed that the list of root apps is missing kingroot.. I ran it. I don't understand Chinese. Seems like I got 2 different results.. www.kingroot.net/down#master
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Djoec1983:
Kingroot does not work, I've tried it always fails.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] skinlab:
Thanks. They can add that one to the list.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] therealduckie:
King root is listed as kingo
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] jjrx3:
just wondering what everyones set up looks like.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] therealduckie:
My setup, since you asked.

HD widgets, Color Bar and Nova Launcher

I am Mac user so I prefer a consistent look and feel.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrim11:
My setup. I prefer a standard vanilla stock Android feel. Nova launcher set to use lollipop icons.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Djoec1983:
Nothing fancy here
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] brandonlee96:
i like mine nice and simple
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] skinlab:
Negative... Two different root apps.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] jugjug:
Bought mine from fry's. It will open up to more than 4 inches.

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It happened to me last weekend when I was running nokia here maps, iHeartRadio and with the mobile hotspot
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] laloufc:
Here's mine I just want to show it to you all
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Mizoah24:
Here's mine using smart launcher pro 2 and 2flat icons
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Furik:
Rather off topic but does anyone else have trouble recording sound?

I just noticed it today but i've tried sending audio messages through text and nothing happens.

I recently installed Facebook and Facebook Messenger about a week ago and when I try to sending an audio message with Messenger as well, I get the same thing. Nothing happens - and sometimes it force closes.

I've tried turning off "OK Google" thinking maybe that is what could be using the microphone but it doesn't seem to have done anything.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] jjrx3:
really great setup guys !
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] skinlab:
This phone is also vulnerable to the broadanywhere bug.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DarthJaylen9189:
What is that "broad anywhere"?

Sent from my Z970
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] skinlab:
It's a bug/exploit that they are trying to use in this thread to obtain root. Seems like it's our best hope right now.: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2961974

I tested the poc and this phone is vulnerable.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrim11:
It's not the phone that is vulnerable... It's the entire Android operating system. Basically if your android version < 5.0, then it is vulnerable because that is when the exploit was fixed.

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Here is a way a fellow developer suggested. Not sure if it would work.

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/51
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] totlth:
Just out of curiosity. When you edited the boot.img and flashed it, did you flash it to boot partition or recovery partition? An I'm also curious if a second init recovery is possible?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] auburn2eugene:
My next question is should I wait for the OTA from T-Mobile to do this? Is this band 12 I keep hearing about worth it? And I certainly don't care about VOLTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] auburn2eugene:
i really hope someone is on... i just got temp root again, and want to run the batch file. but there arent instructions for the download... can anyone help me real quick PLEASE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Wade876:
Output is zte/P892T57_MPCS/draconis:4.4.4/KTU84P/20150414.115848.21363:user/release-keys. Sorry for just getting back to your with this. Got called into work earlier than expected and just got in.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
I flashed it to boot, and I'm not sure. I do know we are looking into options for multirom, as it will boost development for the device given the status of the bootloader and all.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Wade876:
I also ran "ID" and this is my output uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:=s0
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
well...i now have 3 choices...bootloop ...black screen with red light...and FTM mode ......other than that i can't get it to start up android os...

i did reset to start fresh with kingroot...and now i'm stuck here ......
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Bobby Tables:
Band 12 is worth waiting for if a) you live in, work in, or travel to an area where T-Mobile has Band 12 spectrum rights (and have put it into service), and b) you are having weak signal issues, such as in buildings or in a rural area with sparsely spaced towers.

On my Avant, I found it useful in Michigan (I manually enabled it with the original firmware, and now have the latest OTA which supports it out-of-the-box). It's not so useful in Chicago, where AT&T holds the spectrum (and WPWR-TV still broadcasts on channel 51).

Here's a map of T-Mobile 700 MHz spectrum holdings; the pink areas indicate Band 12. You can click on an area for a status report. Note that (at least the last time I was up there) northern Michigan hasn't been built out at all and still relies on AT&T roaming.

As for the Zmax, I'm sitting on the sidelines and won't buy one unless I can get it for under $100 (like that Univision deal where I was asleep at the switch). Otherwise, I'm thinking of stepping up to the upcoming LG G Stylo. The one and only real complaint I have about the Avant is that its camera sucks, and the Stylo should rectify that problem.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
i guess i got a brick...taking it in when i get up.....lol...proof of stupidity
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] maabx:
xtremeasure,

My errors from the script and the script commands are shown below. Are the errors telling us the su is not in /system/bin? Does su need a path?

adb shell "su -c 'mount -o remount,rw /system'"

adb shell "su -c 'cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/xbin/su'"

adb shell "su -c 'cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/xbin/daemonsu'"

adb shell "su -c 'cat /data/local/tmp/install-recovery.sh > /system/etc/install-recovery.sh'"

adb shell "su -c 'chmod 755 /system/xbin/su'"

adb shell "su -c 'chmod 755 /system/xbin/daemonsu'"

adb shell "su -c 'chmod 755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh'"

Recovery is now set to boot Android

So you will be booting into Andoid OS

instead of the stock recovery

THIS IS NORMAL

When your phone has rebooted, press any key to continue

Press any key to continue . . .

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

Maybe because su was removed before the reboot recovery? After the reboot su will be moved back to system/xbin?? But it is not possible to use the shell to su yet???

More questions:

Since supersu was installed successfully on my very first attempt to run the script, does that mean that the su binaries that I just moved still need to be upgraded by supersu?

If the answer to that question is yes, can I just uninstall supersu and re-install??
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyconumnum:
i tried recovery in adb shell thru FTM and it says it does not exist...and i tried putting back factory recovery ...neither attempts did anything..

and typing reboot recovery put me back in a loop

damb

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:) you saved my bacon....i owe you great graditude thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Lesharoturbo:
2 things. First, where in the firmware did you enable band 12? Is this on a custom ROM?

Another thing. MetroPCS is still advertising the ZMAX for $99. Linky https://www.metropcs.com/phones/details/zte-zmax/610214638656.html
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrim11:
I just got a job and I'm thinking about the LG stylo too or a OnePlus One. I just really like a large phone because I have large hands. But I really want the development to be there for it right away.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidHackalot:
[emoji1] [emoji23]

First try and got this screen no problem haha.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidHackalot:
Ok I just Dowloaded gravity box and clicked install/update and this came out. Is this because I'm still on temp root?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thereal_antiHackmasta:
I just wanted to share my experience with this method of root do far. I used the kingroot app on my phone ran several apps in the background and ran the kingroot app. Rooted on my second try. Before anything else I ran root checker and it came back that I have root. The I installed twrp and choose to reboot into system. Before it reboot it prompted me to install superuser. I did and reboot. I then uninstalled kingroot and all of the associated apps with it. I had root and began installing xposed and several modules. Everything is working fine. The only thing that seems off is when I first boost into Android my phone tells me that superuser binaries can not update. I clear it and everything works fine. So my question is, is it even necessary to update the binaries and what disadvantages are there to not updating. Thanks in advance and thank you to all of those who worked hard to make this happen and to the community for sticking with it.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Its because the su binary is already in place... I'm thinking I may need to change some of the commands in the script
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
I posted a how to to get super su installed over kingroot, the problem you are having is /system/etc/install-recovery.sh has been edited for kingroot, and holds to links inside it instead of starting deamonsu as a service, the kingroot install-recovery.sh also has a dev/null link to it from boot.img now, it's like a symlink that holds its place, this is to keep root after ota update, so if you try to install SuperSU in twrp you can replace all files except install-recovery.sh so find my post earlier

It has how to change to SuperSU even with updated binaries afterward it will still say it doesn't have them, but I have update I my binaries.

OK if you permrooted with kingroot, and are having issues getting SuperSU to read binary here is what you have to do

1. Get full read/write to system per [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] tutorial

2. Get su binary on sdcard

3. use either adb or terminal emulator and grant su

4. Keep the adb or terminal emulator as su and uninstall kingroot, make sure you unchecked all three of the root options in kingroot, keep updated, backup, and the other one I already forgot lol.

5. In adb or terminal emulator use

cat /sdcard/su > /system/xbin/su

chmod 755 /system/xbin/su

cat /sdcard/su > /system/xbin/daemonsu

chmod 755 /system/xbin/daemonsu

cat /sdcard/su > /system/xbin/ku.sud

chmod 755 /system/xbin/ku.sud

cat /sdcard/su > /system/usr/iku/isu

chmod 755 /system/usr/iku/isu

This should allow SuperSU to see su binary, the problem we are having is that install-recovery.sh instead of running daemonsu as a service with /system/xbin/daemonsu --auto-daemon &

is its just linking to another su in system/xbin and system/usr/iku

so were just going to replace those extra su with SuperSU binary instead, when we permrooted with kingroot it added a /dev/null for its recovery-install.sh to survive ota update and Its beyond my knowledge to change that, but I can tell you how to change kingroot su to SuperSU, and thus we have SuperSU instead of kingroot.

After binary is pushed in all spots install SuperSU and enjoy!

After this please reinstall twrp recovery so you don't brick your device.

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] maabx:
Yes, in the test above, I removed the su binaries, exited the shell, and ran the first command as written in the script. It failed, so I removed the 'su c-' from the shell command and it works fine. Here is how I ran the commands...

adb shell "cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/xbin/su"

adb shell "cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/xbin/daemonsu"

adb shell "cat /data/local/tmp/install-recovery.sh > /system/etc/install-recovery.sh"

adb shell "chmod 755 /system/xbin/su"

adb shell "chmod 755 /system/xbin/daemonsu"

adb shell "chmod 755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh"
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
For anyone that just wants to replace kingroot with SuperSU who keeps getting error can't update binaries, or SuperSU won't see su binary head over to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178

A simple how to if you perm rooted with kingroot should help you remove kingroot and allow SuperSU, I will awnser any questions over there also

The link is also in my signature

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

SuperSU install over kingroot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] maabx:
OK, I want to thank jcase, xtremeasure, mingolianbeef and all the others that helped to make root possible for this awesome handset.

extremeasure,

I performed the final reboot. Root Checker told me I had Root. I opened Supersu and was told I needed to update binaries. I tried to do it normally, but it failed. I went back to ADB and ran the <adb shell "su -c 'reboot recovery'"> and then after reboot ran <adb shell "mount -o remount,rw /system" >. I then went back into Supersu on the phone and updated the binaries normally. That was successful. I rebooted and Root Checker shows full root, and Supersu is working normally.

Again, Thanks for all your help.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Ok I'll edit to show those changes in the script thank you for trouble shooting;)

Need more people like you lol
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] D33PTHAWTE:
Thanks for the link.

From the looks of it $99 is the online price, and you can't actually purchase it from the site. It only give the option to find in stores.

The stores it listed for me were Walmarts, and I have not seen it for that price in Walmart.

"a clock is ticking, but it's hidden far away, safe and sound, safe and sound....."
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
IF YOU HAVE NOT UPDATED YOUR PHONES THIS WILL NOT WORK

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TEMP ROOT THIS WILL NOT WORK

DO NOT FLASH THE CONTAINED ZIP FILES.. UNZIP THEM AND RUN ZTEROOT.BAT

This file cuts all the dirty work out of the root method... after hours of testing not one device has been bricked because of the script...

Thanks to [MENTION=3953573]mingolianbeef[/MENTION] [MENTION=2233713]fire3element[/MENTION] for help writing, cleaning it up and being my first victu......... beta testers

Thanks to jcase, beaups for the commands and all the work it took to find them

special thanks to [MENTION=6685935]maabx[/MENTION] for troubleshooting the script for you guys.

If there are any legitimate problems with the scripts pm me so i can try to fix them.....

even with all of the testing we did something may have snuck through

TMOBILE / UNIVISION :

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6vR-uvkCiFuUmJBTTk1MEZ1X1E&authuser=0

METROPCS :

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6vR-uvkCiFuYkIxa0ZiOGlZdTg&authuser=0

**************EDIT***************

Ok so after some troubleshooting with [MENTION=6685935]maabx[/MENTION] i came to realize i made an error with the last five commands in the script so ive updated the zip files to amend "su -c" from the last 5 commands....

I was testing against an already rooted device so those commands slipped under the radar as successful... the rest of the rules still apply but the scrip should now work 100%
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Go over to request a new device forum and voice yourself for a ZTE ZMAX era.

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

SuperSU install over kingroot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Lesharoturbo:
Around here, there are about 50 metro stores with the zmax in stock. Do you not have metro stores in your area?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Coming soon to a ZMAX near you ;)
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_yeet:
So wait just that ROM do dose it feature ART runtime?

Z999LP-A-LTE
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrim11:
I wish we had a build of CM12 to test.

Is there anything really holding us back from that?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] auburn2eugene:
Hey guys.. So I figured out the problem I was having late last night when I was asking for help.

My phone would not stay connected to adb. It would start to load, and would almost immediately disconnect... So... What I did was to flash twrp while I had temp root. It seriously took me over 200 tries... Anyway, i flashed twrp then su through twrp. I didn't have to update the binary. Also, i uninstalled all the king apps and they are no longer on my phone. SU is my superuser now...

So my plan is to try and figure out why adb isn't connecting on my phone, then run the recovery batch to get back to stock, then run the r/w batch. Can anyone tell me why adb almost immediately disconnects? I have easy adb. Could that be the issue? Should I find a different adb?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
I didn't even think to enable ART. I'll look into that in an update!

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Bootloader lock. Can't flash insecured boot.img, already tried it. The phone screen went black almost immediately after boot (thought I hard bricked the phone actually). Once the BL is unlocked, we can flash insecure boot.img's which means CM for all.

Furthermore, porting CM12 is a hell of a hurdle lol. Android has changed a lot since I was doing dirty ports and source builds a couple years back, and with the amount of changes Google implemented in Lollipop (i.e. ART by default), porting isn't a simple drag and drop procedure anymore. Even if it boots, you still have to get your wifi and stuff to work with libs and modules designed for a previous Android version.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] D33PTHAWTE:
No, no metro stores around.

"a clock is ticking, but it's hidden far away, safe and sound, safe and sound....."
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrim11:
Right I understand the CM12 issues. I've ported ROMs before using source, device blobs, etc.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] maabx:
I was have an impossible time with ADB as well. Turns out I was on version 1.0.26 I updated to 1.0.32 and all was well. My symptom was that the device was showing offline.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
I started to do cm port, but ran out of space on hard drive, I just ordered a 2 TB drive so once that comes this week sometime I will continue were I left off. cheers
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] auburn2eugene:
I live in Eugene Oregon, and of course I am like 5 miles from the pink area... So no band12 for me anyway. Glad I went ahead and went. Thanks for the reply. You gave me more than I asked for. That's awesome, thank you.

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I just tried the adb driver. It still disconnects almost immediately. I will try your suggestion next.

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Still no go... It starts to load, then says the device disconnected.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mussio:
I'm not sure if this has been asked before but I'm on metro and I'm rooted with supersu and have twrp but i didn't install the update before I rooted. So will installing the update brick my phone or break anything?

My apologies if this has came up before hard to keep up with all the posts.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Meekplague:
I wouldn't its been reported that it boot loops your phone I think.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mussio:
Thanks ... it's just annoying to see that notification. I'll wait till something is figured out.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Meekplague:
I think you can turn off notifications in Google play services or something like that
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] maabx:
In addition to updating to 1.0.32, I also had to go into developer options in settings and revoke prior USB debugging authorizations, and probably reboot.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] biledigger:
OK. Not sure if anyone has already asked or answered this question. Now that we have root. What is the best way to set the system to where it can use android data/obb files from an external SD card like it did back on gingerbread/jellybean?

I really think we should get someone to compile a copy of CM 10/10.1 for those of us who would rather be running a classic OS. Not even sure if anyone could pull that off or not though.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] jbyers5355:
I use folder mount but you have to boot with the boot in the recovery partition to get system r/w for folder mount to fix the Sdcard write issue
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
We need a thread go post on request a new device thread for a forum for the ZTE ZMAX

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

SuperSU install over kingroot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3110178
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Vyrus69:
Hey Mingo see if you're able to add more governer controls on a modded kernel.

I'd test if you're able to get smartass in there or intellidemand.

Sent from my Z970
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] ghet2rockuu:
why is evryone having ssues with all this? all i do wen i want to reboot back into revocey using twrp press volume up when its rebooting and ertime it reboots i have r/w but to each its own i left kinguser no need for super su when it does the same god damn thing i guess evryone just wants to keep up with the jones lol . anyways im happy with my perm root n twrp and still boot into r.w sooo
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Okay, I'll take a crack at it
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thehunter8478:
brick with root in FTM

Hello i have been lurking this threads ever since i bought my zmax. I managed to root the phone with king and i got temp root. I ran the batch scrip to get perm root but it failed and i lost root. I ran king again and recovered temp root so i intalled twrp then ran the batch script. Everything was perfect. Then i get the notification to update su binaries and i choose twrp to update, phone rebooted to go into twrp but it stuck in a boot loop. It seems that the batch file might have deleted my twrp (it probably did and i didnt read). Anyway I can use adb through FTM and have root still. I can also access normal recovery through adb. Is there anyway i can push twrp to the sdcard and flash it(would need a flashable version) through the normal recovery maybe get saved from the brick? Thanks. Oh yeah and i have the familimobile(t-mobile version 4.4.2)