yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] fire3element:
Here is some more info for those of you wondering what the KingRoot app is doing.

Screenshots will follow.

Text ABOVE the screenshot is for the image directly under it.

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FIRST SCREEN WHEN YOU OPEN KINGROOT

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SECOND SCREEN

- CLICK BUTTON TO BEGIN ROOT -

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ROOTING IN PROGRESS...

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ROOT FAILURE

[Blue Button]: SUBMIT (submits the error report to KingRoot devs)

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ROOT FAILURE

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ROOT FAILURE

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NO DATA CONNECTION (WiFi or cellular singnal required)

[Blue Button]: ANDROID SETTINGS MENU

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SUCCESSFUL ROOT

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IF YOU SEE THIS MESSAGE POP UP DURING ROOTING, JUST LEAVE IT ALONE. LET THE ROOT FINISH

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SUCCESSFUL ROOT

[trash can]: [...]: [...]:

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SUCCESSFUL ROOT

[Blue Button]: PURIFICATION (I believe this is similar to fixing permissions)

- CLICK IT AND LET IT RUN -

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^ from clicking blue button above ^

PURIFICATION PROCESS

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[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Should just be mount -o remount,rw /system

No extra slash

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I would the recovery image restore commands added.. If people feel the need to recover and try again they should run these

cd /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name

su

dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=recovery

reboot recovery

*edited to remove a potentially harmful commands per jcase's advice*
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xIP-:
even with just one slash I still have a problem
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] fire3element:
Ok, so I am about to flash back the stock recovery from my backup and see if I can go through all these steps again to figure out what is going wrong.

I have a theory as to where and why KingUser is locking down SU in xbin. After I restore stock recovery, I will then Factory Reset and attempt to log my progress.

Stay tuned and I will try to report back later today. Hopefully with more insight on this problem.

[MENTION=6544855]xIP-[/MENTION]

Are you talking about pushing "su" , "daemonsu" , and "install-recovery.sh" files to /system ?

Keeps saying permission denied?

If that is the case, you can not. KingUser has a lock on system and is already in place as SU in /system/xbin

You will most likely need to factory reset and try again.

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UPDATE UPDATE!!!

Do not run the dd if=boot of=boot command

Could brick your device. As per Jcase warning. Wait for more info
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Remember remove kinguser after you run the dd commands but before you reboot recovery...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] fire3element:
Just so this is clear... full Root uninstall through the KingUser app, or just uninstall it through android app settings menu.

^ In case someone else has the same question ^
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
I would do a full root uninstall....

The backdoor keeps root for adb so installing the new su shouldn't be an issue
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] fire3element:
Got it. Will report back after this headache is done. *slams head on desk*
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
I just read the boot flash advice, I am not going to do it because I know that's a stupid idea, but if it does in fact let us flash boot.IMG, omg overclocking, custom kernels, full read write, awesome recovery, dual boot custom Roms with custom kernels here we come.

Unlocked boot.IMG

Can you Ya hoooouoo

And subscribed.

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xIP-:
Is there anyway to do it without a factory reset? Could I just remove kinguser? or it must be factory reset? and will I have to reroot with factory reset?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Sorry guys, kinda been running around all day, have a lot of catching up to do I see. I'll fix the thread with updated information that people have so generously contributed!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
I know right!!! First hurdle... done... second hurdle, bootloader with no fastboot lmao...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] noodle2113:
a bit unclear on this

are we actually rebooting into recovery or its supposed to go straight back into the phone

i was never able to get into recovery

10) type "reboot recovery" and restart your phone. YOU MUST RESTART WITH THIS COMMAND!!!!! It will boot straight into Android, this is good, that means you haven't screwed up anything.

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

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

getting permission denied when running this.

"chmod 755 /system/xbin/su"

"chmod 755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh"

as well as operation denied or something along those lines. any help would be nice. also and running id on adb. its showing.

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

rather than

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:shell:s0
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
You have to exit adb shell to push files to /data/local/tmp, which does not require root. That was a major exploit in earlier android versions, as people would push scripts to /data/local/tmp without root, run the exploit in the directory, and it would root. That was patched of course, but that directory can be accessed without root. Once you use "reboot recovery" to reboot, then just plug your phone back up and type "adb shell" to which the phone should respond with a "#" instead of a "$". If you have the $, you are not root and need to go back. If you do, just be patient with it and make sure you are not just copying and pasting (I know this can be the root of the issue at times with command, just type it out). It should work, the second half is the easy part lol.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] slacker8135666:
Thanks !!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] METHOD1911:
Does anyone know if this would work on the ZTE Max XL. Thanks in advance for any information.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] jyarborough:
So I just got the zmax pro. I would love a custom room. Getting rid of this metro touch wiz would be great. Also upgrading to Android 7 will be a plus. Has there been a recovery success yet?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] VirALinf3cti0n:
Can someone send me in the direction of a link to a way to root this phone. I've tried multiple tutorials and all seem to fail as if this phone is not root capable
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] vigens:
Ok so what program do I use to root? Both King roots failed so far.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] gabe.ulrickson:
ZTE phones generally can't be rooted

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have to have a root method before a recovery method can be created
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] theyelloyarn:
So does this work for the metro pcs version? I've looked around but there isn't a clear answer. Would also like to know if twrp can also be installed. From what I've read it can but I haven't found a link to get it. Would like to have root on this device because I need it. Anyways the model number for my phone is z981 zte zmax pro, baseband Z981B01, build number Z981V1.0.0B12. Thanks for any help.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Ben7719:
Whats the best root app to use
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] theyelloyarn:
It says in op KINGROOT! Not KINGOROOT

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Does this work on Z981?

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Does this work for Z981?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] theyelloyarn:
Any word?

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Anyone know if this works for the z981
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] chicagokid%&#2773#dev:
Any news
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Tmobilefan906:
Does this work for Max blue?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] soular00t:
z981 Metro PCS

Any news on the current root status of the ZMAX Pro z981 model for Metro PCS?

KingRoot has reached one ofthe top requested phones on KingRoots wishlist now.

Wondering how soon we should be expecting succesful root process.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Telyx:
There is a huge thread at androidforums about rooting the MPCS ZMAX Pro. No luck so far.

Tmobilefan906--no, this was written for the original ZMAX running KitKat.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] utsc:
I have pre-paid AT&T ZTE Z958 but AT&T refused to unlock as I have not used in for 6 months paid service.

Is there any other way to unlock the Z 958 the phone except buying un-lock code in ebay
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] garrettcmentzer:
Rooted z916bl pass this on to other forums

No this way does not work. But you can use the new Kingo root pc version. You might have to hard reset your device first. Thats what i did and it worked the first time! i have the straight talk zte zmax grand lte z916bl, please pass this on i looked for ever to get it rooted with no luck, so i started trying every program out there!!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Datsun_Drift:
ZTE Zmax Duo

Sorry for disturbing an old thread but, I cannot find the info I'm looking for anywhere. I am under the assumption this method might work for me but am unsure. My specs:

ZTE Max Duo LTE Z963VL

Carrier: Straight Talk

AOS: 5.1.1

Baseband: Z963VLB01

Build: Z963VLV1.0.0B07

Config Ver: G15.ZTE.Z963VL.0

Kernel: 3.10.73-perf-ge87d580-00501-g5a64260

zte-kernel@Zdroid-SMT

If this will not work for me and anyone knows a way that will, please point me in that direction. However, if it will, is there anything different since my phone is the Duo or that it's for Straight Talk? (The new SIM card said something about it being a verizon style card, if I recall correctly.)

Thank you for taking the time to read this post and any help anyone can offer. I shall continue on my knowledge hunt.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] bcrichster:
You can try it as a failure will not hurt the device, then report back with info for everyone else
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Datsun_Drift:
ZTE Max Duo

Didn't test the adb method but, kingroot will NOT attempt any root. When I requested support, I was apparently only the 6th person. Doesn't look likely that anything will arise. I'll report back if anything changes.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Zmax_optic:
Download Zmax full version

satoshibox.com/fnhhft7ar4cdaagftyvwoddi​

Anyone can download the app without any restrictions.​
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] pointbob:
it's $3 on fleabay to unlock. you really that cheap??
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tronlab:
For over $700.00 LOL anyways this program isn't even for android.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Brian_Bails:
Zte max pro,coolpad catalyst,TCT(Alcatel)50407,Fierce4,

Samsung S5,LG Leon,Coolpad,MXG401

Samsung 128gb,
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] demonic1337:
straight talk screen shot provided
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] bcrichster:
ZTE Zmax One.. Nice job
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] lovelife930:
How do I root my phone
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] NizzoFoShizzo:
Is this still work? I have baseband Z981B01, build Z981V1.0.0B08

Is the method discussed in this linkhttps://xdaforums.com/zte-zmax/how-to/zmax-pro-free-twrp-root-method-t3767821 better?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] bcrichster:
You can always join their Discord & ask..
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] liyahhhbabyyy:
How do I root
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] equitube:
No one has found a true root method for these? King{o} root does Not give full root by itself.

Now if the permaroot replaces kinguser with SuperSu or a superuser of your choice, and a custom recovery then you have full root.

Otherwise you have an often unstable pseudo-root which also installs PUPs (their 'helpful' system cleaner, which was a ***** to remove, deleted all kinds of personal files 'automatically'.

My advice is only use King Crap stuff as a last resort AND only if you can install a superuser and custom recovery.

It sounds like everything has been tried first though. I'm only researching for my roommate who picked it up from Boost yesterday. It was a good buy with a month of unlimited service for $60 out the door (tip: Boost agents in the stores work on commission and will bargain with you. That $25 'hookup fee' can disappear if you threaten to walk, esp at the end of the month. Those agents are hungry.)

Getting TWRP to work on these is a plus. There may never be root for these as ZTE isn't exactly a top contender (but getting much better) and for an entry/low-middle range phone, well let's just say devs aren't exactly lining up to develop on these
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] turdfarter:
You n nn .b p
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] pizzacake1:
Does this guide work for the Zmax champ? All I want to do is move apps to the sd card but it doesn't allow that by default so now i got to find a way to root it.... but idk how to though....

And i dont want to use the one click root programs because as far as i know there spyware.....................
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] bcrichster:
No
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xIP-:
And where is the option for full root uninstall? I'm going to try that.

I'm annoyed with the fact that system isnt writable yet :c
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] bcrichster:
You guys ROCK! The newer KingRoot.apk works like a charm for the ZTE Warp Sync as well. No terminal stuff needed either _ yet. [emoji41] ROOT sticks on reboots as well

Sent from the first ROOTED Warp Sync!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] skinlab:
Yeah, nice huh?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
If only we could say the same lol
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] skinlab:
My point exactly brudder..
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] fire3element:
can you boot into anyhing? what does POWER and VOLUME UP take you to?

bootloop as in boot screen and then the device reboots by itself?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] John Laurinaitis:
I'm helpless, RAM keeps going back to normal even after force stopping task manager.. and i rebooted the phone and can't force stop Task manager again arghh
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Some users have said that running benchmark apps and then quickly opening KingRoot does the trick
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] John Laurinaitis:
damn! i was doing so well, lost permissions at step 18!!!

edit: well i rebooted the phone and seem to still have root either way?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thad6161:
Im definetly a( noob) terrible word.. i followed the king root directions and now have ROOT! on the zmax! Installed supersu, busybox, twrp. Thanks!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
You should... You have to remember the first steps open a backdoor for adb to keep it as a init shell...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thad6161:
Ok forgive me im bout to ask a stupid question. You are saying its only a back door to perm. Root?? How long is this king root going to last??
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
As long as you followed this tutorial step by step all the way through, forever!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
A temp root with kingroot only last until reboot... Or until you try to change /system at that point you'll have to retemp root the phone... The tutorial on the other hand is forever
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thad6161:
No sir i only did the first 5 steps with kingroot nothing further. That was about 6am est. Ive been in twrp atleast a dozen times, have reebooted several times and also ziped a different g g apps as well. Still have a green check on root...
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Well if you have TWRP then it ultimately achieves the same thing because you disabled the write protection trigger by overwriting the stock recovery. I can't vouch for this method but it seems to work well for you! The only issue you may run into is the ability to write to the /system
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thad6161:
Also im running metro. 4.4.4. Maybe thats the difference?? Or am very lucky as i am also very new to this!! Lmao
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
It's a preference thing... Some people don't like kinguser as a root manager..

If you gave yourself system rw kingroot will install it's own su
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] thad6161:
It did but root check failed. I downloaded su pro and root check passed.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] TedRBarnes:
I can not get KingRoot to work. I tried following your guide exactly, I installed all of the apps that you listed and tried running them all at the same time, but my phone never got that laggy. I even double checked that Task Manager was force stopped and it was. But KingRoot keeps failing. Last fail was at 61%. Do I need to clear KingRoot cache and data after each failure? Do I need to power cycle after each failure as well? Any one have any other methods for getting KingRoot to finish?

EDIT: Not sure what happened. I cleared the cache and the data and force stopped KingRoot then I restarted it and had a different screen. It had a blue 34 in a circle and 3 icons at the bottom and a blue button in the middle. I tapped the blue button and it started doing something, then I got the KingRoot has stopped working pop up, but I ignored it and let it finish. Then I got some weird screen with a percentage and another blue button. Now KingRoot is giving me a green checkmark, but Root Checker is saying Root access not properly installed.

So, where do I go from here?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] John Laurinaitis:
What i did was clear the cache and data! Then hit force stop. Then I opened Antutu benchmark and started the test then quickly tried rooting again and it worked
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Everyone go to request a new device forum, and ask for zte zmax forum

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Masterchief87:
All I need to do in order to get root is to get temp root, then install twrp, then use twrp to flash supersu. Is this correct? ( I already understand that you can't mount system rw while booted in android unless you flash the boot.img to the recovery partition.)
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] DroidisLINUX:
Yes!

Sent from my Z970

root@draconis:/ # id

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xIP-:
I managed to get into FTM mode and fix it via ADB.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Good job brother
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] fire3element:
Please checkout the link in my signature. I am talking to one of the KingRoot devs now. We need more info to help them assess our situation.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Masterchief87:
So rooting my new zmax was a royal pain in the ass. It took at least ten attempts to finally get the temp root. It was well worth the hours of frustration though. Thank you everyone.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] totlth:
I was able to root with kingroot (after a bit of trying). Before reboot i installed the twrp apk and installed the supersu zip from this tut booted up and uninstalled king apps. Was still rooted. downloaded my root apps ( titanium bu) updated all system apps. Then i ran the first part of the perm root rebooted into recovery(rw system) integrated updates to rom with titanium bu. good to go.

thanx to all who worked on this.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] xtremeasure:
Run the included recovery script... If you haven't your running without one
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] Summatyme:
CHANGES

Ok. There needs to be some tweaks on the 2nd part of the main post so that people are not stuck for hours trying to root or putting themselves into a boot loop.

Between #9-10, put somewhere in bold letters to DELETE KINGUSER after "dd..." and before "reboot recovery". Unless Im going blind, there's no reference to this VERY important step. Not doing so will apparently force a factory reset.

Also on #16, erase "common/" on the step to move install-recovery.sh. If the person followed the step to set their path directory, "common" is redundant and creates an error.

Will check for more, but change this quickly before someone bricks another $100.

4.4.2
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] graysooner:
Summatyme,

You might save someone some grief if you would comment over at this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/general/general/zte-zmax-z970-guide-faq-discussion-t3053066/page258
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] totlth:
Yes thank you. I'm just gonna reflash from twrp apk.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
Thanks for the info, I'll get on it!
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tokenpoke:
Hey, dumb question.... Is there any reason that this process can't be done with a native terminal emulator? Has anyone tried that?

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Oh... Wait... I think I know why that wouldn't work.

Can't mount system as rw from android os. Derp
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
lol yeah I was just about to say that.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] totlth:
system.img

did anyone post a stock system.img or backup for metro 4.4.4?
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] tokenpoke:
I learn the hard way. Lol

Got me 3 of these suckers at the local metro store for a total of $315 which is still less than I paid for my old sgs4 so bricking or otherwise borking one isn't an issue.
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] maabx:
OK since everyone is posting hints on how to be successful with Kingroot, I thought I would share mine. I was successful 4 times out of 4 attempts with the following method. Never on the first try though. I would guesstimate 2 to 5 tries for each success.

Install Kingroot and AnTuTu Benchmark. Run Kingroot and let it fail. When it fails, it reboots the phone.

After reboot...

1) Go to your app drawer and long press Task Manager and drop it on App info; press the Force stop button

2) Go to your app drawer and long press Kingroot and drop it on App info; Clear cache and Clear data, in that order; press the Force stop button

3) Go to Kingroot and do not start the root process

4) Go to AnTuTu Benchmark and run the full benchmark (Test button)

5) Wait until it hits 18% and then switch tasks to Kingroot (long press the Recent Apps button); no need to be in a hurry here

6) Start the root attempt in Kingroot; stay in Kingroot and wait as it counts up; it moves slowly after 16

7) When I've been successful, AnTuTu gets to the video portion of its test and you will all of a sudden see the video while in King root

8) Switch tasks back to Kingroot and if you see the 11th screen shown in the following post, it worked

9) Switch back to AnTuTu and stop the test

10) Switch back to Kingroot and press the blue button on the 11th screen shown in the following post to complete the temp root.

I believe rebooting at this point will result in permanent root with Kingroot. Do not reboot if that is not your intention.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60717548&postcount=7
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] mingolianbeef:
I'm gonna clean up the OP with these various methods so that people have options! Thanks :)
[ZTE ZMAX Guides, News, & Discussion] maabx:
Thanks Mingolianbeef.

Does anyone know which app to freeze on the TMobile ZMAX to stop OTA updates? I have TI Pro and want that to be my first official order of business with my first rooted phone.:D

Also, is it Wanam Xposed I want? Is that just for Samsung?