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[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Before asking this question, you must think how you would brick your phone in first place.

unless you smash the phone on the floor, you will never hard brick it. Hard brick means the phone is gone, forever and not even ZTE could fix. this is hard brick.

if your OS doesn't boot, may be you can call it a soft brick. this can happen, but you've got to want it to happen really and must handle the phone and flashing process really badly.

If you wiped your recovery (somehow) AND you managed to wipe your system too, and I don't know how you'd possibly do that without a working recovery, then you'll have to send to phone back to ZTE, however it is still not hard bricked, maybe severely soft bricked if you want to call it this way.

Imagine that.

1) you boot your system and try to root and install twrp. then you try booting into recovery but for some reason twrp is not working or was not installed at all. then you simply boot into system and try again.

2) another scenario. you managed to install twpr correctly. reboot into recovery, do a nandroid backup (a good way to check the recovery is working fine), then wipe your system and flash a new ROM. however the rom doesn't work and your ended up with a boot loop. You can always go back to recovery, flash aboot5, restart the recovery and restore your backup (and flash aboot6 before rebooting). Or you can flash the stock rom and start all again. or you can try a different rom, until you get a working system.

so in other words, you only "brick" it if you are totally "incompetent" and therefore shouldn't even try flashing a new ROM into your phone, just use as you bought it and accept it.

It is all down to your confidence and self judgement, but I consider it pretty safe to do so.

Follow the instructions and DO NOT MISS A SINGLE STEP.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] Light248:
Ok, I will try but Where is the site to download the B2016 stock rom? Can the root brick my phone? To solve a hardbrick, i need to flash a rom using a pc? is posible flash a rom using a pc in zte axon mini?
[ZTE Axon Pro] beenny:
I did everything. I installed the play store, everything was fine ... I did reset the phone and disaster. Google account disappeared, I can't log in and playstore doesn't work. What is going on?
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
dear user,

you have installed ALL Google apps as USER APPS when you used google installer.

now you reset the phone (why?) and expect not to loose your apps and accounts?

this is basic. FACTORY RESET----> ALL APPS GONE.

seriously, what else did you think a factory reset would do to all your accounts? keep them?

just open and run google installer from the beginning.
[ZTE Axon Pro] beenny:
I didn't do a factory reset. I just turned off and turned on the phone and after play store didn't work and my Google account dissapeared. I didn't do any wipe. That's why I'm asking.

I wrote it wrong. Sorry!
[ZTE Axon Pro] marus2:
You have to grant GAPPS autostart permission. After that you'll have no problem resetting phone.
[ZTE Axon Pro] beenny:
In Mi-Assistant? Auto-Run Manager, yes?

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[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
Yes probably centralising everything on needron would be the wisest idea. Btw I just got the phone today and what can I say apart from the fact that for the price I paid I have a lovely phone in my hands, as far as materials are concerened. Regarding the software I wanted to ask you whether in your site you also have the original stock rom B04 for the B2016 version, just in case I decided to root the phone and put on the newest MM software. Thanks

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] marus2:
Yes, here. I supposed you already did it...
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Well the b04 is still in the zte china website for download by anyone.

I have the b03 on me, I can post if you want, but I don't think I'll ever need it.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
sorry for my misunderstanding.

what can also be happening is that the google play app, sitting in the system/app, may be trying to reinstall itself everytime you boot your phone (although it is fine on mine). So it may be a good idea to either delete it form the system or simply rename it to playstore.bak, reboot and see if it works.

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HI guys,

It occurred to me that I could steal the "presstouch.apk" or its entire folder in system/priv-app from the B08 ROM and place it in the B12.

It would obviously be too good to be true if it had worked, it didn't.

SO my question is: does any of you have any idea what else (what other files, libraries etc) we would need to move from the B08 to the B12 so we have the force touching working on our phones?

Do you think this would be possible?

When I decompiled the settings app I could see that the row (menu option) is there, but doesn't show up simply because the phone cannot find it. It is similar to the zte lockscreen app, when I deleted/uninstalled the lock screen, the menu option automatically disappear (the MIPOP however, stays even if the app is uninstalled).

I had the hope the installed force touch app would automatically appear, but it didn't. It installs fine, but nothing happens. Actually it doesn't install that fine though......

When I extracted the folder from the B08 and pasted in the B12, reboot, nothing happens.

Then I go to system and try to run/install the app, it says "problems parsing file". Then I simply move the apk to the sd card and hit install again and it worked. I then "converted" this new user app to system app, reboot, and the app is there, installed, but nothing happens.

Regards

Thanks
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
Please help.

I'm stuck on the zte logo and it won't go away.

I rooted the phone adn was trying to flash twrp following the guide of demenicis but couldn't get the phone to install twrp, so I decided, stupidly, to write adb reboot bootloader and no w i'm stuck on the zte logo!!!!!

please help me!

Thank you
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
installing the recovery should not destroy your system.

try power+vol for 10 seconds and see if the phone simply reboots?

if not try the trick to reboot recovery 3 times in a row 10s+10s+5s then release.

This will take you either to the stock or to the twrp recovery, then you start from there.

Just a question, what happened when you typed "adb shell" enter? did it go into root mode? if so, I bet you have a working twrp then.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
Thanks I managed to turn off the device but the problem is I still have the stock recovery mifavor but I coannot get the phone to start up normally it lights up and stays on the zte logo forever, I do not know what to do really. On top of this while trying to install twrp by using the comands you gave us

"then type

dd of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery if=/sdcard/twrp.img"

but nothing happened. Do I have to copy paste exactly this or do I have to change the "by-name" with B2016 which is the model I have? the system says dd is not a valid command
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Now your only alternative is to flash stock rom so you can boot your system and try again.

To install twrp yiu need to place the file in the SD card, put it on both, internal and external to kill any doubts.

Noe copy the adb folder to you pc and open command from there
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
How can I flash the stock rom if I can't get the phone to start?

thanks

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Is the B04 stock rom on the zte site under Hong Kong the international rom?

Thanks
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
That is right. But are you sure you lost you system?did you wait enough time. Did you check adb cannot recognise the phone after it is being in the bootloop for about 5-10 minutes. Then you typ "adb reboot recovery"

I'm not aware trying to root could cause a bootloop.

Place on the SD card and flash it using whatever recovery you have

On the twrp you can be in recovery and still minutes the phone to copy the file via USB. I'm not sure the stock recovery can do the same.

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Dear all, I managed to do something at least some of us wanted for a while, to add all gapps into system so they don't vanish after a factory reset.

we have a few options now. FOr fresh installation I'd use option one. For those who have the phone already fully working but still wish to have the gapps installed "correctly", go for option 3.

Link is here and I have copied the instructions bellow from my post in the needrom website, it is identical

https://mega.nz/#!7RtnWa4Q!74kFWsTAeqvefItzJiyGdIOr3WS8ODesiq8BxVzNH2I

OPTION 1: flashable Gapps:

- after flashing the ROM, (which must be the first file to flash, obviously!) you can flash gapps, SU and xposed, I don't think the order matters but I have only tested doing in this order.

Once the system boots up, go straight to MI-assistant app, open it and hit the big green button in the middle. wait until it finishes. on the second result row (autostart) you MUST allow play services to autorun.

Finally you can add your google account.

OPTION 2: Google installer (forget this option if you already flashed gapps, options 1 above)

- Once you start your phone for the first time, run the "google installer app" it will try to install: google service framework, google play services, google calendar sync; google contacts sync…..and will fail on the playstore because playstore is already there.

Now, this is important, once the ROM installation is done check the play store app is installed or not. If not, simple open es file explorer (already a system app) and browse to system/priv-app, scroll down and find play store, install it).

Last trick (your PLAY STORE or Google account WON'T work without this trick), go to settings, apps, find playstore, contact sync and calendar sync, click on each of them, permissions and turn all of them ON. Do this for all these 3 apps. Finally open playstore or simply go to accounts and add your google account.

Last thing: Go to MI-assistant app, hit the big buttom in the middle. wait until it finishes. on the second result row (autostart) you MUST allow play services to autorun.

Finally you can add your google account.

OPTION 3: If your phone is already up and running but you wish to move the gapps to system.

- remove your google account;

- uninstall these 6 apps: calendar sync, contacts sync, playstore, google play services, google service framework and google account login. Don't worry, just uninstall them.

- flash Gapps and follow the option 1 above.

cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
Hi could you please confirm how to flash twrp recovery in the Axon mini B2016?

Thanks

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Simply follow the instructions I posted.

Do not edit the command line.

Before trying, you must make sure the kingo app says "success". Have you got to this stage or Not?

Also, watch the commands after each "enter" and tell me what comes up.

Firstly, what happen when you type "adb shell"? It should go to the next line with a different symbol before the cursor.

Then what happens after you type "su"? It should say root before the cursor on the next line

What happen after pasting the DD command? It should say ......in......blablabla. .....out. then you can be sure the recovery installed correctly.

Please make sure to let me know what happen between each line so I can have a better idea if you "prepared" the phone in the right way for the recovery install.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
when I press adb shell it says:

root@msm8916_64:/ #

when I press su it says:

/system/bin/sh: su not found

if I press dd it just goes to the next line with dd written
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
After adb shell it looks good.

Try the complete "DD of blablabla" command (not just the "dd")

If it doesn't work, check if you can reboot, and try again.

If still not working. Reboot, root again and repeat the adb commands. It works mate, trust me.
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
I tried several times but it always gives directory does not exist

C:\ZTE Axon mini\all files demenicis\adb>adb shell

root@msm8916_64:/ # dd of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery if=/sdcard/twrp.img

=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery if=/sdcard/twrp.img <

dd: /sdcard/twrp.img: No such file or directory

1|root@msm8916_64:/ # dd of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery if=/sdcard/twrp.img

of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery if=/sdcard/twrp.img <

dd: /sdcard/twrp.img: No such file or directory

1|root@msm8916_64:/ #

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apparently it does not find the internal sd card

what am I missing?
[ZTE Axon Pro] beenny:
Hi all.

I have a question about snapchat. You can login because I can't? I read, and this is the root problem. Someone has the solution to this problem?

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[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
It worked!!!!

Thanks alot Demenicis, great!
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Sorry I don't use or even know what Snapchat is.

Have you checked its permissions to see if anything is turned off.

Cheers

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Just so you know, I have uploaded another ROM version (B12-B2016-MROM-Clean-06) on the same Mega account link.

this B12-B2016-MROM-Clean-06 already has all the gapps embedded in the ROM, and I my view, it is nearly "perfect" the way I wanted.

It is got the Modem, the aboot6, the gapps, the modded settings and the modded build.prop (to add users in options).

Feel free to download

Still, you must give playservices "autorun" permissions via mi-assistant, and the contacts sync the "protection" also in mi-assistant.

I plan to try getting both the Force touch and the Muilti-window working (or to confirm it is simply not possible), then I'll stop tweaking it for good.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] beenny:
If I do full unroot my phone and after restart, nothing bad will happen? I need this to try login to snapchat. Of course after i will flash supersu.

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[ZTE Axon Pro] subiyanto:
Pardon, which instruction do you have?

thanks
[ZTE Axon Pro] Dabbele:
The one from Heze85.
[ZTE Axon Pro] orbitz52:
Always have trouble with my phone, please help me...

No.1: Can't enter recovery mode

No.2: Can't factory reset

No.3: Can't use Google properly(cant add/remove account)

No.4: Rooted, but no root access, I have # in ADB shell, but SuperSU is asking to update binary

No.5: looking for more error..

Thanks in advance.
[ZTE Axon Pro] Heze85:
little update !!! pleased extract the full update.zip on your sd-card for restore the recovery by script... sorry
[ZTE Axon Pro] orbitz52:
Can b2016 do? How can i run the recovery by script? Thanks
[ZTE Axon Pro] subiyanto:
This instruction use a mobile phone connect to pc or just run on mobile phone?

What is china-prog and where can i find it?

Thanks...
[ZTE Axon Pro] orbitz52:
Check out the first post you can find it there, there is a Chinese website where you can download it,its Chinese so use google translate..

Goodluck.
[ZTE Axon Pro] Heze85:
i have uploaded the files for root, no strugle to translate chinese ;)

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seriously?... come on ! :confused: yeah you have to connect a phone to your pc... and it means the chinese-program, there are only 3 files, one is a link (useless) one ist an apk (guessing for what!) and a tool for the pc

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i think you have to reset the hole phone, after refflash recovery. let my set a guess... when you try to get in recovery-mode, it will show up the boot-logo and stuck... until it boot into android???!
[ZTE Axon Pro] orbitz52:
Yes, i think i need to reset again, Yes after that my phone stuck on ZTE logo, until battery emtpy.

I manage to open the FTM (Factory test mode) hold down + power button. Then restore the

/system/bin files using ADB no need to authorize ADB debugging and It booted normal, but still I cant boot at recovery. And problematic google play.

I just need to reset the whole phone but I dont know how. Hehe might you help me..[emoji1]
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
Some changes and the path to a custom rom.

I have managed to do some changes to the phone, faster touch responsiveness and louder over sound on all outputs. What I would really like to find is a way to increase vibration intensity.

Having said that, I am sure the phone cannot unlock its full potential with the mi Ui from ZTE. It takes up to much ram and rom and is not well built. I have been reading and experimenting for making a new CM rom for the mini. It still takes a lot of effort and time to achievr this, thats why Im asking anyone who has some knowledge to give some hep for the community. Thanks !
[ZTE Axon Pro] EdgeTheraited:
Hi guys i bought zte axon mini (b2016) cant find any great Case does anyone of you have great case for this phone ?
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
. The best one that is transparent and has perfect cut for the axon mini is http://m.aliexpress.com/item/325356...B2015-5-2&tracelog=wwwdetail2mobilesitedetail
[ZTE Axon Pro] Heze85:
is your root fully working now ? then please try to restore the recovery by my methode ... but use the full update.zip from the sd-card! and dont forget to use the su-option in script-manager.

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otherwise try first to unroot with su - option ;full unroot;
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
Have you tried flash fire for gapps flashing or rom? It should work
[ZTE Axon Pro] orbitz52:
I tried to use adb push the gapps, for one time i used it, but know i cant remove or add account or open google play says need authentication.

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[ZTE Axon Pro] orbitz52:
Anyone tried this one? Im still at work cant flash it.. I will try after..

http://m.muzisoft.com/recovery/174262.html
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
I just checked on ebay and the price of Axon mini is now 220 $. It feels kinda bad that I bought the phone 2 months ago and it was 330$. I won't buy any ZTE product again because it looses value so fast. I was thinking of selling the phone in summer at around 200$ - 230$, now it seems I will sell it around 150$ max. That's the worst deal I ever had with phones.

!!! Guys, just put your money in a serious company next time like samsung, lg, HTC etc. , or even oneplus

these crappy companies like ZTE don't even have any good customer support(they always send irrelevant answers like a robot), you will probably get an ugly and buggy ui during the time you use the phone and it looses all the revalue much more rapidly !!!

I hate to say that but I think I made a risky choice that ended bad this time.

For around 200$ it is a really good choice though for new buyers. (got pissed off that I paid 120$ more for around 2 months time :p )

Will keep trying to fix some issues with this phone as long as I am using it
[ZTE Axon Pro] orbitz52:
Yes im currently in china, a guy told me this phone cost about 200usd now. Next time i will also buy maun stream smartphones. But also will try things to have this phone working properly.
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
I was checking for phones which use the same sensor as the axon mini, I found that oneplus X camera apk work for this phone also, it has the same 3m2 sensor and the same front camera, I really liked the options and the image processing more than the stock on mifavor . here is the apk , cheers!
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
I cant enter recovery mode either, nor test mode . after installing layers manager and some layers, i cant reset the phone. I have removed it and the root but still it wont either shut down properly, when i press the power button for a while to turn the phone off, it automatically enters soft reboot.

Any suggestions?
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Yes I don't think there would be any problem, as you said you could always flash SuperSU again, however, I must say I never unrooted my phone before, so my opinion is pure speculation although based on some logical thinking.

However, if you have xposed, there are plenty of modules you hide root. E.g. root cloak, hide root etc, we can choose what app you want to hide root from. It may work
[ZTE Axon Pro] EdgeTheraited:
[MENTION=1546029]Bormental[/MENTION] [MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION] i just found out that bootloader can be unlocked with developer option i opened it and worked
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
I'm aware of this option, it is "ticked" on mine from day 1, however I'm not sure this really means it is actually unlocked. [MENTION=1546029]Bormental[/MENTION] certainly understand this more than I do.

Thanks
[ZTE Axon Pro] eisdrachen:
I would like to join the custom ROM community - is there any page like a wiki, where porting is descriped? Someone got a good source for that?

I think if we port something from e.g. the nubia, like cm13.1 or something like that, our device would be much faster and it would be more efficient in the future because updates ;D
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
I have installed CM12 in this phone was really fluid and fast, but no fingerprint.

When the M Rom came, that was it, as fluid as the CM12, zte did so well on that. I happy as is to be honest.
[ZTE Axon Pro] eisdrachen:
Yeah sure, the M-ROM from ZTE is very nice. But to be honest, I hope that they will release the N-ROM for it too. I think that the fingerprint will work, did you tried to copy the driver from another phone with the same hardware regarding to the fingerprint in CM ROM? There are several china-devices that supporting cyanogenmod, so I think there must be a fingerprint-driver for our devices :) E.g. UMI, ZTE (I think the Z11 just got a CM/Mokee), Elephone etc.
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
The driver is embedded into the modem (non-hlos..bin) that id why we have to flash a separate modem after flashing the rom for the b2015 model.

[MENTION=1546029]Bormental[/MENTION] Discovered this
[ZTE Axon Pro] warrio:
Help

[MENTION=371528]Everybody[/MENTION]

Hi guys,

I need a miracle,last week I have completely bricked my b2016 and need a help to bring it back in life.This is what happened:

In origin the phone was root with b04 stock rom and twrp installed.

Last week I wiped all data and I tried to flash b12 several times (I forgot to flash aboot5 )but twrp crashed at 25%

Then I have flashed the stock recovery succesfully and then tried to flash b04 but crashed at 25%

Then I tried to flash every rom I found ( by sd card and by sideload) but the installation crash always at 25%

Now I am only with stock recovery FTV 1.0.0b03 and don't know how to fix the problem.

Please Please Please help me

ps. the only rom I didn't flash is FTV 1.0.0b03 because I haven't found it
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
When it gets stuck on 25% is it usually an issue of partitions,

To fix it I think would not be that hard

Enter recovery, flash aboot5 via adb sideload

Flash stock rom b04 from ztedevices page

Then you could root and instal TWRP from [MENTION=1546029]Bormental[/MENTION] and flash the b12.
[ZTE Axon Pro] warrio:
I have already tried to flash aboot5.zip with stock recovery via sideload but recovery say "footer is wrong'' '' signature verification failed'' '' update failed"

Edit: when I flash whichever rom It not stuck at 25% but It crash at 25%.
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
Hmm, yes forgot stock recovery accepts only officialy signed zips. If you could get a way to sign aboot5 with zte official signature it would work.

I am affraid you would have to contact ZTE to get this fixed.

There may be other ways to sort it out I am not familiar with.