[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
WARNING, WARNING, WARNING

BEFORE YOU GO AHEAD AND INTEND TO DO ANY OF THE LINK BELOW, PLEASE READ, UNDERSTAND, READ IT AGAIN IF POSSIBLE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING OR YOU'LL ENDED UP WITH A MAYOR ISSUES /PHONE PROBLEMS, NO BOOT, SOFTBRICKS, UNUSED DEVICE AND DON'T I REPEAT DON'T BLAME TO OP'S BUT TO YOUR SELF.

IF YOU ARE ALREADY ROOTED. AND WANT TO UN-ROOT DON'T TRY ANY PROCEDURE TILL WE GET SOME FACTORY IMAGES.​

- IF YOU HAVEN'T CREATE A BACKUP USING TWRP WHILE YOUR DEVICE IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL , YOU MUST CREATE ONE RIGHT NOW BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANYTHING ELSE AND COPY YOUR BACKUP TO YOUR PC / LAPTOP / PORTABLE DRIVE / FLASHDRIVE / ETC,ETC KEEP IT SAFE IT MAY SAFE YOU A HASSLE DOWN THE LINE -

UPDATE : - 12/14/2016 - I'LL BE REDOING ALL THIS GUIDE / INFO THREAD WITH MORE UP-TO-DATE GUIDES, THE OLD GUIDES STILL HERE " CLICK SHOW MORE ", BUT BE AWARE OF SOME OF THEM ARE OUTDATED.​

Hi A7 Users.

The only reason i'm creating this Thread is to have a single thread with all the Important information / guides for our device so please let's keep it clean...

P.S. i know English is not my main language ,so bare with me here :D and let's get it started .

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Need Root without having your Bootloader Unlock?? no problem [MENTION=540283]tenfar[/MENTION] here have your back

Root without Bootloader Unlock - Download File and Guide

NOTE : Root Guide is for all variants (A2017 , A2017U , A2017G )

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Are you in B18? and haven't updated to Stock B20? No Worries here is the OTA flashable via Stock Recovery

update_P996A01_B18_to_B20_ssl.zip

NOTE : THIS IS ONLY IF YOU STILL ON B18 and contains B20 Stock Fastboot.img file as well :D

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Bootloader Unlock General Info - Q/A - Files - Steps

Bootloader Unlock OTA by [MENTION=1421381]jkuczera[/MENTION] - Download and Guide

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TWRP Custom Recovery General Info Q/A - Files - Steps

Custom Recovery by [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] - Download and Guide

NOTE : USE NEW BUILD TWRP_3.0.2-2 Everything works included EFS partition backup and restore , tested myself

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SuperSU Working Root via TWRP - Thank You [MENTION=7657942]B4oE[/MENTION] for finding out a working SuperSu version

UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-2015 by [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] (Thank you for your Hardwork)

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Xposed (IF YOU ARE SYSTEMLESS ROOT , THIS WILL BRAKE SYSTEMLESS)

Go Here or scroll down to look for link and download files

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Make Root Changes Persistent after Reboot, Thank You [MENTION=418423]goalkeepr[/MENTION] for finding it

Make Root Changes Persistent after Reboot a.k.a Changing DPI, Emoji's and more

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You Wipe System by Mistake? no worries here is your solution - thank you [MENTION=1403216]warofhero[/MENTION] for the post

thank you [MENTION=2782065]swehes[/MENTION] for re-upload a compress system.img back-up file :)

Click here to download the system.img back-up

Or Head over here for an alternative flashable zip way provided by DrakenFX ( don't know who he is :eek: )

Click here to Recover / Restore A2017U To Working Conditions with Root & TWRP Recovery

NOTE : Need to be Decompress, if you want to use it, the zip file is NOT Flashble

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Don't like Things about MiFavor? well thanks to [MENTION=4413986]xxBrun0xx[/MENTION] you can find a solution to your problem

How to fix MiFavor by xxBrun0xx

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Bored seen the same bootanimation everything you reboot you Axon 7, NO PROBLEMA here you can get a new animation for your device :D :p ;) :D

Click here Axon 7 DrakenFX ( me :D ) Bootanimation Collection

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I'll be adding/updating this Thread with more important Guides/Info for our device, in this case the A2017U (US variant)