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[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] keessonnema:
I asked ZTE Germany once more for the bootloader unlock:

"Hello Kees,

rooting or the Unlock of the boot loader is a direct intervention in our protected software and has a direct influence on the hardware components.

Both the guarantee and the operating permit of the device will be extinguished! Please understand that we can not support this.

BR Your ZTE Facebook Team"

I don't know what to believe now... Lol.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] StoneTrapper:
Thanks for the informative post but was a bit worried some people would skip over it due to it's length so I decided to summarise it for you here:

Your ZTE warranty may be gone although under EU legislation your purchase contract is with the retailer and it is their duty to either fix it or refund you. They may refund you less than you paid due to depreciation.

That's the law anyway, the reality is that it will be an awful lot of trouble to try and hold a retailer accountable without a reasonable paper trial but it's worth a scary sounding email if things do go bad.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Shipmate:
Just thought it's better to have the full very long detail for reference purposes, than a cut down one that could potentially seem like hearsay and may not be believed as legitimate.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] StoneTrapper:
Oh definitely better to have to whole thing there! Sorry didn't mean to sound dismissive. The consumer protection laws are excellent but too few people are either aware of them or willing to exercise them. Sadly too few first line employees in retail shops are aware of them either.

Personally it's one of the main reasons I do most of my shopping at Amazon, they know consumer law and respect it well, even if there are other areas of the law they choose to interpret their own way.

Anyway back to to topic.

If a bootloader unlock is released what do people think the chances are that a full firmware release will come with it? I've yet to see an actual full firmware dump, just pieces of the OS. I need that partition.mbn and friends to get my Axon 7 out of the dusty cupboard.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] dschafar87:
[MENTION=7558918]rikin93[/MENTION]

Do you have any news on this?

ZTE is communicating via their facebook page that they do not support unlocking the bootloader whatsoever...any movement in this?

Sorry for being impatient...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Eddyedje:
I really don't think you are impatient. It has been a month and a half now. Enough time for testing, I'd say!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] dschafar87:
I just saw this on rinkin93s profile:

Last Activity: 7th November 2016 10:15 PM

May be has some tough times or something else happened...we dont know.

Unfortunately ZTE is not very communicative atm
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] keessonnema:
Guys. It's not going to happen. Leave it. Seriously. It isn't. ZTE confirmed it multiple times.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] DeJe63:
I fully agree. But we don't need BL unlock at all I think. All we need is a full service stock image including partion map. ZTE already have a very good Flashtool supporting Qualcomms and ZTE owns interface (DFU).

Here is the procedure. ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] dschafar87:
Oh where did they announce this?:crying:
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] keessonnema:
The didn't 'announce' anything. They confirmed that the bootloader unlock WILL NOT happen. Read back all the replies from ZTE Deutschland etc.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] donpeppinoo:
btw.

Any news from [MENTION=7558918]rikin93[/MENTION]?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] MrMD69:
Guys - as i saw [MENTION=7558918]rikin93[/MENTION] is back but he do not say any words about Axon :(

Are you [MENTION=7558918]rikin93[/MENTION] with us ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
Sorry I've been away a while I was very ill and holidays came so got busy.

I asked today about root and it is still in process. I mentioned that I might do unofficial root process but they told me to wait for official so I don't think it'll be long now till it's public.

Also have reported many bugs that I read on here so they do know about it and will get it fixed.

Also regarding warranty I can confirm they keep their word on this in the EU. I have a problem with my camera rotor acting up and they gave me the option of a repair or replacement device. I am very impressed with this as apple or Samsung would only offer a repair and would be without a phone.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] MrMD69:
Uh sorry that we were inpatient.

Good to know that you still have good contact with ZTE EU.

As you said - they now about issues eg. low headphone sound ?

Will they give us "helpfull hand" and help us build custom Roms (especially sound, modem and camera source) ?

Last question - Europe axon will have nougat too in January ?

Regards ! And I'm happy to see you back !
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
Look guys this bootloader unlock will come, its taking time because of EU carriers wanting exclusivity for the phones and dont want to allow root/bootloader unlocks as it may cause problems for them.

However, ive been promised that a root/unlock officially is coming. Ive already got a b05 bootloader unlock/root from them so it is likely that this is coming and plus they told me not to do the unofficial root as the new versions will come soon.

I have no information on nougat version for EU but i shall ask them.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
Okay just got an answer about the Nougat question in UK.

In their words, the plan is to get this version ok this month!

Exciting news, like always their may be delays due to bugs etc but realistically in my personal opinion i see it coming by the end of Feb at the latest!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
Some more information, i keep bugging them about the unlock and they have said to me to trust them that it is coming so guys trust me itll come, i know it took some time but look guys theyve already released one update a month in the EU and are listening to your complaints and improving on them. And they are also working on releasing Nougat too. You cant say that USA are getting better support because we too are getting great support with a 3 year warranty whereas they have 2!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Pantsavarts:
thanks for all and happy new year dear, for the android version 7.1.1 or not ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
As i said a Nougat version should be coming this month but i am unsure if it will be with root.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Morteza.G:
so. guys.

I am going to replace my s6 edge. I was going to buy this phone today, but for some reason it didn´t happen.

I was going to ask is the bootloader unlock officially out? because it has been a while!

and if its possible to unlock this phone, Can I flash the cm13 which is stable?

I don´t know what to do I am confused!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] MrMD69:
Bootloader is unlockable and there are few rooms for that phone (newest one is lineage is 14.1). Times are stable but in Los we don't have fingerprint unlock YET - just give some time to make the roms work perfect. Also you can get rot TWRP etc
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] gregou:
I just purchased a new Axon 7, and tried for a week to unlock it but guess what... There's simply NO BOOTLOADER MODE.... When i do "adb reboot bootloader" through command window, the phone reboot normally... Same thing if i reboot into stock recovery and do "reboot bootloader"... It's like the bootloader mode is just missing ?? (Tried on 2 differents computer)

So, did they do something to the last models they produced if they planned to release a unlock method themselves ?

If anyone as an idea that would be great as it's driving me insane !
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] joaste:
I just ordered the Axon 7 A2017G and seeing your post worries me. Have you been able to unlock it?

Merci d'avance! (Thanks in advance).
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] gregou:
Nope... I can't find a way to unlock it... From me, it's like there's no bootloader mode, i can't even explain it ! :-/ I'm really confused on how this is even possible and i tried with almost all firmwares available at the moment (B02-B03-B05-B06-B08-B10).

I thought that i could maybe root it without unlocking it but no success either...

So i guess all i have to do is just waiting for Nougat update to show up now... which should be in like... 1 year or something compared to US customers... :-/
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] keessonnema:
Guys.. There's a way to unlock the bootloader. Here: https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/guide-install-twrp-unlock-bl-flash-t3517379

It's easy enough if you aren't a complete noob (which I don't expect you to be, if you're on XDA)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] lukasnmd:
Well, is there any news on an official bootloader unlock? I'm not quite sure what to believe, ZTE repeatedly saying they're not unlocking the bootloader or Rikin93 and his contacts saying there will be an unlock and it's on it's way...

[MENTION=7558918]rikin93[/MENTION] I want believe you, very very much. I have the axon 7 since November (b03), no bootloader, no custom Roms, no root...

This is so frustrating!

I am almost selling my phone to get the OP3 ~ OP3T, I love everything about the Axon, screen, sound capabilities, performance (hardware)...

But the software, ohhh boy... ZTE is not even trying... 2 OTA updates and nothing big has changed, also nothing good.

Please, any news about this? If you can't say anything, just pm me saying this.

Thank you guys very much.

Regards,

Veckia.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] MrScurge:
There is no official bootloader unlock for the G, that has been released by ZTE.

As previously stated, there is a bootloader unlock guide written and can be found here:

https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/guide-install-twrp-unlock-bl-flash-t3517379

It truly is pretty easy to follow.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] lukasnmd:
I know, but don't get me wrong, there are some issues with this unofficial unlock, as far as I could read there are 2 G versions, 1 of them are not unlockable with this method, I'm not willing to try on my phone.

The best way for me to unlock this device is through the official way...

Thank you for your answer anyway.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] _phk_:
where did you get the info with 2 different a2017g versions? I think that's not true
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] keessonnema:
Ok, listen.

1. There's no official way and there probably never will be (surprise).

2. There's one Global version. The A2017G. What you say is wrong. But I get how you came to this.

The US and EU version have different partitions, flashing the wrong firmware/bootstack/unlock file will brick your device, but the method that was posted above doesn't even use that file, so it will never fail.

If you follow the guide closely you're chances of bricking are less than 2%.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] lukasnmd:
Thank you very much for clarifying this for me.

I already knew about the different partitions but didn't know about the unlock method not using those files.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] ifdoif:
Hi rikin93,

First, i'd like to thank you for open this thread!!

Is there any update from zte dev team?

Thanks,

Regards,
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] keessonnema:
No official unlock, never, ever. Mark my words.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] ifdoif:
well... they did for the U model after a while... just hope to see it coming for our model! probably the inside contact of [MENTION=7558918]rikin93[/MENTION] have updates :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] ifdoif:
well.. it seams to be dead our hope to have unlock bootloader..
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Pruikki:
Well now i wont be buying axon 7....il keep usin my S4 LTE A....

what a stupid ZTE for not understanding this enough... thats why they are what they are,not serious.

oh well, S7 edge maybe?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] lafester:
There was no need once xda figured out how to do it without them.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
why do you want to unlock the bootloader officially? there's a one-click tool for all 3 models lol

And does Samsung let you unlock the bootloader officially?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Spillunke:
Yeah buy it. Unlock bootloader and remove KNOX officially!

Have fun ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
Plus if you relock the bootloader carefully, there's no way for ZTE to know that you've unlocked and was using, say, LOS. I think that's different with knox
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Pruikki:
Well i bought axon 7 now, was on sale for 194€ i paid 222€ because im used different code... on Gearbrest

oh well still better than 360é i was gonna pay on amazon :D

so now im soon part of the community here with axon 7 that is, i will need all the help ill get rooting it :D

its supposed to be the G version int.

Edit: ZTE will not add camera Api2 and unlocked bootloader,so thats a bummer.

UPDATE: gearbest lied,promised shipped oct 30 but no its "Ships between Nov 2 - Nov 14" they lied

and changed the dispatch time...theyknew they wont have it but still sold it...now i wait 2 month and wont be able to have a refund if they wont ship it...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
I still don't understand... Why do you want official support for unlocking the bootloader? What do you get from that?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Pruikki:
Flashing custom roms? installing custom recovery?

but now here is info those who wanna take the 265/229 axon 7 deal on Gearbest... (spoiler alert, they outta stock but still sell it,so takes ages to restock)

BEWARE i ordered on oct 25th, its now 30/31th

originally was supposed to ship oct 30th...

They NOW say it will ship on "Ships between Nov 2 - Nov 14"

so you will wait one month,then another when it ships.

when ordering it ,they said "ships oct 30th" as i ordered it on 25th.... 5 days later

shipping date is now one moth forward...COME ON GEARBEST! what is this BS!

seem fishy, GB support told me i can wait,or replace to different phone...

danger is, if 60 days pass and no phone, Paypal will not be able to help...

they sold device,i paid, then 5 days later dispatch date changes...So they knew item is not in stock

but still sold it...Come on! (i asked them, they said one thing and now they say everyone needs to wait one more month)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
Well apart from that. My question is why you want official bootloader unlock so badly since it ends up being even worse than unofficial unlock (your phone ends up on a database somewhere, and you can't just revert, relock, and return it to ZTE).

How is your phone's shipping one month forward? that's 2 to 14 days forward. i guess they'll have stock then. and still, you're getting a dirt cheap phone (the mini costs this regularly)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Pruikki:
yes,you are right about bootloader.

can you point me to a direction on how to unlock bootloader and root it? Axon 7 Toolkit yes?

(sorry, i have been out of the scene for few years...still using SGS 4 black edition :D mainly deal with sony/samsung devices)

now, the shipping is changed for the third time now... from 17th nov to 30th november....

the thing is it was supposed to be shipped already few days ago but now they changed the shipping date again, they are waiting for the stock...

the waiting is never cool when its uncertain. "the order processing phase"

its ok, i will wait. i just dont like them lying/no being honest to me 3 times in a row,it was supposed to be in stock when ordering it...suddenly everything changes...

but for the price, i will just wait. im just not happy about it thats all.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Condoz:
Is all of this even confirmed yet to not happen or just "what it looks like"?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
For now its just what it looks like. They will give official answer once everything is settled.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
Updated main post to stop confusion.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] joaste:
So no passport 2.0 for Europe, probably no unlockable bootloader and it is more expensive by at least 60 EUR than in the US. We are really getting the short end of the stick on this phone... That does not give ma a lot of respect for ZTE. My money may well go elsewhere. :(
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
@ joaste You do know that in the EU we get a better warranty, its three years whereas passport 2.0 is two years.

As ZTE's latest flagship model-AXON 7, it feels good in the hand thanks to a slightly curved back. For 359GBP you get a premium metal design, a top-of-the-line processor, a Quad HD display. There is no other phone on the market that brings together this array of features at this price.

Cutomers who bought Axon 7 from our store also enjoy following VIP treatments:

1. Local after-sales service

2. Additional one year warranty, the smartphone get 3 years warranty

3. A free repair service for screen within 6 month for one time

4. A free repair service for problem which caused by water for one time

Also in the US it seems cheaper because that is before tax price. Ours in the EU includes tax.

The only thing we dont get that the USA did is the unlocked bootloader. With this better warranty i cant complain about the pricing at all. Noone else offers a 3 year warranty in the EU for a phone at this price.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] joaste:
Thanks for your reply :good:

For the price in the US, see attached. The price includes taxes and is from B&H. That comes out to 387,61 EUR (using today's exchange rate).

As for passport 2.0, what you get can be found here: http://zte-iqorsupport.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4924/related/1

That is not exactly what we're getting in Europe, even if there is an extra year warranty (by the way, is that 3rd year available when buying from any shop, like Amazon.de? If not, what is the "our store" you refer to?).

Finally, I agree with you on the specs for the price point, hoping however that the signal issues being reported left and right are not generalized. If they are, then a phone with which you get dropped calls and low/no signal is simply not an option, at any price.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
Reading that the EU warranty is 100% better than the passport 2.0, everything is the same such as shipping etc with an added year and screen cover. This is available from all EU purchases amazon etc.

These are a minimal number of people reporting signal issues, i have not seen any problem with signal or dropped calls and am getting good call quality all the time too. Im not being biased just being honest.

There were bugs previously and if ZTE didnt fix them i would understand your case but they fixed it and are offering a close to premium phone for a minimal price. I cant really complain. At the end of the day your choice is your choise. I suggest you wait for Googles new Pixel range, im sure youll be satisfied with that.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] joaste:
Thanks for the feedback. It is indeed my choice.

That being said, I'm not sure how the EU warranty is 100% better than the US warranty. Where did you see that shipping for example was covered? The only place I've found something mentioned about warranty in an EU shop is here: http://mkfiles.grosbill.com/offres/carte-vip-axon%207.pdf. In addition, there is nothing about getting a replacement phone or getting cheap repairs for the full (normal) 2 year warranty period.

Don't get me wrong, they are doing more than other manufacturers, but we are also paying extra for that...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] jpde:
ZTE Germany stated that every Axon 7 would have 3 year warranty including 1 free water damage repair and 1 free screen repair within the first 6 months. Of course they can only make those claims about devices sold in Germany destined for the German market (which is the default for warranties). I think one has to pay for shipping it to the repair company (w support, who I think actually have a decent reputation and also do repairs for Sony, Samsung, LG among others. This is the warranty part that is offered by ZTE on their own.

In addition to that, you have the things required by local/European law. I'm fairly sure this is superior to what you get in the US.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Unjustified Dev:
Anyone interested in unlocking their bootloader please pm me your email to chat on hangouts. Please have twrp installed.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] DrakenFX:
IF someone is interested in unlocking bootloader here is something you can try, works with the a2017U right out of the BOX tested by [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] (right after 30 mins of unpacking the device) and is UNTESTED for A2017G but we have a great feeling it will work, only important requirement is you need to have TWRP.

http://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-stay-t3461165
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
[MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION] I would give it a go but am too scared it might brick my phone! haaha. In there your using stock B20 software, im assuming for EU to use B02 or B03.

If unlocking the bootloader and i installed the B02 software, would i still be able to get B03 via OTA?

Updated main post with your topic!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] cwm1127:
Excuse me, I would like to ask, is there any news on the bootloader unlocking for Chinese Version Axon 7?

Thank you.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] koolershaker:
a android handset without root/custom rom is like having a crApple Phone

ZTE stop that law Bull**** UNLOCK IT
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Guido83:
If it's not possible to unlock that phone, it will be returned, that's my simple personal opinion.. android phones have to be unlocked...if not it's quite useless
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] DrakenFX:
The Main requirement is HAVE TWRP INSTALL , if you can boot to TWRP you can unlock bootloader using my guide which ,I need to update with an even easier way later today.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
I will wait for the easiest way, hopefully someone can simplify the method of installing TWRP to the phone.

I will give it a go on A2017G possibly this weekend.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] BritSwedeGuy:
The problem with obtaining temporary root to install TWRP on the A2017G is that EDL mode is only accessible via adb, not via the volume keys - yet another way ZTE have screwed buyers of the European model!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Guido83:
Why is it a problem? You can always go the way over FKM mode (Vol down + Power) and use adb reboot edl...that's all
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
Either way, it now seems to be confirmed to get root and Unlocked bootloader on the EU version unofficially by the great devs on the forum here. So hopefully this shouldnt be a problem now.

I will give official answer as soon as i get it, hopefully people will still use tenfar and DrakenFX method.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] BritSwedeGuy:
Thanks.

I do wonder why ZTE have made 2 otherwise identical devices so different - I'm sure most of us on the G variant would far rather have the U with the better support and ease of access.

---------- Post added at 01:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:10 PM ----------

I presume you've been following the news about the discussions between ZTE and CM?

They would have taken a lot of sales from OnePlus if they'd done this sooner - and let's hope it's not yet another USA-only option.

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/09/official-cyanogenmod-support-coming-to-ztes-axon-7-handsets.html
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] rikin93:
Dont worry ive asked my ZTE insider, he also said they are working hard on getting us an official bootloader unlock in EU.