yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peramikic:
That's fine, it's like that on U as well. But there was issues getting into EDL when holding Vol up and down while inserting cable from power off state. Also getting into bootloader by hitting Vol Up+Down right after red LED comes on after turn on. It should work now with aboot from U version. Before that would put G versions into ZTE DFU mode
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Guido83:
flashing the aboot.img from stock B20 (a2017U) is exactly the way I succsessfully did to unlock the a2017G bootloader.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] r3faat1:
Just wanted to say this has worked great for me. I'm on A2017U model (B20). After unlocking the bootloader, I installed SuperSU-2.46. Which didn't allow my phone to load, it was stuck on ZTE screen. Then I've installed 2.45 and it worked perfect. I'm not having any WiFi or Signal issues. I am so in love with this phone, it is amazing.

Hopefully, we can install B30 soon with this.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] BergischNRW:
Everytime I try to backup the recovery and boot partition it gives me the error:

Failed to say hello to device

device no response

!!!!!!!! Horse is dead!!!!!!!!!

Did you have a similar problem?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Starvirus:
[MENTION=6143373]BergischNRW[/MENTION]

you need to enter EDL mode to use axon7backup and axon7reboot, you can do this via the command

adb reboot edl

from trwp or fully booted android with developer options enabled and usb debugging enabled, sorry i skipped those steps :X
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] BergischNRW:
[MENTION=1150948]Starvirus[/MENTION]

I did so and I also installed the Qualcomm drivers but it still gives me that message.

Does it might have to do that I´m already on B03?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Starvirus:
[MENTION=6143373]BergischNRW[/MENTION]

Nope, i was on B03 as well. Are you sure that you used the correct com port?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] BergischNRW:
[MENTION=1150948]Starvirus[/MENTION]

Yes I´m sure. I checked multiple times. I´ll try it again tomorrow with a different PC and different Windows version. Maybe that´s the problem.

I tried using a virtual machine but the program gives an error when it detects a virtual environment :/
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Starvirus:
yep VMWare didn't work for me either, had to use a spare pc for it
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ultramag69:
Out of curiosity, if you unlocked your bootloader on the A2017 with the B20 boot image then flashed the stock rom over the top, would you have an Axon 7 A2017 running stock rom but with unlocked bootloader or would the flash fail and/or you'd end up with a brick?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
The you need to flash both System + boot images or your device or won't boot.

When I say both I mean from the same source or a modified/custom boot-kernel.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ultramag69:
Thanks for that, hoping it would be easier but that was just wishful thinking on my part...:fingers-crossed:

Oh well, reality bites again....:D
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lutschie:
hey guys,

i think i seriously f***** up with rooting and unlocking bottloader of the 2017g. i tried to unlok bootloader with the method from Starvirus from this thread

i first flashed recovery, which went all fine and i have twrp now.

after that i proceeded with excecuting the axon7root commands. after this i booted to twrp aned erased the data partition. now my axon wont boot anymore. it shows the ZTE bootscreen for a second and after that it just shuts down. when i connect the phone to my pc while im in twrp it shows itself as 2017u instead of 2017g. it also doesnt show up in adb with the 'adb devices' command.

i'm really concirned that i've hard broken my device or something. i hope someone can help me fixing this. thanks in advance!

EDIT:

I fixed it with flashing the right boot.img through twrp. only problem now is that my phone asked for a password. i never set a password and i really don't know which password i should use. i disabled the lockscreen pattern and fingerprint before the whole procedure
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sk0o:
I think this will help you : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68727344&postcount=423 *hopefully
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lutschie:
thanks for your answer. but my problem is not that it doesn't boot in recovery.

it "just" shows 'to start android, enter your password' screen. i'm very confused what password my axon wants from me, i wiped data, storage, caches, i tried everthing i know :crying:

EDIT: I solved this problem with flashing the boot.img from the B03 system dump
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] koolershaker:
i have the A2017G B03

the bootloader unlock worked for me with the guide and files from starvirus/drakenfx :good::good::good:

after that i flashed supersu via twrp all worked seamlessly i had no single problem in the process
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jpde:
I know it's asking a lot, but could someone make provide full step by step instructions for backing up and unlocking the bootloader on the A2017G B03? All the info is out there, probably, but I'm a bit confused still and don't want to brick anything :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rczrider:
Guesses on whether or not this will work with the B27 update? I'm still B20 stock, locked and unrooted. I'm open to trying anything, but in case it's a one-shot deal, let me know what you want me to do.

1.) Unlock via the OP and then update to B27

2.) Update to B27, then try to unlock via the OP

3.) Other?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
If you Unlock bootloader in b20 and update to b27 you'll have the bootloader unlock, once you are b27 just boot back to bootloader and flash TWRP.

- unlock in B20

- don't change or mod you System + flash stock Recovery

- update to b27

- reboot to bootloader

- flash twrp

- you'll end up with TWRP + Unlock bootloader

P.S. been confirm by [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION]
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rczrider:
Thanks! Do we think we can re-lock after B27 update? I could have sworn it was mentioned that folks had had success re-locking, but heck if I can find that thread.

I'm debating remaining locked and unrooted until they release Nougat, just in case we need...something. Not sure what it would be, though. I'm itching to install AdAway :p
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
Yeah, you'll be able to relock again,

- flash unmod System + boot

- flash Stock recovery

- boot to bootloader and type " fastboot oem lock " (this will probably do a Full Factory reset)

- you'll be lock and back to Stock.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] strifej:
What constitutes "change or mod system". Installing SuperSU modifies system, right?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxBrun0xx:
Yes it does. So really, most of us are going to have to flash stock system.img and recovery.img. Then we should be able to flash the OTA if I'm not mistaken.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] weustenbakker:
Could you write that out please.

I'm stuck ... I think i need to flash stock.

Android keeps asking for a password. Not the twrp cancel one.

But the one to boot android.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
Did you wipe data?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] weustenbakker:
Yes i wiped data. i followed the first post * tap DALVIK - CACHE - DATA - INTERNAL STORAGE and leave everything else UNCHECK

I locked the oem bootloader and the phone boots again.

So i started al over again

After flashing the zip in the first post ... twrp showed me that the firmware partition could not be flashed.

Booted and same problem. Relocked the oem bootloader and the phone boots again.

Dont think i'm doing something wrong. Followed the first post to the letter.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] JKSurf:
remote object '/sdcard/fbop_lock.img' does not exist

I get this error when trying to backup fastboot.img
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Starvirus:
sounds like you mixed up the if and of from the dd command
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] JKSurf:
I copied and pasted the whole command. Do I need to enter just a few words at a time?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] celoxocis:
I think this sounds reasonable.

If one reads this thread and has an G model one could easily mistake info for "U" with the "G" and brick the device (or vice versa). Anyone who successfully unlocked the G should write up a short guide in a separate thread.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] othmaneDev:
In the step 6 the link is no more available.

Hello [MENTION=1150948]Starvirus[/MENTION] [MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION] , In the step 6 the link is no more available. Could you please update it?

PS: I'm talking about starvus A2007G tutorial

Cheers,

Othmane
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxBrun0xx:
For those who did this and want to update to B27:

[MENTION=7726984]lokissmile[/MENTION] posted a twrp backup and said we can just restore to that, but then I saw he said later that method misses some firmware changes. Can we just restore stock system.img and stock recovery.img, then take the ota, then reflash twrp? Or do we also need to reflash stock boot.img?

Posting this here because those of us who have done this method are in a slightly different situation than those who took ZTE's official bootloader unlock.

Thanks for the help!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
You also need stock boot.img and recovery.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxBrun0xx:
If we've disabled write protection, does that need to be reenabled prior to flashing?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Unjustified Dev:
Part of the bootloader, it has no affect on validity of the system. Just make sure not to boot in twrp and mount the system as rewritable prior to taking the the update
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rczrider:
The "link" in step 6 is just the bolded filename of the file that can be downloaded from the link in step 1 (which still works). I don't see a link to a tutorial in step 6.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Starvirus:
i updated the link for the aboot.img from [MENTION=6699128]rczrider[/MENTION] (thx btw) he provided them here: http://xdaforums.com/axon-7/development/untouched-b20-boot-recovery-files-t3443818

Didn't try the b27 version, i used the b20 variant for my b03 unlock
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] JeromeLeung:
I'm getting a "package mismatch" error in stock recovery when taking the OTA
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gachmuret:
Well you could go for Adguard for now... Rootless and working with me like a charm
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tabletalker7:
Anybody tried to unlock bootloader on B27 yet, or do I need to find a way to revert back to B20 for that?

Nevermind - it worked
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] togusa9:
Thank you drakenfx, tenfar and starvirus, i rooted and unlocked my A2017G.

My device s running fine, however i made a mistake while unlocking it and used the aboot20.img provided by drakenfx for (i presume) A2017U instead of the one provided by starvirus.

Are bands in the boot image ?

If not what is the difference between both boot images ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MaxRink:
None. Both are taken from the US model

Gesendet von meinem ZTE A2017G mit Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] togusa9:
Thank you, this is a little relief :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayton:
Unlocked the bootloader on my A2017G last night using Starvirus' instructions, although I flashed DrakenFX's ZIP file instead of flashing aboot.img and fastboot_lock.img. Then I flashed SuperSU and root is working.

Everything is working perfectly. Thanks!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] japzone:
Does this still work for B27 US?

EDIT: Never mind. It does.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gachmuret:
Did you test it on unrooted, stock B27?

Just saw [MENTION=7065364]tabletalker7[/MENTION]'s updated post... Means it should work :good:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tabletalker7:
I was on root B27 - I made a system image in TWRP before I started - following directions from this posting my phone got stuck on the bootanimation - I went back to TWRP and went to restore and restored the system image. Bootloader screen shows it is unlocked and my phone is currently restoring apps from play store. It worked. I literally just finished it five minutes ago.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] japzone:
Started with a fresh out of the box US unit. Booted it up and it updated to B27 automatically.

So I followed the linked guide to install TWRP recovery without an unlocked bootloader. Then I enabled OEM Unlock in the developer settings, rebooted into TWRP and flashed the zip from this guide, rebooted into Fastboot and unlocked the bootloader.

Seems to have worked, managed to flash Magisk and Magisk's Xposed. Though I'm having trouble getting Magisk's PHH Superuser to work.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tabletalker7:
I am not a fan of PHH Superuser myself. Now that I got it unlocked I was easily able to flash SuperSU 2.65 - download link is in the sticky guide made by DrakenFX (I hope I spelled his name right - he has done tons of work on the Axon 7 and we all owe him big time for this).
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] japzone:
I was hoping to get Android Pay working, but looks like I'll just have to go with SuperSU instead if I can't get this working.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tabletalker7:
I never considered Android Pay (I consider android pay as another system someone can hack and steal my bank account information, no thank you). I just use xposed v86.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] *mj13*:
Question for those that have successfully flashed the 2.26 super su... After you flashed in twrp did it briefly go to axon splash screen then back to black? What happened next? I waited over time up to minutes and it didn't boot again, and I had to reflash system.img to boot again... Always was locked bootloader.

Thank you
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xtermmin:
Before flashing via TWRP, make sure that /system is not mounted, and just to be sure, check the box for "mount system as read only". Then flash root.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] *mj13*:
Pretty sure I did, was late last night. But did it take forever to boot up?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] auxny:
the unlocked zip is not found? can you reupload it? it's 404'ing
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Keiler90:
404 not found

Can't find it!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
yeah i'll fix that in a bit,

PLEASE DON'T UPLOAD OR MAKE A MIRROR OF THIS FILE I HAVE MY OWN REASONS WHY, I'LL BE ADDING NEW FILES AND UPDATE OP.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] devsk:
So, the official bootloader unlock is gone? ZTE made a U turn? :confused:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] *mj13*:
Who said that? Far as I know they are but it'll take time because they don't have an unlock request/warranty void acceptance website like HTC and a few others do...

These other methods are just dev remedies
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
So as it stands how do I achieve unlocked bootloader? A2017u rooted using tenfar method with working twrp. All the download links lead to 404 errors....
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmamedov:
I don't think there's any way to do so as of now. You will have to wait for [MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION] to re-upload the files.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Keiler90:
[MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION]

Anything new about this?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KyJelly69:
Please change the OP part that says "Click Here on How to Flash TWRP while Unlock Bootloader" to the actual name of the thread which is "Axon 7 root without bootloader unlocked". It is very confusing. When reading it it sounds like you have to flash TWRP while your bootloader is unlocked but the whole point of the thread is to unlock the bootloader. Thanks.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
yeah, check OP

LoL, :p :eek: my bad, i didn't notice that hehehehe....thanks for pointing that out.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] amphi66:
You may also want to annote the OP w/ the new update date! Thanks so much for your efforts improving the A7!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shirakani:
[MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION]

Will the updated method work with the chinese A2017 variant?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mmamedov:
[MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION] , is there one zip file for both B20 & B27? I remember you saying something about aboot being different for each of those. Thank you
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
well only i think i did was remove aboot.img from the flashable zip, you can give it a try flashing the NEW flashable file and do the whole Unlocking process .......

P.S. if this works for you ,just let us know which Update are you on (e.g. B09,B10 or B11)

yeah the TWRP flashable zip is for both B20 or B27.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shirakani:
[MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION]

OK, I'll give it a shot. Apparently, going by another user with the 6gb/128gb chinese variant, we need a full backup of the OS as while it unlocks the bootloader it also nukes the OS completely. I've downloaded your stock Chinese B10 TWRP flashable Stock zip which I assume/hope should deal with the OS issue afterward.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
yup, well about Nukes the OS i really doubt it, probably he Wipe the System instead of only Wiping the Cache-Dalvik-Data-Internal Storage and yeah just in case my flashable B10 will do...

P.S. I have ready to go the B11 Update TWRP Flashable zip, but haven't updated my post cuz Tenfar hasn't Mod the B11 Boot for you guys.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shirakani:
On a technicality, if we unlock the bootloader using your method we should be able to flash a clean factory stock B11 image (from that other thread)... Then simply use tenfar's tool to flash TWRP only then after that, flash SuperSU and boom, rooted.... coz with the bootloader unlocked there should be no issues from that point on.... technically! (one would like to hope so).

I'll try the unlock on the weekend as I need to back up all my content first... *sigh* dreading having to go thru the whole process of gutting MiFavor out again... such bloat...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xtermmin:
Once the bootloader is unlocked, you shouldn't need to use tenfar's method at all. Just boot into the bootloader and fastboot flash TWRP like you would any other phone.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shirakani:
Just so I don't make a stupid mistake... At the step where it says flash the zip file... Do I flash that zip file using TWRP, or flash it from a commandline? If from commandline, what's the command?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xtermmin:
If you mean TWRP_UnlockBootloader_by_DrakenFX.zip, you flash that via TWRP, then reboot into the bootloader, connect to a computer, and issue the "fastboot oem unlock" command, then reboot back into recovery and do step 10.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shirakani:
Ok, thanks for clearing that up.

Also, if I'm rooted via tenfar's method, I have to flash stock boot.img back first before trying this as it won't work w/ root, right?

EDIT: Yup... had to unroot first. The method worked flawlessly however on this china variant. Time to try updating to B11 then flashing SuperSU....

NOTE: You need to reflash a stock System if you've done anything horrendously drastic like uh.... gut out MiFavor completely (:D).... Factory reset simply won't work then coz it goes looking for MiFavor, just a word of warning to anyone who despises MiFavor so much they'd gut it completely.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] sipe1:
Hello all, I have ZTE Axon 7 Quartz Gray A2017U. Everything is perfect, but there is one annoying issue.

When I'm connected to 3G network (3G, H, H+ how do you like it :) ) I get 4G icon in status bar which is not correct.

When I connect to LTE, I get correct 4G/LTE icon in status bar.

Can somebody post their 3G icon?

I'm rooted and installed xposed with gravitybox, but I didn't change any options regarding 3G icon.

Here are pictures with fake 4G and correct 4G/LTE.

Fake 4G (connected to 3G network)

Real 4G/LTE

Any ideas how to fix it?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] imp3r10:
Are you on AT&T? AT&T calls their advanced 3G, 4G.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] sipe1:
I'm not, Croatia - Tele2.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] peramikic:
I think it's stock thing in US versions at least. I connect to 3G MicroCell (HSDPA+) and it show 4G, since that's how these are identified in US by carriers, so it will probably show 4G on anything above pure 3G so HSPA and above since here HSPA is 3.5G and HSPA+ is 4G
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] xtermmin:
It's because you have the US model. US GSM carriers AT&T and T-Mobile marketed HSPA+ as "4G", even though it's based on 3G technology.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] sipe1:
Thank you all for responses and clarification :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] GD Kiara:
Hi I have a question, i've been looking everywhere on the internet but I haven't found anything.

My Network type icon doesn't show up when im using it. I get no 4G/4G-LTE/3G Icon in my status bar.

How can I change/fix this?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Voyebanm:
Has any developer looked into this AOSP rom : http://www.letv.re/topic/1203-times-navigator-x620-aosp-native-with-working-fingeprint/?page=1

It is a bit slow with an older Kernel but works, I have installed it to test and it was OK. That would be Nice if they could polish it. Just saying...
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Saurabh K:
On le 2 with Snapdragon 652? Working?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Voyebanm:
I dont know. I have the X620
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Abram:
i have had the N7 for a few days now. first thing I did was turn of fast charging. I also only use the wireless charging. To this day it remains really cool to the touch after charging fully.

However, I was using my Note 7 yesterday, with the gps on in the car for the first time, when it got really hot. I didn't realise it until I got to my destination. Worse, it was sitting on a vent holder with the aircon on in the car. I had to shut it down immediately. Hence my question, are there other apps, gps, etc that create a lot of heat? Even VR use did not make it that hot!!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] markwebb:
Why are you still using? Your question is silly. This phone is in recall mode. Stop using it.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BozQ:
Did you just buy the phone from a store?

Stop using it and go get it exchanged. This matter is serious.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Abram:
I'm waiting for a replacement at the moment. Got to use a phone...
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] NIKKOTUASON:
That is not normal. A simple task like GPS should be heating up you phone to a questionable temp. Return it.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Abram:
is nobody else using theirs as they wait for a replacement unit? Nobody at all?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Itchiee:
Only real men like myself....
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] NIKKOTUASON:
I'm using mine, I dont have any problems with it, it never gets up to past 38C fast charging 3.0 + intense gaming, performance is amazing no lag or shutter even in pornhub with multi window. I cant complain about anything with this unit, I'm afraid they would actually send me a device that doesn't run as well as this one. I love this damn thing!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] aplusmiami:
I'm shutting it down today and moving back to my note 4.