yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] stevenh512:
I also wouldn't mind having a stock backup, unfortunately I didn't remember to take a backup before I started tinkering with my system partition, but thankfully I haven't managed to break anything I couldn't fix.

While in this mode, are you able to actually use fastboot? I ask for two reasons. First, if you're on a stock recovery, the only way you're going to be able to restore a stock ROM (or install any other ROM) from recovery is if it's signed by ZTE, otherwise you'll need another way (like fastboot). Second, as far as I can tell, there is no fastboot on my phone.
[Android General] tnomtlaw:
Have nothing to contribute right now.Just want to THANK all you guys for your unselfish work!!!
[Android General] tnomtlaw:
Does anyone have the stock rom?? The recovery bricked my assurance n817.Please help
[Android General] equitube:
This worked great, thanks

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It works, but my system is very unstable right now. I have a feeling it's that KingCrap . It doesn't like to be replaced with another SU. That stuff is malware and I never use it unless I"m desperate. I'm going to try to push 3c toolbox to it. It won't stay up long enough to install it from playstore.
[Android General] slacker8135666:
Member96 posts Thanks: 16

Does anyone have the stock rom?? The recovery bricked my assurance n817.Please help

I did a full backup of my zte n817. it's in .img format. pm me and I'll send it to my google drive and give you the link. Do you know what partition goes where? I also have that info too !! After 3 bricked phones I have learned somewhat of a lesson
[Android General] equitube:
I can't do anything with it now. It won't stay up long enough. I have a nandroid backup but it's on the external sd which this TWRP can't see. There isn't enough space on the internal to copy it to. I'm giving up for now, I"ve spent way too much time on a $20 phone
[Android General] equitube:
Safelink model

My troubles may stem from using this on a n817 from Safelink. Though it worked fine until I flashed the SuperSu zip

I need firmware for this phone. Anyone got any?
[Android General] equitube:
Well I did it. I managed to unbrick the ZTE. the phone finally stayed up long enough that I was able to go into the app menu and disable the king user app. I then deleted it with 3C Toolbox. Then I was able to update the binary on the SuperSU app and it works fine now.

Yet another reason never to use the kingroot app or anything by them. It's all just malware. Every time I've used that crap its been trouble.
[Android General] elk1007:
What is meant by "the phone stayed up long enough"?

My phone bootloops to stock recovery.
[Android General] equitube:
Mine wouldn't run without freezing or getting a black screen after 30 to 90 sec. Don't know exactly why, but it began staying 'up' for 2 or 3 min. Then I was able to delete that horrible KingCrap.

You say that you bootloop to stock recovery. did you install the version of TWRP mentioned in the post? Can you boot into TWRP (Vol down + power, hold until you see the TWRP screen)? If so, I've got a nandroid backup of my phone as well as 3 partitions backed up (Boot, ABoot, and recovery)

Let me know, PM me if you want. It may take a few hrs or overnight to get back to you but I will.
[Android General] filldapipe:
HELP{

i am currently using this b.s. phone, or was. i had root and was doing fine until i reseted through twrp and formatted the system. like a noob i didnt backup my phone when i got root. i have the qlink variant, is there any one out there with a stock, rooted backup i can load through side load to my phone in twrp?

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HELP{

i am currently using this b.s. phone, or was. i had root and was doing fine until i reseted through twrp and formatted the system. like a noob i didnt backup my phone when i got root. i have the qlink variant, is there any one out there with a stock, rooted backup i can load through side load to my phone in twrp? or any other way to fix the no os bootloop?
[Android General] Brokeliner:
Thank YOU!
[Android General] slacker8135666:
I have recieved my 5th qlink n817 junk phone yesterday and I rooted it put supersu on it and did a backup in TWRP so if anyone needs the files I have them just pm me and I will get back to you asap. I also made a image of the whole device it 3.something gigs. I'm sure I will add to my pile of bricks (n817) I refuse to get beat by this phone. It will get faster if I have to hook it up to a rocket. I finallay got the no storage problem taken care of now speed is the issue
[Android General] equitube:
Here's a link to my nandroid backup of the ZTE quest. The rub is the TWRP for these can't see an extSdCard and the backup is about 1.5gb.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByqFt-KjjMKyNEd0MGxNbjFzekE

Hopefully that works

Slacker (see in this thread) hasn't had any luck with fastboot or sideload, let us know if you do. I'll keep working on it.
[Android General] slacker8135666:
Well here we go !!! I will be working on a TWRP recovery and also a custom rom CM11 today. I know how to take care of this sdext problem with these turtle phones (n817) Stay tuned I will post my results as soon as I test it on my pile of N817's. We fingers crossed will hopefully have a better phone in the next couple of days. I will let everyone know my progress. I will test it on all my devices and make sure it's working 100% before I release. Because I have tried many different so called working fixes and bricked my phones because of it. I know these phones are junk and slow so be patient. I do have backups of this phone that will recover from a brick but I will not post a ""fix"" that doesn't work.
[Android General] Curtis1973:
Im tinkering with this little phone for a kid family member. I will probably customize the stock apps and so forth. If I do I will share the work with you guys. I am rooted so customizing the built in version of android should be no problem.
[Android General] miniandroidp:
The only one way unbrick the phone no matter what recovery you got and even phone black screen you need to call them they from over sea I guess. They can reset the phone and good as new Lol .Im not a pro but hope help you who ever brick that free phone . Good luck . Of course you have to use working phone not n817 brick phone to call tell them cant sent text message or not working internet . ?They will gave you reset code mine is 7872 you just tell them ok doesent matter you cant type that code or not my friend phone all black screen made cant type and see only black screen Lol may be 30 sec you can see boot screen and good to go. Made sure charge the battery . That pretty much everything.
[Android General] pyrohydrosmok:
We already have TWRP 3.0.2 compiling against CM11. Works flawlessly. Interested in how you're coming with the ROM. I have CM11 compiling BUT when flashed through TWRP IT WON'T BOOT

Very frustrating.
[Android General] slacker8135666:
I started the project and ran into some issues. Was going to work on it again but been on the road for a while now. When I get back home I'm going to get at it again. Sorry for the delay in updating y'all. I'll let you know my progress.
[Android General] equitube:
I have one that is finally working good. It's stock, rooted, debloated. pm me for a link

I'm also looking at how to overclock this phone

UPDATE

don't have a stock ROM. I do

have a Nandroid backup of a rooted, debloated ROM. The problem is that the version of TWRP ported to these cannot read the extsd card and the backup is over 2gb which is probably too big to fit on internal storage. If you know a method of altering the TWRP Build you're welcome to it.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByqFt-KjjMKyNEd0MGxNbjFzekE

I actually smashed this piece of junk last week. My advice is to go to Safelink and sign up for their BYOP program which will allow you to use nearly any unlocked GSM phone and still get 350 voice, unlimited text and 500mb of data a month (1gb for the first 3 months.) for free
[Android General] tnomtlaw:
Want to try it.I am in bootloop and recovery is broken.I don't know how will be able to install it.Thanks!!!
[Android General] equitube:
Link to Nandroid backup

Here's a link to the nandroid backup I did on this device. I will get an EquiMods version out soon. Medical issues leave me unable to work as much as I'd like to on this.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByqFt-KjjMKyNEd0MGxNbjFzekE

We'd welcome any and all input, assistance and/or suggestions on this project. Any who wish to join the team are welcome regardless of ability level. It's a learning experience for me as well.
[Android General] slacker8135666:
I wanted to know if you tested out that file i linked last night ?

Also when you get these phones stuck in bootloop with no recovery or a missing system (in some casses) you need to put phone in emode (emergency download mode). This was the only way for me to recover a few times. Once you get your computer to see it as a drive and not just as a phone you can use mini partition to format all the partitions and then hdd raw copy and write the full image to the phone and then your good to go. I have the full image of this phone if you need it let me know and I will give you the link.
[Android General] d4rk3:
How do you put the N817 into emode? Thanks in advance :)
[Android General] slacker8135666:
have phone powered off and hold down volume button down while plugging in usb cable. The screen will stay black but windows should pick it up. Now I had issues at first getting windows to see it as mass storage but that was because i had drivers from other phones in my computer.
[Android General] d4rk3:
Do you happen to have or remember which driver you used to get Windows to recognize it as a mass storage device?
[Android General] slacker8135666:
I used the driver that was on the phone. I have a few of these phones so after I removed every driver on my pc I used 1 of my phones and connected in driver install and installed the driver then I hooked up my bricked phone and it noticed it as mass storage (zusb) I think in ports and coms. But I did also add a legacy driver under storage volumes and picked the zte driver and then let that install then plug phone in and it reconized it as a hard drive. It took alot of time and patience to get it going but this was the triclk that worked for me. I read that using qualicom drivers is the way to do it but I had no luck all 30 times I tried it. I'm using windows 7 and one of the main issues I had was completely removing other drivers. I had to use command prompt and run an exe file thats alreADY IN WINDOWS TO FORCE drivers to be deleted. If you need more help on this issue let me know and I'll try my best to help you threw the process.
[Android General] d4rk3:
Thank you for being so detailed :) much appreicated brother!
[Android General] Karitoriki:
Does anyone have a pure .IMG of the "finished" recovery that I can flash from my phone? Have no PC to be safely playing with github pulls.
[Android General] doglog666:
i have this thing stripped as bare as i can get it and it still gets hot just being on. anyone have a flashable image of where things are at i could help test? really dont care a whole lot if i brick it lol
[Android General] slacker8135666:
I had the same problem with my phone. I have noticed that certain apps like facebook will mess with these phones. Now i am using link2sd for storage reasons. I got over 100 apps and still tons of space. Now the heating up issue I have worked out. It doesn't get as hot as it was before and it's faster and smoother. I modified the build.prop file (threw trial and error) but I've been using it for 2 weeks now and i have not had any issues with it "yet". If you want to give it a try let me know and I'll send you the link to get it and instructions of how to apply it. This is a temp fix untill I can get this cm11 rom done for this junk bucket of a phone.

Also I have stock backup.img of the whole phone if anyone needs it
[Android General] doglog666:
Could I get a copy? Would be good to have at this point
[Android General] slacker8135666:
I'll send you the link in pm since I cant post links. It's 3.4 gigs so expect it to take some time.

If you need only boot.img or system.img etc use diskinternals linux reader and mount the img and it will show every partition and pick for example system and right click and make .img file and your good to go
[Android General] leetree2001:
I just wanted to know how it was coming along
[Android General] slacker8135666:
Not to good. I have not had any luck with it on the phone it's self. So I'm back to researching and starting all over again. I did apply some stuff to my stock rom on the phone itself that works very well. Customized most of the phone also got more speed out of it and also plenty of storage and removed all bloatware. Battery drain is still an issue. But I am still trying to get cm11 working with this phone. It's just slow moving with work getting in my way.
[Android General] leetree2001:
If you need any help debugging let me know,would gladly help as much as can!
[Android General] Thrandisher:
I just wanted to say thanks to you guys for trying to make this phone a bit better.

This is actually my first android phone ive had (last phone i had was 17 years ago) and its driving me crazy. I had to get a phone for emergency use and since i take care of my last family member who is terminal, so my funds are rather limited. I swear i put on like 5 apps (mostly since everything needs 2nd auth now a days) and its turned to a crawl for booting up and doing anything on it.
[Android General] slacker8135666:
I wanted to say sorry for the delay to all of yall that want the backup.img i have. Ive been very busy so ive been working a few things on the cm11 rom also im just about done deodexing this not so stock rom im running. I am also breaking the .img file down into system.img boot.img and recovery.img just to make it a little easier for yall but the full img of the phone will still be on there. Im going to post the link to my Google drive on this thead since ive been getting flooded with PM's its nothing against anyone i just feel bad its taken alnost a week to reply to yall. But you can still feel free to send me a pm for questions that i may be able to help you out with. Once my boss understands that hes not god i wont be as busy trying to get him to lay me off

Thanks for being patient with me
[Android General] slacker8135666:
Ok here's the link to my google drive https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzsO7AY9apEzUWlUNXpvOXFhWXM. Many have asked for the .img file well thats in there also I broke it down to system/data/ and so on. Plus a bonus file a deodex rom for this turd. It's flashable threw twrp recovery. Enjoy and if you have any questions feel free to ask away. I may not have all the answers but there are great people on this site and I have got great advice from them and I'm just trying to be as helpfull as I can be !!!
[Android General] 4SakenDroid:
working TWRP with external sd support

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_g1Dsp0sNWSNkVzcm1BdzNEeVk
[Android General] shatheone:
is there a download link for the stock rom? i have the n817 on qlink
[Android General] shatheone:
will i be able to install the deoxed rom from the default recovery?
[Android General] equitube:
I used link2sd to move apps to the extsd. I partioned it with Apps2sd first. DON'T USE APPS2SD TO MOVE THE APPS THOUGH. IT will cause major problems.

With this method I was able to have hundreds of apps on this phone without taking up internal storage space. As for fast, forget it. These are old dual core phones that can never be very fast.

They are frustrating though. I actually smashed mine on purpose last week, then brought my galaxy s5 over to Safelink by sending for a free sim card.
[Android General] shatheone:
my phone is at the point where it will boot up to a blank black screen, only thing i can see is the time in the top right, battery meter etc. but i can access anything on the phone. i can mount it as mass storage device on the pc so atleast it does that, anyway i can fix it by copying any file on the phone?
[Android General] slacker8135666:
On my google drive there is a backup.img file you can use that to fix your problem. I posted in this thread the procedure I used to come back from being bricked. Also you can not use the deoxed rom from stock recovery you need to flash in twrp. All the files and info are in this thread. I have most of them on my drive.

I was able to get alot more speed out of this phone using various tricks. The deoxed rom helped out alot.
[Android General] shatheone:
what post are you referring to ? im not interested in rooting the phone or anything like that. for perspective, this is what i see on my screen, im also on stock recovery. im not sure how backup.img would fix this issue
[Android General] slacker8135666:
Here's a question for you. Did you try and do a factory reset from your google account? You can go into your google account on your pc and goto my devices or phones and delete your data remotely. If that is not an option for you and you can not do anything else example like going into settings from you nav bar ( the scound image you posted top right corner). Then you may have no other option then to write the .img file to your phone. Try some more research on your situation and see if anyone else has had this problem or an easier fix. I dont want to miss inform you in anyway. I have not had this happen to me. I usually end up in a bootloop or nothing at all dead phone but able to force into download mode and mount as mass storage. I'm also going to do some searching around for what your phone is doing to you and if I find anything out I will let you know,
[Android General] Gborg3:
Since Rashr is recommended due to its flashing capabilities I thought about it and Flashfire works even without a custom recovery as long as root is available. Anyone want to try it?
[Android General] equitube:
UPDATE

biking around the other day, headed for home my S5 fell from my pocket and smashed the screen and digitizer. :( It costs abt 85 for a new set - I can pick up S5s all day for under 65 (offer up, great buys and local).

So now I am bamaPhoneless (strange they call it an 'ObamaPhone" when the Lifeline program goes back to the clinton era)

I think I'll hold out till I find an LG G4 or 5 or a Galaxy s6 or 7 for under $100 (happens to me all the time)
[Android General] slacker8135666:
You can also use the twrp app to flash the recovery. That's how I do it
[Android General] ZeDingo:
This is a Google Drive link to a working TWRP 3.0.2-0 image for the ZTE Quest N817. External SD card works.

Thanks for taking the time to build and upload it, 4SakenDroid
[Android General] Gborg3:
The moment I have a microSD card to toss in this phone I'll be rooting it with the methodology here and there's one app I'll be trying on it to increase performance even without any fully functional rom for it. L Speed is the app. On my HP TouchPad with Evervolv 7.1.2 I use the app to increase smooth performance. Yes I have great firmware and SKZ kernel but the app makes a a noticeable difference. If a 2011 WebOS tablet can improve with the app it has to help here too. It's available in the Play Store and in XDA Labs. Try it and report back if you can and want to.
[Android General] ridgeway1189:
Hey i seen you told somebody to pm you about there bricked zte and you had some info?

,,,,,,,,

Hey you told somebody about pm'ing you for help with there bricked ZTE and im in the boat i actually gave up on it lol but thank god i seen your post and i could really use your help . I can give you my email or you can pm me? idk how to pm somebody or maybe its just to early but you would really be saving my day!!! email me and reply to this message so i get it ...thanks so much im sorry to bother you but i figured we obviously have similar interests with xda and phones lol and believe me i learned my lesson this time. note to self* make a damn backup lol..

THANKS!
[Android General] 69Rixter:
ZTE n817 Q-Link Inquiry

First of all,

KUDOS

to those who are diligently striving to make this phone "usable". This is THE most bottom-line phone product and too bad for it was once a relatively adequate product. Q-link has devolved it into a P-O-S. I am planning on sending it back to them, however, this thread has given me pause. Am I correct in understanding you have, now, been able to root and flash a new O.S. to this phone. If so, I've missed the part about your efforts to unlock the bootloader (?). Could anyone who is working on the development of this phone set me staright on your accomplishments and IF I should hold off on sending it back!

THANX:

Rick
[Android General] Gborg3:
As far as I'm reading it's being done with locked bootloader and everything through Rashr or other app able to select file to flash while in android.
[Android General] slacker8135666:
So I have put alot of testing into this phone and have files on my google drive for this phone to improve it while im working on the cm11 for this rom. I'm in the process of building my own device tree and other files that are not public files in compiling a rom for this device. My google drive link is posted in this thread. I have a deoxed rom for this phone and other files that will improve this device for now until i get this rom working properly.
[Android General] BitaloBhudey:
I need the stock.img or backup

I would very much appreciate a link to your copy of the stock backup of this phone!!! I have the qlink version n817, but I doubt it even matters since they're all the same model. I have the stock recovery with no OS issue so it's better than my current firmware lol.
[Android General] shatheone:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzsO7AY9apEzUWlUNXpvOXFhWXM
[Android General] slacker8135666:
I also have added a flashable zip file to my drive for this device. It's called system.zip if that helps make things a lot easier for you. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzsO7AY9apEzUWlUNXpvOXFhWXM
[Android General] microwaveman:
Can someone please upload their twrp system backup. I currently have no os on my phone.
[Android General] slacker8135666:
Already did check your inbox for link
[Android General] doglog666:
I have the no OS problem as well... adb sideload just gives me error: closed trying to send anything to it, i have the twrp ext sd fixed image and the deodex_install zip from slacker8135666 all ready to go, I just cant figure out how to get them on it...
[Android General] slacker8135666:
Try going into FTM mode and adb push the recovery.img to sdcard/download folder or ur local/tmp folder then boot into recovery and see if you can flash the recovery.img not sure if you can from recovery. If that works then you will have ext sdcard working and then you can adb push the zip to your ext sdcard in FTM mode and then boot into recovery and flash away. Volume up and power gets you in FTM mode. You wont have root access in FTM mode so thats why you cant use dd or push to system since it will be in read only.
[Android General] BitaloBhudey:
If you can't get that working there's always the QFIL method like slacker suggested to me BC none of the other methods were working on my POS phone with the same problem. I personally just don't value the phone enough to invest the time and effort required for the QFIL process BC it's a headache esp if you're not experienced with it aka myself lol plus I have my LeEco Le Pro 3 to use. If you have the qlink version and get something to work lemme know though.
[Android General] hrs90:
How did you guys root this phone?

Ok so I'm just wondering how were you guys able to actually root this piece of junk? I've tried many rooting apps including Kingoroot and every time it fails (71%) I have watched youtube, even tutorials on xda and nothing works.. It's through Assurance Wireless. Without root this phone is only good for calling and texting. At this point I just want to smash this phone.
[Android General] slacker8135666:
You have to use the command reboot disemmcwp before you try to root. That's how I did mine and I used kingoroot from my PC to root