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[General Questions and Answers] weirdfate:
Any luck with root? I just want to clear out the bloat! ?
[General Questions and Answers] ThePhxRises:
That's.... That's not root.
[General Questions and Answers] phonecapone:
Those are sites with adlocker based surveys. 60% of them are all bullsh*t and don't give you what you want. The one you're talking about i'm almost certain is bullsh*t. Don't waste your time on it.

Those adlocker based systems do make some good revenue. hehe
[General Questions and Answers] Curtis1973:
The device can be put into a sort of fastboot mode by powering off and then holding power and volume up until the ftm mode screen appears. From there root may be possible.

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Also seeing as ftm is accessible. This command in adb with device plugged in and detected should disable write protection on the system.

adb reboot disemmcwp

Now you dont need to be in ftm to run this. Just that seeing as ftm mode is on the device,root should be possible.
[General Questions and Answers] alphaGodfather:
YOURE ONTO SOMETHING!! lol i tried the command and it rebooted so i tried adb root and it didnt give me the bs you cant do that response. stopped there and looked around on how to manually root it and get a custom recovery but nm luck. any other suggestions? lol ive been following this for a whileee now. EDIT ok after a little more research it looks like ill wait lol twrp is unavoidable and I dont have the time to port one so on that note fml
[General Questions and Answers] Curtis1973:
If the device rebooted after the command the bootloader should be unlocked. But unable to confirm. Maybe try kingroot kingo and kingroot to see if either will give you root. If the system is indeed freed from write protection then root should be possible.

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fastboot commands should work in ftm mode. But that's a guess. Worth a try to see if using the unlock bootloader commands will work. If so twrp is possible. Also I notice reboot to bootloader is in the recovery menu although it just rebooted me without entering ftm. So not sure. Will keep digging. A system dump might be useful.
[General Questions and Answers] Curtis1973:
okay. actual download mode on this device is accessed by powering off then holding volume up plus volume down and power until you see the home circle light up with a fee blinks then stays on. there will be nothing on screen. after entering download mode,connect to pc and see if the device is recognized by adb and/or Windows. if so you can check to see if fastboot commands work and retry the command posted above to remove write protection to the device.
[General Questions and Answers] Ianisverycool:
In download mode, the device doesn't get recognized by adb and is not listed in device manager despite windows beeping and recognizing a device connected. Adb gives me no device/emulator found. Any ideas?

In ftm mode it is recognized, but using the command seemingly just reboots the device as trying out various rooting apps does not work.
[General Questions and Answers] Curtis1973:
install the ZTE max xl usb drivers for adb etc..listed here

https://droidusb.com/download-zte-max-xl-drivers/
[General Questions and Answers] Ianisverycool:
Already installed those, I can send it adb commands in both FTM and while booted but not in the "download mode" via up & down volume + power button. It's seemingly just not recognized at all and does not show up in device manager if I were to want to install the drivers specifically while in download mode. At the moment I've only installed them while it's normally booted.

I'm computer versed but not so much android & phones versed so I might just be missing something simple, but I don't really know what to do if it's just not being recognized at all while in that mode. Windows knows a device connected, as device manager refreshes and gives a confirmation beep but I can't do anything from there since it's not displayed.

When I initially booted it into download mode windows did try to install drivers automatically, and it was recognized as an mtp storage device for a brief moment so I could access the phones files but quickly after that disappeared & It has not happened since. Is it possible windows installed bunk drivers automatically possibly? Looking through device manager there's just nothing there unless I'm stupidly missing it. I've combed through it multiple times thoroughly.
[General Questions and Answers] Curtis1973:
i would suggest uninstalling all drivers,reboot pc then install zte drivers before you ever plug in device. be sure to check phone for any prompts to allow access.
[General Questions and Answers] Ianisverycool:
Uninstalled all related drivers, rebooted, installed zte drivers manually before plugging in device, turned off autodownload drivers in windows, device is finally recognized at least but now it's just seen as qhsusb_bulk in device manager and adb drivers are incompatible, refuse to be installed even manually. lol
[General Questions and Answers] Curtis1973:
unreal. Chinese garbage lol
[General Questions and Answers] weirdfate:
I'm willing to test out things! I want root to remove some bloat and make this thing usable
[General Questions and Answers] Curtis1973:
I will help where I can.
[General Questions and Answers] Starchild2k:
I actually have two of these phones and when pressing the button combo throws the phone in dfu mode with the driver's installed you can actually change the driver to just diagnostic mode by forcing a driver update there is no adb in this mode just like entering the command adb reboot edl I even checked fastboot and it doesn't show up either in this mode I have managed to get a qct file from miracle box I used a cracked version for that but trying to read the partition table in miracle box crashes I tried using a USB to PS2 adapter converted to serial and no response as well
[General Questions and Answers] alphaGodfather:
I've given my phone the equivalent of aids that limewire use to give desktops lol had to factory reset a time or to but I'm persistent. I got a weekend to dig a bit deeper now I think I'll attempt to make a twrp custom recovery or brick this damn thing trying. (not the most tech savvy) after buying this when it first came out I figured it would have been rootable within a few months.. Wish me luck and I'll update if I figure anything out
[General Questions and Answers] weirdfate:
How can you make a custom recovery with out a dump of the factory recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] weirdfate:
shows device offline
[General Questions and Answers] noob_noob1337:
As am I willing to try what I can I consider myself noon status but I'm not a complete bumbling wreck and I learn fast so let's try to get this done
[General Questions and Answers] Dolemaine:
Hi All,

I found this https://mega.nz/#!685FyISK!MO2se6M2Q3xEitJgv4BWzREvb7q_peDaxxvdFs8bexs from a Youtube video, but i'm don't know Spanish. I tried to translate but the directions are very vague and I don't know enough. Maybe someone else can figure it out.

PS: I also saw another video similar to this but he didn't leave a link and he has more files in the folder he used.:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] Keo-nii:
The readme says the following:

INSTRUCTIONS:

WITH EQUIPMENT ON ACTIVATE THE DEVELOPED OPTIONS

ENABLE UNLOCKING OEM AND DEPURATION, WAIT FOR PERMISSION WHEN CONNECTING TO PC

FLASH THE CARRIER.IMG USING UNI ANDROID TOOL (NO CRACK)

THIS WILL ROOT THE EQUIPMENT.

SUBSEQUENTLY EXECUTE THE FILE UNLOCK.BAT AND READY.​

If you can find the youtube video, I'd gladly help out in translating it.

I myself will give this a try and let others know.
[General Questions and Answers] J&G:
Anyone give it a try yet? Got kinda quiet here...
[General Questions and Answers] J&G:
i am here in the United States and Purchased the Virgin Mobile n9560 zte max xl and wanted to unlock it to use on another carrier (t-mobile / single mobile) and root it to remove google apps and block ads(xposed too). I have successfully unlocked it using the method in this youtube video and the package in the description. only things that must be done is 1. make sure the Original sim card in the phone while attempting this and 2. make sure you click the USB prompt box to not ask again When connecting to computer. if not, the method fails every time.

i am hopeful this can help someone.

if i link provided does not work - search: Sprint ZTE N9560 Free Unlock No Uat. (Video by: Jarol Izaguirre)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoQ044qFF8A

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Just so there's no confusion, it's unlocked now, I'm using simple mobile service on the phone, but... Still no root. If anyone knows how.. Help us out. Please.
[General Questions and Answers] VortrexFTW:
I was also able to unlock my phone last week, with the help of the tools in that video's description.

However, getting this thing rooted is still evading me somehow. I'll reply if I make any progress.

By the way, the

adb reboot disemmcwp

suggestion didn't work. It does restart the phone, but not with write protection removed.
[General Questions and Answers] J&G:
I asked the one who posted that video about possible rooting, he told me kingoroot on pc to root. I asked him for more information because it doesn't work on my phone - no response. Maybe it's the type of phone he had compared to mine.. Who knows. Must ZTE be a pain in the A** all the time..? I also feel like most that people or someone should be paying a little more attention to the phones that don't cost $500-$1000. Seems like these low cost phones don't get any help. Doesn't seem right.
[General Questions and Answers] mbairaq:
Here there is a files to root and unlock.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c9k4cyHznWRSbXtxEa4gjAqrXpcJTAi9
[General Questions and Answers] bertmag:
Doesn't work, just managed to change the boot screen from Sprint to generic Android.
[General Questions and Answers] mbairaq:
You can use this root just to unlock the device.
[General Questions and Answers] VortrexFTW:
[MENTION=7507036]bertmag[/MENTION] ... the same thing happened to me.

I still can't seem to get root access to my phone.

The phone is telling me there's an update now, but I'm reluctant to try it. I fear my attempts to get this far will be patched somehow.

What?
[General Questions and Answers] mbairaq:
Why do you need to root your phone?

This is temporary root.
[General Questions and Answers] maximuslyricus:
Why does anyone want to root their phone? Because the stock firmware holds the phone's physical specs back, especially the Max XL, where ZTE has failed to efficiently maximize the RAM compared to other phones with similar specs.
[General Questions and Answers] Dolemaine:
Hi [MENTION=7552678]J&G[/MENTION], Are you able to send and/or receive mms? I managed to get it SIM Unlocked but the mms won't work. I changed APN several times to no avail. Please let me know. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] brightboyz:
Zte N9560 Unlocked using this Method Well Almost Everything!!

Hi I've been reading this form and just had a question about unlocked zte N9560

I used the link mentioned and everything worked great unlocking from Sprint and now the phone works with Rogers in Canada

Only problem I'm having is not being able to send MMS messages

SMS NO PROBLEM but as soon as I add a picture to a txt message the words send the the picture won't

Is there an option in the program used above where I can check instead of just modem and carrier to correct this

P.S. I have checked with Rogers and my APN settings are correct in my phone
[General Questions and Answers] brightboyz:
can't find MSM version

hi there just wondering how to fix this

when I'm following your video I get this message in the flasher program
[General Questions and Answers] Adilharoon:
Yeah, these drivers work really! I used the same ones

Yeah, these drivers work really! I used the same ones for my ZTE Android.
[General Questions and Answers] Starchild2k:
Well I figured out to fix a ZTE Max xl stuck in dfu mode! No need to even take it apart just software that switches the dfu mode to edl mode I even managed to dump everything from it as well no root doing any of this
[General Questions and Answers] bbarlow321981:
Over year later but I removed frp completely

I was given this frp locked zte phone. And for a while I could just bypass it and not remove. I found a way to remove it. Not only this phone but other phones as well. If you still have the phone I could give you instructions on how to remove frp.
[General Questions and Answers] Starchild2k:
I have two of these phones and I have managed to get it temporary root access with the tools that was listed on here and further examining by deleting the boot.img partition this will put the phone into fastboot mode but I wasnt able to unlock the bootloader which is important to flash over unsigned images. also by deleting certain partitions like devconfig put the phone into direct FTM mode on the phone. Other partitions just threw the phone into DFU mode which is bad because u must then get outta that mode and back into 9008 mode which allows QFIL or similar programs like Miraclebox to work. I have even gone as far as making a boot.img to disable dm-verity and added rw to the system image which just put the phone into DFU mode o just to let everyone know if you are messing around with this phone and you are stuck in DFU mode and have no write capabilities use a app called "ZTE Terminal Software Update Framework" this was a tool that was used on the for recent zte phones the language must configured with the .ini file to have English. This program is simple to use and it will put the phone easily from DFU to 9008 with no issue and from there you can recover the phone. As far as anyone having a frp lock this can easily be fixed by putting the phone into 9008 "edl mode" and just formatting the config partition with like Miracle Box or similar and factory resetting the phone to erase userdata if need be. still would love to root this phone permanently to remove bloatware and possibly write lineage os for this phone as well or even a working TWRP
[General Questions and Answers] lguser33:
I also managed to get temporary root access. To do so I used kingoroot (kingO root,not kingroot) the windows 10 desktop program. To do so put phone into usb debugging mode, and then run command "adb reboot disemmcwp" without quotes, then run kingoroot desktop and you should get root until the next reboot. You lose root access after rebooting though :( . Now if I could just find a way to make the rooting permanent.... I'm wondering if uninstalling kingoroot and installing supersu could do it. For replacing kingoroot with supersu there are guides on xda, but I wont have the time to test them today. I'd also like to note that for root hints we may want to look into the zte blade z982, it has almost the exact same specs as z9560 zte max xl and root was acheived on it. The way the zte blade z982 root was acheived was by using edl mode and flashing a custom recovery. Since the phones are so similar I tried with their recovery but got dfu mode, maybe the devices are different enough we need to build our own twrp, and just that? IDK :cyclops:
[General Questions and Answers] HeyImJ:
Thank you for still looking into this phone

Now with temp root and your experience, do you think it will ever be possible to flash Magisk/achieve systemless root on this device? :)
[General Questions and Answers] lguser33:
I tried some more with using kingoroot, I used Franco Kernel Manager to try to flash a few versions of Magisk (its a paid app like flashfire but allows you to flash with any root, cause I had trouble removing kingoroot) but kept getting DFU mode when booting. This effectively soft bricked my phone, but I have an edl cable and just reflashed the boot. Edl mode is easy to get into, so we might try prerooting system.img and then flashing it via edl? Alternatively using fk kernel manager and trying a few different versions of magisk ( don't do that unless you know how to unbrick with edl mode!!!). Those would probably be the only ways that I can see root being acheived. It I will try some older magisk verisions and see if they work.
[General Questions and Answers] Starchild2k:
I have actually tried doing that with using Super R's Kitchen and had the same result with DFU Mode. Also you do not need a EDL Cable to get this phone outta DFU Mode there really is two ways to do this one is using a GUI App like I stated in my earlier post or two using emmcdl.exe either one of these will get you outta DFU Mode and into EDL Mode to continue flashing. Flashing a older system.img stock of course doesn't affect it as it is still on 7.1.1 really the only difference is the build number. I would love to see a custom flash on this phone but it does have the userdata.img encrypted and is enforcing android verity 2.0. I know that the ssd partition has something to do with the encryption on userdata.img so if you extracted this partition you would also have to have this partition one originally dumped as well or it will say the phone needs to be reformatted. Its a 4 Mb image and investigating with Hex Editor it looks like a Header partition for the userdata.img I also noticed that extracting the the boot.img or recovery.img is repacked the size is different than the original image and if you try to flash the image back even untouched will throw it into DFU Mode so resizing the boot.img or recovery.img is a must!
[General Questions and Answers] VortrexFTW:
Re:

[MENTION=3750561]Starchild2k[/MENTION] [MENTION=7577149]lguser33[/MENTION] Have either of you (or any one else) had any more success? I'm still hoping for root on this phone (I can't afford another phone at the moment. Tight budget).
[General Questions and Answers] SarcBot:
Bumping for any updates on this.
[General Questions and Answers] kldearman:
Could you still help out with this? I have a friend who's phone was frp locked by his kids. He needs the phone now, and his kids don't remember their google password.
[General Questions and Answers] lilredfox92:
Did you ever get past the frp? I'm currently trying to bypass frp on the Bolton for a friend and could use some help.
[General Topics] rockscientist01:
hi!

I just got a XDA Orbit 2 ( HTC Touch). Now im looking for an appLauncher like tdLaunch. I want Icons on the desktop on which I simply press the stylus and the according app starts... Just like the quick launch bar in windows...

Should be freeware

Thanks

AO
[General Topics] cliemonster:
You ought to look at the tray launch feature in BatteryStatus. That's what I use for my today launcher. And the popup launcher in WkTask is fantastic as a launcher over other programs. Both of those are free and you can find them on this board.
[General Topics] rockscientist01:
yeahh... well thtas all too much gadgets... I got batti which is very small in size on the display and gives a full overview over my battery status...

All I need are little icons on my PPC Desktop without no frills...

Thx anyway!

AO
[General Topics] Rudegar:
http://pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=808

free and dont eat much mem
[General Topics] skanndelus:
try this, just adds small icons to your today screen...

"Launcher is a Today screen add-on for PocketPC's. It adds an icon bar, much like Windows's Quick Launch bar. You can place as many applications (screen space permitting) to it's list as you wish simply by copying link files into the Launcher folder, and launch the applications with one tap."

http://www.scottandmichelle.net/scott/cestuff.html
[General Topics] Ragart:
Not a desktop thing, but Mort has MortButtons 2.5. Check that out maybe.
[General Topics] Mort:
The current beta also includes a small today plugin to launch the menus from today screen. (And transition animations for submenus and finger gestures, similar to the HTC cube. There's a cube animation, too, but not as default because I'm afraid slow devices won't show it properly.)

Apart from that, I'd recommend cLaunch or maybe rlToday, if you want more freedom but also more complicated setup (XML file).
[General Topics] rockscientist01:
man Mort you freakin rock!!!

Thank you so so much for your cool appz o' course i got Buttons n Player installed... gonna check out that new version you talked about...

cLaunch dont seem to work properly on my touch though, but installed the before mentioned launcher and thats ok for me.

again... THANK YOU MORT FOR YOUR GREAT WORK !!!

AO
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dagrim1:
Long story short... Got a new phone for my gf and tried moving the chat history from whatsapp to it. All options (local backup, google drive backup, redoing all without media, with and without google account activated, etc) failed but led to a large number of (succesfull) verifications. However, by now I have to wait 48 hours for the next try!

I did contact whatsapp about this but first got a general reply to ask if my sim-card is working and make sure the cell connection is ok (aka, we didn't read your actual question but just give the basic answer we always give). After replying that this wasn't my question or the case I haven't heard from them anymore...

I was wondering how long does it take for the waiting time to be reset? (I know in the beginning it's instantly and it then goes up). As mentioned, the verifications were succesfull so it's not that it resets then. Is there some info on this? (Or some way to workaround).

By now I have an idea of how to succesfully transfer the chats, but I hardly dare trying anymore because any (failed) attempt means she has to wait days to use it again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michab_101:
running into same problem... did it ever reset? also how did you resolve?

running into same problem... did it ever reset? also how did you resolve?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurtn:
#metoo
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Colbert71:
Same thing happening to me, how did it work for you?

I have exactly the same problem!!!!

- My wife has an android phone, and I bought her an iPhone 2 weeks ago

- It has taken many (otherwise successful) resets to find out the right procedure

- The last time I managed to re-install WhatsApp (in her old Android phone to allow her to at least keep using it), I had to wait 24 hours to ask for the verification code (which I did and reinstalled it in her old Android).

- She hasn’t started to use her new iPhone yet cos we’re afraid it will take too long to restart WhatsApp again the next time.

- I have sent messages to the WhatsApp customer service board (asking to restart their countdown and/or tell me if it restarts if I wait for some time) with exactly the same results: first a generic email and then no answer.

Does anybody know if it’s possible to have a shorter verification wait either (a) by asking WhatsApp or (b) waiting for long enough without reinstalling the app? In case of (b), how long does it take to have the verification wait down to a reasonable time? Any other solution???

Thank you very much!!!!!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurtn:
It's (b). I don't know the exact idle time. Maybe a week. After that yo see the resend sms countdown starting around 100 seconds.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Colbert71:
That’s totally right. After one week the countdown was down to zero. Thank you!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umangyadav_:
I was depressed that my all chats of last 10 years would be gone, But after install there was no chats then make sure u have database folders in storage and msgstore.crypt files too in that, then go to Whatsapp backup add ur gmail id if u are having ur database the ur backup file will be of around GB's in my case its 1GB . after backup to drive delte whatsapp then reinstall select ur drive account which u chose recently then u might get each msgs restored but if u have tried for many times for otp then try after a week so that u won't have to wait for otp like resend sms in 48 days or so.

Do let me know if ur problem is solved