yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Menergy:
Intellectual property must be respected and I agree ZTE didn't act as they had to. What I accented upon was that ZTE fell victim to the US's ongoing trade war with China. Look historically. Japan in the late 40's and the 50's was like China 15-20 years ago. They had no known tech names and were reverse engineering, producing/assembling only and stealing US and European technologies. Sony was some funky Chinese sounding garage company literally producing garbage. 40 years later Japan became one of the biggest owners of capital and investor not only in Asia but worldwide with long before these 40 years over when they not only started seriously to compete with the biggest names in the west but lead in innovations. So were initially and later on South Korea with Goldstar and Samsung. Not to mention nuclear weapon competition historically. Let us not underestimate China as they are already there and soon will not need any US technologies whatsoever but produce and lead in innovation themselves. It may be funny as it sounds for the current level of economic development of the continent but China already "owns" Africa (the continent with the most abundant and rare otherwise resources on Earth), in other words its economy and resources, and has exceptional influence upon the economies and development on the Asian continent. It is not having the introvert mentality of Russia, i.e. "act only when they reach your borders", instead it acts in the very same way the USA does - "divide and conquer" long before they know it - worldwide.

Do you think the top US/global corporations executives do not see it or the US government itself is blind to it? They already know China reached the stage it cannot be stopped anymore. They had their time before outsourcing everything in there. Now it is too late. So what happens with ZTE in my opinion is part of the very late efforts of an already lost cause. And I hope as ZTE product users, at least in this case, things will go in a way so we could get the Oreo update at least. Because what currently happened to ZTE will hit the US back as bad as China with no winners in the end.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] patio54:
Kinda hit the nail right on the head sir.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
Regarding certification, I suspect that the phone having been custom and on Play Store is the cause. Now that it has, it probably always will be uncertified. Maybe someone else who modded and went back to stock can check theirs too?

My phone has only been stock and is still certified.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
No idea what causes it. I've been on stock uncertified and custom cerified. Makes no difference really anyway as they both work the same.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobCox7:
So My Axon 7 was just replaced under the advance replacement warranty terms (Bit of a hassle but still working in USA {I hear Canada is having problems?}) it was stock unlocked and I backed up and restored via WS Mobiletrans fine.

My last phone was custom rom rooted etc but the axon 7 I had stuck to supported version for the warranty etc as stock/unlocked did what I needed and had updates scheduled.

I am now kind of up in the Air - no pressing need to do anything (though boot times seem a bit slower and I'm getting the upgrading android message on boot every time? ) but with everything going on it might be a good time to spend a weekend rooting it.

Any suggestions?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
ADB debloat, can still update it but runs very fast.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] An Droid:
Except loss of certification will block some apps from appearing in the Play Store (eg. Netflix)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Predatorhaze:
someone know where to find latest a2017g update package? im on stock marshmallow and like to go latest stock nougat,not trough TWRP
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] laikexpert:
ZTE AXON 7 (A2017G)

A2017GV.1.2.0B10 (Nougat_B10)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Predatorhaze:
is this the package i put on my sdcard and rename to update.zip,and update trough system update?

edit: jup,update package trough system...thanks
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] laikexpert:
ZTE AXON 7 (A2017G)

A2017GV.1.2.0B10 (Nougat_B10)

Download, copy to phone and install trough System Update.

(This is official update, install without rename it.)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Predatorhaze:
got it updated with the renaming.But somehow it unlocked my bootloader:confused:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] atakan33:
before this , is your bootloader locked ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Predatorhaze:
yeah i did a full stock restore trough axon7toolkit
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
Maybe not as full as you thought. No way updating an official ROM will unlock bootloader.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Menergy:
For those who still think ZTE is just an exception to the much bigger trade war against China, https://www.wsj.com/articles/huawei-under-criminal-investigation-over-iran-sanctions-1524663728

Unfortunately I cannot copy or read the full article as it requires registration but it was quoted on another website where they underlined that under political pressure following US telecoms, Best Buy also stopped offering Huawei products in the US. They cannot "punish" Huawei otherwise like they did with ZTE simply because Huawei has all on its own but they seem to be eager to do all they can to destroy its business in the US.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] laikexpert:
MediaTek cuts off ZTE over Taiwan’s new approval requirement

ZTE faces growing problems following a recent US ban that prevents the nation’s companies from selling hardware to the Chinese company.

According to recent reports, Taiwan’s government has ordered local companies to stop doing business with ZTE until they get approval to resume.

MediaTek is one of those companies, and it has confirmed that it has ceased doing business with ZTE for now.

original link:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/MediaTek-suspends-supply-to-ZTE-due-to-Taipeis-regulations

https://www.slashgear.com/mediatek-cuts-off-zte-over-taiwans-new-approval-requirement-27528811/
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
Well that takes out their low range stuff too then.

Goodbye ZTE. They won't survive long like that.

I have a little ZTE Blade B112 for use as a music player and controller for toys in my car, stuff like action cams on wifi. It has a Mediatek SoC. That thing was dirt cheap and IMO, for the money was a great little phone. Has really good call quality too. Cost me AU$29 and I wanted it specifically because it is small. Even came with Marshmallow pre installed rather than the usual Lollipop etc in really low end handsets.

I guess we now all have to look at custom ROMs to keep moving forward with our Axon 7. It's really important developers get the last Oreo Beta and do their magic :p

For me, OmniROM on A7 would be great :D Nobody seems to do it though :(
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] GodOfPsychos:
It seems we wont get any updates as of now

Have a look at the post from dazte on this thread on zte forums https://community.zteusa.com/discussion/53166/zte-system-updates-no-longer-available#latest

For the lazy ones (:P) here is the message dazte received from zte support

"Dear Valued customer,

Thank you for contacting ZTE USA. Our top priority at ZTE is to provide you with excellent products and great customer service. We are following up in regards to the software update. We are sorry you will have to send the device in to update the software on the device. The reason for this is because Google makes the software and we can't release the software. If you have any questions at all, please call us between 9am and 9pm central time at 1-800-617-5065. Thank you for your continued business with ZTE USA!

Regards,

ZTE USA"

It is from the blade v8 pro section, but its still a really bad sign. if this is the case, then other models are probably affected as well
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rzarectha:
Well, that pretty much seals the deal.

I was hopeful the update would be released in spite of the ban because it was in development before it. Apparently there are legal nuances that will not allow that to happen.

I have a question for anyone that knows. If the beta would be leaked, is it possible to use the new modem and bootstack to make better customer OS's for our phone?

As far as I am aware most custom ROMs on Oreo for the Axon are plagued by similar bugs.

And more more question please. If we had an EDL or .zip OTA file for the beta Oreo, would it be possible to sort of...reverse engineer it and fix issues that the ZTE developers did not have the chance to resolve; basically, finish the development ourselves?

Thanks,
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sToRm1nG:
The German website is now completely gone and http://www.ztemobile.de redirects to http://www.zte.com.cn/global/
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChiDi9901:
Wow, you would think ZTE Germany would make some kind of announcement, but instead silently just removed themselves, leaving the forum members in the dark. So, I guess communication isn't their strength it seems and we should just jump ship. I really hoped they would say something about this situation.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TPMJB:
I've emboldened and underlined the portion in which you should pay attention to. ZTE was punished due to violating a trade agreement and shipping products to Iran over a six year period. THIS punishment is because they did not abide by the terms of the last punishment.

Stop your fear-mongering and crying that the sky is falling. If companies abide by trade agreements, they don't get punished. Weird that we are actually pursuing companies that violate trade agreements now. It's almost as if companies have to follow laws.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] NobLeintentions:
Sad times

This is terrible news, as I've been looking forward to a successor to my Axon 7 for many months now. I guess It's time to look into Razer phone....

This means no more Axon successor as expected with Snapdragon. It also means a crippled Android with no license to Google services. It effectively means no Axon 9 and the end of ZTE's business in its current form.

For current devices they can't release any updates that include license to Google's apps and services. Won't see official Oreo now unless they remove all the Google licensing.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Infy_AsiX:
Waiting for the GS9 to drop in price sounds more suitable for you. Has the Dolby stereo speakers and still a headphone jack, though not a hifi DAC. Also newer Sd845/Exynos vs 835 on the Razer.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] amphi66:
Be patient. The world of politics and trade is constantly in flux. It would not be a great surprise to see a sudden settlement and governmental change of position as some other international factor comes into play.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Menergy:
I just quoted an article. Second, you live in the US, don't you? Iran is the biggest supplier of oil to China so this is not going to stop. Yes, ZTE will suffer but not die. And China's relations with Iran and Russia will keep getting deeper. Huawei was in the news today that they were having their own OS, it is still unsophisticated and requires improvement, but they don't need Google anymore. Samsung also has Tizen and will keep working on it and the only reason for that is being independent to anyone externally. The ZTE case shows bigger guys would need to do their homework because tap may dry up in the worst moment and not at their discretion.

World doesn't revolve around US and US trade agreements, licences and bans onto the rest of the world anymore, even if they think it still does. And in the China state - economic, geopolitical, infrastructural and internal needs completely oppose what caters the US government/corporations, not to mention what part of "American products" are actually produced in the US and if not exactly in China and territories around it under its exclusive control.

Even if many still think they yet live in the 20th century.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TPMJB:
I quoted you as saying you didn't have full access.

Oh cool! Huawei came out with an OS that almost nobody will adopt because it's less functional than everything out there currently? I'm on the edge of my seat with excitement! Oh did you hear there's a new tv channel that consists of literally hours of paint drying? Even more exciting!

How is that relevant?

US: If you trade with Iran, there will be consequences

ZTE: *caught trading with Iran*

US: If you abide by the rules of this punishment, we will allow you to continue trading with us

ZTE: *doesn't abide by the rules of the punishment*

US: Enjoy your ban!

How is that hard to understand? This has nothing to do with "omg the wrld doesn't revolve around u!!111" This has to do with "You signed a contract and didn't follow through on your end." Have you ever signed a lease before? Did you read what you signed?

Your bad translation prevents me from understanding what exactly you are actually saying with this. If you're saying US products don't get sold in China, take a look at all the auto manufacturers that produce for China. Otherwise you really don't have anything relevant to say.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Menergy:
China market's top 5 smartphone best selling brands are Chinese only. Even Samsung are losing ground monthly. Apple too.

Huawei doesn't need the USA market for its undeveloped OS but China itself may prove to be sufficient until they refine it and in case they are forced to do it. Hardware-wise they don't need US parts too.

With the last I meant, China produces and assembles almost everything (regarding smartphones) for the US on its territory with the US producing nothing in comparison in there. On the top China increasingly keeps ignoring the US market (especially Huawei and Xiaomi, the latter growing by 30% by sold phones in China compared to the other Chinese market top 4) for US restrictions currently but also because China itself and the rest of the word do their job. It doesn't need USA anymore.

And last but not least, I underlined many times before, ZTE didn't abide by their agreements and they deserve what happened on the US side. That's it and we will have to live with it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aclegg2011:
Yes, I have the feb and march betas.

---------- Post added at 02:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:55 AM ----------

thanks man. That's exactly what I needed. I went ahead and ordered it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pauldow:
From Reuters this morning

China asks U.S. to amend ZTE business ban - sources

China has asked the United States to amend a seven-year ban on American companies selling components and software to Chinese telecom equipment firm ZTE Corp, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

The article made it sound like this issue has a high profile in the U.S. / China trade negotiations. The ball's now back in the U.S. side to see how they respond.

Of course, even if the time period gets reduced, we're still screwed for getting the Oreo update. Maybe we'll get the Zagnuts update (That's the only candy name I could find that begins with the last letter of the alphabet.)

While as an owner of an Axon 7, I would love to see the support of the product return. It's nice to see updates pending for a phone that's almost two years old instead of the dropped support after only a few months like Samsung did to me..

I do have trouble with the ethics of a company that would sell to Iran and North Koreans, and then give bonuses to the people within that company who did that instead of the punishments they were supposed to get. (I could be wrong, but that's how I understand the issue.)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] svsavic:
ZTE seeks stay of US ban, asks employees to ‘welcome coming of dawn’

http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech...tay-us-ban-asks-employees-welcome-coming-dawn
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Predatorhaze:
well.it just did after updating to nougat with the update package
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] stinka318:
Ok so where do international version of the ZTE axon 7 stand will Google kill of the play store.....
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Infy_AsiX:
When other flagships in general went up in price since the Axon 7's release while dropping and lacking features. I feel the only real budget flagship started and died with the Axon 7.

Personally assessing the current state of the mobile market, really nothing appeals enough to warrant an upgrade. Trying to figure when there's a significantly powerful enough upgrade in Snapdragon to warrant an upgrade from a Sd820 for my needs. With modification and external cooling I can get higher than expected performance that works well for the example of intensive gaming in a game like PUBGM. Granted a 835 or 845 will provide some more boost up to around a third probably, it's not really worth it much with the price to performance improvement.

Given I'm mainly interested in a significant boost in power to be able to record or stream high quality screen capture during intensive gaming. The current Snapd conservative upgrades are still short. When also no manufacturer offers a full multimedia hardware suite with hifi DAC and front stereo speakers like the old Axon 7. I don't expect a suitable upgrade package for another couple of generations, if even ever.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] hollandnigel:
I'm late to this conversation, Have ZTE stopped supporting the rest of the world because the Americans are banning their phones?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrMD69:
Propably yes cuz global version (a2017g) do not get Oreo update on time - they said in April we've got may and beta testing is closed.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gld59:
The US hasn't banned their phones. ZTE can still *sell* phones, but if they can't *buy* US hardware and software it's a bit hard to *make* the phones in order to sell them. This means no continued manufacture (or repair) of existing models with US parts once those parts run out, no new models with US parts, no new models with (licenced) US software. Depending on how licencing is done, eg once-off or per-unit, perhaps no new use of such software on existing phones either. (In other words, maybe no official Oreo.)

If ZTE can't successfully appeal / do another deal, the company will have to either rework their business without US hardware and software (*extremely* difficult in the case of software) or die.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sToRm1nG:
So this might be it: China's ZTE Corp says main business operations cease due to U.S. ban | Reuters
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] free_axon:
Already have read the original Announcement some hours ago

ZTE CORPORATION INSIDE INFORMATION ANNOUNCEMENT [2018-05-09]

Edit: The link redirects to the original PDF announcement
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChiDi9901:
Wonderful, another "flagship" device that only received one major upgrade. Before I also had the Zenfone 2 that also stopped support after one major upgrade from Android 5 to 6.

This one is from 6 to 7.

I also have two Sony devices, Z3 tablet and the Z3+, that got two big upgrades (former from 4 to 6 and latter from 5 to 7), which is awesome. No Chinese branded devices for me in the future :(.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] troy5890:
I know how you feel. I too had a Zenfone 2 before upgrading to the Axon 7. Its honestly a pity, but luckily we have the blobs from the beta and we have hardworking devs bringing us Unofficial versions and Official Lineage OS 15.1
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] choadtron:
Thanks Obama :mad:... oh wait I mean Trump, sorry force of habit.......
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RobboW:
This is where people need to be patient as those devs are the future of the device and having the blobs could be the thing that saves the phone and allows it to live way beyond what ZTE planned anyway :D

Mine is still stock but once reliable Oreo custom ROMs are out, I will look to start flashing. I still have my Mate 7 to use temporarily whilst that happens and I can go back onto the work Nexus 5X for my work SIM. Glad I still have that Mate 7.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kountry83:
Yeah it's sad to see this. I know my uncle said he's feeling the pressure with his hours cut down. He's working at the ZTE office in Richardson, TX. I just talked to him a couple days ago. I live pretty close to him in Houston, TX. He gave me a ZTE Axon 7 Enhanced Edition and I love it! He's apart of technical training and said it has stopped so all he is doing is mostly just some assistance with account stuff. As for the Oreo update everybody is worried about, he said I will not get the update because it's not complete and that there is android licensing issue. That's all he could tell me, sorry.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dantedakilla:
ZTE might actually shut down.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...ust-forced-smartphone-maker-zte-to-shut-down/
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Druboo666:
the brainless money hungry Trump is a full of ****.I really hate this MF hope he die soon :p
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gachmuret:
So this means it's confirmed from an insider that no update is coming anymore...

Time has come for those who were testing Oreo and/or got software from ZTE to release what they have for public
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kountry83:
[MENTION=1905846]Gachmuret[/MENTION]

Well my uncle is sometimes a Debbie downer so I'm not going to jump to that conclusion because he doubts stuff all the time. I'm sure ZTE is still trying to figure stuff out for the community. I don't think they will leave us hanging. Hope not...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pauldow:
Did you actually read past the headline and into the ArsTechnica article? It has little to do with politics, and much to do with an unethical company that repeatedly violated US technology export sanctions, and then when caught, continued to lie about it.

They thought they could continue to cross "Red lines" with no penalty, but those days are over. After reading some of the accounts from people who have escaped from North Korea, I know I don't went to do business with a company that supports that regime.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Druboo666:
I don't know from where you read but all the place i read all pointed it as a result of trade war between China and US and we been beaten with its teeth hard.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
Is "US technology" getting into Iran or NK wrong? It's not necessarily US technology. More like technology that came out of US industries. Is the US entitled to say "We won't let our own industries sell to X company because we don't want to"?

Then the "security issue" thing... I'll give it the benefit of the doubt, but I'm pretty sure that it's just to hinder Huawei and ZTE. I'd say the whole Intel ME and Minix stuff was way worse than unfounded claims that two Chinese companies may be spying or may spy in the future
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] svsavic:
ZTE weighs sale of smartphone business as supplies freeze

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/ZTE-weighs-sale-of-smartphone-business-as-supplies-freeze
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] paatha13:
Game over for ZTE unfortunately.

One choice less for consumers.

Officially: ZTE no longer produces smartphones

https://www.notebookcheck.com/Offiziell-ZTE-produziert-keine-Smartphones-mehr.303048.0.html
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xRogerxC:
It's not Trump's fault. ZTE did this to themselves. Ignorant.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rzarectha:
don't start a political flame war here on XDA. if you're into that check reddit.

cheers