yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] Wingchundub:
I want to root my s10+ Exynos because i have reasons too.

I have been searching for 2 days now and nothign concrete as regards tutortials etc.

I never usually ask this, but has this device seems somewhat difficult to root and i really want too.

Are there any links to an how to for rooting and twrp install.

Best wishes
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] deadman96385:
EDL Stock Firmware

Nougat AT&T Z999 B30

Nougat AT&T Z999 B37

Oreo China Z999 2.1

Oreo NTT DoCoMo Z-01K B32

SD Stock Firmware

Nougat Russia Z999 1.1

Oreo China Z999 1.11

Nougat China Z999 1.11 Fallback Pack

Oreo China Z999 2.10

Firehose files

AT&T Z999 Firehose (Extract with 7zip) Might work with the China Z999 but unknown

NTT DoCoMo Z-01K Firehose (Extract with 7zip)

TIM Z999 Firehose (Extract with 7zip)

Incomplete pre-production firmware (Do not use)

P996A26V1.0.0B07

P996A25V1.0.0B20

Here is a step by step guide on how to flash the stock rom with QFIL and by extension any image.

Download and install the Qualcomm drivers from here

Download the firmware and firehose from above

Extract the firmware to a folder that you can easily access them from like your desktop

Download and install QPST from here

Open the QFIL application (Find it in your start menu)

In the "Select Build Type" field select Flat Build

In the "Select Programmer" field navigate to the folder you extracted the firmware and support files to and select the prog_ufs_firehose_8996_ddr.elf file

Select the "Load XML" button and navigate to the folder you extracted the firmware and support files to and select the rawprogram0.xml and then the patch0.xml when prompted.

Plug in your phone

Run the following adb command "adb reboot edl" (Now the screen should be blank but the led light should be red)

If the text at the top of the QFIL application says "No Port Available" click the "Select Port..." option and pick your device. If your device isn't showing up there you didn't install the drivers properly.

Click the Download Button to begin flashing your device
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] deadman96385:
Mine just in case
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] alhtc:
Thank u!! Just finding where I can update my att version firmware. I am still on b22. No OTA available. So sad...

Thx for sharing!!
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] alhtc:
my phone has been unlocked. will it be locked again after flashing??

your advice appreciated......
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] deadman96385:
I am assuming you mean sim unlocked, if so I haven't ever seen it be relocked by flashing the device back to stock. But I can't be 100% for this device.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] alhtc:
i followed up to no.9 Plug in your phone

but nothing happened...

shall i boot in bootloader mode?

i boot to recovery but after choosing bootloader mode, the phone just reboot and go into android...

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i also tried factory test mode. and the phone can be identified in QFIL

when i run adb command "adb reboot edl",

it shows:

* daemon not running. starting it now *

CreateProcess failure, error 2

* failed to start daemon *

error: cannot connect to daemon
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] superonionsoup:
Thank you!!

Thank you so much for your huge contribution!!

This opens a door to many possibilities!

Once again, thank you!
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] deadman96385:
Plugging in your phone isn't meant to do anything itself you need a working adb install so you can then do adb reboot edl to get into the proper mode. Ftm is not the proper mode.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] alhtc:
thank u for the reply!

can you give more hint on how to do a working adb install??

i have tried some methods but seems doesn't work...

i also tried to enter EDL by pressing vol + & - and power button. and try download the firmware but failed too.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] alhtc:
have been trying different version of adb driver...

usb debugging unlocked.

different type C cable.

different PC.

but still having the following results:

* daemon not running. starting it now *

CreateProcess failure, error 2

* failed to start daemon *

error: cannot connect to daemon

really want to update the Axon M to make it usable again. it's laggy and poor camera in this early firmware.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] alhtc:
Can I ask a stupid question?

Can I install firmware update by SD card? I see the option but I don't have the resources....
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] whynot4444:
can flash china rom to japan phone ??, last time i can flash att rom to china phone but signal bad and lost 1 sim
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Kinanizer:
Alright so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I keep getting various errors such as; Expecting SAHARA_END_TRANSFER but found: 0, didn't revive hello packet, or rx_data:247 Error occurred while reading from COM port. The error is just different based on what application. I've tried QFIL, the ZPST in your MEGA folder, MiFlash, and a modified version of the Axon 7 EDL tool. All give errors, unless I use my Axon 7 witch I am able to fully control in EDL mode. I think the basic problem is my Axon M can't be accessed, and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong there. Any advice?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys2ci:
AT&T AXON M update issue

Hello Deadman 96385 thank you for your guidance . I have been looking for info to update my axon m (att version) and i downloaded all files and drivers that you provided. The first issue is one of the drivers which is this ZTE_V889F_V880G_V955_A2_Drivers . I extracted zip file and installed other drivers but i couldn't install this driver ZTE_V889F_V880G_V955_A2_Drivers . I believe i'm doing something wrong or i miss something. One another issue is after step 8 . Should i go into FTM mode to start process ? Adb gives an error such as deamon not started or running etc.. For sure we missed something . Can you explain this part a bit detailed if you have some time ? I will be appreciated if you can guide us in this part.

Thank you

Have a nice day
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] essojay:
Thanks for the huge contribution. Is it possible to flash Chinese ROM on the AT&T phone. thanks
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys2ci:
Please somebody help me to beat that " sahara fail " . Trying to update ZTE axon m (at&t z999). I installed all necessary drivers and files. QPST as well and still getting sahara error. Sahara failed , sahara failed , sahara failed . My phone is going to explode soon. Booted phone maybe 100 times to edl mode . everything is fine but that sahara ruins everything. I cannot update the phone. Windows 10 64 bit installed all drivers provided by developers but cannot flash rom. I have done research but there was no specific info regarding that getting" sahara fail error ". I just do not understand where did i go wrong ? if there is anyone who can help with this ???

Thank you
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] myfire888:
wta

which firmware should i download ?

the sd ones ? or the edl ones ?

just to be sure, if u have the time pls read my explanation, and pls tell me if I'm doing right or wrong (while I'm downloading the firmware files about 2 hours)

I just got at&t zte axon m (I live in indonesia)

it's unlocked (I could use my simcard to phone, and edge is working)

but I want to use 4G and tethering (which not working atm), and at&t messages backup & sync often nags me to put at&t number when I'm doing anything like changing the setting, etc.

so I think I want to upgrade the phone to oreo with chinese (would this remove that annoying at&t messages backup & sync) and hopefully makes my 4G and tethering working (if not then as long as my call working like now then it's ok too) and hopefully the battery would be better (read that oreo battery management is far better than nougat).

I would prefer to use cn 2.2 firmware as it has got the google play back (from what I read cn 2.1 remove the google play ?), but can't find it anywhere, and ur guide here seems to be the most detailed one. so I think I would gamble with cn 2.1 firmware (that maybe would let me update from setting to cn 2.2 ?)

what do u think ? would this work ?

if not pls warn me right away

thx in advance

oh and 1 more think. which firehose file should I use ? for now I downloaded the at&t one. or should I use the other ?

edited again :

found my answer.

so there was someone already trying and break his zte axon m. phew, I almost got to the last step, and was just trying to find how to boot into edl mode and found this :

https://xdaforums.com/axon-m/help/bricked-edl-mode-t3844487
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys2ci:
Hello myfire888 , according to my knowledge you cannot flash custom roms or custom recoveries to AT&T devices unless you unlock their bootloaders. I have an AT&T AXON M as well . I got it a month ago and it is 4G/LTE support. Phone is good but as i said we cannot flash custom roms on AT&T devices or unlock bootloaders. I've done a research and there is no way to unlock bootloaders of at&t devices(thsi is what i know so far, maybe there are some people who can do it but not me ). I have a galaxy S7 EDGE AT&T and it is the same like axon m. You need updates from AT&T only . Recently i found AT&T 's updates from xda but i was unable to flash the rom. I installed every drivers and other files and got a sahara error failed many times. I will not buy AT&T devices anymore. They work good but we cannot flash custom roms or recovery . We are lucky that some developers upload these updates on XDA otherwise it is really hard to find them. AT&T does not provide their update on their website. That sucks.

Good luck friend
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] myfire888:
phew luckily I havent proceed through the flash yet, or I'll have another brick in my house.

u live in us ? use at&t ? because mine should support 4G/LTE too but only 2G run, and no tethering (well tethering would be useless too even if it can with only 2G) :(

can't find any chinese axon m on ebay too, so i just bought the at&t unlocked one.

this phone is near perfect, and I'd like to say "who needs huawei mate x and samsung galaxy fold when u have zte axon m" haha

oh well, I have use plan B and using mifi for now. it just not feels good to bring another extra modem.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys2ci:
i'm not living in us but i got the phone from somebody who brought this phone from us . it's sim unlocked not bootloader thats why we cannot flash custom roms. I have the update but i cannot flash it . ZTE is complicated phone to update . i have a samsung at&t and i update without an issue . samsung is easy to update. Before you update your phone do a research regarding your phone's model. Your phone should support 4G / LTE . Did you check network settings ? Mobile networks or network settings . it should say 2G/3G/4G etc.. check it. I cannot find any tutorial or solution to flash update on axon m unfortunately. I downloaded every single drivers but still can't flash it .
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] myfire888:
nope. there's only an option on prefered network type : GSM/WCDMA/LTE (I think wcdma is 3g and lte for 4g ?).

but I can only get e (which means edge) on the top notification.

If i change it to "LTE/WCDMA", then there is no internet at all (actually there's no signal at all, cannot even make phone call and sms if I choose this)

I have inputted and double check every apn settings for my simcard, so the apn should be right. and the simcard works 4G perfectly on my xiaomi phone.

just incase. my phone is unlocked because I can use it to call, sms and edge with my simcard right ? (it's the first time I bought at&t phone which have to be unlocked, so maybe I just misunderstand the terms lock/unlock, so maybe this phone still locked ?).

and the mobile tethering wouldnt on too, whenever i click on, it hangs for a while then error msg : "there is a temporary network problem that prevents the enablement of the mobile hotspot function. please retry later"
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys2ci:
I think something is wrong with ATT Z999 firehose programmer file that is provided by developer. Because it doesn't work. I did install every single drivers correct and my phone is detected by pc . booted into edl mode via adb command but it always gives a sahara fail error. I do not know what to do at this point . Just hoping that anyone comes up with an idea to solve this.

Thank you

Regards
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] deadman96385:
The programmer is vaild, just the phones edl mode is not standard so it requires some custom initialization process that is yet unknown to anyone outside of ZTE.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys2ci:
Ok thank you for your respond and i appreciated that . I have never had zte before , that is the first one that i have and never played with edl mode before. I always had samsung and they are easy to update . But zte not that easy . Could you tell me how to do this process if you do not mind . I do not know how to do it . There must be a way to do it i believe.

Again thank you for your respond Deadman96385

Regards
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Razor512:
Can the stock EDLs be used to update the the Z999 AT&T version of the device.

Since if you purchase this device to use on a different network, the updater will not work for OTA updates, can the EDL be used for this?

Want to use Nougat AT&T Z999 B37

I was also wondering, the website only lists B35 (forum will not allow me to post a link, but it can be found by googling the change logs for the Z999).
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] deadman96385:
Currently edl mode is not working properly on the axon m so these files are useless.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Razor512:
Hopefully one day there will be a way to update devices like this without having to purchase AT&T service.

Currently stuck on B30.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Reverender:
i updated/unbricked mine with UAT now on B37 but not mutch has changed.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys2ci:
Hello everyone , finally i had a success with flashing my z999 axon m from B22 to B37. I was trying with qfil but wasn't successful and i did this firmware upgrade with uni android tool (uat) and it worked. I would like to thank to developer Deadman96385 for sharing firmwares and other necessary files that i was looking for .

Regards
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] deadman96385:
Would either of you guys be willing to test flash a magisks patched boot.img with uni. You take the b37 boot.img put it on the phones storage and then in the magisks manager app click the install and then patch boot.img button then find and select the b37 boot.img this will tell me what the status of the bootloader is and what the next steps will need to be to allow ROMs and such.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Jemini024:
just got the phone in the mail... im up for playing around with some thing..i have experience working with lots of other phones.

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Comparing this phone to the galaxy s7 is wrong in all ways..locked bootloader vs signed...and giving miss information is not cool..you are able to flash other firmware as long as same boot version on the s7..i can confirm this because i have a g930p/g935p aka sprint using g935u/g930u both phones rooted and running smooth on bootloader v9... example "https://xdaforums.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/s7edge-verizon-firmware-modded-lte-bands-t3827369"
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] 01000010:
Would it be possible to flash the China Oreo ROM over the TIM-branded italian Axon M (4g/64g)?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Sili213:
I just did this and it seemed to have patched it successfully. Did it to the b37 boot.img like you requested, while running on b35. Thanks for all you do around here.

- Device platform: arm64-v8a
- Existing zip found
- Copying image to cache
- Boot image is signed with AVB 1.0
1022+1 records in
1022+1 records out
1047368 bytes transferred in 0.011 secs (95215272 bytes/sec)
- Unpacking boot image
Parsing boot image: [/data/user_de/0/com.topjohnwu.magisk/install/boot.img]
HEADER_VER [0]
KERNEL_SZ [12763729]
RAMDISK_SZ [5530226]
SECOND_SZ [0]
EXTRA_SZ [0]
RECOV_DTBO_SZ [0]
DTB [0]
OS_VERSION [7.1.2]
OS_PATCH_LEVEL [2018-09]
PAGESIZE [4096]
NAME []
CMDLINE [console=ttyHSL0,115200,n8 androidboot.console=ttyHSL0 androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x237 ehci-hcd.park=3 lpm_levels.sleep_disabled=1 cma=512M@0-0xffffffff buildvariant=user]
CHECKSUM [6786e511bb27a849e5df52a8140e52fb83d053ce]
KERNEL_DTB [3577041]
KERNEL_FMT [gzip]
RAMDISK_FMT [gzip]
- Checking ramdisk status
Loading cpio: [ramdisk.cpio]
- Stock boot image detected
- Backing up stock boot image
- Patching ramdisk
Loading cpio: [ramdisk.cpio]
Add entry [init] (0750)
Patch with flag KEEPVERITY=[false] KEEPFORCEENCRYPT=[true]
Remove pattern [,verify]
Remove [verity_key]
Loading cpio: [ramdisk.cpio.orig]
Backup mismatch entry: [fstab.qcom] -> [.backup/fstab.qcom]
Backup mismatch entry: [init] -> [.backup/init]
Backup missing entry: [verity_key] -> [.backup/verity_key]
Create directory [.backup] (0000)
Add entry [.backup/.magisk] (0000)
Dump cpio: [ramdisk.cpio]
Loading dtbs from [kernel_dtb]
Patch @ 019857B6 [736B69705F696E697472616D667300]->[77616E745F696E697472616D667300]
- Repacking boot image
Parsing boot image: [/data/user_de/0/com.topjohnwu.magisk/install/boot.img]
HEADER_VER [0]
KERNEL_SZ [12763729]
RAMDISK_SZ [5530226]
SECOND_SZ [0]
EXTRA_SZ [0]
RECOV_DTBO_SZ [0]
DTB [0]
OS_VERSION [7.1.2]
OS_PATCH_LEVEL [2018-09]
PAGESIZE [4096]
NAME []
CMDLINE [console=ttyHSL0,115200,n8 androidboot.console=ttyHSL0 androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x237 ehci-hcd.park=3 lpm_levels.sleep_disabled=1 cma=512M@0-0xffffffff buildvariant=user]
CHECKSUM [6786e511bb27a849e5df52a8140e52fb83d053ce]
KERNEL_DTB [3577041]
KERNEL_FMT [gzip]
RAMDISK_FMT [gzip]
Repack to boot image: [new-boot.img]
HEADER_VER [0]
KERNEL_SZ [12762953]
RAMDISK_SZ [5722323]
SECOND_SZ [0]
EXTRA_SZ [0]
RECOV_DTBO_SZ [0]
DTB [0]
OS_VERSION [7.1.2]
OS_PATCH_LEVEL [2018-09]
PAGESIZE [4096]
NAME []
CMDLINE [console=ttyHSL0,115200,n8 androidboot.console=ttyHSL0 androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x237 ehci-hcd.park=3 lpm_levels.sleep_disabled=1 cma=512M@0-0xffffffff buildvariant=user]
CHECKSUM [0778bfc5598863f2569744363a8db323b81f3379]
- Signing boot image with test keys

****************************
Output file is placed in
/storage/emulated/0/Download/magisk_patched.img
****************************
- All done!
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] phidung3721:
Would you mind sending me the b37 boot.img? I don't know why but it would take me 7 hours to download the full zip. Thanks mate.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Reverender:
Got no pc atm. Will try patching boot img and then flashing it again. Who knows. Ill try on wendsday
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Reverender:
Ive patched it and reflashed it with the new boot img.

Sadly it didnt work phone reboots twice then ends up in android recovery.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Reverender:
can someone create (compile) TWRP for Axon M recovery.img ?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Are there anyone can tell me the possibilities to flash the Japanese version directly from the Chinese Oreo 2..1? (Hardware is 6g ram 128g rom) Thanks?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] 01000010:
Yesterday the updated version of TIM-branded italian firmware has been distributed. (version TIMV1.0.0B07, Android 7.1.2)

Has anybody a link to it?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] 01000010:
With the Packet Capture app I have been able to capture the exchange with the Syncml server handling the OTA package, but, now that the phone is already updated, I cannot get the URL of the OTA package.

Could somebody with the NON-UPDATED TIM version do the same without updating the phone and retrieve the OTA package url, please?

Thanks

Required steps:

- start with a NON-UPDATED TIM Axon M

- install Packet Capture and its certificate

- start a capture session selecting the System Updates app

- Open Settings/System Updates and check for updates

- DO NOT start the update

- stop the capture session and export the session as text

- edit the file to remove your IMEI from the file

- post the resulting file or the URL for downloading the OTA package
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] holabola:
Getting this phone in the mail soon. US AT&T model. If y'all need something to test with I'm familiar with ADB and rooting. Not much depth to my knowledge but getting this to Android 8/9 would be awesome.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Chronios:
The first thing this phone needs is root. To change the too high dpi settings and be able to save them. The next thing would be to remove the nav bar on the bottom right so the phone would use 100% of both screens. Right now i am forcing an permanent immersive mode but its buggy...

A friend of mine has access to Uni Android Tool, which can revive the phone after some experiments.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] deswr1:
Yep someone needs to find root so it works on 4g in the UK ?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] rcarteraz:
Flashing edl oreo china 2.1 rom

Deadman96385, every step worked in your instructions in preparing to flash the edl china rom 2.1 but I did not get a red led light. Is it okay to flash this rom?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] jdapp:
How did you put it in permanent immersive mode and can you elaborate on the bugs you are experiencing? Thanks
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] Chronios:
I use System UI Tuner (App Store) to force immersive mode. The mode I selected is NAVIGATION BAR so only the nav bar is hidden and the status bar is still visible. I added a bottom nav bar with another app. The problem with this solution is that sometimes the original in-built navbar on the right still appears. And somethimes when i need the in-build bar its hidden. I can swipe from the right to make it reappear but only for a second. Too short to switch to another screen mode, or at least inconvenient. Maybe a solution is the whitelist option for certain apps to use with immersive mode but i was unable to get it working. The whitelist should work maybe i did something wrong. I use this phone only in Reverse Portrait mode so the thicker side of the phone is in both hands , forced it with another app(ultimate rotation control)
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] jdapp:
#1 thanks for this, it has been awesome. I have not experienced the issues you reference using system ui tuner and control screen orientation app to accomplish same rotation. I don't have additional nav bars so that may be causing the issue.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] holabola:
Did you ever attempt this?

Also, do you have the Chinese or US version?

Thanks!
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] sev7en:
Good morning,

after the 2.1 no additional updates have been released?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] ugynok:
When you have root, you won't have UK 4G!

https://xdaforums.com/axon-m/how-to/guide-unlock-hidden-gsm-lte-bands-t3972811

I managed from nothing to EDGE.

And I am happy, because first there wasn't ANY GSM signals found.
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] pierpa86:
Hey guys, where i can downloads the stock rom for TIM italian version ? Can i flash the cinese oreo version on my TIM Axon M ?
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] 2390:
Okay so I have my Axon M from AT&T, and the battery life is comically bad. Can I sideload the Chinese Oreo update? I don't care about phone features, I'm just using it as a handheld game system
[ZTE Axon M Guides, News, & Discussion] GabriHylian:
My situation is precisely the same... after reading everything here I'm kinda scared I could brick my axon tough. My version is B37 and I want to install CN Oreo, don't mind anything else. Is it okay to go for it?