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[Blade General] Anonwatch:
Hmm not as easy to follow these steps as they are made out to be

I attempted to dl the first file listed and open it to my desktop. The file needs to be updated and when I did that it was still not allowing me to follow the steps listed...Really do not want to f*ck off my phone...really do want to root this Z982. Just not sure these steps are correct...PLEASE RESPOND

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have attempted to follow the steps multiple times and still having sh*t luck with these directions. Was hoping that the information here at XDA Developers was not garbage ...So far I am seeing it is just as pipe dream.
[Blade General] Emerl:
Some people may need to watch out with the modules or the rooting process. So far I've had 2 of my Google accounts hacked and I've gotten an email stating my FAFSA ID was locked because of multiple failed login attempts. Not sure which is to blame, but be weary guys. ?
[Blade General] Anonwatch:
I have not been able to get the steps to work properly anyways thanks for the tip though.
[Blade General] Anonwatch:
FYI: just been talking with a metro pcs customer service rep on Twitter. Looks like they admit to the Z982 being a defective device and that is why it was pulled off the shelves. So these asshats are sending me a LG Aristo to replace my Z982. I am feeling kinda screwed as the specs do not match up at all.
[Blade General] xxMoon:
You have to do the intital qfil flash process in order to use the the twrp package.

The twrp package will not work if you dont have twrp recovery flashed on your device. The twrp package is for people who already flashed twrp using either qfil or the zte flash tool package.

Simply having twrp installed from the playstore doesnt mean you flashed twrp.

Both the packages do the same thing. They make sure twrp and magisk are flashed add that the system is rw. The difference is, one uses qfil, which is for people who dont yet have root. The other is for people who need to unlock system rw.

Both flash the same images, just using different tools
[Blade General] Matthew702:
Lol send it to me I'll send you my LG aristo... It's already rooted and unlock...deal?

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And I can tell u for a fact.. ur able to root the zte z982.. just gotta pay attention. And read a little
[Blade General] Lux Novicus:
B20 File

When I download the B20 file,it is just a file. Not a zipped folder. Im stuck here and dont know what to do :(
[Blade General] Matthew702:
Need to place the unzipped folder on the root directory of your sdcard folder.
[Blade General] Matthew702:
:silly:
[Blade General] Matthew702:
It should be a folder named B20 and a couple other drivers and a .bat file.. after u place the folder named B20 'not zipped' in the root of /sdcard. Then run the .bat program in admin. But You must have twrp installed from the first half of the original instructions... Also 4gb of free space.
[Blade General] Robbieisbobert:
Tried the method today. I got QFIL to recognize the phone on COM3 but upon selecting the program, rawprogram, patch, and then clicking Download, I get "Download Fail: Sahara Fail:QSaharaServer Fail:Process fail"

Googling leads to an issue with the programmer file...

It's worth mentioning that the phone got recognized via USB but does not boot to Android. I got it like that :).
[Blade General] xxMoon:
Make sure you are selecting the correct com port. Additionally, make sure the qfil is set to the same transfer rate as what is in the device manager.
[Blade General] Robbieisbobert:
I don't see anything like transfer rate in QFIL, but I do see that in Device Manager... I managed to enable the correct COM port on the phone again, as pictured in the attached photo. Also, your photo seems to have 404'd.
[Blade General] Robbieisbobert:
I just realized I didn't upload a pic lol. I now attached a pic to this reply....

As per your other thread (ZTE Blade Z Max EDL Tool - Flash / Backup / Restore in the EDL mode) bits per second set to 115200 but still nothing...
[Blade General] Robbieisbobert:
For some reason your pic couldn't show the other day. I viewed it successfully today and I used settings as pictured in your screencap and STILL nothing :(
[Blade General] xxMoon:
Hmmm, what os are your running and is it x86 or x64?

Additionally, edl times out after a few seconds.

Try holding the power button to reboot the phone. Use the zte tool to put you phone into edl from dfu then immediately try to flash it.

Let me know if that works.

-Edit-

Also try changing your com port number in the device manager a few times. Anything under 99 works.

I had some issues using qfil as well but I remember changing the com port worked.
[Blade General] Robbieisbobert:
I am running Window 10 x64 Version 1809. If QFIL detects Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008, it is in EDL mode, right? I have pressed the power button until it disconnects from USB and reconnects and "Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008" is detected by QFIL and then I attempt the download that very second.

Which ZTE tool are you referencing btw?

I also changed USB port which also changed COM port. No dice. Also manually changed it in device manager and attempted Download and I get "ERROR: function: port_connect:100 Failed to open com port handle." Further download attempts yield FireHose and Sahara errors.
[Blade General] xxMoon:
Usually they dont power right up into EDL, bricks power up into DFU.

Anyways, I'm thinking its a driver issue.

Download this package and extract it to your desktop.

https://androidfilehost.com/?w=file-thanks&fid=817906626617949735&mid=254&download_id=797faa27ea1baf3cbd4eafe73a36b03d&tid=1557518785&hc=a6473f9f2c0c411a58a3cd66d9775c3993becb8b1714fd32b9848b058d50e63b

Then uninstall your current Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 and check the box to delete it.

Then install this https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sifxXbu0i3JAGNBawgI-TSEGtALOgnpE it has the dfu drivers. Update the driver in device manager. See if it shows it as ZTE DFU.

If it dont, reboot and then install the driver labeled Lenovo_ser.inf. Apparently its the edl driver for windows 10.
[Blade General] Robbieisbobert:
On ZTE driver, sometimes ZTE DFU shows up, but only on boot. Other times QDLoader 9008. The one time I tried to upload as device was in DFU mode QFIL tried to put it in ETL mode but failed. On Lenovo driver only could get QDLoader 9008. Still getting these errors.
[Blade General] Emerl:
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[Blade General] Unssin:
I bought the new G7 power but I have my old phone and that log one of you guys post is the exact problem that I have with my phone. The com is correct but for some reason it say the port isn't correct.
[Blade General] Emerl:
Disable secure boot on your PC (it's different on different PC's, so Google it) and try the whole rooting process again. I was having problems until I disabled that.
[Blade General] Unssin:
If you want to get to DFU first you will need to plug in your phone hold the power button until you hear a disconnect and a connect sound then unplug you cable and you will be in DFU Mode but sometimes it doesn't recognize , it be killing me lol.
[Blade General] Unssin:
Try it but no luck
[Blade General] xxMoon:
I dont have a whole lot of time today. But getting into DFU is what needs to be focused on. That way, when we use a tool which I can upload tomorrow, or if so eone esle wants to, to properly switch it into edl mode.

-edit-

Here is the tool and guide

https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/salesmultidla2017-tool-to-unblick-dfu-t3854229

I think the phone boots itself into a corrupted edl mode.

With this tool, it loads a working edl mode.

Get the phone into dfu. Use the tool to push it into a working edl mode and immediatly after flash using qpst.

Lemme kniw if it works.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
i saw on your other root method you said do not update magisk,with this root method can we update Magisk?
[Blade General] Angelpena:
help me lmao

im new to all this rooting stuff,can you help me with the init.d scripts, i have no idea how to use it
[Blade General] Unssin:
Use magisk Module called init.d injector. Inside module.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
cant install magisk modules

whenever i try to install a magisk module it says it installs corectly but when i reboot the module is not there/installed
[Blade General] Unssin:
Screenshot it.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KhJUAsIxkRvc8WcClB5uyVKKbiLqh9Gc/view?usp=drivesdk
[Blade General] Unssin:
First try updating your magisk.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
If I accidently Brick my phone what do I do?, Can I use the qfil to unblick it? I can't make a backup via twrp either it says failed to mount permission denied
[Blade General] Unssin:
Yes, in twrp select boot and system image actually there's it two options for system image, choose the one with the greater mb.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
When I try to backup my system image and Boot in TWRP it fails, is that what you're telling me to do?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NLSAeQ8LxMbUSm3y_Q6X6aHwxo4wk8Px/view?usp=drivesdk
[Blade General] Unssin:
Hmm wierd. Do you care if you lose data? If no then upload the boot.img the official on without the magisk.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
What do you mean about uploading the boot.img?
[Blade General] Unssin:
Upload the boot.img the one inside the firmware. The original one.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
How do I do that?
[Blade General] Angelpena:
Are you saying to flash the boot image from the b20 folder in the qfil zip
[Blade General] Unssin:
I was trying to say upload to like Google drive and share it with me so I can modify it.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
How do I do that though?,sorry for the repetition I am really stupid lol
[Blade General] Unssin:
Go to magisk, and click install. Then, select the second option and then Navigate to the boot.img. Finally flash it with flashify.

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I mean flash the magisk_patched.img with flashify
[Blade General] Angelpena:
Magisk is already installed
[Blade General] Unssin:
But is it up-to-date?
[Blade General] Angelpena:
No

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It only gives me the option to install it
[Blade General] Unssin:
Screenshot
[Blade General] xxMoon:
In all honesty, anyone who can't follow the instructions should not attempt this guide. It seems alot of people are softbricking their devices.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JEkU_JfteZRUDexjqLIAKyPLy3d0-hsn/view?usp=drivesdk
[Blade General] Unssin:
Click install then Select "select and patch file" then Navigate to your boot.img and open it. After the process finish tell me .
[Blade General] Angelpena:
Where do I find the boot img
[Blade General] Unssin:
In the firmware.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
In the actual phones files or from the b20 folder from the qfil root
[Blade General] Unssin:
Go to : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c9s-n8-_4jjJ1B0ppjH84ev14T5qJdJr

Download and extract the firmware, go inside the extracted folder and copy boot.img to the phone and do the steps from the previous.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
Thank you so much and it worked, how do I use the init.d though
[Blade General] Unssin:
Go inside magisk, swipe to the right and there is an option says Download,click on and and search init.d injector, then click on it and press install. After it finishes it will flash it automatically just make sure your in magisk. Do a reboot and check for init.d.
[Blade General] Unssin:
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[Blade General] Angelpena:
It's installed,how do I use the rw init.d script that op provided
[Blade General] Unssin:
What script?
[Blade General] Angelpena:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H-ivk5KQd-1hvWu4wAdDvTpqHF2luodf/view?usp=drivesdk
[Blade General] Unssin:
Are trying to set selinux to permissive? Or are h trying to make /system rw?
[Blade General] Angelpena:
System r/w
[Blade General] Unssin:
Ok, let me check on that.

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Use a terminal and issue this commands.

$ su

# mount | grep /system
[Blade General] Angelpena:
Do I do the commands exactly or do I remove the $ and #

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I did it exactly like how u typed it,how do I know if it was mounted properly,and I forgot to say,TWRP still gives me errors when trying to backup
[Blade General] Unssin:
Remove $ and # and use Android terminal from the play store and make sure u give it root permission.
[Blade General] Angelpena:
Did I do it? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kzkIGP7cRoj83YSbadk8_ct4AQVBDW_X/view?usp=drivesdk
[Blade General] Unssin:
Yes

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Run "su" before issuing this command

mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p46 /system​
[Blade General] Angelpena:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tfhRahJvAWGx7d-ajSCwdNsnuclzj5UI/view?usp=drivesdk
[Blade General] Unssin:
Issue this command and then sent screen shot cat /proc/mounts
[Blade General] Angelpena:
Do I give it su permissions first?
[Blade General] Unssin:
Yes
[Blade General] Angelpena:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Je2CWNkG5FuVfWyVXujwkSwsVmN195mg/view?usp=drivesdk
[Blade General] Angelpena:
What should I do about TWRP since it won't backup my phone?also those files u sent me(the phones firmware)can I use it to unbrick my phone just in case I mess something up?
[Blade General] Angelpena:
What would I have to flash out of the firmware files to unbrick it,I don't know if TWRP can flash though because I can't even backup:(
[Blade General] Unssin:
Boot.img and the recovery.img
[Blade General] DenisSlob4:
Bricked?

I rooted the phone for someone else and after they had it for half a day, idk what they did, it would only boot into twrp. When I was trying to fix it through twrp, upon reboot twrp would ask if I was sure since there was no os. I then tried to do the B20 via TWRP. Didn't seem to work. Before it used to show ZTE logo and the screen would go dark with the home button flashing, now it gets stuck on the ZTE logo. Anyone have advice on how to fix it?

Edit:

Build: z982_mpcsv1.0.0B25, anyone have stock firmware

Was able to restore recovery img but not boot, even though had same errors as boot restore. Now have

Android Recovery

ZTE/Z982/crocus

7.1.1/NMF26V/20180130.133825

user/release-keys

Another thing, how can I check flash counter, or whatever they check for warranty purposes?
[Blade General] xxMoon:
Just use b20 via qfil
[Blade General] Unssin:
They erased the system.img or /system folders. ALl you need to do is reboot the phone to twrp and then open the windows command where the firmware is extracted (note that the firmware have to have system.img inside of it). Then issue this command "adb push system.img /sdcard", wait till it finish then go to your phone and select the install image and click the system.img (dont forget to select system image in the option after clicking system.img). Finally wait till it finish and then reboot (it might and it will say no os found but dont worry twrp didnt detect the system yet) and everything should be up to normal again.

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after a lot of pain i successfully put my phone to dfu mode but when ever i config the port in the zte dfu tool and click the big button it whether crushes or do nothing.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
I cannot connect to adb to reboot onto edl so I can back up my phone. And I cannot acess /data/misc/adb since I cannot mess with root files in the twrp. Since rooting the phone the revoke option for usb debug has disapeared as well. what should I do? I have tried FTM and booting directly into edl with the button combos buy both my pcs do not recognize them.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Alright I was able to access adb via recovery so this problem is solved. Also was able to use patch boot feature of magisk and flashify to upgrade magisk to latest version. Now my problem is besides the built in systemless module and busybox module none of the modules I install ever load upon reboot.
[Blade General] Unssin:
Did you push system.img to recovery?
[Blade General] Guestposter:
I do not even know but when I was in recovery adb recognized my phone and I rebooted it into edl mode. After reflashing magisk to the latest version android began to show the enable usb debugging as well so I do not even have to put in recovery anymore.
[Blade General] Unssin:
Does your phone boot normally?
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Yes it boots perfectly fine.

Does anyone here know how to get the modules to work, besides busybox and the systemless host module nothing has sucessfully worked. even after it says its been installed after the flashing it does not show up on reboot, in the root folder I have founs their respective module folders yet I cannot seem to get eveb small programs like debloat to work. Speaking of bloat does anyone have a list of system bloatware on this phone that can be unistalled without messing the it up?
[Blade General] Unssin:
For the system bloatware you will need to delete the app directory somewhere in /system for example if I want to uninstall YouTube I will have to delete /system/app/YouTube folder in "TWRP" recovery or if you can make /system writeable.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
I will give this a try for facebook, also can you confirm whether magisk modules like debloat or viper work and if so how did you install said modules. Everytime I directly install modules or flash them in the manager they never seem to show up after reboot (busybox and systemless root are acceptions so far). I can even see their module folders in root but reguardless they still never show up after reboot despite the log saying they were installed.
[Blade General] Unssin:
I don't own the Z982 anymore but as long as I know viper4android module is working perfectly

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What modules you trying to install/flash?
[Blade General] Guestposter:
stuff like viper, the debloat tool, and xposed. I want to use xposed to disable GAPPS, I want my phone to be spyware free and to truly be that google and all its information logging glory needs to go.
[Blade General] Unssin:
Did you flash the modules zip through TWRP or Magisk?
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Magisk, I tried direct install and the in app flashing. would it be better to flash them through twrp or flashify?
[Blade General] Unssin:
I suggest TWRP because the system will be able to mount as r/w because the Android OS will be off and you can do whatever you want with /system.

BUT BE CAREFUL
[Blade General] Guestposter:
I have two backups of the boot and recovery. did it using the flash tool.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Any reason to make the system R/W? Do I need it to load more than just the injector module? I have it installed but I am afraid to do anything else cause I do not want to take the time to reflash or have to unbrick my phone. I havr been able to install the In.d injector, busybox, debloat, and systemize. I also installed viper4android but it would not work since apparently busybox could not be detected.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
i cannot flash anything in TWRP everything is denied.
[Blade General] Unssin:
Try mounting /system first in TWRP first in the "mounts" tab.

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You will need to flash viper in recovery.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Sadly I am denied even when I mount it or wipe the dalvik cache.
[Blade General] Unssin:
Is probably from the zip. Try another viperzip.

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Is probably from the zip. Try another viperzip.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
So something like the legacy FX viper module?
[Blade General] Unssin:
You trynna install Viper4android fx, right?
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Yes
[Blade General] xxMoon:
Boot and recovery have been updated.

Update 5/253/19

Updated boot.img z982_boot_magisk.img

Update Magisk root "Already obsolete"

Fixes ADB not authorized issues

Update twrp recovery.img z982_recovery_twrp.img

Fixes selinux enforcing related issues related to /data folder

Fixes backup related issues

Fixes zip install related issues
[Blade General] Guestposter:
I already patched my magisk to 19.2 via patching a stock boot image, do I still need the updated boot?
[Blade General] xxMoon:
Only if you are having "adb not authorized" issues. Otherwise, your goot to go.

You will want to update twrp though.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
I used to have it but after I updated magisk the prompt for allowing usb debugging happened. Should I just flash it just to be sure? I would not lose any of my my modules if I did, right?
[Blade General] Guestposter:
sucessfilly installed the Viper legacy module worls fine. Has anyone sucessfully inatalled Xposed on the Z982?
[Blade General] Unssin:
I did before
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Should I make another backup of my boot before going through with installing xpposed, also which xposed module did you use? I have the sandhook version of the module ready to be installed.

Also does anyone know how to reduce the ram use on this device, I used debloat to remove almost every google and metro app but not much if anthing has changed.
[Blade General] Unssin:
You will need to download Xposed Installed.apk and from there download the zip and install it
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Can you direct me to the specific module (version) of xposed?
[Blade General] Unssin:
MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE PROCESSING

Go here : https://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/LDJGqsh...ujSxBIACSgJvGlInFc_6CTAQfGjFN3RYhLqZW3WavEI=/

Download and install the apk.

It might ask for root permission, if it does grant root permission.

Send screenshot when you done make sure u inside the app.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Post edited due to failed screenshot.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Oops did the cap go through now?
[Blade General] Unssin:
Yeah. Click on this and send a screenshot

View attachment 4764455
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Here.
[Blade General] Unssin:
Select the second option
[Blade General] Guestposter:
Wouldn't it be better to install the xposed module for magisk? natively installing og xposed might do something bad due to the locked bootloader. Btw screenshot shows one of the xposed modules.
[Blade General] Guestposter:
The twrp now had 51 partitions, tried backing them up but it did not work, what are the core partitions that I should back up? When I backed up only the largest ? (minus system image but I should have tried) it did work btw, just wondering which ones I should backup and which I should not bother.