[ZTE Zmax Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Brianswanson2011:
Hello, I'm making this thread in the hopes to answer the question nobody asked. My daily driver the Stylo 5 died for no reason and I'm back to using this phone. upon looking if anybody has done anything new with this phone I wanted to try out all the custom roms and log my personal opinion about each of them. You may not agree but these are by opinions.

UPDATED 11/17/2020

Stock (Android 6)....

Pros: Everything works.....

Cons: bluetooth, wifi and cell connection issues and it's stock ?

+ANDROID 7+

LINAGE OS 14.1 (Android 7) by Armandop_

Device Tree: https://github.com/armandopartida0/a...device_zte_urd

Kernel Tree: https://github.com/armandopartida0/a...e/cm-14.1-test

Vendor Tree: https://github.com/armandopartida0/vendor_zte_urd

Latest (Will upload link when new version is out): https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid...78262904004195

PROS. Stable, good battery, most everything works, camera fixed by Footej, 15mbps WiFi.

CONS. No LTE calling, no wifi tethering native camera doesn't work, touchscreen does not register touches properly, PS4 controller does not function properly, wifi and bluetooth connection issues.

RR-N-v5.8.5-20180912-urd-Unofficial.zip by armandopartida0

Find it by going to (androidfilehost.) Than find Zmax Pro, then click developers, then by armandopartida0 click view files, click armandopartida0 again to get to all devices list he develops for click (Genaric Device/Other) then Zte Zmax Pro, Nougat then scroll down to fine this rom.

Why did I take the time to explain this?! Because this is it this rom not only has a working camera with the help of footej 2 but all the perks of Resurrection Remix! Like 15mbps WiFi speed, great battery life 7% loss in 30 minutes!! And much more customizations. All in all Armando (Insert applause here) great job! A truly hidden Gem in his file cabinet!

+ANDROID 8.1+

lineage-15.1-20190106-UNOFFICIAL-urd (Android 8.1) by armandopartida0

(GOOGLE TO DOWNLOAD)

CONS. CRASHES DURING INSTALL

RR-O-v6.2.1-20181231-urd-Unofficial.zip (Android 8.1) by loonycgb2

(GOOGLE TO DOWNLOAD)

GAPPS INSTALL CRASHING INSTALLATION

+ANDROID 9+

BootleggersROM 4.1 (Android 9) by Mohzuned

https://xdaforums.com/zte-zmax-pro/development/rom-bootleggersrom-4-1-t3924541

Source Code: https://github.com/ZTE-ZMAX-PRO/android_kernel_zte_urd

PROS. Android 9

CONS. Very laggy interface, camera keeps trying to open, seems sketchy!

lineage-16.0-20190615-UNOFFICIAL (Android 9) by Loonycgb2

(GOOGLE TO DOWNLOAD)

PROS. Very fast UI, great settings menu, just about everything works great, 4g data speed is 20mbps! Ps4 controller works great, touch screen works great!

CONS. No camera, wifi is very slow at 4mbps making videos buffer allot, battery drains so fast it's down 10% in 10 minutes!

PixelExperience_urd-9.0-20190704-2042-UNOFFICIAL (Android 9) by Loonycgb2

(GOOGLE TO DOWNLOAD)

CONS. Laggy interface almost unusable, not very customizable, wifi network address error

RR-P-v7.0.2-20190629-urd-Unofficial.zip (Android 9) by Loonycgb2

(GOOGLE TO DOWNLOAD)

PROS. Excellent fully featured UI, data speeds, great look and feel, all in all my personal favorite, Excellent battery life, custom fonts!

CONS. Camera doesn't work, Wifi tether doesn't work but this is normal with these roms, TO FIX LOW WIFI SPEEDS ENABLE WIFI SCANNING!!!!

AospExtended-v6.4-urd-20190402-2328-UNOFFICIAL.zip (Android 9) by armandopartida0

(GOOGLE TO DOWNLOAD)

Very similar to RR v7 but the wifi speed is slower at 1mbps!!! To me the UI speed is laggier and not better than my favorite RR.

I appriciate all the developers who worked to make the Zmax Pro usable, because we all know stock is broken :P

If you are still rocking the ZTE please let me know your personal favorite!