Is there a root for the ZTE ZMAX PRO? I just got one from MetroPCS.
not yet, as far as I know
Get on Androidforums.com people are working on a root and discussion are being talked about it on their
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460cidpower said:
Is there a root for the ZTE ZMAX PRO? I just got one from MetroPCS.
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Kingroot is around 900 request now. Keep checking 4.9.6 for ver changes.
It's unrootable
Nothing's unrootable.
gashthrasher said:
Nothing's unrootable.
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I dunno, I have a ZTE Max Duo, and despite it being out for half a year, I have yet to see any discussion on it whatsoever, let alone research into rooting it, so I'd say it's unrootable.
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Kitland54 said:
I dunno, I have a ZTE Max Duo, and despite it being out for half a year, I have yet to see any discussion on it whatsoever, let alone research into rooting it, so I'd say it's unrootable.
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I'd Say It's Just "Un-Popular"
RaiderWill said:
I'd Say It's Just "Un-Popular"
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Don't know why though. THis is the best phone I have by far. My favorite of the century. I blame ZTE advertising people who did not capitalize on the VR capability of this phone.
I would say it is unpopular coz it's unrootable. I don't want to mess with new phones anymore anyway. They lock it tight. I really don't fancy the headache.
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asianrocker said:
Don't know why coz I don't want to mess wit new phone anymore anyway. They lock tight. I don't fancy headache.
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That's The Key..
You're happy.. and you don't want a headache..
Should you just need to mess with a "Rooted" phone, the LG-K7 for $49.88 works..
I wonder if this would work
Found this article, just a little to scared to try it as i do not have the money to just toss if i brick my phone.
There is a link for autoroot tools v4.7.1 updated on Oct 6th.
It was posted up on Oct 6th 2016 so i am really curious to see if it would work.
marcside said:
Found this article, just a little to scared to try it as i do not have the money to just toss if i brick my phone.
There is a link for autoroot tools v4.7.1 updated on Oct 6th.
It was posted up on Oct 6th 2016 so i am really curious to see if it would work.
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No it's copy paste click bait. I don't see a link in your post but I'm sure I know what one you're talking about because someone posted the same thing as you on the other forum. It's just generic instructions and talks about what to do if you're on 4.0, 4.1, etc. C'mon man.
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This root need to happen, has anyone scanned their phone for exploits yet?
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460cidpower said:
Is there a root for the ZTE ZMAX PRO? I just got one from MetroPCS.
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Psiufoxx said:
not yet, as far as I know
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Found this article, just a little to scared to try it as i do not have the money to just toss if i brick my phone.
There is a link for autoroot tools v4.7.1 updated on Oct 6th.
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No it's copy paste click bait....
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Maybe try scanning with this:
https://labs.duo.com/xray
Developer Option Allowing the bootloader to be unlocked
I just picked up the zmax pro tonight. I was going through making changes to the settings as I always do with a new phone and enabled the "Developer Options". As I was scrolling down I came across an option labeled " OEM Unlocking: Allow the bootloader to be unlocked". Well of course I enabled it.
Now from the knowledge I have about rooting, you have to have the bootloader unlocked to root. So by enabling the OEM Unlock are you just allowing the bootloader to be unlocked or are you unlocking the bootloader?
I look forward to hearing back.
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I just picked up the zmax pro tonight. I was going through making changes to the settings as I always do with a new phone and enabled the "Developer Options". As I was scrolling down I came across an option labeled " OEM Unlocking: Allow the bootloader to be unlocked". Well of course I enabled it.
Now from the knowledge I have about rooting, you have to have the bootloader unlocked to root. So by enabling the OEM Unlock are you just allowing the bootloader to be unlocked or are you unlocking the bootloader?
I look forward to hearing back.
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You are just allowing the bootloader to be unlocked . As it said. To unlock the bootloader, you need the help of the genius hackers here. Unfortunately, like one of the posters here said our phone is unpopular which I say again, I don't know why, this is a good phone for me.
But then again, I really don't see the point of rooting any phone anymore, new phones already have all the things you want to put on your phones and why you root them right?
If I ever root my phone though, I definitely will install xposed. I like that they have repositories remind me of kodi, which is the best hack of em all. Is exposed made by kodi people?
Twrp is ready for this device but there is some work left...
http://androidforums.com/threads/recovery-twrp-v3-for-zte-zmax-pro.1086861/
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Twrp is ready for this device but there is some work left...
http://androidforums.com/threads/recovery-twrp-v3-for-zte-zmax-pro.1086861/
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This is great news! Is root available yet?
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No root yet for Zte zMAX Pro?
Nope
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I have a Droid Maxx, and Razr Maxx HD and perhaps some beer cash for the answer to root...
I was thinking flashing twrp, then let it root, or am i way off or require an unlocked bootloader? I tried sunshine, but no go as it requires root.
So if i understand, you can get root without an unlocked bootloader, or is an unlocked bootloader a prerequisite of root? I am thinking not, but i am a Windows/SharePoint guy and pretty dumb to linux...
wrecklesswun said:
I have a Droid Maxx, and Razr Maxx HD and perhaps some beer cash for the answer to root...
I was thinking flashing twrp, then let it root, or am i way off or require an unlocked bootloader? I tried sunshine, but no go as it requires root.
So if i understand, you can get root without an unlocked bootloader, or is an unlocked bootloader a prerequisite of root? I am thinking not, but i am a Windows/SharePoint guy and pretty dumb to linux...
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You need an unlocked bootloader to flash TWRP (which flashes SuperSU). There is no known root method available yet because the phone has only been out for about 8 hours.
The Sunshine team has apparently said they will not be supporting Motorola devices for 4.4.4 in their 3.0 release, only HTC, so unlikely it will work there.
Has anyone tried Towelroot?
amebiasis said:
Has anyone tried Towelroot?
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"this phone is not currently supported"
fury683 said:
(...)The Sunshine team has apparently said they will not be supporting Motorola devices for 4.4.4 in their 3.0 release, only HTC, so unlikely it will work there.
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I think they said the opposite: "Verizon users on 4.4.4 you will have to wait for the 3.0 release."
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I think they said the opposite: "Verizon users on 4.4.4 you will have to wait for the 3.0 release."
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Yes, that is in the website. Someone posted this in another thread here. There's no link to the OP so I'm not sure beyond what it says.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56389152&postcount=83
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Yes, that is in the website. Someone posted this in another thread here. There's no link to the OP so I'm not sure beyond what it says.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56389152&postcount=83
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Yeah, I found it in the meantime...
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Originally Posted by jcase
3.0 is ONLY addressing HTC devices at this time, we have no plans, at this time, to include Motorola for technical reasons
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I think they said the opposite: "Verizon users on 4.4.4 you will have to wait for the 3.0 release."
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Edit: here's the post from today. No dice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56383217&postcount=1445
Yeah, I didn't think I'd need root but the dpi on this thing is just way too high. For being such a great display it's hindered by the scaling. Easily fixed with root though!!
Found this on some Chinese site. If I had a backup phone I'd try it. But I don't. So can't risk bricking. Anyone else want to take a leap of faith? Ummm... Won't let me post the link because I'm still a noob apparently... So gonna try breaking it up. Just remove the line returns and spaces.
H t t p : //
m. romjd. com/
jiaocheng/
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10837
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Found this on some Chinese site. If I had a backup phone I'd try it. But I don't. So can't risk bricking. Anyone else want to take a leap of faith? Ummm... Won't let me post the link because I'm still a noob apparently... So gonna try breaking it up. Just remove the line returns and spaces.
H t t p : //
m. romjd. com/
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Don't know if I'm brave enough since I just picked mine up earlier today
Just got mine today so im hesitant to try it. Itching to get root and get a free wifi tether though. Ill think it over.
Here's the un-broken-up link just to make it easier.
http://m.romjd.com/jiaocheng/content/10837
Tempting.... Only issue I have is if it works, I have no way to unroot lol
man waiting for someone to try this and I will be first in line at my store to pick this phone up
Who will be the first brave soul?
Phone comes in tomorrow. I will try it then.
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Phone comes in tomorrow. I will try it then.
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Didn't work for me. Too be safe I used a virtual machine with a snap shot taken before installing so I can revert back without the risk of spyware. Also tried Kingo but no luck with either.
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Also vroot during the root attempt installs 2 apps on your phone and who knows what it installs on Windows without running a regmon, if you do decide to try it make sure you uninstall the 2 chinese apps when your done trying. Also like I mentioned above I would highly not to install vroot or Kingo on your daily driver windows machine. Leave the testing to people who have virtual machines they can install these apps on.
I have used vroot and kingo in the past to successfully root so I know they do/can work, they just haven't been updated yet to work on the Droid Turbo. Hopefully they will.
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Didn't work for me. Too be safe I used a virtual machine with a snap shot taken before installing so I can revert back without the risk of spyware. Also tried Kingo but no luck with either.
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Also vroot during the root attempt installs 2 apps on your phone and who knows what it installs on Windows without running a regmon, if you do decide to try it make sure you uninstall the 2 chinese apps when your done trying. Also like I mentioned above I would highly not to install vroot or Kingo on your daily driver windows machine. Leave the testing to people who have virtual machines they can install these apps on.
I have used vroot and kingo in the past to successfully root so I know they do/can work, they just haven't been updated yet to work on the Droid Turbo. Hopefully they will.
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Thanks for saving me the effort. I was just about to try it on a VM....
coreywallen said:
Just got mine today so im hesitant to try it. Itching to get root and get a free wifi tether though. Ill think it over.
Here's the un-broken-up link just to make it easier.
http://m.romjd.com/jiaocheng/content/10837
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Thanks for posting the unbroken link for me
Dang, you guys got my hopes up reading through this.
I keep checking the other Moto forums for root options. I'm banking on anything that will root a Moto 4.4.4 phone will work on ours. The Moto G 4.4.4 update has a later build date than our version.
Looks like there's a new vulnerability that is able to achieve root through a couple security holes.
Ran the Quadroot scanner app on my galaxy s7 edge PD8 and it does show its vulnerable to this.
From what I've read, this malware can achieve root just by installing it like any other Apk app.
Would it be possible for Devs to purposely download the malicious malware and make a working towelroot like root method for our devices?
Link:
http://wccftech.com/quadrooter-vulnerability-affects-900-million-android-devices-check-infected/
I just ran the app on the latest PG1 firmware and the app said this:
KillerClaw321 said:
I just ran the app on the latest PG1 firmware and the app said this:
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My rooted SGS 7 flat on pd8 ( the previous update) says not affected by it.
Well, I used a different app for the scan. Using the same app as you, I got the same results as you. S**t
Someone should contact @geohot and beg him to work on this :3
That or @jcase. Both would be great at this methinks.
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Looks like there's a new vulnerability that is able to achieve root through a couple security holes.
Ran the Quadroot scanner app on my galaxy s7 edge PD8 and it does show its vulnerable to this.
From what I've read, this malware can achieve root just by installing it like any other Apk app.
Would it be possible for Devs to purposely download the malicious malware and make a working towelroot like root method for our devices?
Link:
http://wccftech.com/quadrooter-vulnerability-affects-900-million-android-devices-check-infected/
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These are no more dangerous than any other kernel exec vulns, and alone wont offer you anything. These will not unlock the bootloader, allow you to flash supersu, or let you change system.
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These are no more dangerous than any other kernel exec vulns, and alone wont offer you anything. These will not unlock the bootloader, allow you to flash supersu, or let you change system.
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So if you can't change the system, then why should anyone be worried about this? Sounds like if we can't use these to access the system, neither can malicious attackers unless I'm missing something.
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So if you can't change the system, then why should anyone be worried about this? Sounds like if we can't use these to access the system, neither can malicious attackers unless I'm missing something.
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Well they can exec code as the kernel, anf you could stack it with some DM verity or bootloader exploit, but alone the best you MIGHT get is a temp root
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Well they can exec code as the kernel, anf you could stack it with some DM verity or bootloader exploit, but alone the best you MIGHT get is a temp root
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I have been talking to an agent from T-Mobile and he confirmed that they are doing nothing regaurding a bootloader unlock like some have been hoping for. So now I'm kinda pissed at them and mostly Samsung. It seems devs need to find another way to unlock the bootloader. :/
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I have been talking to an agent from T-Mobile and he confirmed that they are doing nothing regaurding a bootloader unlock like some have been hoping for. So now I'm kinda pissed at them and mostly Samsung. It seems devs need to find another way to unlock the bootloader. :/
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If you really thought that they were going to unlock the bootloader for us then I'm the prince of Nigeria and I would like your e-mail address.
Binary100100 said:
If you really thought that they were going to unlock the bootloader for us then I'm the prince of Nigeria and I would like your e-mail address.
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xD
Binary100100 said:
If you really thought that they were going to unlock the bootloader for us then I'm the prince of Nigeria and I would like your e-mail address.
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Best comment I've heard all year....
Magnifik81 said:
Someone should contact @geohot and beg him to work on this :3
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I already did and it's being worked on.
I'm a p1neapple dev team member in the iPhone world
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I already did and it's being worked on.
I'm a p1neapple dev team member in the iPhone world
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Nice to hear that! I'm geting excited, yezz.
i hope they unlock the bootloader of my sony z3 with status no xD
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Nice to hear that! I'm geting excited, yezz.
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but... we need to remember we still got accompany of dm verity
0DegreeCod3r said:
I already did and it's being worked on.
I'm a p1neapple dev team member in the iPhone world
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Isn't he working full time on his self driving car?
billydroid said:
Isn't he working full time on his self driving car?
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He is well aware we request his hand in this one buddy and he will get to us soon.
He will announce and release via Twitter so just look out for it.
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If you really thought that they were going to unlock the bootloader for us then I'm the prince of Nigeria and I would like your e-mail address.
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On an unrelated note, I damn near lost my **** at what you said...I originally came here from the Verizon S7E forums to see if you guys made any discoveries.
All I can say is that I may not have found anything useful in terms of progress for our devices. But I still leave satisfied. Thank you sir, thank you very much.
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He is well aware we request his hand in this one buddy and he will get to us soon.
He will announce and release via Twitter so just look out for it.
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very encouraging! please inform us if you any good news!:fingers-crossed:
I just got this phone (coming from an unlocked rooted VZW S5) and I'm pretty bummed out not seeing any root guides for this specific version (I know Verizon rooting is spotty). Can someone point me in the right direction?
Don't think this will happen, all of the devs basically have Pixels.
Nope. Root most likely will not happen.
Spotty is being optimistic...
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Spotty is being optimistic...
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I've been able to root all my VZW devices, albeit with complex methods.
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Nope. Root most likely will not happen.
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What about using the Dirty Cow exploit? I've heard it can root almost any Android no sweat.
Has anyone tried Sunshine yet?
I've personally tried Dirty Cow, and I have yet to find a binary that doesnt break my device or not work. I have also tried SunShine, and it does not work.
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I've personally tried Dirty Cow, and I have yet to find a binary that doesnt break my device or not work. I have also tried SunShine, and it does not work.
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Damnit
Honestly, I wouldn't hold my breath with Nougat out... Only possibility to me right now would be hoping that Verizon released unlock codes to Moto like they did for previous X devices... But that won't happen for at least a year.
has anyone tried DR.Fone for root yet? on the site it says xt1650 is supported but only 6.0
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has anyone tried DR.Fone for root yet? on the site it says xt1650 is supported but only 6.0
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No, but I wish I had heard of it before taking the Nougat update
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has anyone tried DR.Fone for root yet? on the site it says xt1650 is supported but only 6.0
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No, but I wish I had heard of it before taking the Nougat update
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Worth trying anyways right? I'm on Nougat too now but my office is blocking the installer from downloading otherwise I'd try it.
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Worth trying anyways right? I'm on Nougat too now but my office is blocking the installer from downloading otherwise I'd try it.
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Installing now, but pretty sure it won't work with nougat. Someone should try if they still have MM... There isn't a way to roll back to MM?
**EDIT** Does not work on Z force droid with Nougat.
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Installing now, but pretty sure it won't work with nougat. Someone should try if they still have MM... There isn't a way to roll back to MM?
**EDIT** Does not work on Z force droid with Nougat.
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Damn. I don't know of any way to rollback without custom recovery or unless Motorola has an Odin-like utility.
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Damn. I don't know of any way to rollback without custom recovery or unless Motorola has an Odin-like utility.
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Motorola's version is called RSD Lite...although I haven't used it since owning my DROIDX and X2. Switched to Samsung for a few years.
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Motorola's version is called RSD Lite...although I haven't used it since owning my DROIDX and X2. Switched to Samsung for a few years.
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Hmmm.... Might give that a try further down the line. I've also enabled the OEM unlocking setting and I've been wanting to tamper around with that for a bit but I don't know if you can actually unlock and be able to do anything with that because of Verizon.
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Hmmm.... Might give that a try further down the line. I've also enabled the OEM unlocking setting and I've been wanting to tamper around with that for a bit but I don't know if you can actually unlock and be able to do anything with that because of Verizon.
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From what I've read that toggle is only a 2ndary safety toggle. You still have to submit to Motorola to get an unlock code and Verizon has forbidden it.
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From what I've read that toggle is only a 2ndary safety toggle. You still have to submit to Motorola to get an unlock code and Verizon has forbidden it.
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That's what I was worried about. Stingy Verizon.
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From what I've read that toggle is only a 2ndary safety toggle. You still have to submit to Motorola to get an unlock code and Verizon has forbidden it.
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I've seen a few unlock code generators on the web. Are they worth a try?
So I have not been able to obtain this firmware but figured I'd share to see what you ladies/gents could figure out.
http://www.romup.com/search?version=G950USQU1AQCF
Also there is a thread in general discussion and questions section regarding an All_OYN_G950USQU1AQC8 firmware.
idk, seems pretty fishy to me, every I link I see is to pay to download sites for this file. You would think that there would be somewhere online where its free. Probably a bogus download.
lots of scams out there
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I actually paid for a damn firmware this morning All_OYN_G950USQU1AQC8 and received the download from sams-eng.com . Later however I found it for free. Oh well. Haha.
ait1071 said:
I actually paid for a damn firmware this morning All_OYN_G950USQU1AQC8 and received the download from sams-eng.com . Later however I found it for free. Oh well. Haha.
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Can you link it please! Where did you find the free one?
I found the free one for the 955 and 950 i was able to find the unlock bootloader option through it not sure if it will work. Was more interested in the boot.img
Not saying it isn't a scam, but romup is actually a fairly reputable site. People posting leaked firmware all the time straight from the factory. A few other Asian sites like this one have some juicy stuff, not just for Exynos/other unlocked loader models. So don't discourage it, translate it and see what they have to say and maybe even test it. I personally don't want to take the risk with my phone but someone kinda has to. Anyways, done with my little rant.
Would this Engboot be good for snapdragon variants? I remember the S7 Edge had a locked bootloader, but you could still atleast root it
Akumai said:
Would this Engboot be good for snapdragon variants? I remember the S7 Edge had a locked bootloader, but you could still atleast root it
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I was the one who rooted it looking into this now
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I was the one who rooted it looking into this now
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I knew I recognized that name. Couldn't remember where, it's late and my brain is toast. Good to see you in the scene here. Looking forward to what you have in store and what you find out! Good luck
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I was the one who rooted it looking into this now
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Think maybe you'll make a root thread soon? The S8 is great, and the included earphones are actually good, and I could use Viper xD
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Think maybe you'll make a root thread soon? The S8 is great, and the included earphones are actually good, and I could use Viper xD
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Im working on this right now. Give me a little bit had a kid last year so im trying my best to get this done right now while i have time.
Wait so do you have a copy of that firmware? I can't obtain that one bc I have no way of paying in yuan.
Also is there a way to flash a firmware where root is natively in the firmware? I always thought we had to unlock the bootloader and root and then flash recovery. Unless it was the recovery that always tripped knox.
Hi Br3w3r,
I just wanted to say thanks and ask you a little about how you coerce these engineering firmwares to allow root mode. Do you reverse engineer it? Just curious.
Found a newer version of ODIN and enabled the grayed out buttons. Maybe it could help?
ODIN 3.12.7 with UMS and USERDATA already enabled: https://mega.nz/#F!8WxRwDwa!seZLQVSoWTrz2CJkbdxTkQ
Interesting... so if I am reading this right. Someone is trying to work on snapdragon now?
I have purchased a copy of the firmware posted by the OP, although it was bought off of a different website. This is a factory binary, that has SElinux as permissive, OEM unlock says it unlocks bootloader, etc
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Good god share this please
So I got this little puppy free today.
What I've noticed so far, outside of having no service...
There is no OEM Unlock in developer options. All tricks to get it to work (moving the date up 8 days) doesn't work because the device won't give the options for software updating to be done manually.
Anybody have any luck getting the 205U OEM Unlocked? Tagging @physwizz on this.
The phone is a middle of the road, but if basic oem unlock can't be done, swapping out for a moto g6.
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So I got this little puppy free today.
What I've noticed so far, outside of having no service...
There is no OEM Unlock in developer options. All tricks to get it to work (moving the date up 8 days) doesn't work because the device won't give the options for software updating to be done manually.
Anybody have any luck getting the 205U OEM Unlocked? Tagging @physwizz on this.
The phone is a middle of the road, but if basic oem unlock can't be done, swapping out for a moto g6.
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Not yet. I'm on the same boat. Like the phone but our model a205u doesn't have an unlocked bootloader option. I had a chat with a Samsung rep who informed me no help on bootloader oem unlocking. We have to find an unofficial way.
Anyome tried chimera tool? I checked the website and has the a205u listed under supported devices but didn't indicate bootloader unlock or root. I saw rmm unlock and Knox disabler. Also sw change. Hope someone can help on rooting or device without a cost. I'll pay up to 5 bucks but nothing more just for root when root has been free on all my devices since 2012.
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Not yet. I'm on the same boat.
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So Sammy isn't even going to direct us as to how to get this puppy unlocked when Metro has never given a **** anyway about bootloader locking? Hmm...
Haven't tried Chimera Tool. Dont have the box or a version that is current enough to use with the model.
@jhjhjhjhjhjh...UPDATE Chimera Tool DOES NOT WORK even though they say it does.
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So Sammy isn't even going to direct us as to how to get this puppy unlocked when Metro has never given a **** anyway about bootloader locking? Hmm...
Haven't tried Chimera Tool. Dont have the box or a version that is current enough to use with the model.
@jhjhjhjhjhjh...UPDATE Chimera Tool DOES NOT WORK even though they say it does.
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Just to confirm no bootloader supprt in the USA for samsung devices.
Bye Sammy...
Damn, so SM-A205U users are just sh*t out of luck huh. I even got this phone for a deal, 100 bucks sealed on offerup ;(
Beelzebub24 said:
Damn, so SM-A205U users are just sh*t out of luck huh. I even got this phone for a deal, 100 bucks sealed on offerup ;(
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Yeah, your best bet right now is to use the Android Debug Bridge to uninstall system packages without root.
You can achieve a relatively stock android experience and put on whatever launcher you want, which isnt too terrible at the moment.
We're still working on getting a TWRP going anyhow
TheSnizz said:
Yeah, your best bet right now is to use the Android Debug Bridge to uninstall system packages without root.
You can achieve a relatively stock android experience and put on whatever launcher you want, which isnt too terrible at the moment.
We're still working on getting a TWRP going anyhow
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Oh cool. Btw, what do you mean by "We're still working on getting TWRP going" you mean the Galaxy A20s that can be rooted (excluding the A205U)? Cause you can only get TWRP with an unlocked bootloader right?
Beelzebub24 said:
Oh cool. Btw, what do you mean by "We're still working on getting TWRP going" you mean the Galaxy A20s that can be rooted (excluding the A205U)? Cause you can only get TWRP with an unlocked bootloader right?
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Pretty much yeah, until someone finds another way
Beelzebub24 said:
Oh cool. Btw, what do you mean by "We're still working on getting TWRP going" you mean the Galaxy A20s that can be rooted (excluding the A205U)? Cause you can only get TWRP with an unlocked bootloader right?
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That's right. No Way to root , unlock bootloader period. That's y the a205u is so cheap. In the USA no bootloader support. Go Motorola or pixel if you want bootloader unlock support. I sold my a205u for $125.00. Bought the Moto g7 power for $100.00 ..Rooted .. Leave Samsung alone in the USA.
Beelzebub24 said:
Damn, so SM-A205U users are just sh*t out of luck huh. I even got this phone for a deal, 100 bucks sealed on offerup ;(
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That ain't a deal when Metro is giving them away FREE with Amazon Prime. And yes, you're **** out of luck. But so is every other American carrier branded phone, and the American factory unlock version.
TheSnizz said:
Yeah, your best bet right now is to use the Android Debug Bridge to uninstall system packages without root.
You can achieve a relatively stock android experience and put on whatever launcher you want, which isnt too terrible at the moment.
We're still working on getting a TWRP going anyhow
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News flash on that model. There is no using ADB as most commands are locked per the Knox system. And if you do manage to delete any packages, that Knox crap makes it damn hard to flash back. Odin isn't exactly a great tool for that model.
Let's set aside the stock android experience - the fact that Sammy INTENTIONALLY LOCKED all their AMERICAN VARIANTS is TERRIBLE. There is no making that better.
That is why a lot of us that got this phone TOOK IT BACK and got one that did have BOOTLOADER UNLOCK.
Beelzebub24 said:
Oh cool. Btw, what do you mean by "We're still working on getting TWRP going" you mean the Galaxy A20s that can be rooted (excluding the A205U)? Cause you can only get TWRP with an unlocked bootloader right?
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Hang it up. There will never be a TWRP for this variant or any other carrier variant. This is literally the VZW of Samsung models. There will be zero development for it. Only the international models will see support as a reality.
TheSnizz said:
Yeah, your best bet right now is to use the Android Debug Bridge to uninstall system packages without root.
You can achieve a relatively stock android experience and put on whatever launcher you want, which isnt too terrible at the moment.
We're still working on getting a TWRP going anyhow
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Return it to Samsung. Tell them it was unsuitable and ask for a A205G
Samsung told me this.
physwizz said:
Return it to Samsung. Tell them it was unsuitable and ask for a A205G
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Hey physwizz...tried that. Samsung said in the US they do not substitute for international models. They only offered me a A205U model in its place.
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Samsung told me this.
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That is a script. Go into a Samsung store in the US their technicians will NOT unlock the bootloader. If that method was even an option an exploit would have been leaked long ago.
Articul8Madness said:
That is a script. Go into a Samsung store in the US their technicians will NOT unlock the bootloader. If that method was even an option an exploit would have been leaked long ago.
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Well I spoke to the guy at the store.. when I have time I will see if it can be done. I told them the truth... that I'm a Developer and need the Bootloader unlocked to use my test keys to install on the device.
Articul8Madness said:
Hey physwizz...tried that. Samsung said in the US they do not substitute for international models. They only offered me a A205U model in its place.
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That's disappointing.
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[email protected] said:
Well I spoke to the guy at the store.. when I have time I will see if it can be done. I told them the truth... that I'm a Developer and need the Bootloader unlocked to use my test keys to install on the device.
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That's worth a try.
[email protected] said:
Well I spoke to the guy at the store.. when I have time I will see if it can be done. I told them the truth... that I'm a Developer and need the Bootloader unlocked to use my test keys to install on the device.
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Please do, but I'm not holding my breath that Samsung will honor anything. If anything they are going to tell you to get a developer model - their quest to be Apple is going to be their end.
jhjhjhjhjhjh said:
That's right. No Way to root , unlock bootloader period. That's y the a205u is so cheap. In the USA no bootloader support. Go Motorola or pixel if you want bootloader unlock support. I sold my a205u for $125.00. Bought the Moto g7 power for $100.00 ..Rooted .. Leave Samsung alone in the USA.
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Followed your advice, got me a MetroPCS G7 power from LetGo ( Rooting and TWRP was a bit of a hassle but i was able to do it just fine).