NEED HELP Rooting a ZTE WHIRL

se7encircles said:

I have tried to root this phone it does root but it is only temperorary it goes away after reboot.
I got busyinstalled in the /system/bin but no SU
The system is RO

I have tried this code to no avail
busybox mount-o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
cant be found in proc/mounts

busybox dd if=/sdcard/cwm.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
permmsion denied

I used framaroot and it said sucess then it said binary cant be installed any help would be great a thnk you ahead of time

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I've tried to root the ZTE Whirl also with the same results as you. It is my understanding that it cannot be permanently rooted unless the write protection is disabled. I read on other forums that this was done on the HTC One X and Motorola MOTOX with a recovery installed zip. I don't know if the file in the zip "wp_mod.ko" would work on the ZTE Whirl and without access to the RUU, I really don't know how an update zip could be made. I'm no developer but this is my understanding from my research.

se7encircles said:

I have tried to root this phone it does root but it is only temperorary it goes away after reboot.
I got busyinstalled in the /system/bin but no SU
The system is RO

I have tried this code to no avail
busybox mount-o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
cant be found in proc/mounts

busybox dd if=/sdcard/cwm.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
permmsion denied

I used framaroot and it said sucess then it said binary cant be installed any help would be great a thnk you ahead of time

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Download Vroot.. turn on USB Debugging..and tick on usb debugging to active it on your phone setting/developer option
connect your phone to pc..and wait untill it detect..click root...and it will reboot..done..only one click root..i use this already 2 year..work find..if this help..press thank button :laugh::good::laugh:

Daniel Dunhill said:

Download Vroot.. turn on USB Debugging..and tick on usb debugging to active it on your phone setting/developer option
connect your phone to pc..and wait untill it detect..click root...and it will reboot..done..only one click root..i use this already 2 year..work find..if this help..press thank button :laugh::good::laugh:

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Vroot cannot root this device at all. Framaroot can root device. The problem is that the system is write protected. In other words, it is temporary until you reboot etc. I have found that if I already have Supersu.apk installed when I root that I will have super user permissions etc., however, when I open Supersu and attempt to update binaries, it fails and root is immediately lost. I have also rooted and used Total commander to remount r/w and could paste files to system directories etc. but SuperSU still failed to update and lost root. When I attempt to install SuperSU or any zip via stock recovery, it verifies etc but in the end aborts installation. I am beginning to thing that its not just write protected but active defense against any changes to system from stock. BTW, you don't have to drain the battery to root: When I loose root (after restart etc.) I uninstall Framaroot apk, shut down device (not restart), start device, install Framaroot and am able to root with Gandalf option.

Bottom line: This write protection or whatever it is needs to be removed or disabled for root to be permanent.

Daniel Dunhill said:

Download Vroot.. turn on USB Debugging..and tick on usb debugging to active it on your phone setting/developer option
connect your phone to pc..and wait untill it detect..click root...and it will reboot..done..only one click root..i use this already 2 year..work find..if this help..press thank button :laugh::good::laugh:

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Try using pootdebug.apk