Root and Recovery

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ENCOMcorp

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Jul 20, 2017

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• Oct 11, 2017

• #1

Has anyone successfully rooted and put recovery on this device?

 

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PesSarmiento

Senior Member

Apr 10, 2012

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Apple iPhone 12

• Dec 15, 2017

• #2

I guess we have to wait for a while before someone find a way to root. If zte allows easy way to unlock bootloader. Also depends how popular this phone is between the community. (Apparently not popular at all)

 

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hstop

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Apr 3, 2009

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• Jan 28, 2018

• #3

it's problably time to abandon all hope for ever getting this phone rooted. It's such a shame because it actually is a pretty nice phone.
Should have checked earlier whether there is root already.
Actually it should not be that difficult to compile a twrp image since the phone has a pretty common setup (Snapdragen 435 (non-Pro) and Snapdragon 635 (Pro).

 

NesteaZen

Senior Member

Nov 16, 2014

51

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• Jan 28, 2018

• #4

hstop said:

Should have checked earlier whether there is root already.
Actually it should not be that difficult to compile a twrp image since the phone has a pretty common setup (Snapdragen 435 (non-Pro) and Snapdragon 635 (Pro).

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Pretty much
From what I know they simply dont allow to unlock the bootloader.
https://xdaforums.com/blade-v8-pro/help/unlock-bootloader-bootloader-mode-t3558410#postcount73838994

 

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lucasbohanan

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Jun 25, 2015

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• Jan 29, 2018

• #5

hstop said:

it's problably time to abandon all hope for ever getting this phone rooted. It's such a shame because it actually is a pretty nice phone.
Should have checked earlier whether there is root already.
Actually it should not be that difficult to compile a twrp image since the phone has a pretty common setup (Snapdragen 435 (non-Pro) and Snapdragon 635 (Pro).

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I'm actually thinking of picking up this phone since my current one doesn't have all the Att bands. Seems to be a great phone for $120 new.

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

 

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hstop

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Apr 3, 2009

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• Jan 29, 2018

• #6

NesteaZen said:

Pretty much
From what I know they simply dont allow to unlock the bootloader.

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Jup. Tried it myself. It seems they have modified fastboot. Apart from

Code:

fastboot getvar all

the bootloader is responding with

Code:

FAILED: (remote: unknown command)

or not at all to any other command.

So unlocking and flashing is not possible unless they give us a different bootloader or reveal how to do it.

This is what the bootloader of my Blade V8 (nonPro) presents

Code:

C:\Program Files\ZTE_Handset_USB_Driver>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) battery-soc-ok:yes
(bootloader) battery-voltage:4114000
(bootloader) variant:MTP eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) display-panel:
(bootloader) off-mode-charge:0
(bootloader) charger-screen-enabled:0
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x8000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache:       0x10000000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata:    0x5efbfbe00
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system:      0x110000000
(bootloader) serialno:16b2c461
(bootloader) kernel:lk
(bootloader) product:QC_REFERENCE_PHONE
all:
finished. total time: 0.029s

 

NesteaZen

Senior Member

Nov 16, 2014

51

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• Jan 30, 2018

• #7

Yea I wanted to get a ZTE too but I did what you didn't (look up if it can be rooted) and that's why I snubbed ZTE and went for a lenovo zuk z2 for example.

 

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hstop

Member

Apr 3, 2009

28

4

• Feb 2, 2018

• #8

Unfortunately there are no black Zuk Z2 Pro available anymore. White one are no option for me.

 

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maria123

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May 22, 2006

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• Mar 22, 2018

• #9

I want emojis

 

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tracker2208

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May 3, 2011

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• May 18, 2018

• #10

maria123 said:

I want emojis

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there you go

 

Last edited: May 18, 2018

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checomejia

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Feb 25, 2011

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• May 23, 2018

• #11

Don't forget to update us in case you find a way to root it

As of today the ZTE Blade V8 can't be rooted and i'm SICK, SICK , CRAZY SICK of the bloatware my local carrier put in it... i need to remove all that s**t

 

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tuns

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Jul 13, 2018

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• Jul 13, 2018

• #12

There is an option under settings developer option for OEM unlocking which it says allows the bootloader to be unlocked... if that means anything.

 

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518512345

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Aug 19, 2018

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #13

Can any be rooted I have a zte a blade max pro

 

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Daha3ker

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Feb 17, 2017

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• Aug 27, 2018

• #14

ENCOMcorp said:

Has anyone successfully rooted and put recovery on this device?

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It is definitely possible. I know the axon 7 has a very similar bootloader situation. They were able to bypass it with a custom flashable image. unfortunately it is not compatible with the blade. I have been investigating it though. I am not the most qualified to do this, but this phone has so much potential, but it is stuck on old software. I don't want to see that happen.