Another way to root the ZTE Axon 7?

[troy5890]

Hey guys, I just got my axon 7 and I'm wondering if there's a way to root the axon 7 without losing data? I saw a couple of sites saying of an auto root tool, but I'm not trusting them.

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[xtermmin]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development

 

[troy5890]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development

This seems to give me an invalid error when opening the link

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[xtermmin]

This seems to give me an invalid error when opening the link

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You're currently in the "Question & Answers" sub-forum. Look in the "ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Development" sub-forum.

 

[ultramag69]

I don't think you can root this device without a full wipe. Every time I've tried it comes up with enter security password on the first boot.
As we don't know what the security password is, the ONLY way to fix is a factory reset from recovery, or a wipe of data partition if you have TWRP, which basically amounts to the same thing...
Also, every root method I've seen says you will need to wipe data....

 

[troy5890]

I don't think you can root this device without a full wipe. Every time I've tried it comes up with enter security password on the first boot.
As we don't know what the security password is, the ONLY way to fix is a factory reset from recovery, or a wipe of data partition if you have TWRP, which basically amounts to the same thing...
Also, every root method I've seen says you will need to wipe data....

Ah darn, maybe I'll just backup the internal storage and data before doing it. I tried downloading the root tool and backup tool, but it said it was a heuretic virus on Norton and I got pretty spiked up from it. Maybe I should wait for another method in the future.

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[ultramag69]

Its a false positive on the virus checkers, generally comes up as a trojan, my antivirus checker is always bugging me when I try to download. Usually turn off until I'm finished then save it on another server so I can find easily again if needed...

 

[troy5890]

Its a false positive on the virus checkers, generally comes up as a trojan, my antivirus checker is always bugging me when I try to download. Usually turn off until I'm finished then save it on another server so I can find easily again if needed...

I'll try to turn the antivirus software off and give it a try a little later. We're getting ready to have an update this week so I'll hold off for now.

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[DrakenFX]

I'll try to turn the antivirus software off and give it a try a little later. We're getting ready to have an update this week so I'll hold off for now.

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If you are going to wait till the update kick in , you'll probably won't be able to use tenfar tools.
When you have TWRP and then you unlock bootloader using me guide you can easily create a flashable zip without loosing TWRP and Unlock bootloader.

But is just my way of thinking.

 

[troy5890]

If you are going to wait till the update kick in , you'll probably won't be able to use tenfar tools.
When you have TWRP and then you unlock bootloader using me guide you can easily create a flashable zip without loosing TWRP and Unlock bootloader.

But is just my way of thinking.

Ah alright. If that's the case, then I should probably try it tomorrow or this week at least. I was going to root without unlocking the bootloader for running Ubuntu through a chroot and kernel management of the SD820.

Edit: Just want your opinion on this. Do you think I should backup my data and unlock the bootloader plus get root?

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