Azon 7 - A2017 (from Ali Express) want to restore to stock and use in UK

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Hello

Disclaimer - I know very little abourt rooting phones, ROMs, etc. Therefore please be gentle.

A few weeks ago I bought an Axon 7 (4gb - 128gb model) from Ali Express the Chinese ebay store. I took a punt as thew Axon 7 is impossible to get in the UK.

It became clear that is has been rooted in some way. It will not work with banking applications and Sky Q or SKY Go (and I really want these to work as I've just got Sky Q Installed).

Update: The MEGA cloud B13 download is currently on my SD card unzipped. When you do a system update check it flashes off and back to seetings i.e. not recognising the B13. Do you have to unzip first ? Or do I install from recoivery mode ?

Again all this is presuming it is safe !!

It presently stuck on Build no B07 (I understand that its now up to B13).
I'd like to return it to stock form and the latest build.
I've had a go at downloading B13 from MEGA cloud - link somewhere.

I cannot though seem to get this to copy from my Downloads to SD card - it just says A2017 is busy for some reason.

My questions therefore are:

(1) Is it safe to replace the current firmware - (at least partically rooted) with B13 in recovery mode ?
(2) If this is okay and will not risk bricking the phone does anyone have a link to the B013 build. I found a link but it kept failing all the time.

Any tips / help foer the novice phone usser would be appreciated.

Much appreciated.

 

[jetsetwilly]

Go to ROMS and kernels in XDA, then Axon 7 Factory Images/Full OTAs

And click on the link to download from mega. Download b13. Unzip and copy the update.zip file to the root of your sd. Then go to updates on your phone and follow it through.

Just done it on mine and it's a massive improvement. Especially on the camera.
Also, mine updated without wiping anything. Got Evie launcher on mine and it flies. I'm actually not regretting selling my s7 edge for the first time.

(I did the download and unzip on my PC and just copied the update.zip file to the sd)

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...with regards to banking, following the update it now allows me to use my fingerprint to log into rbs where it didn't before because it said it was rooted. Paypal too. Don't know about other banking apps.

Hope this helps

Sent from my ZTE A2017 using XDA Premium HD app

 

[VIFTOKSKY]

Go to ROMS and kernels in XDA, then Axon 7 Factory Images/Full OTAs

And click on the link to download from mega. Download b13. Unzip and copy the update.zip file to the root of your sd. Then go to updates on your phone and follow it through.

Just done it on mine and it's a massive improvement. Especially on the camera.
Also, mine updated without wiping anything. Got Evie launcher on mine and it flies. I'm actually not regretting selling my s7 edge for the first time.

(I did the download and unzip on my PC and just copied the update.zip file to the sd)

---------- Post added at 09:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:23 PM ----------

...with regards to banking, following the update it now allows me to use my fingerprint to log into rbs where it didn't before because it said it was rooted. Paypal too. Don't know about other banking apps.

Hope this helps

Sent from my ZTE A2017 using XDA Premium HD app

One stupid question for this kind of update its necesary to have activated the developer mode activated??

 

[ronj1986]

You may need to unzip the B13 download. It may contain a separate zip inside titled 'update.zip' and the instructions. Flashing that update.zip should pass all verification checks during flashing in recovery.

 

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Fantastic everything great, but see my question last night re password prompt. That really shocked me. But thanks to this forum. I'm good to go. Presume now I will receive OTA updates and therefore Android 7?

 

[front firing speakers]

Will it now receive OTA updates?

 

[jetsetwilly]

Not sure. Waiting on the same thing but ZTE have delayed Nougat till sometime in Q1

Sent from my ZTE A2017 using XDA Premium HD app

 

[front firing speakers]

I was presuming now phone is running Chinese stock, it will pick up the updates from now on. What about security updates, how often on the axon 7. Are these once a month as per Google?