Some of you might be aware of this, but this is for the one's who don't. :silly:
Step 1: Go to settings and look for ‘security & fingerprint’ option and click on it
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Step 2: In the security & fingerprint option, there is another option of ‘Smart Unlock’ under the device security tab
Step 3: The smart unlock option provides 5 different ways that can be used to unlock the device – On-body detection, Trusted places, Trusted devices, Trusted face and Trusted voice. Click on Trusted face option to set up the face-unlock feature
Step 4: Find a place, which is not too bright or too dim before setting up the face-unlock feature, and hold the phone at the eye level
Step 5: The phone recognises your face in the same manner as the OnePlus 5T does.
Step 6: Voila! You can now unlock your device using the face-unlock feature.
The face-unlock feature works under most lighting conditions. It is as swift and accurate as in the OnePlus 5T. However, unlike the OnePlus 5T, the face-unlock feature in the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T does not take you to home screen after unlocking your phone.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/ar...-unlock-feature-all-along-117112900187_1.html
works never thought it was there!
This is the Google's face unlock feature that's present in pretty much any Android smartphone and doesn't have much to do with OP5's face unlock. Not the same algorithm, not even the same functionality. The thing in OP5 is an actual quick unlock method, like a fingerprint scanner, while this is just a method to disable lock when the phone is in safe environment - like specific location or BT device proximity. You still have to manually wake the screen. Might as well use FP scanner, it's still faster and more secure than a simple camera.
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I'm on Oos 5.0. Not working for me. Smart Lock shows grey. Does not respond to any comands.
Explorer23 said:
This is the Google's face unlock feature that's present in pretty much any Android smartphone and doesn't have much to do with OP5's face unlock. Not the same algorithm, not even the same functionality. The thing in OP5 is an actual quick unlock method, like a fingerprint scanner, while this is just a method to disable lock when the phone is in safe environment - like specific location or BT device proximity. You still have to manually wake the screen. Might as well use FP scanner, it's still faster and more secure than a simple camera.
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Exactly, its packaged with GAPPS since kitkat IIRC. But its a terrible idea for security, plus if, and I assume its the case, they turn the camera on only under specific sensor conditions, like ambient display. Still seems like waste of battery to have the camera initialize, then analyse the camera data, just for the sake of unlocking the phone.
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This is the Google's face unlock feature that's present in pretty much any Android smartphone and doesn't have much to do with OP5's face unlock. Not the same algorithm, not even the same functionality. The thing in OP5 is an actual quick unlock method, like a fingerprint scanner, while this is just a method to disable lock when the phone is in safe environment - like specific location or BT device proximity. You still have to manually wake the screen. Might as well use FP scanner, it's still faster and more secure than a simple camera.
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This guy is right, face unlock in op5 and the traditional face unlock which is found is almost all android devices is different.
OP you should thoroughly study before posting such stuff. This kind of post's spread incorrect information throughout the device forum.
maxs8007 said:
This guy is right, face unlock in op5 and the traditional face unlock which is found is almost all android devices is different.
OP you should thoroughly study before posting such stuff. This kind of post's spread incorrect information throughout the device forum.
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read the first line of the OP.
Many people knows it's present by default, this is for the one's who don't know, and still wanted to try out face unlock on their OP3. See the first reply on the thread? @zeon22 found it helpful.
I just shared an article that can help some people know about this setting as well, if you are the know it all, go work for Google on Android Project. Don't bother wasting your time here.:good:
Google's Inbuilt smart unlock and OnePlus5T s FaceUnlock are different. Google's Inbuilt Smart unlock can easily be tricked, by placing a photo infront of the front camera. While the OnePlus5T cannot be fooled, its has a high liveliness threshold.
rootSU said:
read the first line of the OP.
Many people knows it's present by default, this is for the one's who don't know, and still wanted to try out face unlock on their OP3. See the first reply on the thread? @zeon22 found it helpful.
I just shared an article that can help some people know about this setting as well, if you are the know it all, go work for Google on Android Project. Don't bother wasting your time here.:good:
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That's the funniest thing I've ever read to defend oneself.
Let's read the title of your thread - "OP5T face unlock already present in oneplus 3/3T"
That means you have already declared that both the face unlocking algorithms are the same. I can smell your lack of information on this topic and I don't want you to spread incorrect information here. Couple of other's have also confirmed that you are wrong. I don't understand how can a incorrect information will help somebody but let's see what he responded.
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works never thought it was there!
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From his response one can understand that he knew the feature was there but never worked for him. Please tell me how he found your post helpful.
The next line was " I just shared an article..." where's the source? Please post the source link I want to tell the idiot that he's spreading incorrect information among people and a innocent xda user is sharing here without verifying the information whether it is correct or not.
Also, please tell me where did I mention that I know everything? I just said don't spread incorrect information, that's it. This shows how immature you are. Instead of accepting your fault, you're trying to defend yourself with such a pathetic response? Grow up kid!
5T face unlock is not the same as Google's trusted faces feature...
the google implementation was in Android since N, and it's also present on 5T, but, the new face unlock feature on the 5T is a different thing, it uses similar concept , but, utilizes the camera more (and they said they still will improve on it).
in short, you can get "similar" results with google's trusted faces, but, 5T's face unlock is far superior
i don't want to stir any issues, but i agree with the previous comment, the title of the thread is false, yes we can imitate the feature, but the actually new face unlock software is NOT present on any current OP3/3T Rom.
again i don't mean to cause a needless argument, you suggestion to other members are appreciated for those who didn't know about the long existed Google face feature, but, i would suggest you explain that it's not the same as the new Face Unlock on 5T on the 1st post .
here's a thread on OnePlus own forum about it
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...than-androids-smart-lock-trusted-face.687919/
other links explaining more there
maxs8007 said:
That's the funniest thing I've ever read to defend oneself.
Let's read the title of your thread - "OP5T face unlock already present in oneplus 3/3T"
That means you have already declared that both the face unlocking algorithms are the same. I can smell your lack of information on this topic and I don't want you to spread incorrect information here. Couple of other's have also confirmed that you are wrong. I don't understand how can a incorrect information will help somebody but let's see what he responded.
From his response one can understand that he knew the feature was there but never worked for him. Please tell me how he found your post helpful.
The next line was " I just shared an article..." where's the source? Please post the source link I want to tell the idiot that he's spreading incorrect information among people and a innocent xda user is sharing here without verifying the information whether it is correct or not.
Also, please tell me where did I mention that I know everything? I just said don't spread incorrect information, that's it. This shows how immature you are. Instead of accepting your fault, you're trying to defend yourself with such a pathetic response? Grow up kid!
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first try to grow up and learn how to read.
Source is already mentioned in the last line.
and zeon's reply "works never thought it was there! How do you even interpret from this that he knew feature was there?
Stupid and arrogant kid you are..
Wow. It's not enough that he spreads false info, he's even acting as an a**hole to everyone that explains him where he's wrong ...
You presented a feature. Another guy learned something new and is grateful for that. Nothing wrong here.
The wrong part is in the title (and continues in OP) - you're presenting it as an equivalent of another feature, which is something completely different.
Again: this and OP5T's face unlock are NOT the same or even similar.
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As we have the best FP scanner in the business, why the hell would we use this?
I think One Plus has made a huge mistake going down this path on the 5T as the reviews compare it to the iPhone X and says it's not as good. The review then forgets the mention that the iPhone X doesn't have a FP scanner and forgets the mention how its the best on the OP5T.
Going back to Google and Face Unlock, its been present since Ice Crème Sandwich, 4.0, 2011 and was pretty good until Lollipop.
In ICS, you would press the power button and the camera would fire up with an aiming window to aid getting your face in the right position. Once unlocked, it would go straight to the homescreen. :victory:
Lollipop was awful as you had no aim window and even when you had unlocked, there was an extra swipe up as it would stay on the lock screen. :crying:
A brilliant example of Google as a company. Invent something that is futuristic and really makes a difference, only to not realise how good it is, and then totally F*** it up.
Back in 2013, the look on iphone users faces when I used to unlock my Nexus 5 running KK with my face was priceless.
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Wow. It's not enough that he spreads false info, he's even acting as an a**hole to everyone that explains him where he's wrong ...
You presented a feature. Another guy learned something new and is grateful for that. Nothing wrong here.
The wrong part is in the title (and continues in OP) - you're presenting it as an equivalent of another feature, which is something completely different.
Again: this and OP5T's face unlock are NOT the same or even similar.
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I know that the OP title is slightly misleading. My argument with @maxs8007 was not for the OP title, it was for his ignorance to notice the source and interpretation of the first reply. You just decide to jump in between our argument, now that's really cool of you. :good:
If you really want to talk about similarities of the feature, present me with the source code of Google's implementation v/s 5T's implementation, and their differences, don't talk s**t without proof here.
I accept my title is a little misleading, but the feature is there. And don't jump in between when two people are debating on some topic.
This isn't anything like face unlock on the 5T.
It's a Google implementation that works totally differently than what's on the 5T.
Cannot handle the level of stupidity shown by the OP so won't be wasting my time arguing with him. @Explorer23 please don't waste your time on this idiot.
The source link wasn't even there till yesterday when I replied. He updated the post with the source link and now he's arguing with me that I'm wrong and that I didn't read his post thoroughly. What a fool he is.
He's unable to interpret a 5 words response from a user and telling me that I'm wrong
As per him the title of the thread is little misleading, "little" when he declared that both the face unlocking algorithms are the same himself.
He's himself unable to analyze what he's saying. He's to dumb.
He's asking for proof to verify that both the face unlocking algorithms are different from you but he himself didn't verified the incorrect information he shared here without a second thought. Each and every response from other user's on this thread is against his incorrect information. Nobody is supporting his claims. What else should I say. It's better to not argue with such sick person.
We have better things to do on XDA. Let's do them..
@rootSU please stop being dense. Thank you.
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is there a good camera software that just fixes all the issues with the stock camera on the tilt.
for example, I push camera mode, I can then zoom in and out simply with a remapped button.
also takes the picture when i hit the button, not 3 seconds later.
I have tried all the fixes, Nadavi, etc. NONE fix these issues, which I think are basically all that we want. a simple camera.
The camera has been talked about a LOT on these forums... you should probably search it, but most of the new roms have great camera software built in. I'm more than happy with my tilt's camera. It's a phone with a camera in it, not a camera with a phone in it. Low light pictures are going to suck no matter what, fact of life, get some decent lighting and get some decent pictures. My L26 V9 rom takes less than 1 second after pressing capture to take the pic.
http://www.clutch-productions.com/004.jpg
http://www.clutch-productions.com/108.jpg
http://www.clutch-productions.com/111.jpg
http://www.clutch-productions.com/105.jpg
derekio said:
is there a good camera software that just fixes all the issues with the stock camera on the tilt.
for example, I push camera mode, I can then zoom in and out simply with a remapped button.
also takes the picture when i hit the button, not 3 seconds later.
I have tried all the fixes, Nadavi, etc. NONE fix these issues, which I think are basically all that we want. a simple camera.
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welcome aboard ... please read before posting and also do searching ... as your thread is absolutaly useless
ericmcintire said:
The camera has been talked about a LOT on these forums... you should probably search it, but most of the new roms have great camera software built in. I'm more than happy with my tilt's camera. It's a phone with a camera in it, not a camera with a phone in it. Low light pictures are going to suck no matter what, fact of life, get some decent lighting and get some decent pictures. My L26 V9 rom takes less than 1 second after pressing capture to take the pic.
http://www.clutch-productions.com/004.jpg
http://www.clutch-productions.com/108.jpg
http://www.clutch-productions.com/111.jpg
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ok, so lets do this then. Is there a cab file specifically addressing the camera issues. I don't want to have to flash a rom to the phone, I kinda like the way I have it set up now.
I really have no issues with picture quality, just the delay, and slow autofocus
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welcome aboard ... please read before posting and also do searching ... as your thread is absolutaly useless
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and thanks for your help also. Your reply was absolutely useless to me, or any other newbie.
take it easy dude
I have been using Nadavi cab and HTC fix for long time, and the camera takes decent photos...NOT great.. but ok...
The lens's cover is one part of getting bad pictures, as well as the Drivers problem....
this is what you get with the tilt... and if you did a little research before getting it, you probably wouldn't have got that much upset...
I tried cool camera when I first got my Kaiser.. but it did not work... I'm not sure if they have a working version right now for the Kaiser!
I'm sorry for your shock... but that's the fact about the kaiser's camera...
cheers
nice pics ericmcintire
strikeone said:
nice pics ericmcintire
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Thank you they were taken with my tilt... just tryin to prove that the camera isn't THAT terrible.
derekio said:
and thanks for your help also. Your reply was absolutely useless to me, or any other newbie.
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Here is another useless post:
This is what I don't get, people spend hundreds of dollars buying a phone they know nothing about and did no research on ( camera is an extensively well documented problem).
They then join a developers forum, that they know no one on, and know nothing about, and start to whine like a child about a problem that has been talked about 1000 times on the forum ( if they had bothered to do any reading whatsoever ).
Then when a senior member tells them" it is what it is " and it has already been covered 1000 times and that it is against forum rules to start redundant threads, as their fourth post they fire back as above.
You obviously joined to add significant information to the cause and to make lots of new friends. I lurked on this forum for five months, learning and gathering before I ever felt the necessity to post.
Sorry, I just don't get it.
denco7 said:
Here is another useless post:
This is what I don't get, people spend hundreds of dollars buying a phone they know nothing about and did no research on ( camera is an extensively well documented problem).
They then join a developers forum, that they know no one on, and know nothing about, and start to whine like a child about a problem that has been talked about 1000 times on the forum ( if they had bothered to do any reading whatsoever ).
Then when a senior member tells them" it is what it is " and it has already been covered 1000 times and that it is against forum rules to start redundant threads, as their fourth post they fire back as above.
You obviously joined to add significant information to the cause and to make lots of new friends. I lurked on this form for five months, learning and gathering before I ever felt the necessity to post.
Sorry, I just don't get it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=14212203
174 posts when searching for "camera" in subject lines in kaiser forum... well.. 175 now..
lol I love how it tells you how long the search took... Search took 0.12 seconds... it's like it's saying "hey nooobs.. it LITERALLY takes less than a second for me to search the subject you're looking for"
I just have to agree with the newbie. I read about six zillion posts trying to find something out - can you lift a rom off a phone and reflash to another phone from the same carrier without spl (orange uk post).
Not a single 'senior' posted an answer, but post a question that has been covered over 1600 inter related posts and you get this stupid flame response. If you 'seniors' are so smart, why not just post the url with the answer.........
You guys give geeks a bad name
stuart-online said:
...If you 'seniors' are so smart, why not just post the url with the answer...
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Because nobody deserves a free pass. You won't learn anything from someone else doing it for you.
stuart-online said:
I just have to agree with the newbie. I read about six zillion posts trying to find something out - can you lift a rom off a phone and reflash to another phone from the same carrier without spl (orange uk post).
Not a single 'senior' posted an answer, but post a question that has been covered over 1600 inter related posts and you get this stupid flame response. If you 'seniors' are so smart, why not just post the url with the answer.........
You guys give geeks a bad name
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since when do geeks give a **** what people think about them?
And why not just post a url with the answer??? Because this in no way, shape or form encourages people to use the search to find the answer and instead complicates the forum for the people that follow the rules and DO use the search.
So let me get this straight.... You didn't get a reply for your question, which upset you. But when someone who asks something that has been covered (like your question has) and gets flamed for it, this ALSO upsets you? How exactly do YOU want us to reply to redundant threads? Jeez, for someone that has contributed absolutely nothing to the community you sure are picky and demanding.
XDA-DEVELOPERS.COM IS A PRIVILEGE NOT A RIGHT!
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I just have to agree with the newbie. I read about six zillion posts trying to find something out - can you lift a rom off a phone and reflash to another phone from the same carrier without spl (orange uk post).
Not a single 'senior' posted an answer, but post a question that has been covered over 1600 inter related posts and you get this stupid flame response. If you 'seniors' are so smart, why not just post the url with the answer.........
You guys give geeks a bad name
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How can you read six zillion posts, you obviously didn't start with the sticky/wiki at the top of the forum. Whole section on dumping roms and whole section on flashing carrier roms, (carrier spl) and cooked roms (Hardspl). The fact that your question was ignored, is a testament to the availability of the answer, not a lack of intelligence by the senior members.
I don't think that it is erroneous to say that 75% of all questions here are answered in the wiki, and another 15% can be answered with a basic search.
What I don't get part deux.
The useless post to complain that " there are too many useless posts to weed through to find an answer to my question."
It is just me? Tell me, I can take it.
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Because nobody deserves a free pass. You won't learn anything from someone else doing it for you.
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"give man a fish and you fed him for today. teach him to catch fish and you fed him for life."
something like this. my english is terrible, so it probably doesn't sound so good as the original one, but you get the point
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sorry dude
Lol, I need to save that pic to use on other forums.
denco7 said:
...I lurked on this forum for five months, learning and gathering before I ever felt the necessity to post...
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I agree with you. I was on this site for a long time before I signed up and more time after before I posted my very first two questions (several days ago). I searched and searched and I must say it was very un-inviting to find multiple 8-16 page threads containing "Security Unlock". I wanted to know what it was and all I found was how to do it and the problems people were having... and some flaming... Anyway, one of my questions was answered and the other ignored. I read almost every post of the 16 page thread and finally found the answer in one single post (the search didn't put me on the right page for some reason).
I know there's a LOT of information on here, but it seems like some pruning needs to be done on posts such as this one commenting on rules and flaming... at least in the more informative threads...
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I know there's a LOT of information on here, but it seems like some pruning needs to be done on posts such as this one commenting on rules and flaming... at least in the more informative threads...
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maybe some spring/summer cleaning
derekio said:
ok, so lets do this then. Is there a cab file specifically addressing the camera issues. I don't want to have to flash a rom to the phone, I kinda like the way I have it set up now.
I really have no issues with picture quality, just the delay, and slow autofocus
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Have you ever loaded KaiserTweak? One of the settings you can 'tweak' is the shutter delay which greatly improved the performance of my camera (it made the camera actually usable!)
The slow autofocus is still an issue for me but I just live with that as it only really has an effect when I am trying to take pictures of my niece and nephew who don't stop moving!
Just like my other threads, this one is about the Google Nexus 4 and Root-A-Lot. From what some people have told me this thing has been a hit or miss, but it's rooted and s-off'd a lot of users devices, phone and tablet.
I am not the creator of this one click, but I was told it could be shared freely, as it also describes in the .ZIP contents.
I did not personally try this out myself (My One X is already rooted + S-OFF) so be sure to check it out and read all the documents before trying out this new root exploit.
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It did finally pick up my One X after about 10 mins (more like 2), but like I said I'm already rooted. It looks like it supplies a good amount of phones, and with the 3 different methods for rooting, especially the third, hopefully we will see some good results!
I'm not responsible for harm that comes from this file, I have ran and tested it out to SOME EXTENT. Please be aware of this, and like I said, READ THE DOCUMENTATION.
It states it can:
Root Android 2.x
Root Android 3.x
Root Android 4.x
Rooting Phones and Tablets
Supplies S-OFF as well (80% Chance)
So, like I said, try it out and let me know if it works!
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Why? S-off is technically for HTC only.. Yes?.. Why would we need to unlock our NAND, assuming this can, when there aren't any limitations. Also I'm not sure if the NAND is truly locked like on HTC, as this is my first non HTC phone. And as for Root it isn't that necessary is it? It I thought there was a way to root already through flashing recovery and not unlocking boot loader. Unless secure boot removes the root without unlocked bootloader.
I Downloaded it just to see what it was, and avg yelled at me. Not saying its a virus, but I also have no need for it.
http://goo.gl/HxaiA
Sent from my Nexus 4
From what the text file reads it's not for just HTC phones... at all..
Eset Smart Security identifies a trojan horse (http://205.196.122.163/3jnnbd3yu38g/rr4ewaa9bp6ben0/Rootalot_106A.zip = ZIP = bin/androidraldaemon.exe een variant van Win32/Injector.ADPP trojan) and cut off the connection. No need for it anyway as unlocking the bootloader and rooting is a piece of cake on this phone.
Maybe it is best OP deletes this thread imo.
https://www.virustotal.com/pl/file/...76e54442cd19c39a6bd2f297e79474bacf6/analysis/
I don't think that this file is somehow harmful to PC. Lots of antiviruses are too sensitive.
lol is this the HTC One X forum???
gee2012 said:
Eset Smart Security identifies a trojan horse (http://205.196.122.163/3jnnbd3yu38g/rr4ewaa9bp6ben0/Rootalot_106A.zip = ZIP = bin/androidraldaemon.exe een variant van Win32/Injector.ADPP trojan) and cut off the connection. No need for it anyway as unlocking the bootloader and rooting is a piece of cake on this phone.
Maybe it is best OP deletes this thread imo.
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One out of 34 Virus Scanners identified it as a "injector" variant to me. I'll leave it for the users to decide, if a Mod wants it gone so be it, I don't see the harm though, I ran it myself and noticed no difference in anything.
A lot of these type of apps are flagged by Anti-Virus, there's nothing new there
What I can't understand is why you've come in a Nexus/LG device forum with a "one click root" and S-OFF solution? S-OFF has absolutely nothing to do with the Nexus 4.
The manufacturer of this phone has provided an app called "Fastboot" which allows you to unlock the bootloader and to flash the recovery partition. It's a feature. Source.Android.com walks you through, step-by-step the incredibly simple, secure process of how to do it.
The Nexus phones released us from downloading suspicious EXE's that do God-knows-what from people off of forums, yet here we still are. It's really unbelievable.
I'd be interested in more information about this "root-a-lot" exploit. I've never heard of it, and a quick search on Google doesn't pull anything up.
As for the other two (ZergRush and PSNeuter), those holes were patched a long time ago, and they haven't worked on Android since version 4.0.1.
Somebody, sniff the traffic going through the application for suspicious trojan-like connections. Nexus devices are exclusively made for developers, with everything provided to securely unlock and do whatever you want with the device.
Do not even try to install this app without understanding the risks. Topic must be removed, author - banned.
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I'd be interested in more information about this "root-a-lot" exploit. I've never heard of it, and a quick search on Google doesn't pull anything up.
As for the other two (ZergRush and PSNeuter), those holes were patched a long time ago, and they haven't worked on Android since version 4.0.1.
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That's a point, when i realised something here is wrong
I searched root a lot, and this dude posted it in every forum essentially. It does not work, its a fake program. It was made in VB.net or C#, it claims to s-off phones like the HTC one, he didn't make it, there is no source to track it back to an author, it claims to s-off the HTC One X, when the only method is the one made by beaups and jcase. The list goes on.
Bottom line - it is a fake program and possibly a virus. Thread needs to be closed, as it has in almost every other XDA forum.
If you ran this program, I suggest scanning with anti-virus/malware scanners,
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.superantispyware.com/
it may not be a virus, but it is a fake program, and virustotal picked up 2 possible threats. They may be false positives. But you should NEVER take a chance unless you know for 100000% it is in fact a false positive
Sent from my Nexus 4
Yeah I posted it for popular phones it SHOULD work with. If you're going to hate on me for simply SHARING something I thought would do good, and apparently does NO BAD then I do apologize and I'll remove it. 2/34 Virus scanners pick it up as what looks like to me, personally, to be false positives. If I was going to try to infect people with someone, I wouldn't use my main account, I've donated more then "fake programs" while I've been here, including a lot of damn time on sometimes what ends up to be nothing.
So if you want to warn people about to program, please do, but don't involve me like I'm doing something intentionally to harm people. I ran it myself, I tried it, my phone was already rooted. It just hung on me for awhile. I could of posted it in every forum, but I didn't.
Just don't make me out to be a bad guy, mkay?
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Yeah I posted it for popular phones it SHOULD work with. If you're going to hate on me for simply SHARING something I thought would do good, and apparently does NO BAD then I do apologize and I'll remove it. 2/34 Virus scanners pick it up as what looks like to me, personally, to be false positives. If I was going to try to infect people with someone, I wouldn't use my main account, I've donated more then "fake programs" while I've been here, including a lot of damn time on sometimes what ends up to be nothing.
So if you want to warn people about to program, please do, but don't involve me like I'm doing something intentionally to harm people. I ran it myself, I tried it, my phone was already rooted. It just hung on me for awhile. I could of posted it in every forum, but I didn't.
Just don't make me out to be a bad guy, mkay?
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jSterling said:
Yeah I posted it for popular phones it SHOULD work with. If you're going to hate on me for simply SHARING something I thought would do good, and apparently does NO BAD then I do apologize and I'll remove it. 2/34 Virus scanners pick it up as what looks like to me, personally, to be false positives. If I was going to try to infect people with someone, I wouldn't use my main account, I've donated more then "fake programs" while I've been here, including a lot of damn time on sometimes what ends up to be nothing.
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Cool story dude, really glad you're so sure of yourself. You know who's donated more then "fake programs" ... Grim.
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So if you want to warn people about to program, please do, but don't involve me like I'm doing something intentionally to harm people. I ran it myself, I tried it, my phone was already rooted. It just hung on me for awhile. I could of posted it in every forum, but I didn't.
Just don't make me out to be a bad guy, mkay?
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How about you stop being so goddam defensive about something potentially dangerous. You clearly have no idea what it does so before you get your feathers ruffled and get snippy with Grim how about you just relax there bub.. mmkay?
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Define "every"
Lmao
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HTC Butterfly thread:
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Doesn't work.. I tried on the x920d (UB1).. while on, while in bootloader, while in fastboot.. doesn't work.. just sits there with message "looking for HTC Butterfly" for almost 20 mins, before I closed it.
Since I have tested it myself, I am going to close this thread, just incase someone tries something else and has a brick.
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39081847#post39081847.
Clearly MALWARE. OP should be warned/banned imo.
I'll throw my opinion in as well.
That app will not s-off the international hox (endeavoru) because even the top devs haven't even found an exploit yet. Tripnraver has managed to brick one of his hox's for the cause
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I'll throw my opinion in as well.
That app will not s-off the international hox (endeavoru) because even the top devs haven't even found an exploit yet. Tripnraver has managed to brick one of his hox's for the cause
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Exactly. The dual core one x just recently got s-off, but about 8 were bricked for the effort. I dissected the zip and the files/method to s-off the dual core one x don't exist. Also, the dual core one x could only be rooted through 2 very particular exploits. One was checking for an OTA and the other was through restoring a backup app of the dialer i believe and doing some other things
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Exactly. The dual core one x just recently got s-off, but about 8 were bricked for the effort. I dissected the zip and the files/method to s-off the dual core one x don't exist. Also, the dual core one x could only be rooted through 2 very particular exploits. One was checking for an OTA and the other was through restoring a backup app of the dialer i believe and doing some other things
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You know your stuff
beaups said:
You know your stuff
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No no no no.. you sir.. know your stuff
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No no no no.. you sir.. know your stuff
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Yep, because even he face palmed when it said s-off in the boot loader screen, as did we all. Lol
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Anyone else frustrated that new ROMs are being posted without any screenshots or other information guide-lined by moderators?
For the sake of my phone and it's integrity, I have to read through the posts to make sure of it's compatibility sometimes and hope someone posts a screenshot for bug reporting or showing off just so I can see the theme of the ROM. This stuff was rampant in a lot of older phone sub-forums and I never knew what I was getting into. Most of the time, I was surprised by ugly skins and well-known bugs that weren't posted in the original post! infuriating!
... Moderators, please re-enforce your own guidelines/rules.
Before you post, please understand that I do know a lot of developers have followed most the guidelines accordingly, and I appreciate that just as much as everyone else here who likes organization and concise information.
However, I'd like to make an example out of the specific post for Purity Rom's thread.
Looks perfect, right? ... From what I hear and read, it's perfect. I can't wait to flash this ROM sometime this week when I get the time. One problem though... There's no picture showing it off. What I do know is that it's AOSP, which typically means it's a form of Stock Android.... But I didn't know that it contained a full KitKat Black/White theme instead of Google's Holo Blue leftovers.
I'm not upset with this, I welcome it with open arms! But there's no picture to show that off or information in the post disclosing this change! Why??
... Should I mention Team EOS? or SlimKat's outdated Jelly Bean presentation picture? There's no information to take in besides the functionality.
Side note: I'm not against ROM functionality over presentation. I'd just like to know what I'm jumping into before I flash a ROM.
Also: Thank you, Paranoid Android, for the beautiful and informative photos of your ROM. Truly appreciative presentation.
I agree with you. Also, to others, please don't post stuff like "just be grateful" or "they're already giving you free stuff so why complain". This is not about what the dev has done but it's about the xda-developers forum; there are rules and/or guidelines to follow.
While I do agree, as I've seen threads started where the OP is essentially just the standard disclaimer + some credits & download links, nothing more... I don't see the need to start a new thread about it. Mods do have their hands full at times on these forums and they still have lives outside the internet. They can't always be checking every single thread making sure every guideline is met. There's a report button for a reason. Instead of publicly calling out Purity, EOS & Slim, you could just have easily PM'ed either the thread maintainers, a moderator, or simply reported it using the report button. That's literally why it's there.
The upsetting practice is that some (if not the majority) don't include changelogs in the OP, instead you have to go through external websites and links, sometimes it becomes quite an adventure to be able to read up what's new.
Now, i can understand that practice for download links (even though that's against the rules too) , but you know, ads and stuff, paying the hosts etc.. but at least copy-paste the changelog to your OP on XDA.
Good point. The most important thing is the FAQ section. It's a must for every ROMd. A newbie tends to read the OP and then download the ROM. He doesn't have time to search the entired thread for bugs. And guess what happens after he reports the problem in the thread, everyone starts blaming him that this has been discussed n number of times already. Why don't you search before posting. If the FAQ section clearly describes the problems and solutions, then it would benefit not only to newbies, but to that particular thread too. No more of unnecessary discussion.
This is the single most ridiculous and simultaneously stupid, not to mention irrelevant complaint I've ever heard. This is a Nexus device, which means it has holo accents or they're holo white. But it remains KitKat, and screenshots of the exact same UI we're currently looking at is not only redundant but unnecessary. Unless the ROM is themed drastically (ie LiquidBlood) a simple "stock holo" or "holo white" in the description/features is sufficient. You're worse than a fat person suing McDonalds for making them fat. Seriously. Bugs? Search button.
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Aaaaand there goes the thread. Let me report this before it turns into a flame war. Sometimes I wonder about you, XDA
OP, just report threads in question. Problem solved.
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Aaaaand there goes the thread. Let me report this before it turns into a flame war. Sometimes I wonder about you, XDA
OP, just report threads in question. Problem solved.
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Grumpy cat, you ruin all.
First off, thank you guys for your information and partial agreement. Learned something!
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This is the single most ridiculous and simultaneously stupid, not to mention irrelevant complaint I've ever heard. This is a Nexus device, which means it has holo accents or they're holo white. But it remains KitKat, and screenshots of the exact same UI we're currently looking at is not only redundant but unnecessary. Unless the ROM is themed drastically (ie LiquidBlood) a simple "stock holo" or "holo white" in the description/features is sufficient. You're worse than a fat person suing McDonalds for making them fat. Seriously. Bugs? Search button.
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I'm no stranger to the search button. There are some things that never get fixed and should be posted either in the original post or the FAQs page, and sometimes this never gets done, buddy.
If I don't voice my concerns or opinions, how do I expect to learn or grow with everyone else?
Why must you be, not only so oppressive, but insulting? I apologize if my original post offended or triggered you, but from little you know of me, you appear to take me for knowing close to nothing about how forums work.
You're better than this and I hope you realize how terribly you reacted.
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Anyone else frustrated that new ROMs are being posted without any screenshots or other information guide-lined by moderators?
For the sake of my phone and it's integrity, I have to read through the posts to make sure of it's compatibility sometimes and hope someone posts a screenshot for bug reporting or showing off just so I can see the theme of the ROM. This stuff was rampant in a lot of older phone sub-forums and I never knew what I was getting into. Most of the time, I was surprised by ugly skins and well-known bugs that weren't posted in the original post! infuriating!
... Moderators, please re-enforce your own guidelines/rules.
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They are merely "suggested guidelines". They are NOT something we ever have or ever will enforce. The devs can structure a thread however they please. Screenshots are usually pointless anyway, as ROMs all look basically the same, except for any custom theming.
I'm not sure what else you seem to think should be spoon fed to users, but as long as the basics are listed, I really don't see the issue. if you really need to know what it looks like, ask someone in the thread to post a screenshot for you. Or just download it and try it for yourself
One of these days the attitude and lack of people skills here will be xda's downfall.
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You're better than this and I hope you realize how terribly you reacted.
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Too right you are. I hadn't had my coffee yet and clearly didn't use my brain, and passed judgement far too quickly. I should have considered my response and been constructive instead of offensive.
You have my apologies, sir.
Its lovely when users put their ego aside and act humanly.
About the OP, I also enjoy seeing some screenshots about the customisations or themings devs implement on their ROMs. While I agree there are more important things like known bugs, reported bugs (so users don't have to browse 1000 pages) and whatever information is necessary, seeing is believing and a picture is worth a thousand words. So in my opinion, not a necessity but would be nice .
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The thing is, 90% of people don't even read the OP and look ONLY for download links. Nor are they any sort of developer. Lol.
aaa12585 said:
Anyone else frustrated that new ROMs are being posted without any screenshots or other information guide-lined by moderators?
For the sake of my phone and it's integrity, I have to read through the posts to make sure of it's compatibility sometimes and hope someone posts a screenshot for bug reporting or showing off just so I can see the theme of the ROM. This stuff was rampant in a lot of older phone sub-forums and I never knew what I was getting into. Most of the time, I was surprised by ugly skins and well-known bugs that weren't posted in the original post! infuriating!
... Moderators, please re-enforce your own guidelines/rules.
Before you post, please understand that I do know a lot of developers have followed most the guidelines accordingly, and I appreciate that just as much as everyone else here who likes organization and concise information.
However, I'd like to make an example out of the specific post for Purity Rom's thread.
Looks perfect, right? ... From what I hear and read, it's perfect. I can't wait to flash this ROM sometime this week when I get the time. One problem though... There's no picture showing it off. What I do know is that it's AOSP, which typically means it's a form of Stock Android.... But I didn't know that it contained a full KitKat Black/White theme instead of Google's Holo Blue leftovers.
I'm not upset with this, I welcome it with open arms! But there's no picture to show that off or information in the post disclosing this change! Why??
... Should I mention Team EOS? or SlimKat's outdated Jelly Bean presentation picture? There's no information to take in besides the functionality.
Side note: I'm not against ROM functionality over presentation. I'd just like to know what I'm jumping into before I flash a ROM.
Also: Thank you, Paranoid Android, for the beautiful and informative photos of your ROM. Truly appreciative presentation.
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those are guidlines, NOT how your post is supposed to look. its a suggestion. if you are upset about not seeing a screenshot, flash the rom, take a screenshot, and post it.
IMO every thread must contain faq section with solutions to various rom bugs and screenshots. Most of the people will be benefited from that. In that way, the thread will be clean.
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IMO every thread must contain faq section with solutions to various rom bugs and screenshots. Most of the people will be benefited from that. In that way, the thread will be clean.
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Do you follow the development threads? If you did, you would know that bugs get squashed all the time when they're being reported in the nightlies.. There's really no point in keeping on updating the OP of the development thread when a bug is found as it will most likely be squashed in the next nightly/weekly.
Coming to the screenshots part, each and every rom out here have the same look and feel. It's the features which differ which I think is included in most of the dev thread's OP afaik. Only if the developer has themed his rom differently, then Yes, a screenshot would do good. But if you want one, you can just ask in that thread particular thread. I'm sure people will be willing to share a SS with you if you ask them nicely!
Devs are required to post one thing only (besides the ROM): kernel source. Everything else is optional. I try my best to provide as much useful info as possible, but not everyone does. That is their choice.
If you see a dev posting download links to an external website with ads, report it. That is not allowed.
There is a very simple solution to your concerns OP:
If you don't like what the dev provides (whether it be the ROM or information about the ROM), don't flash the ROM, click the thanks button, or make a donation.
I'm starting a bounty for the unlocking and root of the ZTE Axon Pro, so those who are willing to pledge a donation for the developers time please post here your pledge. Hopefully this will be the start to something great for our device and reaching its full potential please post it in this thread. Please everyone spread the word we need some good helpful Devs to crack this thing, at least give us root privileges in the meantime.
I Pledge $25 for unlocked bootloader on the ZTE Axon Pro.
We would be happy with having root on our device for now so if any developer here could make that possible your time and effort is very much appreciated. Thanks to anyone in advance!!! This would be appreciated so much if anyone could help us with getting the ZTE Axon Pro Phone moving in the right direction finally.
Hopefully more people will get involved in this bounty, we have a nice phone with great potential, but with an unlocked bootloader and root this can be a really special phone. Hopefully more people will get involved because even us just getting root privileges would be a huge step in the right direction!!! This phone is to nice to be stuck in neutral for as long as its been, it has a lot of potential. If we had Root and the right Kernel, an unlocked Bootloader and Roms this would be one awesome phone with all flagship specs. Even though the Stock Rom on our device is not really that bad, in most aspects it just needs some tuned and overhauled with the right tweaks getting it running at its full potential, the good developers here on XDA could do that and make this a a really special device. Custom Roms would be amazing!!!
I really don't see how this phone has not gotten any attention, It has better specs than most phone released including the NEXUS 6P, when I bought it from my friend I thought I would come here and see that the developers here on XDA would have already have custom recoveries, and roms. The phone is designed really nice, a full aluminum body phone, a great 2.5D display at 5.5 inches - 1440 x 2560, Snapdragon 810 - Adreno 430, and 4 GB of Ram, that's nice!!! I thought I got a steal for $200. I just hope we can get some developers who will get involved and hopefully save this phone!!!
Thanks for any help!!!
HERE ARE LINKS TO ZTE WEBSITES I'M ASKING FOR EVERYONE TO ADD ANY LINKS THAT YOU KNOW OF SO WE CAN LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD IF YOU HAVE MORE LINKS ADD THEM AND I WILL PUT THEM HERE FOR EVERYONE TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD SO ITS UP TO US TO TRY TO GET ZTE TO HOPEFULLY REASON WITH US AND NOT BE A CLOSED SOURCE MANUFACTURER. SO WE MUST MAKE OUR VOICE HEARD IF WE EXPECT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN, DOING NOTHING IS THE SAME AS ACCEPTING WHAT ZTE IS DOING, AND LOOK HOW THAT HAS TURNED OUT WITH EVERY UPDATE THIS DEVICE HAS RECEIVED THIS FAR. I BELIEVE THIS DEVICE COULD BE A LOT BETTER IF ZTE WOULD AT LEAST MEET THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY HALF WAY AND GIVE US OPTIONS.
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https://www.facebook.com/AxonPhone/
https://www.zteusa.com/contacts/index/
https://twitter.com/ZTE_USA
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL GET ZTE'S ATTENTION WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW HOW UNSATISFIED WE ARE ABOUT THE DEVICE THEY SOLD US ONLY TO BE LET DOWN BY CRAP UPDATES, LOCKED BOOTLOADERS THEY CANNOT DO WHAT THIS COMMUNITY COULD DO IF WE GET THAT DOOR OPEN. WE AS A WHOLE NEED TO CHANGE ZTE'S PERSPECTIVE AND ATTITUDE TOWARD THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY AND TRUE OPEN SOURCE. WE NEED AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT BUYING A PHONE THAT THEY CANNOT EVEN FIX WITH THEIR R&D TEAM. IF ZTE WOULD EMBRACE US THE USERS AND THE COMMUNITY WE COULD DO GREAT THINGS, THE DEVELOPERS HERE WOULD MAKE THIS PHONE A GREAT DEVICE ZTE HAS TO LET US HAVE A CHANCE WITH THIS PHONE AND THE ANDROID COMMUNITY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD POSSIBLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN FROM WHAT I SEE, ZTE IS SO CLOSED OFF AND THEY WILL NEVER SUCCEED SELLING FLAGSHIP DEVICES THAT ARE CLOSED DOWN.
I'll pledge $25 also.
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I'll pledge $25 also.
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Thank you!!! We need all the help we can get because ZTE is not going to help us!!! If anyone else is looking for this phone Amazon has them Open Box - Like New Condition for around $230, in all 3 colors.
25 Views and 1 Reply? We need help from all that can to get this phone going in the right direction because right now its all downhill, unless something changes for us... I hope we don't lose this opportunity with such a good device, this could be a beast of a phone if given the chance.
I would definitely throw into the pot to get this device rooted. I have been trying since day 1 without any luck. I have reached out to ZTE, Kingroot, and a few others without any luck. At the moment I have $20 on it, but depending on the circumstances I could possibly increase the amount. Please anybody with this device, that is interested in getting it rooted at least throw a comment up, to show support.
Yes this device is a real sleeper...... people don't realized that this device has the same specs as the:
Nexus 6P
HTC M9
Oneplus 2
G4
Note Edge
I truely think that this phone will take off when the price drops.... and I think it will drop after the end of this month.
Yes this phone is pretty good and would be amazing with atleast root I can't pledge any money right now tho but I really hope it gets unlocked and root soon
I gave up on this phone months ago and I had the Lux model. As stated before the potential is off the charts but potential is useless if somebody doesn't take advantage of it.
I emailed ZTE and pretty much told them if they plan to fail in the US market they are heading in the correct direction to fail - with how they are locking down their devices and being closed source. I gave them many examples of how other manufactures such as Nexus, OnePlus, Oppo, HTC, and so on have had very good product demand for each of their devices because of what they freely do with their phones. They give the community what it wants and this sells. Anyways I don't know if they spun me some **** or not but anyways they said they had forwarded my email to their higher ups???
I plan to get on ZTE every chance I get, it was the same situation when I bought my Oppo Find 5 until the community as a whole including front page of XDA finally got through to Oppo. It was either Oppo needed to change or they would not survive in the US market being as closed down as they were. I don't think Oppo regret doing what they have done, they seem to be doing pretty well for themselves here is the US after they finally agreed to give the community what we wanted. I know that Oppo have sold more phones because they did the 180 and gave the community what we wanted, open source and unlocked bootloaders.
Hopefully we can get ZTE to do the same thing. For some reason the China phone manufacturers don't want to follow open source freedoms that apply when creating an Android device's in the US. We need as much help as we can get and if not, we need to give ZTE the negative response they have created for themselves. I know that personally I will never buy another ZTE device if this phones does not get unlocked and ZTE does not start playing by the fairness of Open Source Community we strive on here at XDA, I would like to just have a damn rooted phone, but it would be great to see what the developers could come up with creating a kernel for this beast and an unlocked bootloader to install TWRP or CWM. We bought the phone it should be our choice if we want to forfeit our warranty or whatever, at least give us the option o make our own decision that's all I want.
Hopefully we will get someone skilled enough to crack this phone, I'm sure there are people here that have worked with ZTE devices before and that can do it . I have seen almost the impossible around here there's a lot of great talent, we just need them to give this a device look. Maybe we can all pitch in and buy a really good recognized developer a ZTE Axon Pro device for themselves, that is usually what works the best in my experience because then the have the phone in their hands and can work on it freely. They are selling on Amazon right now for $230 I will throw in the $25 if we can get a developer to agree. Does that sound like a good idea to anyone else? Ive been thinking about this and it would be hard to crack this phone without having the same model phone themselves. This is how it usually gets done, we need a good developer who we can get this device to, then we may get an unlocked bootloader and kernels.
ZTE AXON PRO - $220 Used - Very Good - Item is in original, pristine packaging. Small (less than 1/4" x 1/4") cosmetic imperfection on front of item.
LINK - http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...7&sr=8-3&keywords=zte+axon+pro&condition=used
Right now we have $50 from just 2 of us so say maybe 8 or 10 more people we may have enough and a we need a helpful experienced developer and we can do this possibly, its not like were throwing hundreds of dollars out.
Yea it sucks, I also spent hours of back and forth with ZTE to finally get a answer regarding the availability of Firmware and Bootloader access. I have saved all the emails and messages they wrote me. The final one being that they would not even consider giving Bootloader access and would not release firmware. It took them about 3 weeks to finally get this info and only after pleaing that I would be looking to sell this phone if there was no possibility of ever getting full access. I even tried "troubleshooting" my phone in hopes they would send me some Firmware to flash and "fix" my so called "problem".
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So far the most encouraging news I received was from KingRoot. They are still telling me that they plan to keep working to find a method to root. KingRoot also said that if I could get more people to inquire about this model then it would speed up their drive to get it done. The last message I got from them said that their next release should be able to root the Axon A1P
I have also requested through KingRoot to add the ZTE Axon Pro - A1P to their list, hopefully they get us Axon Pro users root soon I'm really bored with nothing to customize and this is my first device ever that I could not root or install custom roms on...
I think I'm going to go give ZTE hell on every outlet they have. Twitter, Facebook, Social Media everywhere that I can...
Anyways hopefully we will at least get our devices rooted soon!!! I was thinking of getting some attention on the XDA Development section on the forums for our Axon Pro from anyone who is experienced with ZTE devices or anyone who can help us with our problems. hopefully by getting all the help we can by linking developers to this thread we will get more attention. We need a good developer or developers and I know there has been many who have cracked ZTE devices in the past I'm pretty sure the newest ZTE/Nubia Z9, Snapdragon 810 version. is unlocked or at least rooted, I'm not sure how much in difference between the devices but they are both built in ZTE's build house so hopefully someone that has working with cracking ZTE/Nubia devices before can help us.
After the marshmallow update, there's an option under the hidden developer options menu to unlock the bootloader natively. Go to settings, about phone, then tap "build number" a few times to activate developer options. You will see a notification once it's activated. Here's a screenshot, now where do I go for this bounty?
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Yea I wish that's how it worked. That's just a standard option on Marshmallow. It's for security purposes
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Yea I wish that's how it worked. That's just a standard option on Marshmallow. It's for security purposes
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Ah I see. How disappointing!
Hi every one!! I'm the new one and sorry for my poor English. ^^. I'm using Zte Axon, I'm very satisfied with it but my phone have a problem that sometimes, even frequently it restart white I do nothing. Hope someone help me! please.
I have tried factory data reset, but nothing better.
isn't that a developer option in marshmallow?
I have this same option within my settings and I have not updated my Axon Pro since I have bought it. I'm still on the older lollipop 5.1.1 build B19 and that option is in my build also. I have not updated hoping that one day we will find a possible exploit. Also all I have heard is bad things after the upgrades from the forum members. Hopefully someday we will have an exploit or root but the option to unlock the bootloader has been in the options since 5.1.1 build B19. I wish we could figure out an exploit. I have been reading up on how to root manually but I'm not a developer so hopefully we can get KingRoot or a gifted developer on board and help us with this issue.
I am selling my Lux model it is here sitting around collecting dust. I ended up buying a Galaxy 6S Edge model that was broken for 325 then had to pay 273 total to get it fixed.
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I am selling my Lux model it is here sitting around collecting dust. I ended up buying a Galaxy 6S Edge model that was broken for 325 then had to pay 273 total to get it fixed.
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$600 That's a lot for a Galaxy 6S Edge.
They are selling a lot cheaper on Swappa.
https://swappa.com/buy/devices/samsung?search=Edge&type=phone
Any word from King root yet? I'm expecting my axon in the mail next week and first thing I'm gonna do is try and root lol
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Anyone tried typing fastboot oem unlock after changing the developer option in 6.0? Maybe it is working...
Hey all,
Why is there not much custom ROM activity for the s21? Used to have an s10+ and that had half dozen or more choices.
I would attempt myself if I had time but just curious.
Cheers
There is a few for exynos model
From my observations it is related to device price. More it costs, less users want to play with it.
Personally for me this is my first not rooted device in my life. Just because of one UI. It has just right amount of customization to keep me satisfied.
Also Samsung provides pretty ok software support.
To conclude - there are no good reasons to spend time on development. Only thing that comes to my mind - if you want less bloat, tracking, etc. But in such case imho Samsung is a bad choice and you should go with something else.
drumslave said:
From my observations it is related to device price. More it costs, less users want to play with it.
Personally for me this is my first not rooted device in my life. Just because of one UI. It has just right amount of customization to keep me satisfied.
Also Samsung provides pretty ok software support.
To conclude - there are no good reasons to spend time on development. Only thing that comes to my mind - if you want less bloat, tracking, etc. But in such case imho Samsung is a bad choice and you should go with something else.
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Also, if I'm not mistaken, there are various ways to get rid of some of the bloat anyway if you're too inclined to get rid of them.
Yeah I'd say mostly it's due to how highly customisable the Android OS and One UI is these days. I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my S21 Ultra but I ended up locking the bootloader and going back to stock again.
Major issues
- knox - you can't revert to lock state so no matter what happe your pricey toy is useless and not repearable
- lack of drivers - camera etc.
joloxx9joloxx9 said:
Major issues
- knox - you can't revert to lock state so no matter what happe your pricey toy is useless and not repearable
- lack of drivers - camera etc.
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i re-locked my bootloader, thats all that matters and these days samsung have still repaired phones that have been rooted and had their bootloaders locked again.
Thanks everyone for your feedback.
I admit its a pricey phone which is why I've been put off doing it, I've nearly always installed custom roms mainly for root access and customisation options.
I manage stock unrooted to block ads using AdGuard which does a really good job, and use nova launcher for customisation which sort of keeps me happy, along with working Google pay and bank app and the s21 ultra is pretty customisable.
Root used to be good to backup using titanium.
GeeAyeZee said:
i re-locked my bootloader, thats all that matters and these days samsung have still repaired phones that have been rooted and had their bootloaders locked again.
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You want to tell me that samsung fix phones with tripped knox? Good one.
joloxx9joloxx9 said:
You want to tell me that samsung fix phones with tripped knox? Good one.
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Yes. In fact somebody from here on XDA had theirs repaired.
GeeAyeZee said:
Yes. In fact somebody from here on XDA had theirs repaired.
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Sorry but without a proof it is a fairytale. They always check knox status, unless this was single occasion as someone did not follow official checks.
joloxx9joloxx9 said:
Sorry but without a proof it is a fairytale. They always check knox status, unless this was single occasion as someone did not follow official checks.
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Find the proof yourself i dont need to justify myself to you
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Find the proof yourself i dont need to justify myself to you
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Well in this case it is pointless to have this conversation with you, if you even cannot find a proof for you statement.
Im sure i could find it if i looked, but like i said i dont have to justify myself to you. I know that you have very little idea what you're talking about and thats the exact reason i dont bother. If you want to expand your knowledge look into it a bit for yourself.
joloxx9joloxx9 said:
Sorry but without a proof it is a fairytale. They always check knox status, unless this was single occasion as someone did not follow official checks.
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I can bet it was the case. We're talking about humans. I work with several repair companies, to provide warranty for the products i sell from different brands. And you know, people are always being hired everywhere. There's always that new guy that messed up and didn't follow the protocol.
I guess you need to be lucky to get your phone in the hands of the new guy
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Im sure i could find it if i looked, but like i said i dont have to justify myself to you. I know that you have very little idea what you're talking about and thats the exact reason i dont bother. If you want to expand your knowledge look into it a bit for yourself.
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Sure I am just stupid man
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Would you like to add anything to above sir? Maybe I have "very little knowledge" but at least now we can verify it quickly
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I can bet it was the case. We're talking about humans. I work with several repair companies, to provide warranty for the products i sell from different brands. And you know, people are always being hired everywhere. There's always that new guy that messed up and didn't follow the protocol.
I guess you need to be lucky to get your phone in the hands of the new guy
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This is something that I can agree in 100%, in UK samsung does not fix their phones, they have few comapnies who does that for them, and those companies check knox status, why? Becuase they will not get money back from Samsungfor fixing a phone that was nod under warranty - simple.
If someone mad a mistake, forgot etc to check it I get it but spreading false info is not good for anyone.
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Sure I am just stupid man
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Would you like to add anything to above sir? Maybe I have "very little knowledge" but at least now we can verify it quickly
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Sure I am just stupid man
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Would you like to add anything to above sir? Maybe I have "very little knowledge" but at least now we can verify it quickly
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Well at the risk of exposing your lack of proficiency with the English language, I will add that being covered under warranty is totally different to having the device repaired by Samsung. The word warranty was never used by myself, and in fact was never used by you either.
GeeAyeZee said:
Well at the risk of exposing your lack of proficiency with the English language, I will add that being covered under warranty is totally different to having the device repaired by Samsung. The word warranty was never used by myself, and in fact was never used by you either.
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Oh so now my English is not ok, nice. I didn't mentioned about warranty as it was obvious, at least for others... You can always pay for repair, even if you intentionaly hit it with a hammer and this is common knowledge. You didn't say that you paid for repair either.
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Oh so now my English is not ok, nice. I didn't mentioned about warranty as it was obvious, at least for others... You can always pay for repair, even if you intentionaly hit it with a hammer and this is common knowledge. You didn't say that you paid for repair either.
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Because i didnt get any repairs. I dont know who these "others" are but people only know what is written and/or told to them. Again, ive already wasted too much time on you so move on with your life and i shall do the same.