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Sep 1, 2014, 11:04:34 PM via Website
Sep 1, 2014 11:04:34 PM via Website
Hello everyone
I own a ZTE Nubia Z7 MAX, it's an amazing phone and the chinese community is quickly developing custom ROMs.
Unfortunately I do not understand chinese and I bet most occidentals don't understand it either.
I struggled to understand what to do in order to root, flash ClockWorkMod and CyanogenMod since all the information on the internet is indeed written in chinese. But I succeded and now I'm going to share with you how.
How to root:
- Download Towelroot.apk and SuperSU Pro v2.0.0.apk
- Copy them on your MicroSD
- Run Towelroot.apk on your phone using any file manager
- Tap make it ra1n
- Wait for your phone to restart
- Run SuperSU Pro v2.0.0.apk on your phone using any file manager
How to flash CWM recovery:
- Root your Nubia Z7 MAX following the instructions above
- Insert an empty MicroSD in your phone
- Download USB_Driver.zip and extract it
- Download cwm nx505j.zip and extract it
- Install USB_Driver.exe
- Enable USB debugging and connect your phone with the USB cable
- Run FlashCWM.bat
- On your phone, grant root access when prompted
How to flash CWM recovery with fastboot mode
How to flash CM11 ROM:
- Flash CWM on your Nubia Z7 MAX following the instructions above
- Download cm11 nx505j IV Edition.zip
- Copy cm11 nx505j IV Edition.zip to MicroSD
- Go in CWM recovery (With your phone switched off, hold volume up and power button)
- Navigate the recovery using volume up to go up, volume down to go down and power button to select the highlighted option
- Wipe data
- Confirm
- Wipe cache
- Confirm
- Advanced
- Wipe Dalvik cache
- Confirm
- Go back
- Install zip
- Choose zip from SD card
- Select cm11 nx505j IV Edition.zip
- Confirm
- Reboot
How to flash Google apps:
- Flash CM11 on your Nubia Z7 MAX following the instructions above
- Download gapps.zip
- Copy gapps.zip to MicroSD
- Go in CWM recovery (With your phone switched off, hold volume up and power button)
- Navigate the recovery using volume up to go up, volume down to go down and power button to select the highlighted option
- Install Zip from SD card
- Choose zip from SD card
- Select gapps.zip
- Confirm
- Go back
- Whipe cache
- Confirm
- Reboot
Press here to download all the files you need
Credits
Towelroot: geohot
CWM: syhost
CM11: lwang, syhost, zhaochengw
Please do not copy/paste this tutorial elsewhere, link to this thread instead.
Please leave a comment if you used this tutorial.
Also leave a comment if you need any help or find any bug.
— modified on Nov 12, 2014, 9:57:18 AM
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