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doc:appunti:hardware:zte_blade_a610 [2020/01/22 17:05] – [Install TWRP recovery and Magisk root] niccolodoc:appunti:hardware:zte_blade_a610 [2022/03/16 09:15] – niccolo
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 ====== Android ZTE Blade A610: a Rooting Review ====== ====== Android ZTE Blade A610: a Rooting Review ======
  
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 {{.:android:magisk-zte-blade-a610.jpg?360 |Magisk on the ZTE Blade A610}} {{.:android:magisk-zte-blade-a610.jpg?360 |Magisk on the ZTE Blade A610}}
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 ===== How to enter the stock Recovery ===== ===== How to enter the stock Recovery =====
  
 +{{ .:android:recovery-died-android.jpg?80|Android Recovery: Died Droid}}
 **Power-off** the device, then power-on using **VolumeUp + Power**. You will enter the **Boot mode select menu**, choose **Recovery** (using VolumeUp to choose and VolumeDown to confirm). You will be presented with a **Broken droid image**; press again **VolumeUp + Power** (sometimes it is required to keep them pressed for about 10 seconds) to enter the **Recovery menu**. **Power-off** the device, then power-on using **VolumeUp + Power**. You will enter the **Boot mode select menu**, choose **Recovery** (using VolumeUp to choose and VolumeDown to confirm). You will be presented with a **Broken droid image**; press again **VolumeUp + Power** (sometimes it is required to keep them pressed for about 10 seconds) to enter the **Recovery menu**.
  
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 Once rooted, the **On-The-Air updates will fail** because almost certainly a new kernel with dm-verity enabled is insalled. This will detect the modifications to the system partition, **freezing the bootstrap at the ZTE logo**. Your chance is to perform a restore once notified that an update is available. Restore the **boot.bin**, **recovery.bin** and **system.bin** images from the backup before root. After the update is installed, you have to reinstall TWRP and Magisk. Once rooted, the **On-The-Air updates will fail** because almost certainly a new kernel with dm-verity enabled is insalled. This will detect the modifications to the system partition, **freezing the bootstrap at the ZTE logo**. Your chance is to perform a restore once notified that an update is available. Restore the **boot.bin**, **recovery.bin** and **system.bin** images from the backup before root. After the update is installed, you have to reinstall TWRP and Magisk.
-===== Removing Useless Apps =====+ ===== Removing Useless Apps =====
  
 This device includes by default some **useless apps**, following the bad habit very much in vogue in these days. Some can be removed simply by **uninstalling them**, others require **root privileges** to be removed. This device includes by default some **useless apps**, following the bad habit very much in vogue in these days. Some can be removed simply by **uninstalling them**, others require **root privileges** to be removed.
  
-^ AccuWeather  | Can be uninstalled by the user.  | +^ AccuWeather  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  | 
-^ Facebook  | Can be uninstalled by the user.  | +^ Clean Master  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  | 
-^ WPS Office  | Can be uninstalled by the user.  | +^ Facebook  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  | 
-^ Clean Master  | Can be uninstalled by the user.  |+^ Twitter  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  | 
 +^ WPS Office  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  |
 ^ ZTE Cares  | Self-diagnostic app. It includes some tests to check the functionality of the device: touch screen, speaker, microphone, LCD panel, etc. It would be useful, but it warns about **collecting many data** about you and your phone. It is contained into **/system/priv-app/ZTE_Cares/**.  | ^ ZTE Cares  | Self-diagnostic app. It includes some tests to check the functionality of the device: touch screen, speaker, microphone, LCD panel, etc. It would be useful, but it warns about **collecting many data** about you and your phone. It is contained into **/system/priv-app/ZTE_Cares/**.  |
 ^ MiFavor Desktop  | This is the default launcher of the ZTE Blade A610 phone. The first time you run it, it requires too much permissions, so I installed an alternative launcher: the **[[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/amirz.rootless.nexuslauncher/|Rootless Pixel Launcher]]**. Then I removed the directory **/system/priv-app/MiFavor_Desktop/**.  | ^ MiFavor Desktop  | This is the default launcher of the ZTE Blade A610 phone. The first time you run it, it requires too much permissions, so I installed an alternative launcher: the **[[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/amirz.rootless.nexuslauncher/|Rootless Pixel Launcher]]**. Then I removed the directory **/system/priv-app/MiFavor_Desktop/**.  |
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 reboot reboot
 </code> </code>
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 +Remove also directories under **/system/vendor/operator/app/**, **/data/app-lib/** and **/data/data/**:
 +
 +<code>
 +rm -r /system/vendor/operator/app/AccuWeather
 +rm -r /system/vendor/operator/app/Clean_Master
 +rm -r /system/vendor/operator/app/Facebook
 +rm -r /system/vendor/operator/app/WPS_Office
 +
 +rm -r /data/app-lib/AccuWeather
 +rm -r /data/app-lib/Baidu_Location
 +rm -r /data/app-lib/Clean_Master
 +rm -r /data/app-lib/Facebook
 +rm -r /data/app-lib/Twitter
 +rm -r /data/app-lib/WPS_Office
 +
 +rm -r /data/data/cn.wps.moffice_eng
 +rm -r /data/data/com.accuweather.android
 +rm -r /data/data/com.cleanmaster.mguard
 +rm -r /data/data/com.facebook.katana
 +</code>
 +
 +FIXME: What are the following? Should them be removed too?
 +
 +<code>
 +/system/vendor/operator/app/HimaxMPAP
 +/data/app-lib/HimaxMPAP
 +/data/data/com.himax.mpap
 +</code>
 +
 ===== Installing the MS-Windows ADB Drivers ===== ===== Installing the MS-Windows ADB Drivers =====
  
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 {{.:android:zte-android-device-manager.png?160|ADB Drivers correctly installed}} {{.:android:zte-android-device-manager.png?160|ADB Drivers correctly installed}}
 +
 +===== Obsolete MTK Droid Tools =====
  
 Despite the ADB drivers are correctly installed, the **MTK Droid Tools** does not work because the smartphone runs Android 6.0. The error message is: **Unknown ROM structure, backup NOT possibile!** Despite the ADB drivers are correctly installed, the **MTK Droid Tools** does not work because the smartphone runs Android 6.0. The error message is: **Unknown ROM structure, backup NOT possibile!**
doc/appunti/hardware/zte_blade_a610.txt · Last modified: 2022/03/16 09:16 by niccolo