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-====== Android ZTE Blade A610: a Rooting Review ======+====== Rooting the ZTE Blade A610 Android Phone ======
  
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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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 ===== Quick Facts ===== ===== Quick Facts =====
  
-| {{:img:pros_icon.png?nolink&36|}}  | Good **quality/price** ratio (at 57 €).\\ 2 Gb **RAM**.\\ 16 Gb **Flash**.\\ 4000 mAh **Battery**.\\ 720x1280 5" **display**.\\ Easy **rooting**.  | +| {{:img:pros_icon.png?nolink&32|}}  | Good **quality/price** ratio (at 57 €).\\ 2 Gb **RAM**.\\ 16 Gb **Flash**.\\ 4000 mAh **Battery**.\\ 720x1280 5" **display**.\\ Easy **rooting**.  | 
-| {{:img:cons_icon.png?nolink&36|}}  | Outdated **Android 6.0**.\\ Non replaceable **battery**.  |+| {{:img:cons_icon.png?nolink&32|}}  | Outdated **Android 6.0**.\\ Non replaceable **battery**.  |
  
 Here some specification: Here some specification:
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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, but some files remains. See below.  | ^ AccuWeather  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  |
 +^ Clean Master  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  |
 ^ Facebook  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  | ^ Facebook  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  |
 +^ 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.  | ^ WPS Office  | Can be uninstalled by the user, but some files remains. See below.  |
-^ Clean Master  | 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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-/system/vendor/operator/HimaxMPAP+/system/vendor/operator/app/HimaxMPAP
 /data/app-lib/HimaxMPAP /data/app-lib/HimaxMPAP
 /data/data/com.himax.mpap /data/data/com.himax.mpap
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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}}
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 +===== 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!**
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