Tutorial on how to root Meizu Pro 6/6S and flash Google Apps

Enable Root on Meizu Pro 6 though Flyme account

1. Download and install Terminal Emulator from Play Market.
2. Now download two required patches copy these to phone internal memory:
   • pro.sh
   • pro1.sh
3. Now start Terminal Emulator and type the following commands:

   su
   sush /sdcard/pro.sh
   sh /sdcard/pro1.sh

4. Reboot

How to enable root on Android 7.1.1 version

1. Set “System privileges” to “Open”.
2. Install SuperSU 2.79 apk file, update the binary file and press “OK!”. Do not reboot your device at this step, otherwise you’ll get bootloop!
3. Enter SuperSU, “grant” access for root.
4. Download and install “BusyBox” and “Mobile Odin / Flash Fire”
5. After you’ve installed all the tools above, you’ll need to install the same SuperSU version for recovery via Flash Fire.
6. Reboot your phone and enjoy root.

How to root “A” and “Beta” firmware versions?

1. Sign in into your Flyme account.
2. Then go to “Security” menu (could be also named as “Fingerprint and security”).
3. Then tap on “Root permissions” and confirm root access.

Binary file in superSU isn’t updating

Here’s a solution in case you’ve got an error while trying to update the superSU binary file:

1. Delete currently install SuperSU version from your phone.
2. Download the same ROM version which you have right now on your phone.
3. Now reinstall ROM without any wipes.
4. Reboot your phone, go to “Settings” > “Security” > “Root” > “Enable”.
5. After your phone reboot, go straight to Google Play and install SuperSu.
6. Start SuperSU, confirm binary file update, enable root access for it and select “Normal/TWRP”, wait until  installation is completed.

How to install Opengapps on Meizu Pro 6

This method works with a fresh ROM installation.

1. Enable root with Flyme account.
2. Install SuperSU 2.79.
3. Download and install BusyBox.
4. Install FlashFire Pro 0.55.1.
5. Download the latest version on Gapps from OpenGapps. You’ll need the following OpenGAPPS version: ARM64, 6.0, Pico. Copy downloaded archive with Gapps to phone root memory.
6. Open FlashFire and give root access to it. In FlashFire press “Flash ZIP via OTA” > Select open_gapps .zip archive > Continue to flashing.
7. After flashing is completed, the phone will automatically reboots.

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This tutorial will help you in the following cases: for example, if your tried to flash some beta ROM with FlashFire and get bootloop in result and now you can’t enter recovery mode. If you see “Red State Your device has failed verification and may not work properly your device will boot in 5 seconds” message when trying to turn on your phone.

Restore and fix hardbricked Meizu Pro 6

What’s required?

• • MRT Dongle
  • MRT Dongle software: mrt_1.98_fix.7z
  • Special firmware version: Meizu_Pro_6_MRT_Firmware.7z
  • Driver Auto Installer v1.352.00: Driver_Auto_Installer_v1.352.00.7z

Now after you’ve prepared everything what is required, we will continue with the following steps. Some users reporting that this method isn’t working on Windows 10 x64, in this case try to use Windows 7 version.

1. Disable drivers signature enforcement on your PC.
2. Download and install drivers using Driver Auto Installer.
3. Connect MRT Dongle to PC via USB 2.0. Most probably, it won’t work on USB 3.0.
4. Download mrt_1.98_fix.7z and open MRT_1.98.exe.
5. Click on “Meizu” tab in the top right corner and select your device model, “PRO 6” in this case.
6. You’ll see the following message: “Connect to Service Success”.
7. Select “Write Flash” in “Operation Options”, press “Open” and locate previously downloaded ROM. That’s “MT6797_Android_scatter.txt” file in “Meizu_Pro_6_MRT_Firmware” folder.
8. Now we press “Start” button. You should see “Searching Mobile Port…” message.
9. At this point you need to turn off your device, then press and hold “Volume Down” button and connect your phone to PC via USB cable at the same point, release the “Volume Down” button as soon as flashing process start. If the following method doesn’t work for you, you may try to boot into fastboot mode firstly by pressing “Volume Down” and “Power” buttons at the same time. Hold these two buttons for 8 seconds, and release them after your device boot into fastboot, then press “Volume Down” and “Power” buttons, release the “Power” button when the screen turns off and keep holding “Volume Down”. Flashing process should start.

Here’s another method, which doesn’t require you to use the MRT Dongle.

1. Download Write efuse v7.4.0 tool: Write+efuse+V7.4.0+Key+Mod+Meizu.7z
2. Now select Scatter File “MT6797_Android_scatter.txt” from the “Meizu_Pro_6_MRT_Firmware” folder.
3. Activate all check marks:
4. Press “Start All” and try different combinations of “Volume Down” and “Power” buttons similar to the method above.

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How to unlock, root and backup Meizu M6 Note

Unlock bootloader on Meizu M6 Note

Before unlocking the bootloader you should pay attention that you’re responsible for all possible issues. Don’t forget to backup personal data to SD card.

1. Update TWRP application.
2. Reinstall TWRP Custom Recovery.
3. Boot into TWRP and backup “devinfo” partition.
4. Go back to system, download “devinfo” backup with unlocked bootloader and move it to the folder with system backups (you can download unlocked bootloader “devinfo” backup from the link above).
5. Boot into TWRP and restore the “devinfo” you’ve just downloaded.
6. Reboot into system.

Download: bootl_meizum6note.rar

If you stuck on the screen with this message: “To start Android, enter your password”, then you’ll need to format “Data” partition. Check out the next paragraph and find the solution for this issue.

How to fix “To start Android, enter your password” issue

The solution is simple, all you need to do is to format “Data” partition. Just follow these 5 steps and you’ll be fine:

1. Boot into TWRP Custom Recovery.
2. Go to “Wipe” menu.
3. Select “Format Data”.
4. Confirm partition format by typing “yes”.
5. Reboot into system.

Download TWRP for Meizu M6 Note

Developer by Chinese developers.

Meizu M6 Note TWRP 3.2.1: M6_Note_TWRP_0.9_beta_3_new.apk

How to flash TWRP Custom Recovery on Meizu M6 Note?

1. Download TWRP .apk file from the link above.
2. Enable “root” access for it.
3. Press on “Install TWRP”.

How to root and install SuperSU on Meizu M6 Note

1. Download all required files from the links below.
2. Boot into recovery mode.
3. Flash both archives in the right order, firstly SuperSU 2.82 and then flash VerifiedBootSigner patch.

Download SuperSU: UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.82-20170528234214.zip

Download VerifiedBootSigner v8: VerifiedBootSigner-v8.zip

How to backup Meizu M6 Note with TWRP?

1. Flash TWRP Custom Recovery on your phone.
2. Boot into TWRP through the application interface or by pressing “Volume Up” and “Power” buttons at the same time (your phone should be turned off first).
3. Swipe to allow modifications.
4. Press “Backup” in the main menu.
5. Select partitions you want to backup (except from “System Image”, otherwise you’ll get an error).
6. Press “Select Storage” and select MicroSD.
7. Swipe to confirm backup.

Download Custom ROMs for Meizu M6 Note

Below we’ve listed all currently released custom firmware for Meizu M6 Note.

• AOSP Andoid Open Source Project for Meizu M6 Note: Download
• Android One for Meizu M6 Note: Download

How to flash Custom ROM on Meizu M6 Note?

1. Backup all data from /sdcard/
2. Download Custom ROM you want to flash and copy .zip archive to SDcard.
3. Flash TWRP Custom Recovery.
4. Boot into TWRP and wipe all partitions: System, Data, Dalvik-cache, Cache, Internal Storage.
5. Reboot into recovery again, go to “Wipe” menu, select “Format Data” and type “yes” to proceed.
6. Go to “Install”, locate downloaded ROM and wait until installation is completed.
7. Reboot into system.

We’ll try to update this post as soon as new custom ROM version is released.

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Although some features of the new update will only be available in China, however, the ones available globally are good enough to make the users stick to Xiaomi. Every MIUI update has focused on performance improvement and it is no different this time.

Here is the list of 5 hidden MIUI 9 features:

How to use Split screen on MIUI 9 ROM?

Yes you’re reading it right as split screen is now available with MIUI 9 updates. To get to it you will have to follow the following steps:-

• Tap the recent button.
• The background running apps open.
• At the top, there’s a new shade with “split screen mode” written.
• Tap on it.
• Drag the apps from the list of background running apps that you want on the split screen, and voila!
• The apps which do not support split screen are marked with a clear badge.

MIUI9 Improved notification panel

A lot of work has been carried out on the notifications panel by the company. Here are some features that are added to the updated notification panel:-

• Quick reply option has been made available at the drop down notification panel.
• Notifications from each app are bundles so you will not get numerous notifications from one app.
• Unimportant notifications are automatically filtered and muted.

Brand new image editor in MIUI9

Yes, the inbuilt image editor went from ‘just useful’ to “whoa, amazing”. In the new update a brand new image editor has been added to the gallery app and getting used to this editor will need some repetitive usages. On learning how to use, users will be able to:-

• Removing unwanted items from the images.
• Adding interesting elements to the images.
• Make use of better and updated filters.
• Better beautification of pictures.

Improved home screen and lock screen

A lot of work has been put in here as a lot of engaging features has been added. Here are some of them:-

• Vertical scrolling off widgets, similar to that of stock Android is made possible in the new update.
• In order to be able to bet a bird’s eye view of the app drawer, a miniscule view of all the pages is available.
• Previously messy settings panel has become more compact with improved settings management and navigation.
• The default launcher can now be customised.
• The flash button has been added to the lock screen, which undeniably is really useful.
• Also, all the connected devices can be seen on the lock screen itself.

Mi Drop

Mi drop is a file transfer feature and is amazingly useful to transfer files of any type. This is one of the best-underrated features due to the fact that it could only be found once, one checked through the underlying utilities.

This, however, is changed in the new MIUI 9 update, the Mi Drop has been brought to the frontier, with a spot on the home screen itself.

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How to flash custom ROM on ZTE Nubia Z11 Max

1. Remove all fingerprint and graphic screen lock passwords. This is required!
2. Download ROM you want to flash on your ZTE Nubia device and copy it to the phone internal memory.
3. Boot in TWRP Custom Recovery.
4. In TWRP make wipe. Select everything except Internal memory and SD card.
5. Install downloaded ROM, also you can install SuperSU if you want to enable root.
6. Clear the cache and boot into the system.
7. That’s pretty much the whole process of flashing!

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Valentines Day Xiaomi MIUI Wallpapers

Download lovable wallpaper for your Xiaomi smartphone below! Wallpapers are 1080 * 1920 and can be used on pretty much every Xiaomi device.

You can also download full HD Valentines Day MIUI 8 wallpaper collection here:

• Download Full Collection

Hope you will enjoy these quality wallpapers!

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In this detailed guide I’m going to show you how to install Android 6.0.1 CyanogenMod 13 on VirtualBox. You’ll need to download CM 13 Android-x86 image file and have VirtualBox installed. I was using latest version of VirtualBox 5.1.12 r112440 (Qt5.6.2).

Also I have to enable Virtualization Technology (VTx) and Virtualization Technology Directed I/O (VTd) to install and run CM13 Android on my PC. You can also find most common issues and fixes related to installing Android-x86 on VirtualBox in the bottom of this post.

Installing Android-x86 on VirtualBox Emulator

Creating Virtual Machine for Android-x86

1. First you need to download CyanogenMod 13 Android x86 image.
2. Run VirtualBox and start creating new virtual machine by pressing “New”.
3. Now enter name for your virtual machine and select “Linux” and “Other Linux (64-bit)” and press “Next”.

   

4. Now select amount of RAM to be allocated to your Android x86 virtual machine. In my case of installing this exact CM 13 image I have to select 4096 MB of RAM. Update: It’s possible to select smaller amounts of RAM. It’s working good with 512 MB or 1024 MB memory size.

   

5. Now create a new virtual hard disc. Select “Create a virtual disk now” and press “Create”.

   

6. Now we need to choose hard disk type. Select “VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)” and press “Next”.

   

7. Select storage on physical disk for our Android-x86 virtual machine. We’ll go with “Fixed size”. Select “Fixed size” and press “Next”.

   

8. Create Virtual Hard Disk drive by selecting file location and size. Recommended size in 8.00 GB, you can make it bigger if you need to. Select location for your Virtual Hard Disk file and press “Create”.

   

9. The process should start. Wait for fixed storage to be created.

   

10. Congratulations! You’ve created a VirtualBox virtual machine to run Android x86 CyanogenMod 13 on your PC!

    

Now we will continue to the second part of this guide and before starting our virtual machine we will need to install CM 13 on VirtualBox.

Installing Android-X86 CyanogenMod 13 on VirtualBox Virtual Machine

1. First we need to point VirtualBox virtual machine to downloaded Android-x86 CM 13 ISO file.
2. Right click on your virtual machine and select “Settings”.

   

3. Now in the “Setting” select “Storage” in the left column. Click on the empty drive, then click on the disk icon in the right corner and click on “Choose Virtual Optical Disk File”.

   

4. Find and select CM 13 Android-x86 ISO file “cm-x86_64-13.0-rc1.iso”, that you’ve previously downloaded (you can find download link below). Select “cm-x86_64-13.0-rc1.iso” .iso file and click “Open”.

   

5. Storage settings will now look like this. Press “Ok”.

   

6. Now press “Start” to boot your virtual machine.

   

7. The Android-x86 installer will boot up.
8. Use keyboard arrow keys to navigate and select “Installation – Install Android-x86 to harddisk”.

   

9. Now we need to select a partition to install Android-x86. Select “Create/Modify partitions” and press enter.

   

10. On the next window “Do you want to use GPT?” – Select “No”.

    

11. Now using “left” & “right” arrow keys select “New” to create new partition from free space and press “Enter”.

    

12. Select “Primary” and press “Enter” to create a new primary partition for Android-x86 installation.

    

13. Press “Enter” again to select entire size of the virtual disk we’ve previously created.

    

14. Select “Bootable” option and press “Enter” to toggle bootable flag make the selected partition bootable.

    

15. Highlight “Write” option and press “Enter” to write partition table to disk.

    

16. On the next screen type “yes” and press “Enter” to write the partition table to disk.

    

17. Wait a little bit while partition table is being created.
18. Navigate to “Quit” and press “Enter”.
19. Now we’re back to “Choose Partition” screen. You’ll see the partition you’ve just created. Select this partition to install Android-X86, then highlight “Ok” and press “Enter”.

    

20. On the next screen select a file system to format Android-x86 partition. We will need to format partition to “ext4”.
21. Select “ext4” filesystem.
22. On the next screen Select “Ok” and press “Enter” to confirm format to “ext4”.

    

23. After partition format, confirm with GRUB boot loader installation select “Yes” and press “Enter”.

    

24. Another question will appear. Select “Yes” to install system directory as read-write.

    

25. Android-x86 should be installed successfully. Select “Reboot” and press “Ok”.

    

26. Now you need to remove Android-x86 disk image from virtual drive, so you can start CM13 and not be booted in live installation CD again. Press “Devices” > “Optical Drivers” > “Remove disk from virtual drive”.

    

27. Now reboot your virtual machine again. Press “Host + R” or “Machine” > “Reset”.
28. After rebooting you’ll see “Trusted GRUB 1.1.5” boot loader.
29. Select “Android-x86 13.0-rc1” and press “Enter” to boot CM13 Android 6.0.1.
30. You should see standard Android first startup setup screen. Change and select your language and time preferences.

    

31. Skip WiFi connection setup. You’ll be able to use network, browse website and download apps anyways, using your main network.
32. That’s it! Congratulations! You’ve installed Android-x86 CyanogenMod 13 on your PC!

    

Solutions & Bug Fixes

“This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU” – Android-x86 on VirtualBox

Error: This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. Unable to boot – please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.

Solution: In case of this message, make sure you’ve selected Other Linux (64-bit) version and have dedicated enough RAM memory for virtual machine. You can also try different RAM settings and make dedicated RAM amount bigger or smaller. (Settings > System > Motherboard).

Enable VT-x / AMD-V hardware acceleration – Android-x86 on VirtualBox

Error: “VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system” or “Failed to open a session for the virtual machine”

Solution: You need to enable VT-d and VT-x technology in BIOS.

1. Restart your PC and boot in BIOS. Depend on your system press “F2”, “DEL” or “F12” to enter BIOS menu.
2. In “Security” or “Advanced” tab find and enable “VT-d technology” (location depends on PC).

In my case it was called “Intel Virtualization Technology” and it was located in “Advanced” tab in BIOS.

Mouse Integration – Android-x86 on VirtualBox

In case you’ve got some troubles or mouse issues on VirtualBox Android-x86 machine try resetting “Input” > “Mouse integration”. Try to enable/disable it. To switch over virtual machine mouse and windows mouse, just press right”CTRL”.

Landscape/Portrait issues – Android-x86

First solution is to disable screen rotation in Android settings. Here’s a simple steps:

• “Settings” > “Display & lights” > Disable “Auto-rotate screen”.

You can also try these hot-keys in VirtualBox to rotate Android-x86 screen on virtual machine.

• Double-tap “F9”
• Double-tap “F10”
• Double-tap “F11”
• Double-tap “F12”

How to get root on Android-x86 CM 13 Emulator

To get root on Android-x86 CyanogenMod 13 first you need to enable “Developer options”.

1. Start virtual machine, go to “Settings” > “About tablet”.
2. Then click seven times on “Build number” to enable “Developer options”.

   

Now, after you have enabled developer options, you can enable root on Android-x86 CM 13 virtual machine.

• Get back into “Settings” and now select “Developer options”.
• Click on “Root access” and select “Apps and ADB”. Allow root access by pressing “Ok”.

  

• Now you’ve got root on Android-x86 VirtualBox emulator.

Download links

Here you can download latest Android-x86 CM 13 release and the latest VirtualBox version.

• Android-x86 CM Release 13.0 ISO file: cm-x86_64-13.0-rc1.iso
• Official Website CM 13.0 Android-x86: http://www.android-x86.org/releases/releasenote-cm-x86-13-0-rc1
• VirtualBox 5.1.12 Official website: https://www.virtualbox.org/

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