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Root Fix for Authorize Error

hroark13

Android Expert
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Jul 15, 2011
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A lot of people get this Authorize error that basically make the phone a soft brick

here is how to fix, and you have to be somewhat quick

if you already have CWM goto nandroid section

make sure you have ZTE USB drivers installed

download this zip and unzip it on your windows pc
https://www.mediafire.com/?99urzkob6oxp8zu
this is a modified version so dont use the one that was posted in the root thread


double click the ADA-ASEC-Root.bat

it should say press any key to continue, dont press anything yet

pull the battery from phone, and it is not plugged into computer yet


YOU HAVE TO DO THIS NEXT STEP QUICKLY
plug usb cable into computer but not phone yet
hold the Volume Down button, and dont let go
put the battery in, leave cover off
plug usb cable in to phone
when you see the FTM screen, press a key on your keyboard
you should see it copy some files, but it will goto the authorize screen again
pull battery and usb cable

unzip the nandroid from this post to a vfat formatted sdcard
http://androidforums.com/threads/zte-concord-2-nandroid.875083/


insert sdcard into phone
hold Volume Up and dont let go
put battery in
press power

it should boot into CWM and the authorize should not come up

restore the nandroid from external_sd
do a factory reset
reboot the phone

it should now boot into android and not give the erro

if you have a problem, make sure you have adb driver installed for ftm
also you may have to format the sdcard while in cwm, than unzip the nandroid on you computer



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I followed the instructions above but no matter what I do, I still get the unauthorized error. The phone is rooted with CWM recovery.

I go into CWM with VolUP/Pwr, then restore the nandroid backup from ext_sdcard successfully, but upon reboot the error is still there.

Then I tried installing the original rom (zte_concord2_unmodified.zip) using CWM but same unauthorized error comes up when rebooting.

I've tried clearing cache/data, dalvik cache, factory reset and whatever else can be cleared in CWM

Any ideas? Thanks.
 
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