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
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 II Edition.zip
Copy cm11 nx505j II 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 II 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.
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
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 II Edition.zip
Copy cm11 nx505j II 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 II 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.

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