How to Root the ZTE Avail 2 (AT&T)
Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.
Once you have root access on your ZTE Avail 2 (AT&T), you’ll be able to:
- Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
- Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
- Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
- Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
- Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
- Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
Interested? Here’s how to root your ZTE Avail 2 (AT&T):
I. Before You Begin
1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. This rooting tool’s available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Cydia Impactor and save it to your Desktop.
III. Rooting the ZTE Avail 2 (AT&T)
1. Extract files from Cydia Impactor by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.
2. Turn ON USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.
3. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.
4. Double-click on Cydia Impactor executable and it should launch.
5. Select # drop SuperSU su to /system/xbin/su from the dropdown menu and hit Start.
6. It should begin rooting your device.
7. Once done, reboot your device.
8. You’re all done!
All set! Now, you can head to our How to Flash a Custom Recovery procedure for the ZTE Avail 2 (AT&T) to open up a whole new world of customizations for your Android device!
By the way, don’t be scared, you can always put your device back to stock by heading to our Rooting How To’s section, finding your device, and doing the How to Unroot listed for it there.
I have a problem. This article is titled “How to Root the ZTE Avail 2 (AT&T). At the end of the article, there is a link to “How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the ZTE Avail 2 (AT&T)”. Again, at the end of that article, there is another link to ” How to Flash a Custom ROM procedure for the ZTE Avail 2 (AT&T)”. However, that last link has nothing to do with the Avail 2. Furhermore, https://theunlockr.com/downloads/android-downloads/android-roms/ has nothing relating to the Avail 2.