yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Zenfone 5 General] rht_sg:
:)

Moto G2 is also on my Radar, almost the same specs as ZF5 LTE and nearly the same price. both have 8MP cameras also, though some people say Moto G camera is not that good, while ZF5 one has a quite nice "low light" mode.

though both their processors are 1.2 GHz quad Cortex A7, I think the Moto G2 uses an older version Snapdragon 400 (MSM8226), while Asus LTE uses MSM8926.

donno if there would be a noticeable real world difference for me, but this makes me lean a bit towards ZF5 LTE.

:good: thanks for your inputs, so the benchmarks seem to suggest that Intel processors give a higher score and probably will be quicker.

i think i also read some other discussion somewhere saying that Intel one is smoother/faster while Snapdragon is more power efficient.

considering that ZF5 with Intel is cheaper than ZF5 LTE and still gives better performance, probably it would be good to get that.

I am not very keen on LTE as such.

will keep this in mind
[Zenfone 5 General] k0m3n9:
Since u have posted the pic.. why not include as well download link of it.. TQ ;)
[Zenfone 5 General] MasterTzenZen:
It's not me ? its shakalaca its on alpha i took that picture from his twitter
[Zenfone 5 General] RokusenZ:
help....when reboot boot-loader device not detect in droid mode...already set debugging mode and installed driver intel usb but device unspecified....

---------- Post added at 05:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:40 AM ----------

someone can help me solve??i can't bootloader hmm:(
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
What is his @ ?
[Zenfone 5 General] piotrekcrash:
Product: Zenfone

I bought ASUS Zenfone 5 a500cg ASUS_T00F with firmware: WW_user_2.19.40.18

I tried update by OTA and nothing happened.

On DroidBoot I have:

Product: Zenfone.

So witch SKU I really have how to check this? I bought this phone on Aliexpress and I asked seller to change firmware to WW

but I'm not sure he did this correctly.
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
You answered yourself at the begenning of your message
[Zenfone 5 General] karti_z5:
[MENTION=1813976]shakalaca[/MENTION]
[Zenfone 5 General] Bastimon:
Hi there, I bought a zenfone6 and it's got a big screen. Apart from that what it usually does is force close android.process.media, gmail, asking for weird permissions and stuff. So I thought yeah why not put an updated version on it.

The build number is ASUS_T00G_WW_user_9.17.40.19_20190825_7264

Droidboot says Product: cucc_a600

So apparently I just gotta transfer the correspondig zip to the root directory and tada it should pop up with some update thing. But I tried putting lots of the WW zips from the Asus website and none brings up anything so far. So I assume I gotta start with something just above that 9.17.40.19 I have? Which doesn't seem consistent with the naming scheme on the website? What am I supposed to put on there?

Cheers!

Edit:

Finally I am on 1.18.40.12 which was quite a journey. Breaking it down for others who might encounter that problem: Don't trust the System telling you it's WW, when the Fastboot interace says CUCC it is just that. Get the current update zip.

Start your phone in fastboot (Hold volume up and power)

> fastboot flash fastboot fastboot.img (the one out of the zip file)

> fastboot flash recovery xxx.img (look here http://xdaforums.com/general/help/asus-zenfone-5-6-cn-cucc-tw-to-ww-t2880211 )

Then reboot into the fastboot, get into the recovery, and there keep volume down pressed, let go of it and right after press volume up, now there should be a menu letting you choose to sideload from adb, go for it and

> adb sideload xxx-user.zip (in my case that' s the file that was inside the downloaded zip, flashing just the downloaded file would fail)

So far no more forced close, no more weird bugs... and by the time 4.4 is in a decent state I shall upgrade. And maaaybe someday there will be AOSP.

Cheers
[Zenfone 5 General] piotrekcrash:
So why I can't update to newest verion by OTA?

Should I have in Droidboot - Product: Zenfone, not for example: WW_A500CG?
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
Mystery, many people doesn't get OTA, including me, so you have to update manually :/
[Zenfone 5 General] chatterjee1:
Sir, I am using Gmail with multiple aaccount facility in my asus zenfone 5. So far I have been successful in adding up gmail and my yahoo mail account. But I am unable to set up redidfmail account in gmail apk. Please solve my problem.
[Zenfone 5 General] piotrekcrash:
Thanks, so I'll laso update manually;]
[Zenfone 5 General] Bastimon:
Great, after installing Whatsapp I get a screen saying "Whatsapp tries to read contacts" which allows me to either Allow or Deny, either leading to the same screen over and over and the phone is basically blocked. Wonderful. Must be some of that blaotware that came with the phone. Who thinks of such crap? And why is there a dating app included I can't delete. Man I am already thinking of returning this phone, that's just sad.
[Zenfone 5 General] sukmakukuh:
Hai..i have a priblem i cant enter droidboot..i try so many ways..1st power button + vol up (doesnt work)..with adb command (doest work too)..help me please
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
The permissions thingy is actually a good feature, which so it seems is broken by your provider while customising the Zen. It sounds similar to what others have reported. Load a plain vanilla firmware and it works fine.

The dating app, yea I agree, that has really nothing lost on a new phone. Again, ask you provider.
[Zenfone 5 General] Crakersz:
I have this problem too in my Zenfone 5

it's fixed when I update the firmware to latest ver.
[Zenfone 5 General] Captain Jack Sparrow:
Hi I've zenfone 5 running on 4.4.2 and I was rooting it via this method " <url>http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2896589 </url>" but in the process my phones serial number and IMEI has changed is der any way to revert it back??

Thnx in advance..
[Zenfone 5 General] zdad:
If you mean the changes are something like "01234abcd" i think that all kitkat user experienced that. I did, and it doesnt matter at all. Rooted just fine
[Zenfone 5 General] Captain Jack Sparrow:
Not it's changed like this
[Zenfone 5 General] kunalshah912:
Guys anyone experiencing this issue, I have connected hotmail account to default mail app, whenever I open a mail and try to reply the person , the app crashes . please help
[Zenfone 5 General] asm6:
me too got my asus ww 2.99.40.15, rooted so I just remove unwanted applications
[Zenfone 5 General] dtvking:
Asus zenfone 6 Build T00G WW user 9.17.40.19

I have seen many posts talking about Zenfone's with the above build number, where have people been buying these phones from and why is this build installed in place of the correct Asus build?

Thanks in advance
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
They are from China as you will know. Mostly people order directly from China, sometimes someone bring them from China for selling overseas.

Then many are surprised about the "limitations" the Chinese phone software has.
[Zenfone 5 General] rht_sg:
the ZF5 has non-removable battery - so how to you restart/shut down the phone if it goes into a boot loop or the system hangs ?

hold power button for 10-15 seconds or both power and volume ?

anyone been in this situation ?
[Zenfone 5 General] Sisqo:
hold the power button for 5-10 seconds.
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
You can do it the two ways
[Zenfone 5 General] priyanshjain:
custom Roms for zenfone 5?

Are there any good custom roms for zenfone 5?please help i hate the zenui
[Zenfone 5 General] :
0 custom roms for Zenfone 5

Sorry :)

You can try to theme it with Nova Launcher, Xposed...
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
Just my 10 cents owning the ZF 5 for a month.

The ZenUi for me is not bad at all. Functionality-wise it's on the better side of things, though a bit inconsistent by design. The launcher app is not the top of the world. Sony Ui as an example is much polished, until down to the details. But on the other hand in parts Sony is so much stripped down and overly simplified, it feels sometimes crippled (that's of course no issue for the average Facebook girly). ZenUi is more flexible and has some adjustments others only have with add-on.

- ZenUI is rather RAM hungry

- No repeat notifications, but that's an Android issue

- KK with no browser text reflow (another Android issue)

- Notifications and quick settings panel are better in dark layout, IMO

- "Power Management" and "Battery" in settings could be combined

- Launcher (based on Launcher3?) not the best choice

- The Email app is not that great. I like the Android stock.

- Icon and notification for inserted storage card is redundant.

- Notification LED tiny

- For SKU CN firmware, Asus has the strictest policy in the market to eliminate Google Play/ Services. Other brands don't load Google apps, but keep the apk's on the device for those who still wish to install these.

+ Keyboard functionality is good (just the design choice not overly attractive)

+ The same for the sms app. It is the only well functioning dual SIM sms app, at least known to me.

+ The torch works with screen off, too. Brightness and operation via quick setting button are great.

+ The included camera is great. While the physical camera itself is not exactly high-end, the Asus camera software manages to produce pleasant looking and everywhere well received pictures from it - the result of a reasonable specs camera together with a well matched camera software, I guess.

+ One of the very few lower cost mobile phones in the market available with 2 mb RAM! No more lags bcs. of constant apps memory shuffling.

+ The Display although spec-wise nothing special works in use pleasant, and its better than its specs suggest.

Suggestions to Asus:

- Snapp-on accessory rear cover with integrated 2000 mah battery and connection to USB, with a rubber bumper frame around.

- Minimum screen brightness setting in auto-mode, integrated night-setting (aka Bluelight or F.lux)

- Needs more reflective or watch style luminescent symbols for Navbar buttons, or dim led lighting, possibly auto-on at night.

- Keep the dual sim. No need to change the entire phone, the basis is good and will be even better with some refinement.
[Zenfone 5 General] lenold2004:
Update failed

Anyone please help me with update error

Device Info: Asus Zenfone 5 (ASUS_T00J_WW_user_1.18.40.10_20140903_9870)

ERROR:

assert failed:apply_patch_check("/system/app/music2.apk return code 8e: error in /cache/dlpkgfile (status 8) etc...

THanks.
[Zenfone 5 General] ommon4u:
Howz Zen 5 battery backup?

Does it last for a day?

i am not a gamer. I like using phone at low brightnes. With 3g data on and using messengers like whatsapp..will it last for a day?? pls help i wanted to make a decisn whether to buy zen 5 or not.
[Zenfone 5 General] Kid Zen5:
Share :) Thanks

Share 4.4 kitkat :) zen5
[Zenfone 5 General] zdad:
Yes it will last for a day, more even
[Zenfone 5 General] t88:
I'm on KK and trying to install xposed. I got "No such file or diredtory" after running the echo command. Is there any way to get around this? "conf" folder doesn't exist as well.

adb devices (make sure your phone show!)

adb shell (hit Enter)

su (hit Enter, then look on your phone and touch OK)

echo 148 > /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset (hit Enter)

chmod 664 /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset (hit Enter)
[Zenfone 5 General] guilhermebf:
Open the xposed installer, don't do anything, close installer and try these steps again.
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
Zen ui ram hungry? i have 1.35gb of 2 gb left name me any other Phone that uses that little?

with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomatox.missedmessageflasher&hl=nl you can set your own repeat alarms or even make your screen flash or make custom vibrate repeats. but id go wit just the sound as theothers are battery intensive.
[Zenfone 5 General] t88:
It works. Thanks bro.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
ZF5 UI uses around 150 - 200 mb more than every other phone I used. Yours is not little.

650 mb is starting to make problems ... if you have only 1 gb. It causes lags and screen redraws. Luckily for both of us we have 2 of them.

Please do not start the old ladies fairytale abt unused RAM being wasted RAM.
[Zenfone 5 General] danifae94:
hello guys. sorry for my bad english. i bought this phone few days ago and after this time Android crashed xD

All options in droidboot didnt help me, updating and downgrading not help.

Bootloop all the time. I tried to install new, fresh firmware and there is problem to send recovery file by ADB. When i send recovery.img and press next "recovery" in droidboot, he turn back again to droidboot. Is somebody here who got the same problem or similar like me?

ps. i couldn't turn on this phone. He i stopping at Asus and Android logo.
[Zenfone 5 General] anxpzhd:
Hi Guys,

Anyone having issue with Instagram?

The app update last night and after the update i'm not able to open it.

I already clear cache but still the same.

So i uninstall the app, clear play store data and cache and reinstall again.

But fail to install as there "Unknown error code during application install: "-24"" pops up.

I can install other app from play store just fine.

I google the error code but didnt find any answers.

Anyone facing the same issue/or have the solutions?

Thanks,

EDIT: NEVERMIND. FOUND THE SOLUTION ALREADY.
[Zenfone 5 General] zdad:
Another problem.

I got the insuficient storage problem on playstore. So i cannot update or install new app.

I google around and tried the unistall playstore update,clear data, clear cache with no result.

I'm about to try the lucky patcher method.

Is anyone already found a definite cure for this problem?

EDIT: I do clean cache via an app. I think it sorted the problem out.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
... and, was it a cache problem?
[Zenfone 5 General] phrozenflame:
Wifi issues

Anyone managed to fix the wifi issues in KK?

My wifi is wierd, it'll drop the connection, but when i goto wifi settings, it shows up my wifi and attempts to connect at that time and often does.

Sometimes it just randomly drops on and off, other times, it's fine when im doing anything but playing games, when i play clash or boombeach, it drops in middle, when i goto wifi settings, it reconnects.

I've played with all the usual settings that get recommended here and there, but it's just not working.

Would really appreciate input.

Thanks
[Zenfone 5 General] dieterhaack:
Zenfone 6, A600CG_WW_ 2.20.40.11_20141105

No issues concerning WLAN.
[Zenfone 5 General] danifae94:
up. somebody know how to help me?
[Zenfone 5 General] x.Lps.x:
Hktheme with cobalt theme on my zenfone 5:

I can't hide battery icon
[Zenfone 5 General] Sreekarab:
It's work fine or shows some bug issues??
[Zenfone 5 General] x.Lps.x:
It's ok
[Zenfone 5 General] essoff80:
Asus zenfone A500CG brick after installing GL tools app

Hello everybody ,I hope your doing well.

Here is my problem:

After installing "GL tools" app on my zenfone it brick ,it got stuck on the Asus (powered by android) display but without the USB logo .I'm not able to enter bootloader mode as it only display a logo of a battery (white color) ,the recovery mode is not accessible either .I wasn't able to flash the ROM using adb sideload as I'm not able to access the phone in order to accept the RSA key.I also tried the procedure described on the asus-zenfone webside (it's the adress of the website without the w w w and the . c o m ) but I'm stuck at the 4th step because the phone gets undetected when I click on 'Begin download'.

Please guys help me ,It's a brand new phone ,bought it one month ago

I will really appreciate any help I can get
[Zenfone 5 General] zdad:
Maybe:)

Because now I can download and update normally.

Btw, the lucky patcher method didn't work for me
[Zenfone 5 General] afiqskater:
link imgae fil (*.raw)

can give me link
[Zenfone 5 General] ACEe3:
re: KK wifi issues

I'm having similar issues with my Zenfone 5 TW version just recently updated to KK (T00F_TW_user_2.20.40.9_20141021_4378). Wifi will randomly drop and not reconnect automatically, or it will not connect during power up. I still see the SSID in the list, and try pressing connect, but it won't do anything. I have tried removing the SSID, and re-entering it, no difference. I found that if I disable wifi, and then re-enable it, it will reconnect. But the problem comes back later and next power cycle. The only other thing I can think of is if this is limited to hidden (non broadcast) SSID connections, as I am mainly using a hidden SSID. I'll have to experiment with that.
[Zenfone 5 General] saurabhrck:
Any news on cm11?
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
bootloader

Has anyone unlocked the bootloader yet with the asus tool?

Can you just flash any official rom once you have done that? i wish to go back to 1.17.40.16 as that rom was working ccorrectly for me and since updating its all gone bad.

And can you relock the bootloader once your done flashing the loader? No point in leaving it open and unsecured.

And how would this flashing work? Just unlock and a regular ADB sideload?
[Zenfone 5 General] myrul:
Recently i bought the Zenfone 5.

Right now this phone is using firmware 1.14.40.16. The question is can i just doing manual update straight to 1.18 or i need to do like this 1.14>1.15>1.16>1.17>1.18
[Zenfone 5 General] zdad:
If you want to go back to old official rom, you can just call it a downgrade. I think that you dont need to unlock to do so.

You can go straight. I did go straight away to 1.17 from 1.14
[Zenfone 5 General] MasterTzenZen:
external sd card issues

hey guys i have a problem, i'm on latest firmware, everything is work fine until when es file explorer and other apps doesnt detect my external sd card

i don't know why this happen, everything is work fine before, but the asus file manager and storage on system settings detect it, what should i do?:(
[Zenfone 5 General] Sleepy!:
Is Xposed running well on the latest build?
[Zenfone 5 General] vaidhy2007:
Not Updating

I replaced the system fonts in the fonts folder after rooting, then unrooted the phone and tried installing update. The phone boots into recovery and gives an error. It is not updating. Please help.
[Zenfone 5 General] Sleepy!:
reinstall stock font from backup. the font app will have made a backup of the system font.

alternatively, reinstall stock rom using adb sideload and then update.
[Zenfone 5 General] myrul:
Ok, i'm done updating it, so where the update file went? i want to remove it.
[Zenfone 5 General] Xtreme11882:
I can't update to 4.4

So I cannot update to kitkat and I get an error with status 1 and a dlpkgfile fail... I also cant see the phone when I type adb devices, it's just blank. :confused:
[Zenfone 5 General] shinink:
the update is no longer exist after the update!! ;)
[Zenfone 5 General] danifae94:
up. somebody help me?
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
You can't access recovery ?
[Zenfone 5 General] danifae94:
i can't :/

up

On Asus official downloading site i found in the Source Code - Kernel, what is this ? It may be problem on my ZenFone?
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
Yon dont have to care about the source code :')

Just dowload the latest build and flash the recovery via fastboot
[Zenfone 5 General] danifae94:
ehh man :/ look my posts, i told that i couldn't flash recovery, because when i do that, droidboot is restarting and recovery couldnt load
[Zenfone 5 General] azzazelium:
a450cg cwm

i wish there's a way for flash cwm for zenfone 4s. i tried the method for zen 5 n have no luck. succesfully with .bat file but still can't enter cwm
[Zenfone 5 General] vaidhy2007:
4.4.2 Root?

is root available for 4.4.2 without OTA survival mode.?
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
Does anyone know what CMClient and DmClient are for?

I stumbled over these when trying to find out which apk or function on SKU CN firmware is preventing installation of Google stuff, Nokia Here, and other "world' apps.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
I found out CM is the firmware update app, DM seems to be the UI for OTA updates.
[Zenfone 5 General] edycen:
Downgarde & Change CN=>WW

Please I need your Help...

FYI, I'm currently refering from this guide ;

http://xdaforums.com/android/help/a...om-problem-t2821335/post54451457#post54451457

&

http://xdaforums.com/android/help/asus-zenfone-5-zenfone-6-to-t2839984

for Downgrade my current ASUS Zenfone 6 (UL-ASUS_T00G-CN-2.20.40.8-user) KitKat 4.4.2

To 1.14.40.50 (CN=>WW).

But I'm Stuck (SoftBrick) on ASUS Logo after doing this step :crying:

fastboot flash fastboot fastboot.img (look phone screen, should say successfully)

fastboot flash boot boot.img (look phone screen, should say successfully)

Now reboot your phone and boot normally to android system.

After reboot.

I've followed all the steps (1~6) until Stuck there,

Can you point out, what wrong about it :confused:

Thanks & Regards
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
Wouldn't it be easier in the end finding out which app / script / function is preventing us to install WW apps to the CN firmware? The CN firmware actually works well for me after rooting and deleting all the Chinese stuff.

What is the Applocker.apk doing?
[Zenfone 5 General] edycen:
SOLVED !!!

SOLVED !!!

Since version don't have 1.14.40.50 recovery.img,

I downgraded it to version UL-ASUS_T00G-CN-1.15.40.35 first then downgraded it again to UL-ASUS_T00G-CN-1.14.40.50

Next Step and so on, went smooth until CN=>WW then UL-ASUS_T00G-WW-2.20.40.11 (Finally) !!!

Thanks
[Zenfone 5 General] razerguy71:
can i use ASUS Remotelink on linux?? or its only for windows?
[Zenfone 5 General] Yakshu:
Read Back Backup

Is it possible to take read back backup of ASUS zenfone 5 like there is of MTK devices. If there is any method, please share it. It will be a Great help. Thanks. Appreciation for your work :cool: :good:
[Zenfone 5 General] alicepattinson:
Woah! Great job sir. :) It really helps me to decide to buy or not.
[Zenfone 5 General] SystemDoctor:
I believe using Wine works
[Zenfone 5 General] SystemDoctor:
I have no idea how this happened
[Zenfone 5 General] sainath23:
Hey guys, I'm facing problem regarding to phone vibration. It does work sometime but sometime doesn't. I just tested vibration using that Asus calculator test but it failed. Now it is completely not working from last 2 days. Anybody is/was facing this issue? What should I have to do?
[Zenfone 5 General] w8andbleed:
kenel

Any kernel on this phone with low freq.?
[Zenfone 5 General] NoXian:
Is there any way to swap the internal and external storage of zenfone 5??..

I only got 8gb rom (5gb usable)..so just want to ask is it possible to edit the vold.fstab file??..

Thanks for your opinions..
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
It can protect apps from being uninstalled, or their settings from being changed. It does not have it's own UI. It's UI is integrated into the launcher.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
What exactly is Asus As asusas.apk ?
[Zenfone 5 General] groovepeppy:
i have upgraded Zenfone 5 to Kitkat, so by reading the OP, i cannot get rooted on Kitkat, am I ?
[Zenfone 5 General] Xtreme11882:
I am trying to revert to stock rom and cannot do it because i cannot see the device in cmd even when windows 7 can see it. Help please.
[Zenfone 5 General] pingipong:
"device sku: "

sir, you seems like a pro,

can u help me pls ?

i did cn to ww upgrade. every step and i have now ww.1.14.

BUT! my devices sku is 0 like this " ". how can i change my device sku, to ww or cn? now i cannot upgrade anything. pls help me. Pls!! :)

my email: szalaytamas90@gmail.com
[Zenfone 5 General] bobzookaa:
yesterday i changed my sku from ww to ww with this tutorial, just flash recovery and your sku will be change

http://www.asus-zenfone.com/2014/09/easiest-way-downgrade-upgrade-change-rom-to-ww-zenfone.html
[Zenfone 5 General] shinink:
it is possible!because you don't have a lot of screen on,it's only 8% i think it's about 1h 20minutes!but it's ok if your daily usage is that!!and a lot of 9gag :D
[Zenfone 5 General] pingipong:
Thanks. Im gonna try out.

i didit. succeful. THANKS MAN :D <3