[Zenfone 5 General] quyvinh:
2015-February-18: Hi everyone, I know a lot of you here from Asia Countries, so HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! Are you ready for Zenfone 2nd generation? Features rich, stronger, bigger, and cheap in price. As for my 1st Zen5, I am still happy witth my 4.3 firmware. Stable, no problem, battery life great with Greenify Experiment version. Kitkat is still being trouble here and there, etc... Anyway, my post probably too old for the new firmwares. So please research before you do any changing to your phone! Thanks. Again: CHÚC MỪNG NĂM MỚI.

UPDATE 2014 Oct 1: OFFICIAL KitKat 4.4.2 is annouced.

*** WARNING: I am seeing too many problems from a lot of device after updated to KK: Wifi is not stable, lost Root, etc ... DO YOUR OWN RISK. My opinion, Zenfone on 4.3 is the best. ***

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55780412&postcount=637

*** ROOT is not available for KitKat at this moment ***

*** To maintain root, enable survival mode in Root app when you are on 1.18, then update. Read more from post # 775 ***

***

Asus Zenfone5 all firmware and software:

http://support.asus.com/download.as...=ASUS ZenFone 5&os=&hashedid=96nqlxHp1VKV4Rdz (choose Android OS for FW and driver)

***

Asus Zenfone6 all firmware and software:

http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=ASUS+ZenFone+6&p=39&s=1 (choose Android OS for FW and driver)

Zen 4 (A400CG):

CHT: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A400CG/ASUS_T00I_CHT_6_5_24_UpdateLauncher.zip

WW: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A400CG/ASUS_T00I_WW_6_5_27_UpdateLauncher.zip

TW: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A450CG/UL_ASUS_T00Q_TW_4_2_3.zip

Zen 5 (A500CG - A501CG):

WW: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A500CG/UL_ASUS_T00F_WW_2_19_40_18.zip

CHT: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A500CG/UL_ASUS_T00F_CHT_2_19_40_6.zip

TW: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A500CG/UL_ASUS_T00F_TW_2_19_40_6.zip

Zen 6 (A600CG - A601CG):

WW: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A600CG/UL_ASUS_T00G_WW_2_19_40_18.zip

/*===========================*/

UPDATE 2014 Aug 29: install gapps without convert firmware

http://tecnijus.blogspot.com.ar/2014/08/play-store-gmail-etc-gapps-en-asus.html

Method: Using root explorer, copy system folder inside gapps.apk, then copy to root/system folder of your phone. If you have a little knowledge about Android and Rootexplorer, this process takes no longer than 1 minute.

/* ========================================= */

UPDATE 2014 Aug 28: UNLOCK BOOTLOADER

Please update firmware to latest 1.17 before process. ***** WARRANTY VOID *****

Zen5: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A500CG/UnLock_A500CG_a500cg_platform_rel.zip

Zen6: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A600CG/UnLock_A600CG_a600cg_platform_rel.zip

/* ========================================= */

UPDATE 2014 Aug 6:

For FW ver. 1.14, when you flash from CN 1.14 to WW 1.14, you device SKU will also be changed from CN to WW permanent. Going backward, I have not tested yet, but who care? To check you device SKU, it shows in DroidBoot.

/* ========================================= */

[Original post start here]

*** Hi everyone, I am starting this threat and try to gather all info. that I have about these great Asus phones. If you have Asus Zenfone 5 (Intel only) and Zenfone 6, then this threat is for you. Please note that this threat DO NOT SUPPORT Zenfone 4 and DO NOT SUPPORT Zenfone 5 LTE.

*** If you have CN Asus and the firmware is CN 1.14 and below, DO NOT upgrade to 1.15 and 1.16 if you want to convert to WW firmware. WW firmware is the only firmware that contains the Google Apps, and do not have Chinese apps. But if you have CN 1.15 and CN 1.16 and you want WW firmware, then you have to downgrade your firmware back to at least 1.14. If you have 1.14 or lower CN, To convert firmware from CN to WW, simply download WW firmware, extract the file zip inside , then rename the file by replacing WW to CN, then you are good to go.

***

Asus Zenfone5 all firmware and software:

http://support.asus.com/download.as...=ASUS ZenFone 5&os=&hashedid=96nqlxHp1VKV4Rdz (choose Android OS for FW and driver)

***

Asus Zenfone6 all firmware and software:

http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=ASUS+ZenFone+6&p=39&s=1 (choose Android OS for FW and driver)

***

How to enter droidboot:

Phone must be turned off first. Press only power button, after 2 seconds still holding power button and now hold the volume up, when the ASUS logo shows, release the power button while still holding the volume up 5 seconds. Now enter droidboot.

***

How to enter recovery directly without go through droidboot

: Phone must be turned off first. Press only power button, after 2 seconds still holding power button and now hold the volume down, when the ASUS logo shows, release the power button while still holding the volume down 5 seconds, Now you see android logo with belly up. Still holding the volume down, now press volume up (1 or 2 times), you are now in recovery.

***

Root for Zenfone

: TURN OFF DATA, TURN OFF WIFI. TURN ON AIRPLANE

Download the file

RootZenFone-1.2r.apk

below, install it, then open app, choose first option SuperSU. When it finished, restart the phone. ENJOY! (The DEMO should show up, DO NOT TOUCH anything, just restart the phone!)

UPDATED: root 1.3r was out. ALSO BOTH NOT WORKING ON FW 1.17

***

How to fix the DEMO in case of accident:

This is also do factory reset, so all data will be lost.

A. Factory reset, if not try B.

B. Get into the demo main screen (Padfone infinity), hold the back button on the screen for more than 15 seconds(bottom left of 3 button: back, home, recent apps) until the box shows up, type in 741603 and confirm! This is also do factory reset, so all data will be lost.

***

Install Xposed:

Root is a MUST. USB debug turned on. Windows only and Driver for Intel and ASUS must be ready on PC.

Step1: download xposed apk and install the apk. DO NOT RUN APP AND DO NOT INSTALL FRAMEWORK.

Step2: Run command promt (Run / cmd). assume adb folder is on C:\ drive and you are now in C:\ADB

Step3: Type following (or copy and paste)

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)

Step4: Now go to app drawer and run Xposed which you installed earlier. Touch "Framework" and touch "Install/Update"

DONE. Now install addons.

*** Downgrade Firmware from 1.15 and 1.16 back to 1.14:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54451457&postcount=21