yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
I am on 4.3 since ever. I did not update after reading the OP and the following posts. I would like to go with you, plus add my 2 cents.

Zen 5 under 4.3 works reliable for me. I do not experience any screen redraws, see no lags to speak of. The glitches or bugs are minor. The only thing I miss a bit is working bluetooth file transfer (which had been only fixed with a recent KK update as I understand). But other than that I wonder why KK? What is the real-life advantage?

- How is the battery live 4.3 vs. 4.4? Not gut-felt, but observed over same time period with similar screen-on time.

- How much is the idle RAM usage looking at it right after start-up?

- Any additional functions?

I know of 2 disadvantages of 4.4:

- Google eliminated browser text reflow with KK

- No separate GPS switch

I'd miss these both.

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fw 2.18?
[Zenfone 5 General] SystemDoctor:
I'm getting sick of Status 8 error and bad battery life on KK. Does 1.18 support bluetooth gamepads? If yes, how do I downgrade from 2.20.40.13? TIA
[Zenfone 5 General] quyvinh:
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fw 2.18?[/QUOTE]

OOOOPPPPSSS mis-typed. fw 1.18 actually
[Zenfone 5 General] :
How to update my rooted Zenfone 5 please ? I have "installation aborted" :s
[Zenfone 5 General] mskarthi96:
Is there any custom Rom for zf5
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
No
[Zenfone 5 General] XeLiOs512:
updated to latest 2.21.40.30_20141208_43 and ram usage seem to be improved. back to approx 1 gig free from 500mb. changelog can be found here http://www.asus-zenfone.com/2014/12/full-firmware-zenfone-5-a500cg-t00f-v2.21.40.30.html
[Zenfone 5 General] dyamon:
Well not for now..hopefully some dev will create something..
[Zenfone 5 General] Wolfillete:
Do you have original WW SKU? Because I can't get OTA updates
[Zenfone 5 General] Việt Hùng:
My Zenfone 5 fail Multitouch , help :(

w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=kQCX8yEAypU&list=UUtCIt41hEYgp_V0WHbO1PPw

please help zenfone 5 fail multitouch
[Zenfone 5 General] dr.luqman.aceh:
What should i do? Verification whole fw failed
[Zenfone 5 General] ciciu:
FW verification failure

I tried to update my zenfone 5 t00f with UL-ASUS_T00F-WW-2.21.40.30-user.zip but I receive the message "verification failure"

I actually use WW 2.20.40.13

Anyone got a solution ?

thanks in advance
[Zenfone 5 General] tank0412:
Cyanogenmod

Hello, guys. If you want a cyanogenmod on Asus Zenfone 5, vote plz on this request: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/98509-request-for-asus-zenfone-5/page__st__100
[Zenfone 5 General] juanguiller.domingo:
How to root the latest firmware? Any link
[Zenfone 5 General] johnannis:
URGENT

I flashed my zenfone with aosp rom but now i want to restore it, i cannot flash anything to it. Could someone with a twrp recovery post his system.img backup? PLEASEEE :angel:
[Zenfone 5 General] zen_green:
Hello,

from what I understand, there's no way to restore asus firmware by just flash system.img (as we could easily do with mtk devices).

You have to install first an asus official recovery (pretty easy to do, there is a lot of tutorial), if you did install a custom recovery.

And then boot to asus recovery and sideloaded a asus firmware.

both require using adb.

rgds.
[Zenfone 5 General] johnannis:
Thanks , i already flashed stock recovery adn tried adb sideload, but it failed to flash (i think with 403 errorcode) .

But thanks anyway i will try again with other versions too later and report back.

Generally i love aosp. But i cant use snapchat (for the flert :D ) so i wanna go back
[Zenfone 5 General] zen_green:
did you flash the recovery associated to the firmware ?

For example, it is impossible to flash 1.18 firmware if you have the recovery of the 2.XX firmware.

So I suggest to extract the recovery from the firmware zip, flash the recovery, then flash the firmware.

If it is not work, perhaps you can try the 1.14 firmware and associated recovery (the firmware which is used to change the SKU). I know this firmware doesn't check as many things as the newest firmware. and then upgrade to a newer firmware.
[Zenfone 5 General] johnannis:
Yes it works thanks for the tips :D

I extracted boot.img, fastboot.img and recovery.img from previous ww version and then flashed them via fastboot (had unlocked bootoader). Then i applied update via adb sideload and it worked. It was nice to see aosp on my zenfone, it reminded me of the old days when i had a nexus device :) but aosp build is very unstable for daily use.
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
Battery % display incorrect zenfone 6

A while ago i asked people about the value in the file //sys/class/power_supply/battery/charge_full

as i think this is the fle causing battery display to be incorrect and making it look like its draining fast.

o im trying to take this a but further and see if i can link it to a specific model of zenfone 6.

So if everyone would be so kind it either PM me or post there values of that file here and post what version of the zenfone they have (ie 1,6ghz Z002 or the 2Ghz a600cg) .

I personaly have a value arround 2060 with a Z002 which with reflashing the roms has changed between the folliwing values : 2031,2030,2040,2043,2050,2059,2077 not in that specific order.

I hope to figure out if its a model made after a specific date or all models.

As the Z002 is produced later and has slightly different hardware there might be a easy fix from asus if we help them figure that out as currently all im getting from them is : we are aware of the problem and we are working on it. But as the problem is over 6 months old and there is no fix i think they are just clueless as Always when it comes to problem shooting. i have seen this on many types of hardware. Asus just doesnt have the knowledge to locate problems it seems.

(my motherboard after 2 years is still waiting for a bios update as 2 pci-e lanes are not working rendinging a 1500 dollar ssd card useless...

So please all check this file even if you dont have problems and let us know your values. (zenfone 6 only)
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
I can't help you but maybe this is beacuse i'm not rooted.
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
Sorry for 2x post
[Zenfone 5 General] raymondchia:
Root Zenfone 6

Anybody can teach me root my zenfone 6?

Appreciate if helped.

Thanks.
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
You need a file browser like es file explorer to get to that part of the Phone.

Dont worry its all save as you have only read permission.

In the battery folder there is a file named charge_full the value in that file is what im after. it should just be a 4 digit number and you can open it with a tekst editor.

once again you cant edit it so fully safe.
[Zenfone 5 General] ahhl:
only one value 3165
[Zenfone 5 General] lyxtian:
Hi good pm , i've got a problem. I rooted my zenfone 5. success, then installed gl tools. hanged atm. restarted my phone now it is bricked. stuck on boot loop help please.
[Zenfone 5 General] tank0412:
You should boot in droidboot then install stock recovery (if you dont install it) and apply update from adb.
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
The value I get is 1821
[Zenfone 5 General] dboypipes:
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to update manually from 1.14. Out of box to bring up to date and do so with out a pc? Couldn't unzip and place update in internal sd and rebootn
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
Which App Store would you guys recomnend?

I am on CN firmware. Learned to appreciate to be Google bloatware free. I don't want to change to WW, also because the 4.3 CN works well for me.

I am currently using FDroid and Amazon Store. Any other to recomemnd?
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
try amazon i have it on my tablets aside play store and it has a lot and also great actualy free apps of the say.

unlike appgratis and app of the day which are only free the first install so every new Phone your screwed out of the app you came used to .
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
ouch how is your battery life and battery life display with that value ?
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
My battery life is very bad i'm getting autour 3h of screen on
[Zenfone 5 General] t88:
I got some ads now after upgraded to V2.20.40.13(WW), zen5.

I've been using Adfree for years and almost 99% ads free.

I also tried Adaway, Adblocker... not helping.

Anybody experiences this problem?
[Zenfone 5 General] kunalshah912:
Du speed booster app creates ads ! Whenever u open your browser u get ads ! Factory reset ur phone and don't install that app.
[Zenfone 5 General] zdad:
If you use xposed, try minmin guard module
[Zenfone 5 General] steker6:
Hello everybody,

I bought one Asus Zenphone 5 (A501CG) 1,6 GHz, 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, from China but I can`t update it to 4.4.2.

Please help Now my phone is with very strange ROM: ASUS_T00J_WW_user_1.98.40.9_20190827_0215 release-keys........................

I try to rename version UL-ASUS_T00J-WW-1.14.40.16-user.zip (renamed to UL-ASUS_T00J-WW-1.99.40.16-user.zip) but it doesn`t work. The phone don`t recognize the update.

My present ROM is with T00J in the name not T00F if that thing have anu sens. Please help me because this is gift for Christmas and I have one day to update it.

I try with UL-ASUS_T00F-WW-1.18.40.10 too the installation starat but installation was aborted. I saw something interesting when the rom is with T00F in the name my phone recognize it when the ROm is with T00J ( like my present ROM) my phone does not recognize it.

Please help me?
[Zenfone 5 General] dboypipes:
I'm having same problem, where are you placing the update, on the main user part of /device/sdcard0 or on the root part /?
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
And iuf at 1% tou dont plug in the charger but keep using the Phone will it shut down or keep going a while?

If it keeps going you have the same problem as i have.
[Zenfone 5 General] Ando_3000:
help me plz

my asus a500cg not going to recovery mode.into droidboot menu not have recovery.flash the firmware recovery by fastboot but dont have recovery plz help me:crying:
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
have you tried the following command : adb reboot recovery

im relatively new to all this but thats how i go to recovery maby something else is damaged or your recovery is incorrect.

maby explain a bit what you where trying to do or went wrong or did before?
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
I tried that and the time between 5%-1% was = to 1%-0%
[Zenfone 5 General] bobzookaa:
from where you get recovery ?

try recovery from: http://www.asus-zenfone.com/2014/08/zenfone-original-recovery-image-zenfone.html

download recovery which is same with your current version (ww/cn/tw), version. or lower version.

and flash it via fastboot flash recovery xxx.img

try via adb sideload, flash recovery first then the firmware.

http://www.asus-zenfone.com/2014/09/easiest-way-downgrade-upgrade-change-rom-to-ww-zenfone.html
[Zenfone 5 General] bukopandan:
my value is 2021

zenfone 5 t00j user...
[Zenfone 5 General] makatags:
HELP asphalt8 and MC4 not working when I root z5

HELLO please help me.

since I rooted my z5 my gameloft games not working anymore it keeps force closes in the beginning of the game.

All my games seems to be working fine except gameloft games like asphalt8/MC4

I also placed the data on android/obb but still not working

I havent install xposed framework too. :/​
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
1. Do not write in blue.

2. Uninstall these games and reinstall them from the Play Store.
[Zenfone 5 General] shinink:
Zenfone T00F 5 2019 value
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
I'm now getting 1865
[Zenfone 5 General] espanyola:
Missing videoeditor.odex

I have a rooted TW zenfone 6, an update has been downloaded but it is failed when installing...it cannot find a file named videoeditor.odex (which i think that's for an apps called movie studio) in system/priv-app... There's only videoeditor.apk... So...what should i do? Factory resetting then update? Sideload the update? Or maybe someone could give me a file named videoeditor.odex, i'll put it at system/priv-app then try to update again.

Thanks for your help. I'm sorry for my bad english.
[Zenfone 5 General] eduardo.martins.bastos:
Any way to make xposed work at zenfone?
[Zenfone 5 General] espanyola:
Xposed

Does your phone rooted?

Busybox installed?
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
You could check the original firmware, if there is an .odex file included for it. If yes, you could just extract it and copy into your system/app, set permissions. There are also tools which can odex apks. I use 3C Toolbox.

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Contained in the opening post.
[Zenfone 5 General] karti_z5:
Does anyone know what's the issue with headphone on AOSP rom for zenfone 5 ....??how can I fix it...??
[Zenfone 5 General] Eduardomb:
Nevermind...
[Zenfone 5 General] eduardo.martins.bastos:
Im gone root mine later today. I just wanna check if xposed is fine at zenfone and if i can still update my zenfone after the root (via ota). Do u know?
[Zenfone 5 General] ahhl:
xposed framework works fine but make sure you follow the step to the dot. otherwise you 'll have bootloop.

however not all xposed apk works on zenfone

and no issue on auto update.. provided you dont delete any of the stock bloatware. disable, yes
[Zenfone 5 General] espanyola:
Thank u... Have done it by extracting from the original firmware...
[Zenfone 5 General] eduardo.martins.bastos:
Thanks for the info. So I can freeze some apps and I will be fine with auto update?
[Zenfone 5 General] ahhl:
yep, i freeze those bloatware and still survive 2 kitkat updates
[Zenfone 5 General] eduardo.martins.bastos:
Nice. Thanks! I will get some courage and root my zenfone later =)
[Zenfone 5 General] kunalshah912:
Guys, i have a zenphone5 non rooted. i want to know the benefits of root to this phone , also phones stability after root? and can we reverse back to normal? after root can i change the whole UI of my phone? i dont want asus zenUI !

please reply !
[Zenfone 5 General] steker6:
Windows xp driver problem

I tryed via ADB but device not found may be I have to try with differnt drivers but I tryed every drivers wich I found. Share some windows xp drivers.

P.S. When I type "adb reboot bootloader" in Cmd window the phone should be turn on right with debuging turned on?
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
What is the difference between T100F, T100J, A500CG and A501CG ? I know that A500KL is the Zf5 4G, A502CG is Zenfone 5 Lite but the rest i don't wich version of Zenfone 5 they are :/
[Zenfone 5 General] pigfarmer44:
Hi, I have just got the zenfone 5.

I bought the phone from China.

in Build number it says : ASUS_T00J_WW_user_1.13.40.8_20140516_170636 release-keys

010175_201401130121

I know that I should update the firmware, but I am a bit of a noob.

Is there a Howto anywhere, and which firmware should I upgrade it to.

Thanks in advance.

Simon.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
For example Gravitybox is of limited use for the Zenfone. Most settings concerning status and navigation bar don't work.
[Zenfone 5 General] Eduardomb:
amplify zenfone

Anyone knows if amplify works fine with zenfone? Causa greennify xposed module was impossible do use at my zenfone.
[Zenfone 5 General] cickvoa:
Zenfone 6, 601CG, Z002

Hi,

I have this phone for a week now, updated to kitkat, and battery is horrible, I cant get more than 2h of SOT. I would like to downgrade it, but i do not know what version should I downgrade to. On Asus site I have 44 FWs to download, which one is the most battery efficient?

TY
[Zenfone 5 General] Eduardomb:
how do I downgrad from 4.4.2 to 4.3 (zenfone 5). Will I lost my apps and data? Is the battery really better at 4.3?
[Zenfone 5 General] Nykenztron:
Changing Asus zenfone 5 launcher

hi everyone

i recently purchased a zenfone501cg

bt the battery life is very poor and i tried all the possible solutions. when i checked in battery usage it showes that the asus launher and asus ui is taking most of the power.

so my question is will it help in saving battery if i change my launcher from asus launcher to any other launcher of small size.

And i dont like the dull white user interface

it would really be helpful if anyone could suggest anything thing to change its colour to black like in other androids.

Thanks
[Zenfone 5 General] eduardo.martins.bastos:
The battery at zenfone is pretty ****. U can install greenify but will help mostly at stand by. Asus knows about the battery problem and they are trying a solution as u can see at zentalk. I don't believe that another launcher will solve your problem since everybody have the same complain about the battery
[Zenfone 5 General] SystemDoctor:
Does that mean it can work with the T00J?
[Zenfone 5 General] eduardo.martins.bastos:
What is this?
[Zenfone 5 General] SystemDoctor:
AOSP rom for Zenfone 5

A500CG is T00F

A501CG is T00J

Link: http://23pin.logdown.com/posts/244949-zenfone-aosp-rom
[Zenfone 5 General] Lepanto:
Hi everyone, i need to replace Zenfone 6 screen glass because it's broken. Screen is fine, it detects touches but the glass is broken. I saw on eBay just digitizer glasses and, glasses with screen which is more expensive.

So can i replace only the glass, how can i do this? (With an item like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Latest-High...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item4adf4dec55)

Or do i need to replace screen and glass both? (With an item like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Full-LCD-Di...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a9be0c0aa)

It will be beter if i can replace only the glass just because it's a cheaper solution and i don't know how is the screen's quality in other option (glass with screen), keeping the original screen could be nice.

But i can do the other way too, i just want to fix it. My local authorized technical service wants much money for it, close to the phone's price.

So if anyone did this before or know how to do can help me, it would be great.

Greetings.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
I believe you should allow it to settle for 2 - 3 days first before making a judgement.

If you still want to downgrade, I recommend 1.18.40.10, same as the thread originator. It works 99.9 % stabil and reliable. As well, it has browser text reflow and a seperate GPS button.

I personally don't have any experience regarding the battery live of Kitkat on the Zenfone. But on my Sonys it did degrade it, not improve (as Sony claimed). To my opinion it's mostly the awkward change of location settings and the bloated version of Google Play services, with its Geofencing (micro-location tracking).
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
I am getting 4.5 h of screen-on time. Doesn't seem bad.
[Zenfone 5 General] karti_z5:
Yes it works....on T00J 1.6 GHz version ...
[Zenfone 5 General] cickvoa:
Zenfone 6 battery kitkat

Hi,

I have updated on KK last week and battery was horrible, but yesterday Ive made factory reset via recovery. All is stock. As you can see from screenshot, battery is uncalibrated. I just took this screenshot and I am writing from asus write now. We will see how long will it last on 1%

View attachment 3087318

View attachment 3087321

EDIT: also, on asus official forum you can request an app which takes screenshots of all statistics and sends it to asus. It seems that asus is working on solving this problem. It takes screenshots as i took it, but also consumptions from applications.
[Zenfone 5 General] shubhayan:
SIM CARD slot not working :(

hey guys, i got my zenfone 5 today and unfortunately my SIM CARD is not being detected by either of the SIM CARD slots, but the SIM is working on other devices . plz help :)
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
I had contact with asus and they said they were working on it but this problem has bin arround for over 6 months and they still failed to fix it even tho we had over 5 updates...

So if you can count dont count on it.

They seem clueless and unwilling to fix this. I hope for you the 1% issue goes away but i have bin stuck with it for months now making the Phone unreliable at best and no fix from asus.

If you can return it localy i would do so directly and keep returning it untill you have a fine working sample.

i cannot return it as i imported it from hong kong so im screwed by asus.

Many people have this problem and dont even realize it and thin the Phone has bad battery life .

The Phone just fails to store the correct battery values and thus keeps repeating the fast drain to 1% and stuck on 1% issue.
[Zenfone 5 General] cickvoa:
I cant return it, it passed 20 days. But, redmi note mtk had same issue, altough not so bad. 1% lasted around 1hr, so it was okay. On asus it lasted 16hrs, i am charging it now... Will see...
[Zenfone 5 General] Malakhay:
You should keep in mind that updates after 1.14 will lock region so i will have to stay on ww or tw or other.

Upgradin you have to make by step. I do not remember the exact but you have to upgrade to 1.14 fist than prolly 1.17 or 1.18. Next you have to get latest 1.18 that ends with 10, then you can upgrade to latest 2.20.40.13 - everu step has to be made with full upgrade from internal memory.

Its not so hard - just go to asus offi site and go back to your rom ver. and take steps - every important upd have not that you have to get xx.xx.xx version earlier - that the ones you have to upload.

PS> i upgraded to kk yesterday and i was preaty scared - everybody say how horrible battery works.. i made full wipe (coz of my mistake) and since this morning with normal usage - game one or 2, 30 minutes of phone conversation, sms and maila still got 69% of batery... so as for me its praty nice - prolly better that jb.
[Zenfone 5 General] Eduardomb:
Do u have zenfone 5 or 6?
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
for me it lasts 4 to 5 hours at 1% and like 2 days

i dont use my Phone much since this issue came after update they irritate me to much hehe theres Always a irritating software issue.
[Zenfone 5 General] nemo0002253:
bricked Zen 6

hey guys

i accidentally flashed zenfone 4 boot image on my zenfone 6 and now no ADB no Fastboot or anything. just stuck at USB logo. yesterday i bought this :( pls help guys im all new to this thing .

thanks
[Zenfone 5 General] bukopandan:
scratch

my zenny have a two deep scratches,, how to remove the scratch???
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
I have the Zen 5, 2 Ghz, 16 / 2 gig. Battery is not fantastic, but in line with many other phones. 4.5 h screen on time and about 20 - 27 h livespan with average usage. When it came from factory it's battery live was miserable.

Zen 6 should easily get 5 - 6 h screen-on time.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
PS

I can't see anything wrong with the hardware. The Intel thing does eat up some more battery than others but it's performance is another league.

To my opinion Asus should re-think the way the phone is factory set-up. And for extra oomph I'd offer a flat back cover with integrated spare battery, connecting via a flat USB connector.
[Zenfone 5 General] rht_sg:
Just to confirm with u guys, the earlier version of the RootZenfone.apk had the option to Root and also Unroot the phone.

In the latest version for Android 4.4 are these options still present ?

I want to root the phone, but it would be better to have the option to unroot, in case something goes wrong and i need to take it to the service center.
[Zenfone 5 General] harskouf:
Does anybody know why ASUS has removed 2.21.40.30 firmware for Zenfone 5, from support site? Firmware has some overheating issues, but if we have installed it what should we do?
[Zenfone 5 General] Angristan:
Wait for an update ;)
[Zenfone 5 General] Malakhay:
as far as i know there is no RootZenfone for kitkat.

As for the upgrades - always when they were deleting previously enabled upgrades there were faulty and caused damage for end user - the first with non apearing keyborad was also removed...
[Zenfone 5 General] rht_sg:
ok, seems there is the hard way only to root Kitkat based Zenfone 5 using those batch files and such.

but seeing this battery problem, i am seriously thinking of downgrading to JB version FW.

if i do that, i can also just use the app to root.

donno how long Asus will take to rectify the battery problem in Kitkat