yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Zenfone 5 General] madthinker:
Have you try manual update?

1. Place your firmware in internal sd card (do not place into any folder)

2. Unplug your usb, your zenfone will detect new version of firmware and ask for update

Or try flash via adb sideload..

If your pc not detect your zenfone, try some trick

1. Instal asus pc link on your pc

2. Enable usb debugging

3. Unplug your usb, and plug in again..the pc will install driver automatically

4. Reboot to fastboot/droidboot, the pc will install asus bootloader interface automatically

Good luck
[Zenfone 5 General] HusinSam:
ROOT the Zen 5 with FW 2.21.40.44

Please assist,

I just bought Zen 5, a week ago, and already update to lastest FW WW 2.21.40.44_20150117

Now after read and search a few days, and tried without using downgrade way

I still can not get my Zen5 to ROOT

Please kindly inform me the right way to ROOT the Zen 5 without downgrade.

Thanks in advance, Regards
[Zenfone 5 General] madthinker:
try this file to root http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/VhKkwc6L/file.html

if not work, try my methode

you should flash recovery from firmware before

what you need is;

1. Driver for detect your zenfone in PC

2. platform tools

3. fastboot.img and recovery. img

4. file rootzenfone v3 by shakalaca

maybe you have all of these file..or you can google it

-extract fastboot.img and recovery.img of the firmware when you successfully root, remember extract ONLY fastboot and recovery

-place fastboot.img and recovery. img in platform tools folder

-reboot into fastboot/droidboot (power+vol up)

-in folder platform tools press shift+rignt click, choose open window from here

-flash fastboot, type: fastboot flash fastboot fastboot.img

-flash recovery, type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

-reboot

-run file rootzenfone.bat v3

-done

you can do flash fastboot and recovery of 2.21.40.44 if you want

actually I have tried this in zenfone 6 and succeed

and I think the method zenfone 5 and 6 are the same..

see my previous post

DO IT WITH YOUR OWN RISK
[Zenfone 5 General] CyborG theJuglijaguar:
Memory size issue

As you know "ASUS ZenFone 5 A500CG" has 8 GB ROM, 3.09 GB is reserved and 4.91 GB is usable. After lots of update notification I choose update. I'm using Win-7 then I know update is not good for memory size. After update it only 854MB left. I know sounds crazy but it's true. I think it download the update and install it but put the file in some place i didn't know about. I'm new in Android. So help me.

And what is that "root" thing. Please explain in computer language (I mean use motherboard, hard disk, RAM, System32, regedit, registry... that kind of word. I’m comfortable with it)

ASUS ZenFone 5 A500CG [Kitkat from I bought; I mean I did upgrade it from JB].

Oh un.............. games. I'm a gamer...

Game is about 100 MB in internal memory

and 2.37 GB (Grand theft auto- San Andreas) in SD card
[Zenfone 5 General] t88:
Has anyone successfully installed xposed on 2.21.40.44?

Is the version mentioned in OP still good? My goal is to install Greenify. :)
[Zenfone 5 General] donetus:
Got a question .. after rooting the phone, i noticed that in DroidBoot (pressing Volume Up + Power), it says there

IFWI Version: 59.29

Serial Num: 0123456789ABCDEF

DROIDBOOT VERSION: 2.1 Build DEC 8 2014 16:02:41

Product: ZenFone

Should I be concerned that the serial number has changed? I mean, the phone still has warranty ..
[Zenfone 5 General] ahhl:
i want to experimenting to finds ways to flash rom onto my Z6.

problem: cannot enter recovery or droidboot whether thru buttons, or thru adb command

however i can get to bootloader screen ( the one that shows usb logo)

however even with this, by using shakalaca asusflashtools or xfstk-downloader,

i still cannot flash my rom ( of course following steps recommend by shakalaca)

i just wondering if i manage to unlock the bootloader (as teaches by shakalaca) will i be able to flash the rom? and what are the commands?

i am really a novice here.

and what going to happen if the bootloader unlocked?

i saw some guide mentioned the internal SD will be wiped clean.?? is it true?

anybody can help?
[Zenfone 5 General] Kianusch JNB:
Hi

I saw a apk file called "hdmi" in ROM ZF6 after update to kitkat!!!

Possible?( hdmi support ):confused:
[Zenfone 5 General] zen_green:
Hello,

I uses xposed 2.6.1 with 2.21.40.44 firmware. No issues, it seems safe.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
Initially I was also shocked abt the high minimum processor speed. But according to my CPU stats it is actually really idle when it's in deep sleep. It only falls down to 800 Mhz when the phone is on and we are doing nothing. So, we need to avoid that state, either by avoid staring at a blank screen and/or by disabling as many background services as possible.

I am not saying the Intel processor's champions at energy saving, but it is not that bad. And it's performant! I benchmarked mine with 27,000 Antutu points. For comparison the Snappdragon Zenfones with do get around 17,000. That's exactly the score mine has when I throttle it [MENTION=4033005]933[/MENTION] Mhz.

I am getting 4.5 to 5 h screen-on time, throttled to 1.83 Mhz. How much do the ZF5 Snappdragon versions get? Not that I want to cause a pissing competition but I think the Intel is far not as bad as it's being made.
[Zenfone 5 General] amit.mastermind90:
limiting cpu frequency

so u have 2 ghz version of zenfone. i have 1.6 ghz. i would still like to throttle the cpu ghz to like 1.2 ghz. my usage is only few clicks on camera, calling and whatsapp. i dont use my fone for heavy tasks. can u point me to a guide or sumthing from which i can understand how to limit the frequency. ans i am rooted. thanks.:)
[Zenfone 5 General] Shafin Uddin:
I have rooted my zf5. Now is it possible to use nofrillcpu or any other apps to controlling my CPU performance?
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
You may download a copy of F-Droid (free and open source software) https://f-droid.org . They got No-frill CPU and Perfomance Control. I don't know if they work for the Asus flavour UI, but they are free so no harm to try.

My recommendation however would go to 3C Toolbox. This is an expensive yet indispensable swiss army knife for Android. Once you got accustomed to it. Almost every screen is overload with functions and informations. CPU settings works reliable and safe via on boot or with InitD.

Asus has too many things enabled by default. One of the relevant things is getting the memory footprint down. 3C helps disabling certain auto startup apps, or crystalise = greenify) some user apps. Since you are rooted uninstall + backup seldom used apps for eventual later usage. Don't listen to advice by people telling you unused memory being wasted memory. Strive for 550 or less Mb RAM usage (after fresh reboot).
[Zenfone 5 General] amit.mastermind90:
okei. thanks. plus i am searching a list of google's background services, which can b safely disabled. any idea about that, i remember doing this on my very old galaxy s to save some juice. just now i ran out of battery and had clocked a 3.5 hr screen on time and 21 hrs standby. i used greenify.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
Google service indeed is one of the biggest culprits, IMO. 3C can disable every permission related to Games, Plus, Wallet and Geofencing. It certainly only makes sense if you don't need any of the related Google games, Google Plus Circles, Google Wallet or Geofencing.
[Zenfone 5 General] amit.mastermind90:
naah.. i dont need any google crap except playstore.... will look into 3c as soon as i get some time. i am sure after disabling sum google services i will b able to sqeez another .5-.75 hr of screen tym. and that would b okei for me. let me report back in the evening its (2:46 pm here).:)

and to make phone look more good and zen ui look more complete try tinted translucet bar xposed module to make status bar change colors according to the app running. just sharing:laugh:
[Zenfone 5 General] HusinSam:
Thanks madthinker,

the suggested link is work perfectly, just root two pieces of ZenFone 5 without any problems
[Zenfone 5 General] shipopi:
I have some issues with the permission program/app or whatever its called. It keeps popping up all the time.

Is there a way to fix this?

I have an Asus Zenfone 5

Android Version 4.3

Version

ASUS_T00F_CN
[Zenfone 5 General] madthinker:
854MB?

Is it your ram or rom?

Try to clear junk file..

Root, I think "root" your phone is "unlock" your phone, and you become a super user who could do anything to your phone..

Super user=administrator

If you have rooted your phone, you can edit the permission of your phone..

Sorry, my english not too well

You are welcome
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
The same as I am driving.

When the pop-up appears you should be able to put a tick to the checkbox labelled "don't show again", course if you don't want to see this particular permission again.

If this does not solve the permissions permission you could go to Settings -> Security -> Permission Settings and scroll through the list of permitted permissions. It may be a somewhat nagging first but a in few days you should be through with it.
[Zenfone 5 General] CyborG theJuglijaguar:
Oh! "Administrator"

Oh! "Administrator"

I got that.

That is my ROM.

"Sorry, my English not too well"

About this line:

What is language? The communication between two. If u say I’ve to understand, If I say you’ve to understand. That is language man. Don't think too much about it…
[Zenfone 5 General] shipopi:
Hello I have already tried this. Those things aren't really the issue. It's the software in the phone I believe. If you Google it you'll see that a lot of people have the same issue as me.
[Zenfone 5 General] Malakhay:
warning

Hi

A little warning for all of You who think to upgrade to 2.21.40.44 firmware. In my case this firmware cause phone to self restart. It did it 2 times since update. Today it has reseted and did not askes me for pin... and i have set pin secure... i'm thinking of downgrading to 2.21.40.30 ww firmware - worked fine and i had no issues with it..

Any one tried to recover data from this asus backup utility ?? Does it works and recovers apps and aps data corectly?? It took me some time to customise this phone and i would like not to lose everything...

cheers
[Zenfone 5 General] zen_green:
Hello,

the PIN code didn't be asked because it is a softreset. but of course, it is not a normal behaviour if your phone soft-resets itself, without reason.

from my side, it is exactly the opposite. I had a few resets with 40.30, and now i'm on 40.44, and no reset anymore. So IMO it is hard to say if it is a firmware issue, or a issue which bring with the association of a certain app and a certain firmware.

Never use this utility. I use Titanium, which allow me to recover all my app+data, as well as wifi AP list, bluetooth devices, sms, call list...etc...

The full version costs a few $$ but it really saves a lot of time when you play with firmware installation.

In addition, titanium allows to freeze (or uninstall...) apps, including system apps, which can helps to save battery.

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I'm scared to heard that asus still let this crappy permission manager app in their firmware... it is jut unuseful...

I had this app, which is by default include in cucn firmware (my phone had by defaut a cucn firmware). I spent a lot of time to try to identify and deactivated this app, but no way, i never found the culprit app. maybe it is a part of another app....

The only solution which worked for me : install WW firmware !
[Zenfone 5 General] Malakhay:
well.. i always used titanium but for that You have to have rooted phone - and since kitkat update u don't have zenfone rooted (at the beginning it was a bit problematic and now i just do not do this since i want to have ota updates )..

And since asus stated that theyr backup utility backups app+data i don't need root for now... but as i wrote i did backup but not tried to restore from it...

As for restarts i hope it is from software+firmware issue - my first zenfone unit was a failure and it was reseting few times a day and i had to get a new now - it was on since now and i hope it is not a hw failure again...
[Zenfone 5 General] XeLiOs512:
can anyone upload this file from their zenfone 5? system/etc/parameter-framework/Settings/Audio/AudioConfigurableDomains.xml

i edited mine and I cannot upgrade. unfortunately i haven't made a backup of this. thanks!
[Zenfone 5 General] shipopi:
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I'm scared to heard that asus still let this crappy permission manager app in their firmware... it is jut unuseful...

I had this app, which is by default include in cucn firmware (my phone had by defaut a cucn firmware). I spent a lot of time to try to identify and deactivated this app, but no way, i never found the culprit app. maybe it is a part of another app....

The only solution which worked for me : install WW firmware ![/QUOTE]

Hello, do you know if this guide is ok (youtube) [Tutorial] How to Flash ASUS Zenfone 5 CN/TW to WW Firmware [EN]] ?

Can the ww firmware or root the phone harm it?

Im new to this, thanks for helping out :)
[Zenfone 5 General] XeLiOs512:
How can I fix permissions to /system? Im stuck at boot. I havent installed any custom recovery.
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
For people with the soft reboot problem.

i had this aswell atleast 5 times a week and as i was troubleshooting batterylife this was frustrating so i went to try and fix it

and after trying all apps enabled and disabled i disabled the lockscreen and it was gone and never seen it again.

So you could try to disabe the lockscreen and install a lockscreen app.

Not a ideal fix but for me its a fix.

i just run the Phone without lockscreen now as im not afraid of theft as i leave it t home anyway..

Remember those times when there was no preasure to respond to messages and call back directly? i still have that just because i can :)
[Zenfone 5 General] mujju85:
Can someone help me I am not able to boot into driodboot it's happen when I was trying to root my zen6 plz help my phone works fine and also recovery works fine plz help
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
Your gonna have to come with more info...

And how do you get to recovery without passting trough droidtboot?

I always pass trough droidboot to get into recovery!

what key combos did you use what is it displaying what is happening without that info noone canhelp you except guessing your problems wich just gives clutter rather then solutions.

If people want help they should be more specifiv and detailed about their problem or they cant be helped and get frustrated with a otherwise fine device.

thats how bad reviews pop up...
[Zenfone 5 General] mujju85:
Look when I press volume up and power it's directly boot up the phone but previous it's comes into fasboot/driodboot and when I press volume down and power it take me into stock recovery mode and this happens when I try to root my phone
[Zenfone 5 General] Shafin Uddin:
I have rooted my zf5. Now which apps (boltwear) are safe to remove. Please give a list.I m on the last update.
[Zenfone 5 General] Dzhyn:
Asus ZenFone 5 (A500cg, A501cg) Philz Touch Recovery 6.55.0

1. Download: ZenFone5 Philz Recovery 6.55.0.zip

2. Unzip

3. Run ZenFone in Droidboot (Power & vol+)

4. Connect ZenFone to PC (ADB drivers must be installed)

5. Run "philz.bat"

6. Wait... ZenFone will reboot to Droidboot once

7. Finally, you must se attached picture. Check to see if everything is OK, your Zenfone now has Philz!
[Zenfone 5 General] donmargarito:
anyone knows how to root the new ww version for zenfone 6??? (T00G-WW-2.21.40.39)

the tool I used for the 2.21.40.29 doesn´t work anymore :(
[Zenfone 5 General] madthinker:
See my previous post..

I have posting how to root zenfone 6 firmware 2.21.40.39..in page 268..

Thats for WW firmware..
[Zenfone 5 General] amit.mastermind90:
I have only these zenui apps rest I disabled via titanium backup
[Zenfone 5 General] donmargarito:
thank you, I missed this page, do you think it is a good idea to do this? I have seen some posts where people say they have broken their phone doing that :S
[Zenfone 5 General] amit.mastermind90:
O have also disabled sum google apps as well. Mine is running fine
[Zenfone 5 General] mujju85:
Plz help i am not able to boot into fastboot/driodboot mode plz help
[Zenfone 5 General] madthinker:
Sure...I already root my zen6 with this methode..and my friend too..

You can see my post on other forum, I posted with screenshoot..

But sorry, I posted in indonesian, not in english..but you can see my post in page 268

http://m.kaskus.co.id/thread/534c52a3bdcb1798588b4799/official-lounge-asus-zenfone-6---entertainment-amp-productivity-in-harmony/370

My user name is madthink..

Sorry, my english not too well

What happened with your zenfone before?
[Zenfone 5 General] mujju85:
I was trying to root but when unlock boot loader come my phone get off I wait for long time but nothing happen now my phone is working fine but I can't enter into fastboot mode
[Zenfone 5 General] madthinker:
Thats strange..

what firmware version are you using now?

Is your phone rooted now?

Have you ever root before?
[Zenfone 5 General] mujju85:
Ofcourse i rooted many phone before and i am on latest version of kitkat
[Zenfone 5 General] madthinker:
No..I mean "is your zenfone have rooted in previously firmware?"

Okay..Try to instal fastboot..http://lifehacker.com/the-easiest-way-to-install-androids-adb-and-fastboot-to-1586992378

Or

Try to look this website, maybe theres a solution http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&ie=UTF8&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://23pin.logdown.com/posts/240975-zenfone-rescue-guide&usg=ALkJrhikQs2Cs_-Un6hRcSFca0WO1GyAxQ

I just never met this case before..

Good luck guys

Sorry my english not too well
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
So has anyone that installed V2.21.40.39 to fix the battery stat downgraded back to any 4.3 firmware and checked if the file remained accurate?

i really hate kitkat is a freaking battery drain. I lost a hour and a half screen time.

To put that in perspective thats a negetive effect of almost 18% or almost a fifth...

Its unacceptable and it all comes from idle drain which increased by over 6% a day.

So if possible i really want to get back to 4.3

Android seems to get more power hungry every freaking new version id love a 4.0 rom over anything with project butter rubbish every day of the week its faster and more power efficient.
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
+1

A custom ROM with Android 4.2 would be nice. 4.1 and 4.2 had the best power consumption, lower memory foot-print. I had deep sleep consumption of less than 1 % in 8 h with my Sonys. It was easy to root and to manage.

Or at least a 4.4 OMNIROM.
[Zenfone 5 General] mujju85:
Before zen6 i was using xperia t2 ultra dual but i switch to zen6 because of extra ram and inbuilt storage but I feel its a big mistake i was getting 2 days battery backup on moderate usage but not on zen6 i use to get 1day that also on normal usage and I miss my camera clarity and display this is really i dumb bulky idiot phone with idiot software
[Zenfone 5 General] cyberangel22k:
I see that this thread is still active but the 1st post has long been updated. I hope I can contribute to this thread too when I have a time. :)
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
A few pages ago the OP stated he still holds these statements. I tend to agree with him.

BTW. Is there any other phone with more user interest and less forum space here?
[Zenfone 5 General] amit.mastermind90:
how to revert to stock.

i want to know how can i flash an official android image(by asus). any guide or sum link?:confused:

i have rooted my phone,
[Zenfone 5 General] mujju85:
Thanks for your help but i found a new and very eazy way to solve this i have just download the full firmware and paste into internal memory and reboot the phone than its notify me new update is available i just updated now everything is fine and i have root the device sucessfully.:highfive:

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Is there any custom recovery for zen6
[Zenfone 5 General] madthinker:
You are welcome..

Congrats..

Did you have new rootzenfone file? V4 maybe..

Or did you follow the methode that i posted?
[Zenfone 5 General] mujju85:
I have try your method dont know about v4
[Zenfone 5 General] hutjeflut:
That might be true but theres a LOT of information getting lost in the hundreds of pages and thausants of posts.

Like the fact that the verry first rootzenfone can survive root al the way till the latest firmware with the right steps.

Or the ways to flash back old firmware or how to fix drooidboot/recovery problems.

Or that firmware 2.21.40.39 fixes the battery problems some people have on zenfone 6. or what the Phone is actualy capable of battery time wise so people know what to aim for and if there values are correct.

And thers much more.

These are things people look for on the internet and generaly they come to this threat as its the most active on the web.

However without it being indexed or sorted propperly people will ask the same poor english questions over and over and over while the answer could be there on page 1.

So i can immagine this being a lot of work for the op but if you start a threat like this its crucial to update it and keep people informed of changes.

This however is mostly the blame of XDA who simply refuce to make a zenfone topic which not only polutes this topic with zenfone 4,5,6 problems being mixed up but also by not being able to pin fixes and topucs up top for people to find.

I mean theres over a million zenfones sold worldwide why on earth isnt there a own zenfone forum? theres phones with less then a tenth of the amount sold which have thereown topic...

So wont blame the OP for it (even tho it would be better for the zenfone community to keep this updated) as the real blame lies with XDA not giving a toss about zenfone users (all one million of us with various problems and solutions).
[Zenfone 5 General] peter-k:
Best summary of the situation so far.

Painful there is so much valuable information within the thousands of posts, completely unsorted. The examples you mentioned are excellent examples. It raises questions abt XDA motivations.

Since last summer there has been a number of attempts getting XDA establishing a proper Asus forum, until virtually begging. Nothing. Unfortunate that asuszenfoneblog.com is blocked in China, otherwise I moved house already long ago.
[Zenfone 5 General] Shafin Uddin:
Go back to stock.

I have rooted my ZF5 WW-2.21.40.44, and gonna flash a custom rom, now please tell me the steps for going back to stock firmware after i have done flashing the custome rom and in case i brick/ some thing goes wrong.

in other words i want it to be like it was when i bought in and first turned on the device.
[Zenfone 5 General] Shafin Uddin:
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[Zenfone 5 General] amit kattal:
install gltools v1.96

the new gltools v1.96 now supports x86 processors, i have tried installing it but no sucess. does anybody else was able to install it?
[Zenfone 5 General] itraceyou:
I read from google, it's still NOT x86 supported.
[Zenfone 5 General] amit kattal:
thanks but it do supports the latest version and i was able to install it sucessfully,

finally playing gta san andreas on my zenfone 5:)
[Zenfone 5 General] optimusodd:
Updation after removing bloatware ?

Hi,I have got some queries :

1] "I initially had problem while updating because I had changed audio system file",what do you mean by that ?

2] So you maintained the ROOT after update.Did you uninstall some pre-installed apps like Splendid,PC Link,Paty Link after rooting ?If not,would uninstalling any ASUS app make any impact on updation ?

Thanks
[Zenfone 5 General] kunalshah912:
1. I mean by that is I used viper4android app and changed the system files , due to this while updating it caused error ! So I had to change back to original one by copy pasting the original file . and then done , got updated .

2. No , i didnt remove any stock apps, I freeze the stock apps to avoid battery use ! So no impact !