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[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuadrivin:
i dont know if theirs a way to lock the bootloader on that model but when u say delete everything and return to stock are u taking about all apps and data including all of your data? If so all you have to do is reflash your system again or factory reset or your can clear your system data and cache.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magrendz04:
I'll quote it up for you. I hope that someone can read it again.

Next time, make sure to backup important files first. :D Even though I know that you already know about that :fingers-crossed:

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You should watch some comparison video or review about it. For me I prefer ZF2, price, performance, features and updates.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yco.giusti:
when I say delete everything I'm talking about return to stock, remove the TWRP and the recovery and restore the black logo on bootloader. Could you help me?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuadrivin:
As far as i know theirs no way to relock the bootloader as of yet but if u just want the black logo back for it is flah the file for the logo. As far as TWRP goes some people have been able to flash stock recovery over it and it took TWRP off, that didnt work for my friends zenfone so i ended up installing the TWRP app and messed with in then i was able to install the orignal recovery on his zenfone with no problem. let me know if you need any more help, it might take me a while to respond but other might be able to help in the mean time.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmahadhika91:
How to Update Rooted ZE551ML

Guys, I got the notification to update my ZE551ML to WW_2.20.40.59_20150807_7712_user_rel. Problem is, I already rooted and uninstalled many bloatware. Fortunately though, I've backed up all the bloatware before I uninstalled them with Titanium Backup. Will I be able to update my phone if I were to restore all of the original apps? And do I need to remove root/and or Xposed completely or do I just turn off root via SuperSU? Thanks in advance.

PS: I've tried updating the update directly prior to WW_2.20.40.59_20150807_7712_user_rel and it failed. I didn't restore any bloatware last time though. And I have NOTHING to do with any boot loader because I don't understand any of it. Please give me step by step to successfully update my phone (preferably without OTA).
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codester0869:
Hey guys I just purchased the ZF 2e and I cannot figure out how to get my music or pictures to show up from my sd card the only way of can access them is by going to the file manager and viewing/listening to them individually

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Well sorry for wasting time and space lol but I fixed it. All I had to do was put all my music into one folder named music. Lol and I just put my images on the root of the sd. So I'm feeling pretty dumb so lmao at myself
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1PP3R:
Notifications

So I've had my 64Gb Zenfone 2 since it became available to me here in Ottawa, ON. I love it, no complaints... until just recently. I am no longer getting Instagram, Snapchat, Gmail, or Freshdesk (IT ticketing software) notifications since about a week ago. I used to see the notifications in the status bar, and I'm pretty active on all the aforementioned apps, so it's a bit annoying now that I am no longer getting them.

What I've done so far -

I turned all notifications off for the apps in question, rebooted the phone, turned them back on... still not working. All of these apps are at high priority in the Asus Zen UI settings.

Anyone else experiencing the same thing?

PS - this thread is grea,t but it makes looking for similar posts a little more jarring than it would if there were a new thread per concern., IMHO. :good:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the looooord:
downgrading

Hi, I want to downgrade to older version of the firmware what do you suggest 2.13 or 2.15.40.10 or 2.17 for preformance , camera and battery

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Have you tried to allow them to run in auto start manager
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo_N5:
Bootloop after OTA

Hi guys,

I rooted my phone with the 1-Click-Tool and installed Xposed. Unfortunately, I forgot to remove Xposed before applying OTA, so my phone got stuck in bootloop. Removing XposedFramework didn't help, so I wanted to reflash the whole firmware with stock recovery but only the 2.20.4.59 is available for download, and when I try to flash it the phone says me Can't flash this update over a newer one.

Also tried to use a tethered TWRP to flash the firmware but the recovery didn't boot.

Have you guys any solution other than waiting 1 or 2 weeks for a new firmware to be released on Asus website ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumean:
Whats lid_suspend_blocker process and why is it causing my display to not timeout/sleep?

Screen stays on until I manual power off. Also another process powermanagerservice.wakelocks also seemingly stopping my phone from automatically sleeping.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zxcfs:
About this "close all apps button"

So is there anyway at all that i can remove or disable the button on the bottom right hand side, i hate it when i accidentally press it when i just want to change tabs.

i.imgur"dot"com/FmvzUMq.jpg
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yco.giusti:
Thank u very much! I'm not able to flash original rom in twrp as your friends and I'm not able to delete it. Is the a guide?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maynard46:
maybe i never noticed this but does anyone else notice when you double tap to put the phone to sleep, the screen goes to black and white briefly before going black?

I ask because yesterday i plugged in a generic USB cable and the phones screen showed the big huge battery logo as empty even though the phone was at 65% charge. I had to reboot to clear that issue and ever since then i noticed the screen goes black and white when i double tap or tap power to make it goto sleep.

Im still under my 30 day return period so i dont know if this is something i just didnt notice before or if i shoul be concerned - thanks!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronniefaith:
hi everyone,

i having an issue with my battery level and it really pisses me off.

the battery level stuck at 50% - charging or not, it means you will never know if the phone is full charge(on charging) or nearly lowbat(discharging).

Also, it says "battery usage data isnt available.

it stays 50% when in recovery mode too.

i did the ff troubleshooting:

- wipe data, cache, system, etc.

- installed AOSP and CM ROM

- tried downloading battery test and everything is normal -

NOTHING CHANGED :( :(

The the battery stays upto 10+ hours but its hard to live without the battery level :confused:

hope you guys could help me with this - THANK YOU IN ADVANCE![/QUOTE]
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oldie but Tries:
Recovery Mode - No Backup/Restore option

Hello all.

Newly purchased :- Zenfone 2. 500ml 2Gb/16Gb Asus_Z008-2.19.40.23 Stock ROM, but rooted and confirmed by root-checker.

Have been trying to do a NANDROID backup before getting involved in anything adventurous, but when entering Recovery Mode either manually (pressing the correct buttons) or via the installed ROM Manager I have NO option showing in the menu for Backup/Restore. The options I have are shown are:-

Reboot System Now

apply update from ADB

wipe Data/Factory Reset

wipe cache partition

reboot to bootloader

power down

view recovery logs

I am completely new to Android, and very old , so I am sure it is something completely simple that I am doing wrong, but after 2 days Googling, and searching the forum, I am still no wiser.

I would be very grateful to anyone who can help with this.

Regards

Ken
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumean:
Sounds like you still have the stock (or factory) rom. Basically you'll need to flash a custom rom like twrp or cwm in order to get those advanced feartures you referred to. The first thread in the zenfone general forums should have all links to all things zf2
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleDeA:
Hi everyone,

I have an issue with calls. Well, I must admit I've called only a number since I got the phone. The person I'm calling refers a strange sound during the call, he describes it as the sound a can makes when you open it. Is it something related to some settings or is it an hardware problem?

I'm running stock rom without root.

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Inviato dal mio ASUS_Z00AD utilizzando Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricochet90:
zenfone 2 and H.265 (HEVC)

I really want to buy this phone,but since I watch tons of videos and movies H.265 support is going to be important to me and as far I know the this phone does not have hardware acceleration for H.265.

Having 2 intel bay trail tablets I know that these processors are not fast enough to handle H.265 at 1080p by software alone,anyone knows if the Atom z3580 could handle H.265 at 1080p?

Anyone has tried this before? Please respond.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmendonc2:
If you can link me to a H 265 1080p video I could try running it and see how it fares in MX player.

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I haven't experienced anything like that. Try with a different phone on the other end and in a different environment?

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Yes that is normal.

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No, thats part of the Asus UI and framework. You'll need a custom ROM for a different switcher.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleDeA:
[MENTION=2234941]cmen[/MENTION]doc2 thanks!

I've tried calling my brother and nothing happened. Could it be my ZenFone really dislikes iPhone?

I'll make some more calls to see if I can replicate the problem.

Inviato dal mio ASUS_Z00AD utilizzando Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaetanolip:
don' t have the phone yet. According to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mETT1RlX38 it seems capable, but someone should try to play h265 video in mx player with theis code http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=12900&task=get and check if hardware decoding can be used

here some test files http://www.libde265.org/downloads-videos/
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daYLite401:
Can't install Google+

Hi I've had my ZF2 for a while now. It's the 32gb Z00A china version. My problem is that I've never been able to install Google+ app on it and I don't understand why. All google apps had to be installed manually and playstore says my device isnt compatible for Google+. I can't seem to find any forums to help me out so any help would be greatly appreciated. Am I the only one experiencing this?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daYLite401:
Here's a screenshot attached...
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swanikhushi@gmail.com:
Zenfone 2 Deluxe.

Hello All,

Thank you for all the work.

Do we have thread on rooting/custom rom for zenfone 2 deluxe (64/128 gb)? the model number is same as ze551ml with all other specifications, just the storage is 64 and 128.?

Please help.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AHMED.Q:
The zf2 does not recognize my sim!

Hi

After i install the SuperZen rom, My zf2 does not recognize the sims

I return to the former Rom, But not useful!

I try many also Roms, And full formate, There is no improvement!!

Is the problem hit the hardware! Everything was properly in the previous :(

Screenshots:

i.imgur. com/S54E5TD.jpg

i.imgur. com/3Xu1Cz9.jpg

Please remove the space from links.

Sorry for my english

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[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kc6991:
Unfortunately Telecom Service has stopped.

Help, my asus ZenFone2 just suddenly has this error when someone trying to call me.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmendonc2:
Sideload the APK like the rest of them. If that doesn't work, you could change SKU from CN to WW.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daYLite401:
Sideloading didn't help. Gives the error App was not installed. I'll have to wait until I root my phone to change to WW.

Thank You!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philkim234:
ASUS Zenfone Cover Help (ZE550)

Hello! After rooting my device, I used Titanium Backup to uninstall all the bloatware that ASUS had to offer. However, in my rush I accidentally uninstalled the ASUS cover apk file. My parents have just recently gifted me with an ASUS cover for my birthday and now I can't use it.

I have tried to find the apk for the cover but can't seem to find it anywhere. Also when I tried to directly download the app, it said that it was not available in the USA. I even tried changing the VPN to Taiwan but that didn't work either.

If you guys have any suggestions on what I can do to redownload the ASUS Cover apk that would be great. Thank you for your help!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuzzybuffalo:
The only way I know for sure would be to download the full firmware from Asus.

http://www.asus.com/Phone/ZenFone_2_ZE550ML/HelpDesk_Download/

click select OS, Android, Firmware. and download your version.

Then extract the files from the full firmware. You would need...

/system/app/Flipfont

/system/priv-app/FlipCover2

FlipCover if on older firmware..

Copy those two folders to their correct location and set permissions on all folders to 0755 and all files to 0644, then reboot.

I don't have the ZE550, or I would post the files for you.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philkim234:
Then extract the files from the full firmware. You would need...

/system/app/Flipfont

/system/priv-app/FlipCover2

FlipCover if on older firmware..

Copy those two folders to their correct location and set permissions on all folders to 0755 and all files to 0644, then reboot.

I don't have the ZE550, or I would post the files for you.[/QUOTE]

Thank you so much for the help! It worked for me, but I am not quite sure I understand what you mean by setting permissions on all folders to 0755 and all files to 0644. How would I go about doing that?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuzzybuffalo:
Sorry, don't do PM's.

It depends on how you copy the files to /system, some file managers set permissions correctly when you copy them.

Most file managers will let you change permissions. In Root Explorer you long press the file or folder, then click permissions and it will let you set them.

0755 = rwxr-xr-w

0644 = rw-r--r--
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaurav.sp06:
Wifi problem

Hello,

I have a ze551ml Z00AD model. The WiFi on my device turns itself off(and becomes unresponsive) randomly and doesn't come on unless the device is restarted. Toggling Flight model sometimes helps, but very rarely. When WiFi works, it works like a charm. Someone has already posted a Video on YouTube(Search for "Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL Not Connect to Wifi") and it's the exact same problem. Please help. I've had to send the device to the service center before since it wasn't getting any network on both sims and they fixed that for me. WiFi worked fine before sending the device to the service center.

Thanks!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KylarBStern:
ZenFone 2 550ML bootloop

Yesterday, I plugged the phone in USB and it restarted into bootloop. It's not rooted bootloader is locked, haven't touched anything on the device. I've got loads of photos that I want to take off the internal storage of the phone and I can't. I can get to recovry and can wipe the data/cache but I kind of would like to not do that. Is there anyway for me to save what I have on the phone ? Photos are most important at this stage. Please help
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blankk13:
Hai guys, I have another phone which is Asus_Z00AD .. I got a little problem with it.. Every time I received/make a call the screen would turn off like usual but it would not turn back on after the call ends.. The phone was fresh from the store though never been rooted... Is the proximity the source problem? ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bg0510:
Hi,

I am currently using a Custom ROM. Phone is rooted and TWRP is installed.

My phone is Zenfone 2 551ml.

How can I go back on using Stock ROM? Also, how can I unroot and remove TWRP?

I tried flashing Stock ROMs using TWRP, but it just gives me error upon flashing it, everytime.

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaronoh:
Also looking for help with this!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishekr700:
Hey guyz i created this thread to hep you all and its serving its purpose so please do me a favor by pressing the thanks button on first post....

Thanks and regards

abhishek
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heikou:
So, is there any way to unlock a bootloader without root? I accidentally updated my phone without turning root off, and, instead of booting, it would just get stuck on load screen.

I did have my phone rooted, but I did not have the bootloader unlocked. I can access my phone with both adb and fastboot, but I do not have root privileges. I can't push files with adb or flash with fastboot.

Is there anyone else with a similar problem? Is this something that can be fixed?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iBadrOw:
I have flashed cm12.1 and gapps and work good , now I wanna go back to stock rom of asus , How? :cool:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjun_08:
Ersed IMEI AND SN NUMBER! URGENT HELP

I got my imei and serial number wiped from my new zenfone 2 while flashing cyanogen. Now my phone wont detect any sim and network. I went back to stock restoring everything but that didnt work too. Now am helpless as this phone is showing 11111111 as serial number and some weird number as imei. Please suggest e what to do? Infct the mobile servicewala has given up to repair this.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oria Maymon:
ASUS_Z00A - can't get in to system and recovery

Hey,

For my very first time to flash this model it seems that something with the img and firmware files was not match and went wrong.

Now i'm trying to get back to normal running CN version in order to start the process again and may need the CN version recovery img in order to revive him.

if can i flash CN version via fastboot it will be better.

I got only Fastboot...)-:

System can't run and show me sleeping droid bot with an error.

Thanks mates for your help.

Oria.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentBEATS:
OTA and Recovery Screwed

Recently picked up the Zenfone 2 ze551ml after my loyal Nexus 5 of 2 years went kaput. After the initial giddiness of new phone syndrome, I quickly realized I didn't like all the bloat compared to Vanilla Android and proceeded to root and uninstall said bloat. And thus the problems began -

After getting the phone to a state I could live with I was happy, but was soon prompted with the software update. Knowing full well that root doesn't play well with OTA updates, I unrooted and tried to update but it failed. I was presented with the error dead android image in recovery and am now unsure how to proceed.

I've tried adb sideloading one of the stock roms found on the forums, but get the message "adb sideload cannot read file" or some such. Any help would be appreciated.

P.S. didn't mean to give my whole life story in this post, but it sort of just came out as I was typing it up lol.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackdragonbird:
Hey guys, I still dont have enough posts to post it in the Zenfone 2 Cyanogen thread.

Anyone know if the nightly builds are compatible with the ASUS_Z00AD version of the fone?

Thanks. =)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nisrulz:
No recovery partition

[MENTION=5181349]abhishekr700[/MENTION] Hi , i recently rooted my Asus Zenfone 2 - Z00AD and since then one thing that has changed is that i cannot get into my recovery(i.e the screen with the dead android phone and saying error..from where we enter the recovery). I am able to reach the fastboot screen with the options of normal boot and power off and recovery mode..but once i select the recovery mode ,the device restarts and comes back to the same fast boot screen with the options of normal boot and recovery mode..

I tried to install a custom recovery then , twrp and flashed it via fastboot command from my mac, but nothing changed even though the terminal showed that the recovery was flashed. I tried running flashify ..and the the error it gave me was "You dont seem to have recovery partition so you cant flash an img file , you can however flash a zip file."

If you can help me with getting twrp installed on the device, i am sure i can pick it up from there with respect to flashing rom and stuff.

Thank you in advance.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Danger:
ASUS Dialer & Contacts (Changing The Icon)

After the recent update of ASUS Dialer & Contacts, it said change phone app icons. Where to change them from? I don't see any icon change option under settings.

Thanks in advance!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishekr700:
Well this is one thing i nver have come across .But remember that it is not not not possible that there is no recovery partition in your phone. It is something hardcoded and can't be just deleted

I think there's something wrong with its readability. Sice you mentioned that you can flash zips please take a backup using pc and try flashing a factory rom.

Hope it helps!!!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.arifeen7009:
roll back to stock rom from custom rom

is there any one kind enough to make a step by step guide for newbies for "how to roll back to stock asus rom from custom rom (with ota without bootloop) support " ??:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgpm81:
Internet Not working on SIM 1 on Zenfone 2 551ML

Hi,

I have purchased Zenfone 2 551ML ,Serial No.F4AZFG04V970 from Flipkart.com,INDIA

When I purchased this mobile ,Internet was working on Sim 1,after getting Firmware update ,it stopped responding ,even Signal was not available.I checked it again and again by changing SIm cards but was not responding.

now I have update of 2.20.40.90,2G/3G option is available and Signal bars are also visible on screen ,I'm getting internet sign like 3G or H+ but download and upload is not going on.If I try to select 2G/3G/4G option in mobile network then access point option is not highlighting and mobile is losing Signals on SIM 1.

Don't know what to do?

I raised 3-4 complaints to ASUS Customer care but their advices didn't worked out.

I'm upset with this mobile.

can anybody help?:confused::confused::confused:

Regards,

Prashant.M