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[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishekr700:
Many people are joining xda on daily basis. Some of them join the forum to get custom ROMs while some join in order to get some of their problem that they are facing with their phones solved.

There are dedicated threads for ROMs but what about HELP/QUESTIONS??

People generally straight away start a new thread to get their doubts solved. But this can lead to chaos in the forum.

I'm creating this thread as an alternative to *New Threads* that aim to resolve a question.

Not only this, this thread can also become a Database kind of place where people can look if their question is already solved or not...

I request all members of the ASUS ZENFONE 2 sub-forum to help and answer some questions posted here if they can.

I hope you guys get the idea behind this thread...
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kanth's:
Is intel developer friendly ???
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codefly:
This will be a great phone once developer starting developing roms for this phone.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wavexda:
Hi :)

I like this phone, but how I realized there is a 2 version of ZenFone 2? One will be cheaper and the other more expensive. Please what is the difference?

Will both phones use the same camera and processor? :)

And where I could see the picture samples of Zenfone 2?

Thx a lot :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balaji.iyer21@gmail.com:
Query

Is it possible to chop off Un wanted stuff from Zen UI n build a lollipop's OG framework into the. stock rom

On screen Nav bar .Notification drawer n Settings app like Stock .Android ...???????????

Accounts n Screen Pinning .......Not the Nooby Kids mode LOL :p

If yes I'm buying it Cause The camera and Build Q is amazing for the price
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balaji.iyer21@gmail.com:
Zenfone 2 Explained

$149 ~~~720p display .2GB RAM 1.8 GHZ intel atom Z3560

$199~~~~1080p display . 2GB RAM 1.8 GHz Intel Atom Z3560.

$299~~~~~1080p display .4GB RAM .....Intel Atom 2.3 GHz Z3580

All of them have 4G LTE Cat 4 FDD LTE

They share same Power VR GPU

Quick Charge 2.0 & Double Tap 2 wake and Sleep ........
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkuso:
From where you got the info about the prices? Or is just a guess? I also think that the high specs version would have the price of 299.

Anyone knows how are these processors with the battery life.?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balaji.iyer21@gmail.com:
GUESS

Last Year Zen Fone 4,5.6. Price Point will be followed ...........

Camera Details On lower end version. is unknown
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waiters:
To my understanding atom processors are nowhere near the performance of current generation ARM.. Has anything changed? Is this cpu comparable to anything released in the last year?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
Benchmarks report the higher end one in zenphone 2 is comparable to snap Dragon 805. Not sure about battery efficiency.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waingro808:
In terms of real world performance, the Intel CPUs are very satisfying. I have a very old CloverTrail CPU in my Venue 8 tablet, and it feels just as snappy as the Snapdragon 800 in my phone, even though the 800 blows it away in benchmarks.

The big question is how is the ROM and dev support going to be for this phone.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waiters:
That's good to hear! I'm excited about this phone assuming 1) unlocked bootloader + source release and 2) Dev support
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeriaddaN:
So since I am new here and found this thread I had to ask..

I am intrigued by the Zenfone 2 but I like the Oneplus One as well..

I am an iOS user (got really tired of it.. ) and I am going to switch to Android.

The advice I've been given is to search if there are going to be custom ROMs and support before buying a phone!

Is there a reason to wait for the Zenfone 2 over the Oneplus One?

(Planning on using a custom ROM so it will have "pure" android (propably CM, dunno still searching) )

Thnx in advance
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmtemna:
Considering the specs on the ZenFone 2 are basically the same as all these 7-10" Windows tablets, how long before you think before we see full Windows 8.1/10 on the ZenFone 2?

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Having owned the OnePlus One and a Note 3 with CM11, they are both very nice. I have a good feeling about the ZenFone 2 though. More "open" hardware. You may also look at the Lenovo P90 (much bigger battery). The #1 advantage of the ZF2 or the P90 is that they both run 64bit processors, so they are ready for 64bit Android.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilbobvu:
Is the Zenfone2 gonna work on Verizon Network?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagniFtw:
With the 720p model, it'll be a 5 inch phone, right?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zmuhammx:
Go for ASUS you wont regret it!

If the price is acceptable,this one definitely will be a hot item.Asus is very committed in costumer satisfaction.their is extremely fast in software upgrading. Asus strategies in marketing have fortunes both side.for example,after zenfone 5 Lte out with kitkat ,month later(l believed its take a month just because its had a different cpu vendor) all previous Zenfone series also received same upgrading and all leftover stock in market becomes high demanded until need to refill. Now zenfone 5 is conquer over 4 Asean country and the funny things is I,the early owner of zenfone 5 still use jb because its alredy bugless in last jb version(finally usb OTG support) .In my country,zenfone 5 is one of hot items and now I'm very proud to shows off my fone to my friends cause its so popular. Now zenfone its definitely on theirs list.Thank you Asus for my dignity :D
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balaji.iyer21@gmail.com:
WHAT about GPL compliance of ASUS.... was there any word about device tree and source code???

how did xda opened a thread for zenfone 2????
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wavexda:
Hello everyone :)

I intend to buy a new phone but with dual card. I wanted to buy Xiaomi MI Note, but the cost is huge so I gave up. I stumbled upon a phone AusuZenfon2. As I watched some clips on YT seems that his camera much good. In Xioamia Mi Note camera is even better than the iPhone 6 Plus. I hope and Zenfonu 2 will be good camera.

What interests me is:

1. How satisfied are you with you thus far zenfonom users in general? :)

2. Procesor which is located in the Zenfone2 (64-bit Intel Atom 3560/3580 Quad Core Processor (Running at 1.8 / 2.3GHz) PowerVR Series 6 - G6430, with OpenGL 3.0 support), so I interesujeu which rank this processor in compared to the Snapdragon family? 800, 801 or maybe 805?

3. Does really feature HDR blacklight gives such good pictures in low light or is just marketing trick?

4. Will it will be 4K recording and slowmotion 240fps in zenfonu 2?

5. Zenfone 2 will have two models, one of 2GB and the other 4GB Ram. Is the difference only in RAM or a even a change?

Advance very grateful :)

PS I see the comments someone goes dead motherboard. How is this happening? And if this is a common problem with this phone?

P.S2 .. I looked at photos Zenfon 5 :crying:and unfortunately photos are bad :( phone that I now have a Xioami Mi3 and captures a lot of good pictures. Will Zenfone 2 have a better camera than Zenfona 5?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piskr:
Unfortunately not. Verizon works on CDMA network which is not supported by Zenfone 2 and is not supported by a lot of other phones. Verizon also uses LTE network and it is currently the broader LTE network in the USA. You can check the coverage here: http://www.verizonwireless.com/. The Verizon LTE network bands will be supported by some models of Zenfone 2. You could theoretically use Zenfone 2 on Verizon, but then you have to use voip instead of standard calling and depend fully on the LTE in general.

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Nobody uses the Zenfone 2 because it's not on the market yet. I have Asus tablet based on (an older) Intel SoC and I'll try to answer to your questions on the base of that experience:

1. I'm really satisfied with the tablet. It is fast, stable and modest in energy consumption.

2. Intel 3580 is generally considered better SoC than any of Snapdragons you mentioned and has better Antutu Results. Besides only the newest of Snapdragons 805 (and 810) is 64-bit, but both are 28nm, so they are likely less energy efficiently than Intel Atom 3560/3580, which are 22nm thick.

3. It's not a market trick. You can get live tests of camera performance.

4. yes.

5. It's not known yet, but I assume that Asus plans to offer entry level model with Intel 3560, 2GB RAM and lower resolution and high end with Intel 3580, 4GB RAM and higher resolution. Starting price for the first model is supposed to be $199 and for the second one $299. Additional ROM will probably increase the price. And there are still modifications which are not sorted out yet regarding LTE antennas regarding selling territory and 5 inch model which is currently still a big mystery.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aziz07:
+1 Screen Filter apps can sometimes cause unresponsive screen areas including Install button for apps. Its a google bug called tapjacking.

Try to reboot in recovery, clean app and dalvik cache.

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Use iFont app, you can choose from the tons of available fonts or manually upload your custom font file. It will try to directly change it, if it doesnt work, the app will give you the option to create an apk version of the font that you have to install manually. Then, you can see your new font appear in Settings>Display. :good:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowbaggie22:
Hi thanks for reply but I think that only changes app fonts I need the colour changed on the lock screen cuz it deep red same as theme and the asus clock widget both font red I need it white

Is there anyway to add new keyboards ent much in the themes of xda that I can c
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gladiatorz:
Guys is there anyway to install twrp or cwm recovery without unkocking bootloader.permanent recovery.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OfficerJimLahey:
You should be able to with a "dd" command while in normal boot, but I don't see the point as to why. OTA's would be a bad idea at that point, and you would definitely need to unlock BL before flashing any ROMs.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] analyticbastard:
Anybody has had problems with the compass? Mine is jumpy no matter how much I try to calibrate it with several apps.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gladiatorz:
M noob at all this stuff.its mentioned that there is no way to get it locked again and unlocking will void warranty.so i asked.and moreover without seeing utube videos m unable to do any thing by reading and typing commands
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaYoung28:
If I flash this phone with adb sideload.. Will it erase all of my data?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmendonc2:
I've never had a problem with the app "Screen Filter"
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devhux:
Is there any way to tame the blue color cast on the display? I've tried adjusting the color balance, but it still seems rather "Blue" compared to my LG G3.

(Yes, I know it may be a bit unfair to compare these two phones, but it's what I used before this)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] projectisaac:
Hey guys, I'm going to purchase a Zenfone 2. It seems to be the best bang for the buck. I'm leaning towards the US 2GB RAM model (the CPU isn't too much of an issue), but I am worried about performance issues with having 2GB less RAM. From people who have both models, what are your end user experiences with each model, both in performance and battery?

I'm considering trying to pick up a compromise:

http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_170574.html

1.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 32GB ROM

thoughts?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shayan4shayan:
Hi guys

i have zenfone 2 ze550ml

my dacive boots in recovery and i cant boot into system

I installed TWRP recovery and find out that cant mount data also i cant format it

now i want to format with terminal command but i dont khow data addres(EXAMPLE: mmcblk0p12)

if any one khow please tel me

or if you khow other sulotion please say

thanks
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abd121:
If your not interested in instantly flashing CM12.1/other ROM then 4 GB is a must cause 2GB only will go crazy with some multitasking

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Anyone knows why dungeon hunter 5 doesn't work......

Reviews said that game is working fine on ZF2 4GB edition
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devhux:
Any way to disable the CABC on this? (content aware backlighting, I think it's called). I really notice the brightness shift when using a 3rd party app to lower brightness at night (like Lux or Screen Filter).
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex86CT:
Hello guys, just for curiosity.

what are the problems for develop CM 12.1 for ZE550ML?

They got same Kernel sources.

I know that difference are display resolution and some features more than ZE550ML.

I don't know how develop a ROM,but is so difficult to adapt the ROMs?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OfficerJimLahey:
The barrier is having a developer who owns (and knows) the device. Developers don't like to adapt ROM's for devices they don't own, so we were waiting for one to get such device. But now, that wait is over:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.saini:
Battery Life & Ram

I buy a zenfone 2 and it has a worst battery life. I don't know is it a software bug or not. Also it has consumes a more ram where as i installed a 2-3 apps only. I also want to know when asus will update zenfone to 5.1.1
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaYoung28:
did flashing with adb sideload will lost all the data or not?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k@rtik':
zenfone 2

i recently unlocked my boot loader and flash cm 12.1 today with normal usage my phone get turn off when i try to start there is no asus logo nothing directly started and shows the battery with black screen like charging the phone in switch off mode what can i do now..??
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devhux:
Battery life definitely isn't the best, but if you root and install/configure Greenify & Amplify, you can help tame apps and Wakelocks that are preventing the phone from going to deep sleep. Some of the battery issues may be attributed to running Android 5.0 instead of 5.1.1 as well (something which is probably coming, but we have no firm details yet).

As for the RAM consumption, Android handles RAM much differently than say, Windows. On Android, lots of free memory is actually wasted memory, and it's not uncommon to see the device consuming more RAM when it's available. Basically, let Android worry about memory management instead of you. :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 22998W108987:
Wi-Fi connection using hidden SSID

Sorry my bad English.

When I enable hidden SSID,my phone disconnect and never reconnect.

My phone is still find hidden SSID and trying to connect.

But when my phone try to connect,Wi-Fi strength become minimum or 0 and failed to connect.

When I disabling hidden SSID,it connect smoothly.

How to solve this problem?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MateenMirza:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3152637 join what's app group there's also discussions going on..
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuck7421:
I installed twrp 2.8.7.0 .I tried to restore a backup . I get the E cannot read system error. I basically can't restore any of my backups can someone please help!!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LimpsFP:
Anyone

Anyone can help me??

About enable all LTE band....
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotgaofla:
I got a problem using Mxplayer on Zen2. When i use HW or HW+ decoder to play 1080p video, the screen turn black, but if i touch the screen to access the control bar, the video play perfectly, and when the control bar auto hide, the video turn to black again. The only 2 ways to watch video using HW or HW+ decoder is:

+ Dont let the control bar auto hide, watch video with it onscreen (this method sucks)

+ Use the "Lock" feature to lock the video screen while playing.

I tried both Beta Mxplayer and the normal one on the playstore, they both went down to this problem. I did download the x86 codec for Mxplayer, and tried others codec too.

Is there any way to solve this?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmendonc2:
Look in the threads under "Radios":

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61687953&postcount=6
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pranay Singh:
Need Help!

When i rooted my device I uninstalled some of the Asus pre-loaded apps including Power Saver and Zen Circle. I wanted to unroot my Zenfone. Can I do it by going in the Super SU app or is there another method. I want to apply OTA updates.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ani Debbarma:
Games like asphalt 8, vector, Riptide gp2 are not running smooth

I updated to the latest firmware but still game are getting slow and laggy compared to other phones like galaxy note neo3........

Is this a problem in my phone? Or something else?

I bought the $300 model (2.3 Ghz and 4 gb ram)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaza98:
Just to make sure, there are no other apps that you know of that are running at the same time? (Even though that shouldn't be an issue...)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grandduos1:
regarding sim 2 data netrwork

i s there any way to enable sim 2 as data network

does rooting help

is this a hardware issue?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alamarco:
I tried searching, I'm coming up dry. How do I flash back to stock firmware? I have TWRP and SlimLP. I know the bootloader will stay unlocked, just looking to get back on ASUS firmware. I was able to download the zip from ASUS' website, but no idea how to install it. I don't think installing with TWRP is the right method.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troy5890:
You didn't make a nandroid backup before you installed the rom?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alamarco:
I made a backup in TWRP, which is usually good enough, but I found out later TWRP has bugs restoring so I'm just going to flash stock. Regardless, there should still be a way of flashing stock. I hear people talk about it and saying they've done it, but no one has said how.

edit: I believe I found the answer. I'll have to verify after work.

TWRP->Advanced->Adb Sideload

PC->cmd->adb sideload <file>
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaYoung28:
So.. How is it?

Did you already flash with adb sideload?

Did you lost all of the data?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alamarco:
Sorry, still at work for another 4 hours so can't confirm the result until then.

As for your second question, all data will be lost. Even if the flash didn't erase anything you shouldn't be dirty flashing from different ROMs. So I'll be doing a wipe either way.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alamarco:
Well, I'm probably done for the day. I couldn't get my device to be recognized when I went to TWRP adb sideload. I could see it in fastboot, see it in USB debugging, see it in TWRP, but as soon as I went to try and sideload it wouldn't see it. It wouldn't even show up in Device Manager.

I decided to download the rooted ROM and flashed that. So I'm stock rooted, although I can't boot into recovery as it keeps coming up with an Error. Not sure where to go from here. Would appreciate some help.

Just remembered the error is just an ASUS bug. Was able to get into the recovery. Still stuck at trying to restore stock. I'm at a better place (stock recovery, stock OS plus root), but still not stock.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackfrost012:
Hi there guys. Just wanna ask if i can use intel phone flashtool on zenfone 2?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taco_Human:
Has anyone here experienced the "camera failed to launch" bug? It was working fine for about a month before it stopped working. I finally rooted the phone today. I have the Z008D model. Is this link valid to fixing it? Or is there some other way that'll fix it?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CATman77:
Unroot ASUS Zenfone 2

Hi all,

I recently bought a ASUS Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML). Great phone! Love it! But I wanted to try out other roms to see if it will work even better. :D

I've Rooted and unlocked my device and tried to put CM12.1 on it. It has failed to do that. Then I found PARANOID ANDROID for the Zenfone2 and I installed it.

It was working! But after a few seconds I got the popup that google has stopped working, and soon after that more google apps stopped. I couldn't even get to my contacts.

So I decided to remove everything and go back to stock, back to factory settings. I whiped my whole phone and now it only startup to teamwin. :rolleyes: I try to instal the stockrom zip file but it failed to install it.:crying:

Anyone can help me to put my phone back to factory settings? With the original ROM and unrooted?

Thx for the reply

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OK, Now it's even worse. Now teamwin has disappeared and every-time I see the android logo where I can select "Recoverymode,power off, etc." (Weldone :good:)

Hope someone can still help me with this.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @Ardy:
How to unlock sim 2 to active 4G

Can anyone tell me how to unlock sim 2 on zenfone 2 to active 4G is it possible or not to use rom on it???
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasspreet:
guys i am facing a strange problem.whenevr i connect my phone to laptop over usb it gets turned off and start charging.phone is at 27 percent health or any other percentage of health(i mean to say that battery is not so low for the phone to turn off).can anybody troubleshoot it pls.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ai3gtmc:
I want to go back to stock. I'm using SLIMLP, rooted, unlocked BL but I want to go back to stock. How do I do that? I made a nandroid but it got corrupted(bad pc hardrive)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex86CT:
Guys, with AOSP ROM is possible connect data with 2nd SIM?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szrodo:
SIM 2 unavailable and ADB

Hi Guys,

I recently bought a ZE551ML. What is weird, after powering on the phone the SIM 1 is OK, the SIM 2 is unavailable and grayed out. It looks like the flight mode would be turned on (the only difference is that SIM 1 is available).

I googled a bit, I played with turning on the flight mode for a while, disabling and re-enabling SIM 2, factory reset from the settings, factory reset from the bootloader, nothing has been changed.

The weirdest thing is that 10-20 minutes after the phone is powered on the SIM 2 is becoming available and usable. Did anyone have similar issue?

The firmware is 2.19.40.22. I downloaded from ASUS 2.19.40.21 and 2.19.40.20. I tried to downgrade the FW with ADB, to check if this is a FW issue, however apparently the ADB is flashing the phone but after I reboot the phone, in the Settings>About>Sw info the built number is still 2.19.40.22.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anas214812:
ota update not working after routing and Unrooting :(

I rooted my device once and unrooted by flashing official Rom but even after that I am not getting any ota update ...could you please assists me ?

Thanks in advance
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] espeon:
Is it normal for fastboot to always say a flash failed, even though they actually succeed?

I'm on linux of that matters (it really shouldn't though)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howar31:
Does ZE551ML have root now?