yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbrewer123:
Thanks again for the tips. App Quarantine says it no longer supports Android 5.0, and Titanium Backup looks impressive but way more than I need. I gave Disable Application a try and it seems able to freeze apps without much hassle. So I've got Clean Master frozen and am a happy camper.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] no-success:
Just got my Zenphone 2 Z00AD should I root before I do any software updates? I was thinking about using the WinDroid toolkit? Am I going about this the right way?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burlone:
problem with installation a custom rom

Hello , I have a ZE550ML , I have unlocked the bootloader, root permissions and TWRP recovery, but I can not install any kind of rom except this : http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/development/rom-ze550ml-2-19-40-23-light-t3160582 .

I always get an error message with other Rom .

Someone can help me ?

Thanks a lot
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nagzett:
EN: Hello guys, I have a ZE551ML and a few days I realized that the Auto-start manager just disappeared. Does anyone know what happened? Anyone else having the same problem?

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BR: Olá pessoal, eu tenho um ZE551ML e a alguns dias percebi que o Gerenciador de Auto-início simplesmente desapareceu. Alguém sabe o que aconteceu? Mais alguém está com o mesmo problema?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewellyn:
2GB vs 4GB?

I'm looking at the 2GB ZE551ML since it looks like the only viable choice for the features I'm seeking (unless I stop caring about US LTE support). However, the one thing I can't really find is "What are the user-noticeable limitations of the 2GB model vs the 4GB model?"

I'm aware that the 4GB model has more memory and a slightly faster CPU. But does it make any realistic difference? I have no clue how many of the apps I use (not that many, actually...) use ARM-only NDK code, but I suspect that's not a major issue for me. (Indeed, I've never used an x86 phone, so it may be a very useful learning experience for me to run some of my own NDK stuff against it!) And SIM2 is going to have the SIM that's been in a 512MB burner phone for much of the year, and my current daily driver (will be SIM1) doesn't even have the equivalent of 2GB. So, I don't think 2GB vs 4GB is going to be much of an issue (I have a Shield Tablet LTE for gaming).

I honestly don't see that much reason to pay more, even though it's only like 30 bucks, unless there are things I am not finding between the models. But who better to ask than the people who have bought the phone already? :D Specifically, I'd be curious if the modems or other internals differ between models. But my gut says that at this price point, they're going to use as many identical parts across the models as they can. :cool:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeX1009:
The LED doesn't work in priority mode. This work for Nexus and Motorola phones. Is it normal?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightfox7:
Sim 1 problem?

Just curious if anyone else is having this issue, I did a quick search but didn't see anything.

Occasionally while using my phone, I will get a pop up saying "Sim 1 not installed" and I will not be able to use my phone, due to the fact that it thinks my sim card is not installed. I thought it might be due to having an old sim card, but I got a new one from AT&T and still have the same problem.

I have the 4gb version, ZE551ML. Stock everything, not rooted.

Any ideas? to fix it I restart my phone.. it won't do it for a couple days sometimes, then other days it is multiple times a day.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricochet90:
Anyone knows where I can buy a new screen + digitizer for the zenfone 4gb?

I've seen many people selling those on aliexpress and ebay but some of them don't have the asus logo so I think they are fake.

Anyone can point me to a trustworthy seller?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cian_lei:
Stuck in USB Logo, can't go into recovery mode/fastboot

Hi, my phone is stuck in USB logo though I'm not sure how it became this way since all I did was leave the phone charged overnight. At the moment it won't even charge (it doesn't show an orange light at the upper right side)

Prior, to this it was working fine. I did flash my Zenfone 2 ZE551ML to its original stock rom before, but it was 5 days ago and my phone never showed any problem at all until now. I also can't enter recovery mode/fastboot.

I was wondering if there was any other way to unbrick this phone?

When I connect it to my pc It just says moorefield in the device manager.

Is there any way to resolve this aside from going to a service center?

P.S My phone was rooted before but it was working fine after I flashed it to stock rom.

Any help/tip would be appreciated thanks :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbrewer123:
This phone does binary translation of ARM binaries to x86, so no worries on compatibility. That said, there are people reporting 1 or 2 games that don't run right, it's not clear why that is/was though. I'm not a gamer so I don't follow that closely. I've got in the neighborhood of 200 apps installed, not all of them used on this device, but haven't noticed any app issues unique to this phone.

I'm running the 4 GB model, rooted, and my phone has been up for 125 hours since last rebooted. I have 14 tabs open in chrome, emacs running (via 64-bit ubuntu installed in Linux Deploy), google maps, google hangouts, google inbox, and a smattering of other things open. The Apps screen reports 1.9 GB of memory "in use", 1.3 GB "cached", and 491 MB "free". So what I'm doing at the moment is probably only slightly over what would fit in 2GB. And Android would probably just close a few things if I only had 2 GB without me really noticing.

Hope that helps as a real-world datapoint.

---------- Post added at 21:05 ---------- Previous post was at 20:51 ----------

I also have the 4 GB ZE551ML (rooted for several months) and have never seen this issue. My sim is Simple Mobile. It unfortunately sounds like a hardware issue, but it's a little odd that it fixes with a rebot. Have you verified the sim is fully inserted as far as it will go? I would try removing and inserting the sim several times to help clean the contacts. If that doesn't fix it, I would consider contacting the seller or Asus for possible replacement.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] projectisaac:
Hey guys. Recently got a new ZenFone 2, with 4GB RAM and 1.8GHz processor and 16GB internal storage. It is a ZE551ML.

I am having a couple of issues: first off, when I attempt to change my notification sound using zedge, it just doesn't do anything. ZEDGE thinks all is good and sends me back to the settings... where the sound has no indication it has been changed, and testing reveals it has not been changed. Using media selection though, I can choose my ZEDGE tones and all is good, so I at least have a workaround.

The other issue I have not found a workaround for. I like to use Google voice for my voicemail needs; I successfully installed it and tried to set up the ZenFone to use it as my voicemail carrier, but every time I select it from the voicemail service section, I get a "com.android.phone has stopped" error.

Does anyone know of any fixes or workarounds? Am I just being stoopid? Thanks for reading!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] projectisaac:
Also, did a firmware update remove ultra saving mode from the power management? It only goes up to super saving since I received it (august firmware, don't remember the build)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastermarkofroms:
Hello Mark here would you happen to be on the most up to date zenfone 2 firmware or? ( meaning all updates installed) if so then it could be just the zedge as me running stock has no issues at the moment. I don't use zedge but when I downloaded zedge and could not recreate the issue so you may need to send your phone away for repairs as it sounds like a sound issue.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewellyn:
That helps me know that the 4GB model runs well, yes. :D Considering that no one's chimed in about the 2GB model (I can only assume that ARM binaries run slower on the slower CPU, but I can't find anything saying how much slower...), I may have to just buy the 4GB model. I am just concerned that the faster CPU may be more of a battery drain. :( But it's not like I don't already carry around power banks for the two phones it's replacing, as well as my other electronics...

Thanks for the reply. :D

I guess my only remaining question is whether unlocking the bootloader voids the warranty (I assume it does, but don't see any definite confirmation on that). I wanted to try out http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/zf2-running-windows-7-using-kvm-t3153299 but that's definitely not worth voiding warranty over. :p
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightfox7:
I have tried removing and reinstalling the sim card a number of times. I can not get it to happen regularly, its very intermittent. I contacted Asus and they kept trying to tell me it was a carrier issue so i went to AT&T and got a new sim, and it still happens. So I called Asus back and told them and they told me that it was not their problem and that returns have to be handled through AT&T, even though I told them I bought the phone off of amazon.. Just kinda confused at this point.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] شیرخدا:
Hi, how do you disable a VPN on a zenfone 2 with android 5.x. When not using the built in android vpn option rather using an app.

What I'm looking for is the option that on stock android is underneath the quick toggles, there is a key symbol and next to it is written 'Network may be monitored' and when you click on that you get the option to disable the VPN but on zen ui while the key symbol is there on the status bar there is nowhere to click on it.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fred_gaou:
adb in batch

Hi,

A while ago, with win XP SP3 I successfully used the 1 click root tool provided in Asus Zenfone 2 | Resources all in one thread.

I used the CheckBeforeAction.bat to check if I could safely run the root process. On XP, it automatically works.

Now I try this very same batch on my Win 8.1 x64 and it doesn't work properly. I know script and batch so I can analyze what happens but can't figure out how to fix it.

When I run the batch, it runs 2 commands:

adb wait-for-devices
adb reboot bootloader

Ouput console says:

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

Then my phone reboot to bootloader and I get the same as this image. Except for IFWI version (0094.0177) and instead of FASTBOOT CMD WAITING… I get CONTINUE THE FASTBOOT PROCESS. I assume it's ok and irrelevant to explain the next failure. But prove me wrong.

At this point, the batch keeps waiting forever while on XP, it continued displaying the next echo command in console:

echo Make sure 'ASUS Android Bootloader Interface' installed on your computer successfully.

It is by the way. So on win 8.1 I run the taskmanager and see 2 running adb.exe processes (the ones embedded in the root kit tool), their command line info is:

adb fork-server server (no parent process, user is me)

adb reboot bootloader (parent is cmd.exe - the batch, user is me)

I guess, here is the issue. Why is adb reboot bootloader still running?

So I kill only this one. This allow the batch to continue and display the text above. I go next step, the batch successfully run:

fastboot devices

then

fastboot reboot

And my phone successfully reboot.

So my phone successfully receive adb and fastboot commands. But the batch doesn't work as intended and the other batches to root or unroot won't neither because of this adb reboot bootloader that doesn't end by itself.

Please can someone with same device (see my sign) and win 8.1 x64 run the CheckBeforeAction.bat and check if it works?

My drivers for ASUS Android Bootloader Interface and ASUS Android Composite ADB Interface are from manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. and version 8.0.0.3. For those who will test, please report your driver info.

Tested on rooted stock ROM v2.20.40.97 and v2.20.40.63.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishekr700:
It may be just a little problem with the script, i don't know exactly but maybe the scripts was written for an older version of cmd.

Also it is possible that the drivers ain't working properly so the systm doesn't know knowthat the reboot bootloader command has already executed successfully.

I don't have your phone but you can try removing all drivers, downloading latest drivers and then using the shell script.

Thanks and Regards

ABHISHEK

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[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Navid1989:
how to find recovery image for Version CN_2.20.40.100 to change it to ww version

how to find recovery image for Version CN_2.20.40.100 to change it to ww version

please help me
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] projectisaac:
Yes, I am currently on the most up to date firmware. The only issues I have are that ZEDGE cannot change my default notification ringtone (media selector can), and trying to set Google voice as my voicemail provider restarts settings and does not succeed.

ZEDGE can easily change my phone's calling ringtone though, and notification through hangouts. Sound outputs just fine from my speakers and headphones, so I highly doubt there is a hardware issue.

I do run into an issue when I plug headphones in to the jack while music from play music is playing: the audio ships for an indeterminate amount of time. Unplugging the headphones makes the music play fine, and pausing the music before plugging in the headphones results in non skipping audio when play is pushed (pausing and resuming while the headphones are plugged in during the skipping solves nothing). I still need to test whether this happens in the music apps.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Segaey:
Update the Rom

Hallo

I have the official rom for the mobile, and I want to apply the update by using the sd-card, how can I do that, I read in many threads they say go to recovery mode and choose Update mode, in update mode select the update from external storage

there is no update mode in Zenfone 2 or any option to update from external storage, so How can I solve this issue please ??

can anyone help me, and also I don't have enough information to do it developer style :) :angel:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marcyvee:
Hi, I ask here because I haven't enough experience to ask in the right thread.

I saw that the project t kernel support the f2fs file system. At now, which rom support it too?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalithesh:
The stock recovery on Asus does not support Install from SD Card. (I just went into d recovery mode of my fone and checked.) It supports updating via ADB though. But since you say u dont have much knowledge on this, I would suggest you NOT to touch this, since u have a serious chance of bricking ur phone.

If u want to install from SD card, you would need a custom recovery such as TWRP.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnsngr:
Hi i dont know if its asked before but why do we have a 32 bit os but we have a 64 bit cpu? İ know its not much important for now but it bothers me
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eborden:
Adb sideload help needed

Hi I tried flashing a custom rom on my ZE550ML last week amd now have a soft brick(i think). I have looked through many threads and cannot seem to get the answers I need.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong with adb. I have the drivers and the firmware. When I reboot to recovery to apply update from adb, I get error saying "closed".

I change the firmware zip filename after watching other vids and reading different posts. Can someone help me understand if either I can't restore my phone or what I am doing wrong.?Thanks in advance!

my command line reads C:\adb>adb push ULZ008WW.ziip /sdcard/ .
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faddyie:
[MENTION=5181349]abhishekr700[/MENTION]

I am facing following problems:

1. Battery gets from 0 to 100% in just half an hour on the adapter received.

2. on the black or darker background, screen flickers then settle down.

also is there any way to know if this set is a new and not RMAd

got zenfone 2 4gb RAm version yesterday.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toronadian:
I just installed Wakelock Detector Free as a system app. I have my device rooted, bootloader still locked. Prior to installing Wakelock Detector, I'd just unroot and take OTA and there would be no issue. I'm wondering now that Wakelock Detector is installed as a system app, for future OTA updates will there be issues? Thanks.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krdeasis:
HELP!

I have a Asus Zenfone 2 here, it's actually a friend of mine's. I have my own Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 4 here at home. One time, my Zenfone 4 was stuck on the infamous "USB LOGO", but then I was able to fix it, though I lost all of my data. My Zenfone 4 bricked while updating from KK to Lollipop.

So back to my new problem, my friend's Asus Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML 16gb Variant) was stuck on the USB LOGO. She told me that she charged it while her phone was off because it only had 2% battery.

I tried searching for solutions, but every time, it would require me to set the developer options of the phone. But I can't open it anymore. I really need help in this, please! :crying::crying::crying::crying:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komendickbutt:
please help

my friend had asus ze550ml, and he tried to flash custom rom using temporary cwm, and now his phone cant boot, even into recovery mode or bootloader. it's just vibrating every couple of minutes.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishekr700:
maybe its a hardware problem....get in touch with the service cenre....

Please press thanks button...
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunder45:
Bricked?

My phone got frozen while I was reading facebook news. Battery was about 60%. I turned it off, but it doesn't turn on again. It just quickly splashes the "ASUS In search of Incredible/ Powered by Android" and then goes off again.

I tried to get to Recovery Mode by holding volume UP and power buttons, but it didn't even get to the point the device vibrates. I tried the same with volume DOWN as well. No good.

The charging battery icon shows battery is being charged ok.

Is it dead for good?

Thanks
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorilla51:
Restoring a zenfone 2 to Stock

I would really appreciate any advice help on this that I can get.

I know enough to just be dangerous. I have my phone rooted and removed the bloatware from my zenfone. Now I want to restore the bloatware so that I can run the system updates and get the official Asus boot loader unlock utility.

I have tried replacing the app and priv app folders with stock versions but My phone wont allow me to copy into that directory.

When I plug my phone into my pc I only get the internal sd storage folder. no system folders.

Anyone know what I can do? I have looked and searched forums but nothing has helped as of yet.

Thanks a lot

Gorilla
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadow50000:
Hey guys, first time here, soery about the formatting, typing this on my phone. Have a bit of an issue with the boot loader. I used the official boot loader unlock tool from Asus so that I could flash TWRP onto my phone, so that I could hopefully load a custom Marshmallow ROM onto it. But whenever I try to boot into boot loader mode, the phone resets. Specifically, it acts like it's unlocking the boot loader again, and then resets automatically. I removed the app that did this, to no avail. The phone also can't boot into fastmode now for some reason, so I'm at a loss.

My phone was stock to begin with, Asus Zenfone 2 Z00AD, all I changed was unlocking the boot loader. I have the full Android SDK installed on my pc, as well as a copy of the latest stock firmware for my phone on my pc. Could I try and put that on it, and that would reset everything? That way perhaps I could try a better way of unlocking the boot loader? Again, Apologies if this comes off as extremely uneducated, I'm very new to this field. Thanks guys. :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acurrie:
I'm having the same problem as previous poster... Can't get this phone to stay in fastboot mode for more than 5 seconds or so.

My specific device is the Z00AD, running v2.20.40.97 of the ASUS firmware. I used the official unlocking tool which seemed to work; I can get into the bootloader via adb, but I'm almost immediately greeted with this message:

fastboot cmd waiting...

unlock successfully... reboot after 5 seconds

I've unlocked bootloaders on a bunch of Nexus phones and the OnePlus One, but have never come across anything like this. Any insight would be most appreciated... Thanks in advance!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkdragon505:
Unable to stay in bootloader

Trying to flash a new ROM on my SO's ZenFone, and I'm having the exact same problem right now. Really annoying since she's excited to finally root her first Android phone. I'm so used to how easy my Nexus 5 is to tinker with :p
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabeza:
ze551ml versus xt1543

Hi guys

I'm doing some research for replacing my Moto G first gen.

I need a phone with dual sim capability and LTE with support for bands 4/28 (700, 1700)

After searching phones available in my country, the final round is between

Moto G 3rd. Gen XT1543 2gb ram 16gb rom // vs // Asus Zenfone 2 ze551ml 4gbram 64gbrom

I've been checking some youtube videos comparing both (or similar) phones, and cannot make a decision, so

Which are the features you love from your zenfone 2 which would make you choose it (again) against the Moto G ? :rolleyes:

thanks a lot in advance
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomerpar133:
hi all

i have a few weird things with my phone

first the youtube app is not updated (my version is 5 and the current one on the play store is 10)

second, every time i open a browser (any browser) it opens another tab and installs a random app to my phone

sometimes it transfer me to the play store to a random app but most of the times it install an app without my permission

anyone knows how to fix it?

thanks
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aytex:
Notifications?

I only seem to be receiving them if they are running in the backround? any way to fix it
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabrielx92:
full windows on zenfone 2

I am not sure if this is the right place for this, but what exactly would be required in order to install a full version on Windows on an Asus Zenfone 2? It has x86 architecture. It would be a dream of mine to be able to play controller compatible windows games on the go. Morrowind, via Open MW, for example does not require a lot of computing power. And supports a joystick if you install it with OpenMW.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobody00:
hi, did anyone managed to root the ze500kl? should i try this tutorial? http://guideroot.net/how-to-root-asus-zenfone-2-lazer-ze500kl-16gb/
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunder45:
My phone has ressurected today. It still doesn't boot to recovry with the VolUP+Pwr button combination, but it does get to the application again.

I'll I did was to let the battery drain, charged again and then tried random seconds holding the power button.

Thanks