yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alinawazkhan:
Thanks for the reply. I'm just scared of flashing motoboot and gpt bricking my phone. But if it worked for you, i hope it does for me too. Thanks again.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alinawazkhan:
Also, does this method solve the screen ripple effect after the downgrade to KitKat?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kral0:
The Ripple :eek:

When running Kitkat the ripple is still there but if you turn the screen off and on again it'll go away. If you then OTA to 5.0.2 there's no rippling whatsoever :D.

P.S. for the flashing of motoboot it is paramount that you use fastboot. I'd have a gander at the comments in the first thread I linked you the details are there.
[ZenFone 2 General] Gamm86:
The Zenphone 2 has been released into the wild starting in Asus's own back yard, so it only a matter of time before it will be widely available.

Price bandings are as follows

ZE551ML (5.5″, 1080p display, 4GB RAM, 32GB) – 8990 NT$ (~US $285)

ZE551ML (5.5″, 1080p display, 2GB RAM, 32GB) – 6990 NT$ (~US $221)

ZE550ML (5.5″, 720p display, 2GB RAM, 16GB) – 5990 NT$ (~US $190)

ZE550CL (5″, 720p display, 2GB RAM, 16GB) – 4990 NT$ (~US $158)

Very competitively priced and will see a lot of interest no doubt.

For a full read up.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Asus...b-300-price-tag-on-the-4-GB-RAM-model_id66978

Any takers? Prices seem very interesting.
[ZenFone 2 General] piskr:
There is still a lot of confusion regarding models, price and specs. Another site specified ZE models as: http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/comparison/462d26b69. It would be very useful to know exactly which LTE bands are assigned to the particular model. Maybe someone from Taiwan could clarify us whether 4GB ZE551ML intended for Taiwan market carries all LTE bands as specified on referred page or only 3 bands as is it advertised for the cheaper model on asus.com.
[ZenFone 2 General] MironV:
I wonder if there will be any 64GB version, as well.
[ZenFone 2 General] Spyrious:
Any shops that have it listed?
[ZenFone 2 General] Fire code:
ZE551ML (5.5″, 1080p display, 4GB RAM, 64GB) – 9990 NT$ (~US $317)

ZE551ML (5.5″, 1080p display, 4GB RAM, 32GB) – 8990 NT$ (~US $285)

ZE551ML (5.5″, 1080p display, 2GB RAM, 32GB) – 6990 NT$ (~US $221)

ZE550ML (5.5″, 720p display, 2GB RAM, 16GB) – 5990 NT$ (~US $190)

ZE550CL (5″, 720p display, 2GB RAM, 16GB) – 4990 NT$ (~US $158)
[ZenFone 2 General] uniQ_87:
When is it gonna be available for purchase??
[ZenFone 2 General] nklenchik:
I for one cannot wait. I like the option to have a 5 inch phone but I don't like how it's gimped stat-wise.
[ZenFone 2 General] MironV:
Thank you!

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Asus...o-enlists-a-64-GB-storage-version-too_id67192
[ZenFone 2 General] slaia:
Very appealing

I hope the 64GB version will be available in the UK. The specs are very appealing indeed. I only hope that Asus has improved their track record in providing Android updates. I remember my very expensive Asus Transformer tablet did not get any Android updates and after tiring of trying some custom ROMs, which were never good enough, I sold it cheaply.
[ZenFone 2 General] tcyjohnny:
I am in the same camp, although there's no info on when the 4Gb/32Gb version will come to the UK?! I hope it'll be soon!
[ZenFone 2 General] piskr:
I asked too and got the same answer. That sucks cause it practically locks your cell to your country and makes it pretty useless if you travel. I tried to get the explanation by phone but it was fruitless since outside Taiwan no branch office knows anything about the device and in Taiwan you can't get through auto reply which is of course only in Chinese. The only bright spot is that the Taiwanese seller's site specifies it different but it could be the false Google translation again (http://www.asus.com/tw/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/specifications/).
[ZenFone 2 General] Kamatari+:
Is it a normal occurrence for a phone to share the same model number across three different phones?
[ZenFone 2 General] Fire code:
Yes,as

Zenfone 5(2G/16G、2G/32G=A500CG)

Zenfone 5 LTE(2G/8G、2G/16G、2G/32G=A500KL)
[ZenFone 2 General] lonestarranger:
It's stupid and is not common, but Asus possibly has a mind of it's own (see Zenfone 5).
[ZenFone 2 General] Efuma:
According to an Asus representative on Asus' Taiwan Zentalk forum, ZE550ML and ZE551ML models sold in TW have the following LTE bands:

FDD-LTE: (TW)

2100MHz(1)/1900MHz(2)/1800MHz(3)/1700MHz AWS(4)/850MHz(5)/900MHz(8)/700MHz(28)
[ZenFone 2 General] piskr:
This is the extract from one Indonesian website (typo regarding TDD-LTE corrected) and it looks to me pretty accurate considering all previously gathering information:

2G:

· EDGE / GPRS / GSM:

· 850/900/1800/1900,

3G:

· WCDMA:

· 850/900/1900/2100

· TD-SCDMA (CN )

· 1900 ~ 2100

4G:

· FDD-LTE: (TW)

· 2100MHz (1) / 1900MHz (2) / 1800MHz (3) / 1700MHz AWS (4) / 850MHz (5) / 900MHz (8) / 700MHz (28)

· FDD-LTE: (WW)

· 2100MHz (1) / 1900MHz (2) / 1800MHz (3) / 1700MHz AWS (4) / 850MHz (5) / 2600MHz (7) / 900MHz (8) / 800MHz (20)

· FDD-LTE: (US)

· 2100MHz (1) / 1900MHz (2) / 1800MHz (3) / 1700MHz AWS (4) / 850MHz (5) / 2600MHz (7) / 900MHz (8) / 700MHz (17) / 800 MHz (20)

· FDD-LTE (CN / V)

· 2100MHz (1) / 1800MHz (3)

· TDD-LTE (CN / V)

· 2600MHz (38) / 1900MHz (39) / 2300MHz (40) / 2500MHz (41)
[ZenFone 2 General] zombination:
I don't understand why there is two configurations for US and WW because bands are all the same except band 17 missing (would be better to keep this band for WW, this band will be deployed in europe soon)
[ZenFone 2 General] Overandout:
Makes you wonder what the ebay sellers think they have for sale... still I won't be taking the risk.

Either I'll wait for the WW SKU (the only one that works for me) or I'll buy something else.

No pressure Asus, but you have until 3rd April to release the WW SKU phone or you lose my custom!! :p (as if they care!)
[ZenFone 2 General] piskr:
Band 17 is typical for the USA and some rare other countries but is is certainly not implemented anywhere in Europe. But I agree that distribution of frequencies is not optimal. In fact the US model is the most "worldwide".
[ZenFone 2 General] haydeezz:
how about ZE551ML 2GB ram.. and 16GB internal memory ?
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
I'm dropping my OnePlus One for this bad boy. Going to wait and see what the Ebay sellers have for prices once there's an actual release for the 4GB version. It's the only way I'll end up getting one. Right now I could buy the ZE551ML with 2GB of memory and 32GB of storage for about $290 which isn't bad at all. I think it's ridiculous that people are paying upwards of $1000 for the 4GB version on there though.
[ZenFone 2 General] troy5890:
Yeah I think that's ridiculous too. I really think it's ridiculous to charge more than the original price just because the seller wants some extra money. ??
[ZenFone 2 General] nklenchik:
To be honest, if I were the seller, I'd be doing the same thing. People will pay for a product in low demand.
[ZenFone 2 General] troy5890:
That's true.
[ZenFone 2 General] arrrgh:
It's a trick the ebay sellers use, if you check the sales history they actually sold the phones for $380 and then ramped up the price for the last phone in stock (that thankfully no one bought). Now that it's in stock 4/64gb phones are selling for ~$350.
[ZenFone 2 General] 3165dwayne:
i bit the bullet

i took the chance and bought one. I went for the 4GB RAM model. I'll be happy to share what I find in the coming days.
[ZenFone 2 General] Aceofzeroz:
Good on ya! :cool::thumbup: Slowly more and more peeps are bringing hands-on awesomeness with the growing Zenfone 2 community, it's making me really excited for next month!:D
[ZenFone 2 General] unezi:
I don't know if those prices will be confirmed on tuesday for France...

http://eshop.asus.com/fr-FR/mobile?cat=2645
[ZenFone 2 General] alose:
I bought off E-bay from 23-port on Weds. and received the Phone this morning. Works very nice so far. I have T-Mobile for a carrier in the US (Central MO) and and tested and works on 3G, UTMS, and LTE (4G). I bought the 4G/64G version.
[ZenFone 2 General] miky1989:
Yeeees!! Maybe in Italy we'll have same prices.. hope :/

But the 64gb version? Where is it?

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[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Wednesday the 25th? If so, that's super fast shipping and it means I should have mine Monday or Tuesday.
[ZenFone 2 General] geegs8:
What model number? I've been seeing so many types listed and am sort of confused. Also have tmobile and want this phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
ZE551ML is the one you're after but it comes in 2GB with 32GB storage and 4GB which has either 32 or 64GB storage.
[ZenFone 2 General] geegs8:
Thanks. http://www.bgr.in/news/asus-zenfone-2-has-five-variants-that-will-confuse-the-hell-out-of-you/

That title was about where I was at. Ha. The other versions don't seem to be much better than my z2 so that would be stupid.
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
Warning removed, Asus France edited their store.
[ZenFone 2 General] geegs8:
That's why I am confused as to how there are some on ebay that say 32GB with 2.3GHz
[ZenFone 2 General] canuck-e:
I don't beleive this is correct. Here's a link to the Asus Taiwan Webstore and they list both the 4gb phones with the same 3580 processor clockedcat 2.3Ghz.

http://store.asus.com/tw/item/201503AM060000048/A22572
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
How do you know this? Do you have one in front of you? A user on reddit posted an unboxing video one and he says its the Z3580.
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
Just talking about the french Asus store:

[IMG="zenfone 2 cpu"]http://puu.sh/gSDq6/a901c16477.jpg[/IMG]

As you can see it's the 1.8 GHz Z3560.

Also link to the reddit post? Interested.
[ZenFone 2 General] Overandout:
But the line above your red underscore says that it has 2GB RAM… so that is what we expect. Trouble is the main product description is for a 4 GB RAM phone…. I think even Asus are confused…

I just checked the Asus taiwan store and the 4GB RAM 32GB version is listed as 2.3Ghz…
[ZenFone 2 General] SiriusCybernetik:
I don't live in France but ordered it through a mail forwarding address (cost me an additional 5€).

The email confirmation says 4GB RAM-32GB storage. If it is anything other than that, I will return it straight away.

The only downside is that I still don't have the promo code by if this promo code will be on top of 350€, I prefer 300 without.

They say it will be sent out by April 10, so I can still cancel my order if it turns out to be less expensive on March 31.
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
If you look right above the part you highlighted it says 2 go de RAM. That translates to 2GB RAM. That is the 2GB ZE551ML variant with the Z3560. The 4GB version has the Z3580. I think you should edit your warning post, it's only adding to people's confusion.
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
Not removing it since in the title it clearly says 4GB.

Rather warn people to check properly than getting stuck with a device they don't want.
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
I didn't say remove, I said edit. Right now you have people thinking the 4GB version doesn't have the Z3580 which it does.
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
Edited it for more clarity.

Also there IS a 4GB Z3560 version, canuck-e obviously has the Z3560 as his AnTuTu is 40k vs the 47k of the guy who got it yesterday. Both are 4GB 32GB.

EDIT: I'm wrong, canuck-e has the 2GB version.
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
I'm going to say that it is most likely somebody put the wrong picture with the title. It happens, hell, HTC posted an add on Facebook with an image of the M8 with a hashtag about the M9.

Again, if you look at the title of the picture it says 4GB RAM, but when you look at the specs in the picture it says 2GB RAM. All other information from every other site has the 4GB version only having the Z3580 not the Z3560. The 2GB ze551ml does have the Z3560 though. Again, somebody probably put the wrong information. Why would there be a different 4GB version for France and not anywhere else?
[ZenFone 2 General] SiriusCybernetik:
Below is an extract of the confirmation mail I received after ordering from Asus France.

I will ask the customer support to have them confirm the exact specs.

Anyway, it will only be sent around the 10th.
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
Forgot your extract :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
I tweeted the picture posted here with the misinformation to Asus France and they tweeted back merci, don't be surprised if the info gets updated to the correct specs.
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
Once (if) they do, I'll be sure to remove my warning.
[ZenFone 2 General] SiriusCybernetik:
To be deleted
[ZenFone 2 General] Deatscythe:
Yeah it's simply a mistake, if you click on "caractéristiques" below the picture of the phone, you can see "unité centrale : Intel Atom Quad Core Z3580".

They sell it 299 euros instead of 349, hope this promotion will last a little bit more, i would like to read review of it before buying
[ZenFone 2 General] geegs8:
Thank you! I didn't want a 64 but I also didn't want the worse cpu. Was going to buy it last night until I saw the warning post. Phones shouldn't be THIS confusing. Give them different model numbers. ha.
[ZenFone 2 General] miky1989:
No 64gb version in France?

Inviato dal mio LG-D802 utilizzando Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] Overandout:
Actually, you don't appear to be wrong.

The Taiwan version of 4GB 32GB option has the 2.3Ghz processor as can be confirmed by going to Asus tw online store.

But if you look at Suning. Com (the official reseller for the Chinese market) it is very clear that the 4GB 32GB phone available has only a 1.8Ghz processor.

Who knows what the French are selling….
[ZenFone 2 General] unezi:
We can see that on a french website. Only the last one got Intel 3580 (2,3 Ghz). The third one got Intel 3560 (1,8 Ghz) and the two first ones got Intel 2560 (2560 isn't a 64bits processor).
[ZenFone 2 General] sparagh:
Which mail forwarding service from France have you used that cost only 5€?
[ZenFone 2 General] SiriusCybernetik:
That is kind of reassuring, because it is the last one I ordered from the French store.
[ZenFone 2 General] geegs8:
Seller on aliexpress also reports:

64G Version ZE551ML : 5.5 inch intel Z3580 2.3GHZ 4GB RAM 64GB ROM IPS 1920X1080,

32G Version ZE551ML : 5.5 inch intel Z3560 1.8GHZ 4GB RAM 32GB ROM IPS 1920X1080,

16G Version ZE551ML : 5.5 inch intel Z3560 1.8GHZ 2GB RAM 16GB ROM IPS 1920X1080,
[ZenFone 2 General] Overandout:
Makes sense. Alibaba selling chinese versions I mean.

I personally would like a 4GB RAM, 32 GB version with the higher spec chip set, but if that means being restricted to the TW skus, I can't because of the LTE bands.

I'm desperate to get confirmation of exactly what is going to go on sale in Hong Kong next week:confused:
[ZenFone 2 General] geegs8:
Yeah that's what I want but it almost seems it doesn't actually exist. The more I read the more confused I am. I think I give up.
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
I meant wrong about what canuck-e had. What the french are shipping remains to be seen when they get delivered.
[ZenFone 2 General] piskr:
Be particularly aware of Chinese ZF2 if you want to use LTE and you are from the the USA or Europe. Chinese phone supports only frequencies/bands 2100MHz (1) and 1800MHz (3) - others are TDD-LTE bands not in use neither in the USA not in EU . What means that LTE use is very limited to the certain territory/operator.
[ZenFone 2 General] mightyvenom:
Going through Asus.fr website, it is pretty clear that they only selling the 32GB/4GB Ram option. And this DOES NOT come with the most powerfull processing unit. Check here to see for yourself.

So to sum this up, if you want to have the best processor, you need to purchase the 64GB Storage version ONLY - which is the only one having intel Z3580 2.3GHZ.

As it seems (for now at least), France doesn't sell the highest-spec unit mentioned above. I hope this message was clear and helpful to a few of you :good:
[ZenFone 2 General] filpo:
In spite of the fact that there is different information depending on the source, it seems that the ZE551ML 4Gb / 32Gb storage it's indeed including the 2,3Ghz processor at least in the version that is launching in France. You can have a look at the official Asus presentation in france today.

I am not allowed to add URLs, just look for "Incredible comes to Paris | #AskASUS" at Youtube (Around minute 48) or press asus events webpage.
[ZenFone 2 General] mightyvenom:
I truely hope you are true and that is just a typo on their website. It is actually very likely, since you can see common typing errors wherever you look on their website.
[ZenFone 2 General] troy5890:
Found out the ZE550ML model will be €249! I'm a little pissed of about that ?????
[ZenFone 2 General] SiriusCybernetik:
Link:

http://www.frandroid.com/materiels-...ne-2-les-prix-et-les-disponibilites-en-france

This is from the presentation. As you can see on the press image, the phone on the left is specified as 4GB/32GB with 2,33 GHz 3860 CPU.

It is more likely that the product description of the shop contains a description of the wrong phone rather than wrong information on official launch event material.

My guess is that they have different configurations depending on the target market (no 64GB model announced for France).

---------- Post added at 07:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:36 AM ----------

Add 50€ and you will get a 2015-flagship-killer.

I already ordered my ZE551ML for 299€. Will get it in 10 days.
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Where and how did you order? I live in the Netherlands, maybe i can ship a Zenfone from France?
[ZenFone 2 General] SiriusCybernetik:
I ordered it from asus shop last week. I have a mail forwarding address in France.
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Do you mean as in a person living in France that you know, or a company that does that?
[ZenFone 2 General] SiriusCybernetik:
The mail company of my country offers this service against a 5€ fee/shipment. It is a virtual address abroad, with automatic forwarding to my home address.
[ZenFone 2 General] :
I dont think our mail company has something like that, dont wanna wait either.
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Time to remove your warning.

http://eshop.asus.com/fr-FR/mobile/...-32gb-hdd-noir-eur-fr-fr-90az00a1-m00300.html

Clearly shows it's the Z3580 at 2.3Ghz
[ZenFone 2 General] s0geking:
It was a mistake on asus's website.

Here the link of another seller in France.

http://www.cdiscount.com/telephonie...551ml-full-hd-32go/f-144040203-gpze551ml.html
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Yeah so I got the Zenfone 2 that I ordered in the mail today, he got one real quick after I asked for a refund, only problem is, it doesn't pick up my T-Mobile data connection though on either APN I input. I'm thinking I didn't get the Taiwan or World Wide version, but the China version and I'm screwed.
[ZenFone 2 General] Aceofzeroz:
WTF!? :eek::mad: Could you please take a screenshot of your about details as well as the section that states which firmware it is and share it here. If it doesn't say WW in the firmware then it's not the World Wide model but that's very horrible if it's not.
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Okay I see it does say WW in the firmware, then there must be something else wrong then as to why I can't receive data. I've put in the fast.tmobile apn and it auto populated the epc.tmobile apn when I first installed my sim, but neither give me data. What's weird is that I placed a call to see if that worked and while on the call, I got H+ icon pop up, but as soon as I disconnected the call, it went away and hasn't returned.

Edit: I just threw my son's sim card in to the phone as well and still no data connection.
[ZenFone 2 General] Aceofzeroz:
That's both very strange and concerning for your case if you've received a non-functional device.:( I can't directly assist you with the T-Mobile data issue since I'm not from the US, but with the info you've provided maybe others who also use T-Mobile can chip in.

If it comes to the worst case scenario, then allow me to apologize for the inconveniences you've experienced (this is a habit of mine).

Sent from the Ace's MB865 using Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Thanks but I figured it out. It is automatically set to 4g preferred connection. I set it to 3g connection and I now have data. I'm getting abysmal data speeds though, I've ran a couple tests and the best was 9Mbps up and the worst has been 2.5Mbps up. So far not too thrilled about it.

As soon as I switch back to 4g connection it drops to no connection at all. Kind of confused why that would happen.

Edit: my connection seems to fluctuate a lot. It just randomly dropped, switched back to 4g, and wouldn't let me choose 3g until I restarted the phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] geegs8:
That's so weird. You've had very bad luck with this whole thing. :(
[ZenFone 2 General] Aceofzeroz:
Oh, well the worst seems avoidable now :) and yes, that's quite confusing since I haven't seen anyone else suffering from your dilemma. Maybe more settings need to be played with somewhere or something. *shrugs*

Sent from the Ace's MB865 using Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
Removed the warning :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Yes i have but I guess that's the risk you take when importing instead of waiting.

Edit: got an answer in another thread that it should be fast.t-mobile.com for the 4g connection and it now connects to 4g. I've always used fast.tmobile.com for my 4g connection and have never had any issues. I'm now getting around 15Mbps down with only 1 bar.
[ZenFone 2 General] Aceofzeroz:
Haha, it's always those simple things that can cause the biggest problems.:p:D Great to hear you got it sorted out and have fun till more fun comes around.:cool::thumbup:
[ZenFone 2 General] Overandout:
Hang on, are you saying that you have WW SKU by ordering from China?

According to Asus, in China you get CN SKU LTE bands, in Hong Kong and Taiwan you get TW SKU LTE bands and only in France can you get the WW SKU....:confused:

How has a chinese seller got his hands on a phone destined fro the French market? :eek:
[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
If the WW in the firmware section means it's world wide, then I have no idea how the seller got it if it's only meant for France. I thought I was ordering a Taiwan version. I'm just happy I got it to work. Stupid little mistakes like leaving a dash out of the apn smh.
[ZenFone 2 General] Overandout:
I'm not much of an expert on that either... does anyone know a 100% reliable way to check which SKU a particular phone is ? Shouldn't it say on the box / barcode label? (or failing that, is there any way of knowing which LTE bands a phone will support?)

:confused: