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[Asus Zenfone 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] b-jack:
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Theres 2 ways of installing Xposed on our precious ZenFone :p ,

PC & PHONE

PC :

1. Download a respective Xposed Installer (see attachments)

2. Install the downloaded apk on your phone and open it (Let the circle on the top right finishes spinning first, dont press install framework or else bootloop)

3. Open the Download section, don't press anything, this is to make sure the conf folder is created.

4. Go to your adb folder and open a cmd there ;

adb devices (Make sure your phone is listed) -enter-

adb shell -enter-

su -enter-

echo 148 > /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset -enter-

chmod 664 /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset -enter-

5. If succeeded go to your Xposed Installer app, go to framework and then press Install/Update.

PHONE :

Follow the first 3 step from above.

4. Install emulator from Google Play Store.

5. Open it then type ;

su -enter- (give root permission)

echo 148 > /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset -enter-

chmod 664 /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset -enter-

6. If succeeded go to your Xposed Installer app, go to framework and then press Install/Update.

Congratulations you can now modify your zenfone !!:highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] rag555:
Hello guys....:)

This ui is same as trans-green ui jst dropdown background transparency color & battery icon changd..

Download & flash :https://www.dropbox.com/s/eyekv909t2vyz55/systemui_mod.zip?dl=0

~~HiT tHaNkS iF I hELp u~~;)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NamedNothing:
Where do i find the gapps for this version of paranoid android? I've tried to download gapps 4.4.4 from a couple of sources, but for some reason they've all been removed. Do I even have to use gapps 4.4.4 or can I go with 5.x.x?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
https://plus.google.com/communities...0/stream/ea3706f2-862e-4e1a-933e-766f5aba4a32

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cookertron:
Hi all,

fairly new to posting in these forums bit been a regular visitor for a long time.

I've looking into ways of sharing an internet connection with others. A repeater would do the job but I also need to log into a website in order to get internet access, this is why th Android solution is the best option.

Using FQRouter2 is the only option on the Play Store that can fullfill this requirement however using the repeater function of the app seem to be limited to having compatible hardware.

google.com/store/apps/details?id=fq.router2

My aim is to get a list of compatible devices to help others that need to achieve the same objective.

So far none of the handset I have (mainly Samsung GT series) have got the repeater function working. If you have got this working could you post the model of your Android device and the firmware version it's running.

Thank you.

It doesn't work for:

Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

Kitkat 4.4.2

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreekDragon:
Here it the link to go https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fq.router2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] origitat:
I have been trying to get this working on a rooted Sero 7 Pro and I have been unsuccessful. I think it would be safe to assume that it can be added to the not compatible list. :(

Can anyone assist with trying to find the most affordable tablet that can support this functionality?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RichTownPlayer:
2 phones repeter works on

two phones that works as wifi repeter are #1 lgms323 android ver 4.4.2 from metropcs and #2 is ZTE n9120 android ver 4.0.4 from metropcs.....

can you tell me where i can find out why the lg will not connect to fqrouter

ps of course both phones are rooted
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evonc:
Has anyone encrypted their phone yet after data has already been setup on the phone?

Selected the full device encryption and pressed start. Screen turned to a black screen with a white lock and text saying "Enrcypting...". It's been roughly 2 hours since this happened. Roughly 15GB of data on the phone so it should have finished by now. Also no progress bar was displayed which I recall does show up on other Android devices.

Does anyone have any experience or input?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z-Saber:
Mine took maybe thirty minutes with not much more than stock data on it. Did it last Friday after picking it up and using it for a few hours. I know it definitely didn't take me as long as you're saying, though. Sorry. Hope it works out.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evonc:
Looks like it messed up while it was encrypting. Had to do a hard reset. Setup encryption on boot time and it took 5 minutes or so with all my apps w/o data restored via TiBU. Also noticed a progress bar had shown up as well when it was encrypting that time.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for [ROM] Pre-root system.img

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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [ROM] Pre-root system.img. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malatama:
Hi

Can i just check with you something regarding rooting zenfone 2?

If i follow the instruction as per the guide, will it wipe my system?

Sorry for being noob, really new to this community.

hope to hear from u soon
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
Well if you mean that it'll wipe your data, the answer is no.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malatama:
hey lordpipa thanks for the information.

do u by any way know what bloatware to remove in order to improve battery life?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
Man once you are rooted it's all trial and error. The phone greatest culprit is OS and wakelocks from playservices among others. Once you get root get Better Battery Stats or Wakelock detector and it'll tell you what's consuming your battery. Me personally I'm running the phone at 2.33 all day with performance governor, noop scheduler and Reno on TCP and get about 18 hours and 5 of SOT I deleted all Asus Apps that I might not find useful. Apps like cleaner is always running so if u don't use it ditch it. App doctor is another one. If you are using tap to wake and tap to sleep, that is a battery hog as it keeps the screen active. I posted a way to use Tasker to prevent some wake locks that Eurochild found. So I guess it's how you use your phone that'll determine what u need to delete. I personally run BrokenOS on my other devices and that's as clean as you might get so I try to delete everything that's not useful to me.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malatama:
thanks. maybe i can try it out too after i rooted the phone. thanks a million
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aceofzeroz:
Whoa pipa, you're getting 5 hrs SOT now?!:eek::eek::D That's a huge improvement and it's understandable that the bloatware would be responsible for some of the battery drain.

This advice is essential for new and unaware Zenfone 2 owners, can't wait to root mine after receiving it!:cool::thumbup:

Sent from the Ace's Tapatalk 4
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
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[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malatama:
rooted and gonna start the trial and error.

thank you so much lordpipa

Edited: Oh before i start, may i know which app can help to remove bloatware? and which app did u use to tweak the core speed?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
Kernel Adiutor for kernel tweaks and you can remove system apps with Es File Explorer or I prefer All in One Tool Box
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
Proof of 5 hours SoT View attachment 3269700
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aceofzeroz:
A-MAZING!! xD :D Thanks for the screenshot, it's about time the real potential of the Zf2 was explored some more to help since some of those who were quick to jump to conclusions about the battery life. Ironically, I decided to subscribe to the Galaxy S6 Edge forums and have BARELY seen anything over 4.5 hrs SOT, along with a host of other different issues worse than ours.:P:laugh:

Let's not even mention about the many who've taken the luxury to replace their S6/Edges for said issues and more shallow reasons like scratches and colour, yet you never hear that statistic in a yearly sale record (gee, I wonder why). But that's enough firing shots for now, this year the flagship killers/budget beasts are on the rise and ASUS has done VERY WELL to show us what real value-for-quality feels like..:cool:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
Exactly and like I said, this is running at full capacity all the time and having tap2wake and sleep on all the time. Wifi all the time that I'm home and work. Push notifications except fb, messenger and g+. Many don't stop to think that this is a Quad-core at 4gb. Given it should have a bigger battery but as soon as more dev starts coming this will get better.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDoubleF:
Chinese ZE551ML

Hello,

I bought the ZF2 from Aliexpress without knowing they ship the device without gapps, is rooting with that method would make me be able to flash gapps and which version of gapps?

Thank you in advance :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twotems:
Gapps may not be your only problem. The Chinese and Indian versions have very limited lte frequencies. I don't know where you are but the Taiwan, US and global versions are the ones to buy.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siri0us:
I tried flashing Z008_2.13.40.11_preroot_system.zip, but now my phone is looping the error with the droid on its back. When I press power+up, it doesn't go to recovery mode, it list out the paths and cant mount recovery and then go back to the loop. Any idea on how to fix?

I have ZE550ML TW version Z008_2.13.40.11.

I think I need a need a new recovery.img
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariehs:
from one version of Zenfone 2 rom to another (TW, WW or CN)

To those who have flashed from one version of the Zenfone 2 rom to another (TW to WW or CN) - Post flashing the rom - did your 4G network bands change?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killmemez:
Would anyone help a complete noob

This is my first Android phone (ZE551ML)

Could someone take me step by step as to what to do to root this thing

I have downloaded

- Z00A_2.12.40.11_preroot_system.zip

-Z00A_2.13.40.13_preroot_system.zip

- the Fastboot Tool

and am now at a loss of what to do

I can seemingly make no use of my SD Card for apps without rooting it

Thanks for any reply
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C15:
Hey sorry for being a noob, but I have a quick question for the capabilities of rooting.

I bought the ZF2 and have Verizon in US. The phone stock is not compatible with the Verizon network (frequency difference). Is there a way that via rooting you could alter the frequency of the phone to run on Verizon?

I have a Motorola RAZR that is rooted now, but it is pretty bad for specs so I wanted an upgrade, is this possible or would it require actual hardware changes, etc. that will more than likely brick the ZF2 anyways?

Thanks,

C15
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twotems:
Verizon and Sprint are CDMA and I think only the Chinese Zenfone2 supports CDMA and I'm not sure that would even work on Verizon. You'll have to go with At&t or T-Mobile.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aceofzeroz:
Everyone Stop the Music!

Hey guys, I've been seeing in multiple places on the net that people were hoping that they could flash a different region's firmware in hopes of changing/adding desired LTE network bands for their Zenfone 2. Unfortunately, you'll have to perish that thought as it was confirmed on the official Zentalk forums that it's hardware specifific for each region model:rolleyes: http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=6503&pid=29944

As stated in the link, yes we can flash any region firmware (CN/TW/WW) since they're all pretty much the same rom to confirm that we can, however the LTE bands will not change as they use different hardware modems it seems.:( My apologies to those who had hoped for the opposite case, especially those who unknowingly bought the CN version due to how confusing the Zf2 model differences are. Let your friends and others who already has a Zf2 or wants to buy one know about this to save them the headache.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C15:
Thanks, however I have my unlimited data plan on Verizon so I cannot give that up, guess I'll try to return, or sell it.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] menbaosusu:
I use this site.

http://www.asus-zenfone.com/2015/04/asus-zenfone-2-pre-root-systemimg.html?m=1
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twotems:
Just received my phone and you can move apps to sd in the apps menu. Another useful one is Auto-start permissions. I'm still going to root to get rid of bloat and get Gsam, Wakelock Detector,Greenify and Leandroid to work properly.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MironV:
Yeah I found that information, as well. However I still have hopes :D ZenFone 2 uses the following LTE modem from Intel: Intel XMM 7262 Slim Modem—LTE Advanced. Now I think there are 2 types of this modem, but I've contacted Intel for more info...

2. I had the pre-rooted version of WW_2.13.40.13 and the OTA update notification for the 2.14.40.22 appeared. Not I flashed the stock/un-rooted WW_2.13.40.13. The OTA notification does not appear anymore. Any clue? Thanks
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wira aeon:
root zenfone 2 ze500cl

Hi bro, can someone help me to root zenfone 2 ze500cl? I've search and many article on internet about root ze550ml and 551ml but ze500cl is nothing....
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hybridr6:
Anyone happen to have a zip of the ww-2.13.40.11 ota for ze550ml? Got the update earlier, but it failed for w/e reason. Hoping someone has it downloaded so I can sideload it.

Thanks,

-hybridr6
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twotems:
I think the zips are available on the Asus website. The ota updates will only work ww>ww, cn>cn, in>in etc. You can't mix but the zip may work.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hybridr6:
Already checked there and it isn't up yet. :P Was jus hopin someone had it bc I'm impatient. Thanks for reply anyway :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hkdmjack:
I'm not sure how accurate this is. I tried one of the steps outlined in this thread and was able to get a weak signal on band 4 according to my LTE Discovery app but it didn't stick. I did see my data indicator change to 4G momentarily, but once I tried to run speedtest it was kicked back to H+. Speeds aren't too bad on H+ though. I'm able to stream a basketball game on watch ESPN with better results so far than on LTE on my N4.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aceofzeroz:
Well, that post you linked is 2 days younger than mine at the time when persons were still wondering if flashing a different firmware would change their LTE bands. So naturally I'd go along with the first instance of answers to that question where the Zentalk staff reported that it's not that easy since the modem is modified for the different regions.

I've already been made aware that it's not all hopeless since the missing LTE bands can be added. It's achievable by unlocking the bootloader, that thread's method and so on,:p but it's great hearing it's working for you.;):cool:

Sent from the Ace's Novo 7 Fire using Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
DeesTroy from TWRP will receive a ZF2 soon so, keep ya heads up. Im finding myself with a predicament on latest update as I can't get Linux to recognize it as fastboot and appears offline on adb

Sent from my Nexus 7
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hkdmjack:
I wish it was really working, but it's promising.

Can't wait to see what becomes of this.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aceofzeroz:
Sweet, official TWRP for our Zenfone 2 would be beastly good!:D As for your issue, I can't figure out why it'd stop on you like that, since I have Linux Mint (external HDD) as well. I'm still a Linux noob, but is there any way to reinstall the device drivers, or maybe try it on a different machine or OS?:confused: :/

I hope something pulls through for you.:thumbup:

Sent from the Ace's Novo 7 Fire using Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
Will try on windows

Sent from my Nexus 7

---------- Post added at 07:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:04 PM ----------

But thanks I don't know either why. This is coming from flashing stock unroofed and then taking the update. Went to flash the pre-rooted system and boom no fastboot

Sent from my Nexus 7
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrKoji:
I have series of questions.. I hope my question gets entertained.

I am a newbie & currently at Philippines. In few days zf2 will be released here. Planning to get ze551ml and I want to root it soon.

I am planning to follow these steps on updating: asus-zenfone.com/2015/04/asus-zenfone-2-pre-root-systemimg.html

It is confirmed by others that Updating your phone w/ OTA may cause problems if you're rooted. So you should unroot your phone 1st before getting the update. Now after unrooting your phone.. Should it be simply updating w/ OTA and root your phone again w/ same steps as before?

Another question.. If ever something unexpected happened and problems appeared on the phone (Gets bootloop/brick/etc). Can we just revert everything back to normal like a factory reset by doing something? Should we download and flash firmware from asus site? (asus.com/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/) Or can we back-up the firmware and use the back-up if things didnt go well? If we can always go back to initial/old setup, anyone can give steps on how to do it?

Please excuse my questions if it will sound dumb on you. Thanks in advance for your kind responses.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
So Im royally screwed. Serves me well. I can flash recovery and boot image but not system. Won't recognize adb and if it does , with no permissions. Will have to wait .

Sent from my Nexus 7
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsam19:
Are there any alternative methods to rooting the zenfone 2 ze550ml?

Personally I have tried the guide on rooting using the pre root img's using the fastboot method and I appear to have become a little baffled by it.

Firstly are you supposed to use both system images or just one?

Also if I updated OTA to the latest system upgrade from Asus, could that hinder the pre root img procedure?

As the zen 2 I have wont go into recovery mode, even though I hard reset twice and activated debugging mode. There is an error exclamation mark message on the phone screen when recovery mode is chosen and rebooted.

Ive tried to install the latest stock rom from asus website via the flashtool program on windows. More error messages on laptop screen.

Even the adb side load and fastboot methods prove to be not as straight forward as listed.

It seems to be a tricky procedure rooting the zenfone 2 with this pre root img even after following all the instructions available.

Can anyone provide an idiots guide to doing it?

Any tips would be welcome.

Thanks for reading
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
When you get that error or before it simply press and hold power and then hit volume up, release power and that will get you to recovery quickly.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsam19:
Lordpipa: tried and it and it doesn't work.

The build on the zen 2 is LRX21V.WW ~ASUS_Z008~2.14.40.17.

So from the start: the phone is OFF completely.

Hold down power + vol up, the phone vibrates, let go of power button, but still hold vol up.

Enter Fastboot mode with the choice of power off, normal boot, restart bootloader or recovery.

Fastboot screen shows; product name ~ Z008

Variant Asus_Z008

HW version -

Bootloader ver - unknown

IFWI ver - 0088.0163

Ser no - xxxxxxxx

Signing ?

Secure boot ?

Fastboot cmd waiting

Highlighted RECOVERY mode, click power button. Screen goes black and reboots with robot, saying installing system upgrade.............then immediate error exclamation mark over robot.

At that point as you suggested I held the buttons in the way you suggested and nothing.

Its a mystery........

Thanks anyway
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
Holding power and hitting volume up doesn't get you to recovery? Weird.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hybridr6:
When at the error message push and hold power and then hit up volume, it doesn't work if you push both at the same time.

NVM already covered that sorry.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsam19:
lordpipa / hybridr6, I managed to do it.

I would never have guessed thats what you had to do to get into reovery mode!

The robot on its back with the error exclamation mark is misleading and so are some of the tutorials on other sites.

Cheers guys and all the best.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrKoji:
I hope I can get few answers..
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mauaus:
My new phone is arriving tonight so should i do all the otas first and then root or is there an order i have to follow, sorry for the noob question
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macc_k:
Just passed OTA to v2.15.40.11

Thank you so much [MENTION=1813976]shakalaca[/MENTION] & [MENTION=334644]sorg[/MENTION]

I using your latest pre-root img & with Sorg's methods (Didn't update binary & SuperSU)

My 550ML just passed OTA to v2.15.40.11
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stegg:
and are you still root?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macc_k:
yes indeed, I am still root.

yes indeed, I am still root.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wira aeon:
Anyone can help me? How to root zenfone 2 ze500cl?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Malosce:
I'm on 2.13.40.13 with the preroot.

I have the OTA for 2.15, so I unroot with SuperSU and did the OTA.

After that, I have an error, but I can reboot my phone and I'm still on 2.13.

And now, the OTA for 2.15 is gone.

So, how can I update in 2.15 with preroot ?

Thanks :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
So u went from 14 to 15 without unrooting? Just took the OTA?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macc_k:
I updated the phone normally with unrooting it.

Yes sir, I just didn't update the binary & SuperSu after I flashed the pre-root image.

And this morning, I updated the phone normally without unrooting it. Works like a charm. Thanx to [MENTION=334644]sorg[/MENTION]
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordpipa:
I get error after taking the OTA. Still on 14 after error
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorg:
Either you've updated su (in SuperSU), or did other modification. I've updated to 2.15 being on my pre-rooted 2.14.

Also note, if you just flashed pre-rooted 2.14 system.bin over older FW (i.e. v2.13), then OTA won't work as well.

In order to succeed OTA update, you have to be on 100% previous firmware. You may add your own files to system.img (like root files) but you CANNOT touch existing files. Also, other FW parts like boot.img, recovery.img should match. OTA checks every files and images it's going to update and refuse to update if anything doesn't match to expected.