yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 General] Shaliuno:
Can someone confirm.. I just found out that Viper4Android doesn't work with integrated sound recording. Because the audio-policy files needs to be changed.

Is changing really necessary or its simply incompatible?
[ZenFone 2 General] jmot205:
Thank you for this thread, it was immensely helpful! ?
[ZenFone 2 General] Mrinal Roy:
Is there a way to root zf2 without pc?
[ZenFone 2 General] wifestealer:
Nope
[ZenFone 2 General] Hardik344:
What if I root with One-Click method and remove system apps and then apply OTA update? Will my phone get bricked?
[ZenFone 2 General] wifestealer:
Yep
[ZenFone 2 General] Suryanuj:
Then how to get the update??
[ZenFone 2 General] Shaliuno:
First page says that:

Method 3 (1 CLICK ROOT TOOL):

If you root via METHOD 3 you CAN UPDATE VIA OTA/NO BOOTLOOPS AND UN-ROOTING BEFORE APPLYING ANY OTA IS NOT NECESSARY.

But if the system apps gets removed... hmm, I'd go with flashing firmware via adb as in first page just to be sure.
[ZenFone 2 General] Suryanuj:
will you please tell me the procedure little elaborately??? i am little bit confused.
[ZenFone 2 General] Shaliuno:
Check that part on first page:

3) Rooting | Flashing | Applying OTA

3.2) Flashing Zenfone 2 via ADB

But you may need also Intel Drivers also: https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-usb-driver-for-android-devices
[ZenFone 2 General] Amstro:
Can i ask what is the point of changing the DPI of the phone? I have no idea what it does.
[ZenFone 2 General] donnabelmartie:
Hey guys. Need some help. Wanna try to flash stock on my ZE551ML. My current build is v2.20.40.90. Can I install that same version? I got my drivers using this guide

http://www.pinoytechstyle.com/how-to-flash-stock-rom-for-asus-zenfone-2-ze500cl-ze550ml-ze551ml/

Is that alright? But I used the 15-second adb installer.

I already have the full firmware of the above but can't go through recovery mode. It says error. Why is that? It's my first time to do this. Hope someone will reply. Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] wifestealer:
Isn't your current build latest ?
[ZenFone 2 General] eliaspizarro:
could you add more info about point 4, don't know where put the ota file.

Thx
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
Hi,

So I decided to Factory Reset the phone in the state it was. Rooted with some apps removed. After Factory Reset all apps was back. Root and SuperSU was still present and working, all other apps were deleted normally. I simply downloaded the latest firmware update via Asus website and proceed to manual install. Installation proceed successfully and root was still working after this.

Very happy, hopefully that will work for you as well.

See you later.
[ZenFone 2 General] donnabelmartie:
It is. I just want to clean my device.
[ZenFone 2 General] Xurat88:
I get this error when trying to 1 click root. I installed all drivers.

Connect your device with your computer and prepare to ROOT

!!! DO NOT DISCONNECT USB CABLE WHILE ROOTING !!!

Press any key to continue . . .

Rooting, please be patient ..

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending '/system/bin/resize2fs' (6 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.216s]

writing '/system/bin/resize2fs'...

FAILED (remote: Permission denied

)

finished. total time: 0.368s

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending '/system/bin/tune2fs' (1386 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.282s]

writing '/system/bin/tune2fs'...

FAILED (remote: Permission denied

)

finished. total time: 0.430s

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending '/system/bin/partlink' (2941 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.325s]

writing '/system/bin/partlink'...

FAILED (remote: Permission denied

)

finished. total time: 0.485s

...

(bootloader) Start partitioning

OKAY [ 0.377s]

finished. total time: 0.379s

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending '/system/bin/logcat' (4 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.217s]

writing '/system/bin/logcat'...

FAILED (remote: Permission denied

)

finished. total time: 0.368s

...

(bootloader) Stop partitioning

OKAY [ 0.356s]

finished. total time: 0.357s

All done, enjoy your ROOTED device :)

by shakalaca

rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.084s

Press any key to continue . . .
[ZenFone 2 General] wifestealer:
Do not run .bat file as admin administration
[ZenFone 2 General] ketan_naik:
"3.2) Flashing Zenfone 2 via ADB

Tools Required:

Asus USB Drivers

ADB installed on your PC/Laptop

Asus Zenfone 2 Firmware from the Official ASUS support website

Method:

Turn off your Zenfone 2

Go to recovery mode

Select apply update from ADB

Connect your zenfone 2 with USB cable to your PC/laptop

Open command prompt in Windows (in the same folder where ADB is located)

Check connection by typing adb devices in the command prompt.. If connection successful there will be a list of Zenfone 2 device.

Type

Code: adb sideload file.zip (where file.zip is the file name of the Asus firmware)

Wait until the process is complete"

This guide was taken from page - 1, my question is below:

But how to enter in to adb mode?, I boot in recovery mode, options available 1. Normal Boot, 2. Recovery Mode, 3. Reboot Bootloader, 4. Power Off.
[ZenFone 2 General] Xurat88:
Used Supersu method and that worked instead.
[ZenFone 2 General] Suryanuj:
Go to recovery mode. you will procedure find at 1st post

---------- Post added at 06:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 AM ----------

i have rooted my device by procedure 3. some system apps are removed. now how to take the update?? i have downloaded the latest zip file from asus website. please guide...
[ZenFone 2 General] Alex86CT:
I am with CM 12.1 up, is a good ROM but i want to revert back to stock.

Reading some post, I need to wipe data, caches and install the recovery stock via fastboot and flash ROM Stock via Install ADB from recovery.

When I fastboot the recovery I need to flash boot.img, droidboot.img and recovery.img or only recovery.img?
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
Hi. See my post on page 66. I was in the same conditions and I figured out by factory reset to retrieve deleted apps. And applying the update from Asus by downloading latest firmware manually and copying it on the internal storage of the phone. Restart the phone to detect the update (when phone will have finish to start). Don't need to unroot the phone. Root should still be present, it was for me. I jumped from firmware stated in my previous post to the one ending by 90 without installing the one in between (63).

If that help give a thanks :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Suryanuj:
That means for every update, before factory reset i have to take all user apps backup by TB.
[ZenFone 2 General] Peacekeeper888:
I have successfully updated to latest firmware, however i flashed wrong version of small ota package once. This cost me 'installing updates' then 'error' screen everytime i try to enter recovery. I manage to get into recovery menu occassionally with combination of vol up and power keys. Anyone might have any idea how to fix this? What I can think of is to place correct small ota package on sd card and rename it to MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip, then let the recovery do the rest. Since I'm already on latest version I do not think this will work. Please help me with this one. Thanks.
[ZenFone 2 General] akshay18:
When i m trying to root with method 2 or 3. It is taking me to fastboot mode and then the cmd is showing me <waiting for device> and nothing is happening after it. Anyone who can tell me whats wrong. I have installed both adb and asus usb drivers.
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
Yes. But what about system settings?

For now, with ASUS backup app, it doesn't seem possible to backup every system settings. What about accounts, ringtones settings, call settings with black list numbers, default apps settings, other device and personal settings? So it's useless as it is.

Is it really necessary to do a reset factory with this method? I'm not sure. But if yes, what's the easiest way to backup and restore all system settings?

Envoyé de mon ASUS_Z00AD avec XDA
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
Your right Fred, but it was my last chance for this update before going into flash a rom on the phone to be able to do this update. I tried to restore them with my uninstall root app, but it failed. All manual installs of Asus app removed didn't allow me to update. And reading other thread let me thing if I had to flash anew rom I should do the Factory reset to give try first.
[ZenFone 2 General] Caebron:
Rooting via the OP's method doesn't seem to work for me. I installed the latest OTA, and I have all Asus drivers installed. Here is what I did:

But when I run CheckBeforeAction.bat, all it does is give me a blinking cursor - nothing actually happens. I have tried this both in Recovery mode as well as the phone fully booted.

What am I missing here?
[ZenFone 2 General] emson17:
[MENTION=5961690]fred_gaou[/MENTION],

thank you sir for the guide. :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Caebron:
Weird. It eventually worked after like 50 attempts. I didn't really do anything different, and just kept trying. I guess it was some weird Windows quirk not recognizing the device.
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
Any feedback about how it worked for you?
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
For more information. OTA update (97) received today and worked properly with phone rooted.
[ZenFone 2 General] emson17:
First, I unrooted it using method 3 also. Followed the link for the whole firmware and downloaded it. Put it in internal storage. Applied the update successfully. I've tried to check for the update using fota and thankfully I got a notification to update so I've updated it again. Then rooted it using method 3 again.:D I wonder if I can update for the next fota while my phone is still rooted using method 3 just like before or shall I unroot first then update?
[ZenFone 2 General] Prags:
Hi, I tried the METHOD 3 but I only get "01234567890ABCDEF" and not "01234567890ABCDEF fastboot".

What i'm doind wrong ?

(sorry for my bad english)
[ZenFone 2 General] us3rm3:
I got my zenfone 2 today and updated the software and I used the method 3. I am just stuck on the android sleeping screen with One Click Method saying "Rooting, please be patient...<waiting for device> what am i doing wrong? I got it working. I had to go to device manager and update driver to asus android driver.
[ZenFone 2 General] us3rm3:
I am unable to boot into recovery? any ideals? Whenever I choose recovery mode, it reboots to the bootloader.
[ZenFone 2 General] RGoody:
Did you accidentally delete your recovery? Try going to the bootloader and fastboot flash the stock recovery
[ZenFone 2 General] sci05:
Anyone figure out what was causing the remote permission denied error when rooting with method 3?
[ZenFone 2 General] 1981sebas:
Custom kernel for stock rom ?

Anyone having a custom kernel for 551ml 2g ram ww stock rom. I would like overclock , sound and charging control. Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] kaush895:
so does this method work for ze551ml with 2gb ram and ze550ml?
[ZenFone 2 General] ketoy24:
Thanks for the info
[ZenFone 2 General] Peacekeeper888:
Yes, it works for either ze551ml or ze550ml 2Gb as well. Tested on my 2 Gb ze551ml and my daughter's ze550ml flawlessly. Please do not remove any bloatware if you wish to ota update.
[ZenFone 2 General] zacxzac:
Has anyone else been experiencing a 'lag' in loading the homescreen?
[ZenFone 2 General] Peacekeeper888:
I believe you ran checkbeforeaction.bat which makes sure you are able to enter fastboot and your device is detected and ready to response further commands. It is the same if you run 'adb devices' command. You still need to execute root_zenfone.bat to root your device.
[ZenFone 2 General] Prags:
yes, I ran checkbeforeaction.bat and the promp said: "01234567890ABCDEF" and apparently the correct would be " "01234567890ABCDEF fastboot". Right? or the "fastboot" text isn't important ?

Thnx for the answear
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
What said the phone ?
[ZenFone 2 General] Prags:
This:

http://i.imgur.com/KsqUYb6.jpg (big picture)
[ZenFone 2 General] JuStAdsor:
Same for me. Fake serial and unknown bootloader.

And by the way, I do not receive OTA

Trimis de pe al meu ZenFone 2 folosind Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] carnby24:
Hi guys,

I just tried out paranoid android...flashed it using twrp.

But before that i backed up the whole thing, nandroid backup.

Paranoid was buggy, so decided to restore back my old rom.

After restore, the sim card cannot be detected!!

How do i work around this?

Please help urgently..

Thanks in advance
[ZenFone 2 General] sluTTY:
Same thing here. It keeps coming back to the bootloader screen. I can do a normal boot, but that's not what I want :(

I tried both methods from the first post under 2.3.2) UN-Tethered Recovery. Used twrp_Z00A_v24.img. Transferring only takes 1-3 seconds.

What am I doing wrong?

Edit: I tried taking out the SDCard and also did 'fastboot erase cache'. Still the same... I select 'Recovery Mode', it reboots to bootloader screen.
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
[MENTION=3826984]Prags[/MENTION] check your devices manger. I wont be surprized if you see an exclamation mark on your adb driver.
[ZenFone 2 General] sci05:
Still seeing write permission fails with method 3. Any suggestions?
[ZenFone 2 General] Druboo666:
How to flash back to stock with formatting every thing
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
It is not possible. If you flash all data are gone.
[ZenFone 2 General] Druboo666:
data is not my concern i want to flash back to stock with all formated
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
Sorry I read your message initially to fast... if you want flashing a stock or custom rom/system is like reinstalling your windows. But here you don't have option to keep your old data.

And to flash the phone there is different solutions. Depends your situation and what your are trying to do.
[ZenFone 2 General] Druboo666:
i already said my old data is not my concern if they are then gone it is but i want to flash clean
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
Why do you want flash it? It is starting? Is a stock rom installed currently?
[ZenFone 2 General] Ashtung:
all the infos I was looking for in one post ! Thanks OP !
[ZenFone 2 General] Leftrand:
Thanks bro really helpfull
[ZenFone 2 General] Druboo666:
[MENTION=5650813]mhp1995[/MENTION] can you update Xposed Framework Installer to latest version. version given in the op is 66 but original one is 74 but the posted installer don't need any custom recovery to flash it so it will be easy to flash xposed for those who dont have custom recovery....
[ZenFone 2 General] audit13:
I was playing around with the phone and removed some apps. Unfortunately, I did not make a note of what I uninstalled. Now, I want to pass the phone on to a relative and want to bring it back to stock. If I download the firmware from the website and use the adb side load method, this will bring the phone back to completely stock? Forgive me if this is a noobish question but I just got the phone and don't want to screw it up.
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
Did you change for custom rom or anything related to boot? If not, you can simply factory reset (personally experienced). All apps will be back, root removed and data removed ready to use for the next user.

If you can answer yes to the question, I invite to read previous messages maybe there is a better answer than mine and wait somebody else to answer.
[ZenFone 2 General] Prags:
ADB Driver was apparently OK , BUT, I reinstalled and now it works fine!

Rooted now!

Thnx man =]
[ZenFone 2 General] audit13:
Will the apps be back if I removed them using the Clean Master app? One app I removed was gmail. I'm going to try it now. Thanks.

Edit: factory resetting did not bring back the apps. I used sideload with the stock firmware and it brought back the apps that I had removed and didn't wipe my data.
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
Download and install ota was and still is set to off. Despite of that, today the phone has downloaded ota and want to impose it to me. It stands in notification drawer querying me to clic to install update. When I go to settings > system update, there is a pop up saying update was downloaded and query me to install. I can't properly refuse it. I just can clic on the back button to make pop up go away.

Did others have experienced this ota forcing?

I hope rebooting the phone won't trigger this update installation because I'm pretty sure there will be a failure and boot loop in my situation.
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
No if you install the update the phone will fail to install it and end on dead bot screen. Restart will abort update and run the phone normally. What happens to me, but I wanted to update it. So I had to factory reset to reinstall missing apps (that cause update to crash) and install the update manually by official Asus method. Phone was still the root after this.
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
[FEEDBACK after FOTA update]

Hi,

Just to let you all know that despite that:

bloatware app named Bbbler Actors was

uninstalled

(please let me know if it's a system app if you still have it)

phone was rooted via method 3,

waking up my phone with double tap (but I likely did 3 tap) I inadvertently click on install FOTA update that was on my lock screen. FOTA update had been auto downloaded in background despite the auto update settings set to OFF. :mad:

When I realized it, I just flipped out and crossed my fingers to not going into failure and bootloop drama.

Update process was fast and the phone normally rebooted and then began a more longer process: 207 android apps optimization. :rolleyes:

Finally, I reach the home screen. :D

Conclusion

:

the FOTA update made me directly jump from 2.20.40.63 to 2.20.40.97 (no 2.20.40.90 step).

phone is still rooted

for now everything seems to be ok: wifi, network, custom settings, astonished game performances (no stuttering).

just had one crash of startup manager after 1st boot

Asus cover is still buggy when ambiant light is low: false detection of cover :mad:

Love it :good:
[ZenFone 2 General] reigis:
Hi guys!

I'm new here, but anyway- week ago i bought a device ZE551ML from Chinese shop. Initially (from factory), device came with CN firmware, but the seller was so kind and put inside WW. Everything is fine so far, but i have a question- if i download from official Asus site an

official WW

firmware and will update my phone will i have a brick or everything should work fine?
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
[HELP] need you for test

Hi,

I've just reported an issue in general help thread about the 1 click root tool method provided in first post.

Please, go to see my post where I report the issue and give me some of your enlightenment about it.

Thanks for your help guys.

Cheers
[ZenFone 2 General] rohit297:
Hey can anyone guide me how to get back to stock recovery, the link in op is not working however i have downloaded the stock rom from asus website and dirty flashed in twrp but still the recovery is twrp and not the stock, plz plz i have to go to service center and before going there i need my phonw to be on stock recovery plz someone help me fast
[ZenFone 2 General] dosmage:
Hey all, I'm very sorry is this was asked before but the thread is so long I've been using Google to search for my problem. I'm ultimately trying to install the unofficial CM12.1. I've been following the guides and I was successfully able to root and unlock the bootloader. My problem is that every time I try to flash the untethered twrp custom recovery I am not able to enter in to recovery. When I try to boot in to recovery I'm immediately taken back to boot. There was another post with the same issue and it was recommended to just use the tethered method. When I do that I can get in to twrp roughly 1 in 4 tries. I tried to flash the CM12.1 firmware which resulted in my phone booting directly to the boot image, just like the recovery problems I'm having. It was kind of hair raising to not have a bootable system or recovery but I've managed back stock.

It certainly feels like I'm flashing the wrong images, since all the recoveries I've tried result in a non bootable system or recovery image. I'm running a ZE551ML with the ww firmware. I'm attempting to flash the Z00A images. I know I must be doing sometime wrong but I haven't figured out what step I'm messing up. I would appreciate if someone had any advice =]
[ZenFone 2 General] joshg253:
Rooting Method 3 (1 Click Root Tool) worked perfectly on my Z00AD (128GB).

I have not verified OTA updating functionality yet though because it was already up to date before I rooted.
[ZenFone 2 General] Nono-Skorium:
Do not removed apps that require Root to be uninstall and OTA updates should work, accordingly to my own experience and other comments here.
[ZenFone 2 General] Rodepo:
I suppose so. If the seller correctly flashed your device from CN to WW-firmware, it's now a WW-device. In that case you don't have to expect any problems when updating.
[ZenFone 2 General] Siddk007:
don't worry, your phone will get updated without any issues. Just make sure you flash only WW firmware!

---------- Post added at 12:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:36 AM ----------

Now being learnt that your bootloader is unlocked, i assume that the stock rom you are on is rooted!

Lets go through the steps again.

1.Download Official TWRP for Z00A or theSSJ's TWRP or Unofficial F2FS TWRP from here:

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/orig-development/rom-unofficial-cyanogenmod-12-1-nightly-t3164144

2.Turn on USB debugging in your phone.

3.If the .img you just downloaded doesnt have name as twrp.img [it may have version along it] then please rename that to twrp.img[remove those versions] and turn off ur phone, plug the usb cable in ur phone port,hold the VOL UP[no need to press the power] and connect the other end of cable to PC port,wait for few seconds till the green Android robot appears. You should see a blue line below saying "Waiting Fastboot command or Continue the fastboot process"

4.Select the folder where you are having the twrp.img by pressing Shift + Right Click.. Then select "Open command here"

5.Copy and paste the following command in the command prompt window:

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

6.After it finish the flashing, you can unplug the phone, boot the phone.

7.Download latest build of CM12.1 from above link.

8.Place it in your internal storage.

9.Now power off, once it is off, hold down the volume up button and hold on to the power button until the phone vibrates. After the vibration stops, release the power button and continue pressing the volume up button until the green Android robot appears. You should see a blue line below saying "Waiting Fastboot command" ,Now here click vol down till you see Recovery mode in top big rectangle box,click power button

10.Now click wipe,click advanced wipe,select everything except the microsd and internal storage also

11.Click the install,choose internalSD, install CM.zip

reference : steps by [MENTION=5010777]ansebovi[/MENTION]
[ZenFone 2 General] sbetatester:
Make an addition to resources thread for bootloader unlock official method

https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/
[ZenFone 2 General] toebus:
Anyone try this tool yet?

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/development/tool-windroid-universal-android-toolkit-t3206907
[ZenFone 2 General] arv.singh:
I find that my phone isn't rooting, i installed the root tool kit, followed all the steps, when I press a button to continue, nothing happens, the screen just stays on. Anyone else run into this kind of problem? I have windows 10

NVM, fixed it with this tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l-l96jtt10
[ZenFone 2 General] Ronan Axgear:
Rooting Method 3 Worked on ZenFone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML

Nice thread, bruh. I was able to easily root my ZenFone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML using Method 3. under 3.1 Rooting ZenFone 2.

However, might I suggest these following between Steps 2 and 3?

a. Enable USB Debugging.

b. When prompted, go to recovery mode.

- because apparently you will not be able to run both CheckBeforeAction.bat and Root.bat in the Root Tools if you are not in

recovery mode.

It's very easy and noob friendly... that Method 3.

Thanks. ;)