yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
changelogs would be in github of CM12.1...

well i can easily do it..

but i unlocked with old method with old update.. which leads a qn..

do you guys unlocked in latest version

or you guys unlocked with sorg unlocking method with old update...

or you guys don't have some drivers to flash

becoz i think between these, some may happened to your phone..

and also can you guys try flashing stock recovery.. becoz atleast it should work right.. [MENTION=334644]sorg[/MENTION] any idea y?
[ZenFone 2 General] sorg:
just don't mess with droidboot.img and leave it stock. In this case you will be able to boot into bootloader and flash/recover other partitions.
[ZenFone 2 General] celticGreen:
Latest firmware for me, and used all current software from Post #1. The only step I had taken previous to this was rooting my phone.

I'm unsure if it was a driver issue; although, obviously fastboot and adb were working for me since I used them for the solution. In the end, I used the drivers from the Android SDK - but I had tried a few other sources prior to that.

Sorry to not be more of a help diagnosing my own incompetence; I'm just glad to have got it working.
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
updated guide to realllyyyyy hell lot of longest way

thanks,guess i have to use damn longest way to unlock for new users :(

which is really headache even for advance users[but atleast i am sure it wont give those permission denied error]
[ZenFone 2 General] Unifire:
does this ROM/kernel support fastcharging? it shows up as charging unknown with a question mark
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
yes it does have fast charging, but have that error sadly..

u can check the charging rate with any app like battery widget monitor, aida64 etc etc..

also check the 0 to 60% charging time
[ZenFone 2 General] Unifire:
thank you, i see,

im not very sure how fast charging is monitored( even after a lot of research,)

is it determined by the battery circuit or kernel or ROM,

ideally it should be switched to normal charging after a while to prevent overheating

so im very scared of breaking my phone using the fast charger with a different ROM
[ZenFone 2 General] poppyfire:
On Step 3, I rename the 99.3mb file MOFD_SDUPDATE and run it successfully. Then my phone attempts to reboot, but it stays on the ASUS splash screen (Black) with the spinning wheel and never stops. I left it for more than an hour at one point. I then attempt to run the second OTA, 30mb, rename it, and it errors out. I've also tried the other two latest OTA's, but nothing seems to fix it. I still have access to fastboot/recovery but other than that I can't access Android OS. Any suggestions? I need my phone to function ASAP.
[ZenFone 2 General] sudipta.m:
Thank you for the easy to follow guide.. :)
[ZenFone 2 General] dr.arifeen7009:
Z008

yes,i need a stable custom rom for my ZE550ML . i have rooted it, unlocked the bootloader (the power on animation is flashing white) and now waiting to install a twrp custom recovery. but need a rom then
[ZenFone 2 General] Siddk007:
Installed CM12.1 on my ZE550ML by following your steps without any issues. thanks a lot! [MENTION=5010777]ansebovi[/MENTION]
[ZenFone 2 General] aaronoh:
Are steps 1 and 3 necessary? Coming from 20.40.59
[ZenFone 2 General] aaronoh:
Got it installed but CM Logo is just flashing on boot. Tried reflashing/factory reset through TWRP.....anyone have any ideas?
[ZenFone 2 General] ChrisK2394:
Issue when flashing CM12.1

I unlocked bootloader and ran the twrp and everything, then put the CM12.1 and Gapps zip files in the external SD card storage in the phone, however when I run the recovery mode step, it starts to install files, but then abruptly gets an error screen with the little green robot.

Does anyone know where I am going wrong or have any ideas for a fix?

Thanks,

Chris
[ZenFone 2 General] Milky_way:
flashed this ROM and everything works fine but cellular data doesn't work. Using Rogers LTE SIM, works perfectly fine on Nexus 5. Settings seem ok. Not sure what details are needed to figure out the problem.

[IMG="About Phone Details"]https://www.dropbox.com/s/csijbrcbn6lpxl7/Zenfone2_About_Phone.png?dl=0[/IMG]
[ZenFone 2 General] arrago:
i had the same issues with mine on rogers
[ZenFone 2 General] alose:
In other threads, people have had the same problem and fixed it by wiping the APNs and creating a new APN from the settings listed on your carrier's website.
[ZenFone 2 General] Milky_way:
Thanks Alose. Will try that when I get past my other problem right now...the phone doesn't want to turn on anymore! It vibrates when I hold the power button, but nothing happens!

UPDATE: Turns out this phone doesn't turn on if battery is too low even when plugged in. Now that it had a little more juice, it turned on. I didn't need to wipe all APNs, just the ones for the MVNOs and Chatr. With only Rogers and Rogers LTE APNs, it immediately worked!
[ZenFone 2 General] firecharge:
To anyone who tried this method - do you get any battery drain? Specifically the Android OS drain?

I tried this because I wanted to get rid of that annoyance in Android 5 and it still strikes me now and I don't feel like doing all the tedious work with greenify/xposed/all those apps to improve battery life, mostly because I'm not home most of the week.

Pretty much a total newbie for stuff like this so here's a stupid question - could it be that skipping manually applying the OTA caused this? I just assumed the recovery will get me to 5.1.1 and it did, so...
[ZenFone 2 General] FirstBurst:
Is this still being supported?

I am looking to buy this phone or the Oneplus One and then flash a custom rom such as CM12.1. I have been lurking around the forums a while, but never made a username. I would appreciate a answer on this. Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] wifestealer:
dont put cm12.1 zip in Sd card, put it in internal storage if problem still persists redownload again but put it internal not sd card

---------- Post added at 06:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 PM ----------

cm12.1 will take 1-2 months to become official and everyday, they are fixing and squashing bugs. On the contrary, Oneplus One has already official cm12.1 cause that device had come last year. Choice is yours mate !!

Camera is medicore to be honest in Asus Zenfone 2 but rest of every specification is awsome
[ZenFone 2 General] cmdevendran:
Does this works on z008d, ww_2.20.40.88_20150903. I am not able to unlock the bootloader. Struck with the error esclamation mark
[ZenFone 2 General] Mister_Simon:
Q) Is it possible to Unlock BL, flash CM12.1 and remain Unrooted?

If yes, are there any system/ functional/ rom limitations? (Apart from services that specifically require root access like Xposed of course).

WHY? Because I need access to services such as corporate mail which specifically requires an unrooted device.

Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
Yes, Cm12.1 always comes without root..

If you want root have to flash supersu. Zip if not phone will be without root

Only user installed app needs root.. System inbuilt apps don't need root..
[ZenFone 2 General] virajmahesh:
Is there a way to do this without a MicroSD card?
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
According to my Zenfone 2's Build number I'm currently running 2.18.40.12_20150529. That should be fine for installing Cyanogenmod, correct? Thanks!
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
You can, just place every files in internal and don't wipe internal..

And with internal filled you can't take back up in there, use USB pendrive with otg and take backup then install.. .

Yes but there may be bugs, since they using latest builds..
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
I'm not sure I understand. My phone is also asking me to update to 2.20.40.97_20150917_1572, do you think I should do that first before installing Cyanogenmod or does it not even matter?
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
Cm is always base on stock baseband and some important libs, files..

So if cm on 2.20.40.97 you should have that in Stock before flashing Cm12.1 for first time otherwise some bugs may exist in addition to the bugs listed in cm. .

Yes please update to latest then goto cm12.1
[ZenFone 2 General] virajmahesh:
What is stored in internal storage? Will all my apps remain unwiped if I don't wipe internal storage?

Can I wipe internal after I flash CM?
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
In internal app obb files, pics, whatsapp, downloads, Bluetooth will be there (plus data partition will be there)

If you wipe the internal, your above mentioned files will be gone), data partition have apps apk files,contacts, user configs..

If you wipe data, those apps, config, contacts will be gone
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
Hmmm, so if I'm understanding correctly, Cyanogenmod is based on whatever stock software build/version you have on your phone at the time of installation?

The reason I asked if it mattered was that I was thinking that installing CM completely wiped your phone and whatever software version you had didn't really matter.

Anyway, I appreciate the help. I'll upgrade to 2.20.40.97 and hopefully install CM this weekend. Thanks man!
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
Not your phone base , the cm devs build cm with certain stock build..

At first it is 2.20.40.90 i think, now they should added files from 2.22.40.97..

The main reason is baseband of stock.. If they mismatch, you can't get network, that's y use whatever version they build the cm with stock build version
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
Oh, ok. So (ideally) you want on your phone the version that the CM team uses to build CM? And so installing Cyanogenmod does not completely wipe your phone? I'm just thinking if it did wipe your phone, it wouldn't matter what software version you had when you installed CM because it would be wiped clean.

Hope that makes sense. Sorry for all the questions; I'd just like to understand the details clearly. :o
[ZenFone 2 General] BoarK:
Updating the nightly

Hi,

I've installed the 10/03 nightly according to this guide. Over at the original development forums I see posts stating that the 10/04 nightly is smooth and has long battery life. How do I go about updating to the 10/4. The CM updater in Settings/About does not detect that there is a new nightly.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
Ok, so hopefully I have just one more question. I was about to start the procedure tonight but while downloading the pre-rooted system img and recovery (I think that's what they are; from MEGA website) and following the Guide to apply OTA without bootloop in Rooted ZF2 guide (Step #2 under "Guide for Unlocking" in this thread), I see the following note in that thread, for Step #4 under "Files Needed":

My phone has firmware version 2.20.40.97. The closest on the MEGA website is the folder for 2.20.40.90. Can I just download that and continue the steps, or do I need to wait until a version/file are released for my exact firmware version? If I understand the text I quoted correctly, I can download that 2.20.40.90 and it will work. But I just wanted to ask you guys to make sure, and if it is ok to download that version, if I need to do any special steps.

Thanks for any help guys.
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
Have to download whole zip, only official supports ota

Or Atleast devs should add that support but he didn't for zf2 i think

Sry, In step 4 yes, download whatever the latest available,u can use cm 12.1 with 2.22.40.90
[ZenFone 2 General] fiveman:
Thank you so much this help me a lot!!! highly recommonded

---------- Post added at 10:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:31 AM ----------

I do not understand. Do i need to go back to stock rom for the latest upgrade and then go back to CM?
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
No need
[ZenFone 2 General] fiveman:
Thank you

your meaning was the CM developer will add some stock based files to update the CM, am i correct?
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
Yes
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
Gotcha. Thanks man. I think I'm starting to (kind of) understand this.

Can't wait to try it out, hopefully tonight! :fingers-crossed:
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
Deleted (problem solved in other thread; sorry for cross-posting).
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
So I got Cyanogenmod installed on my Zenfone 2. Pretty slick. However, I'm pretty disappointed in the default Google Camera that comes with CM. It's horrible compared to the ASUS Camera since the latter has all the nice options specific to the camera in the phone.

Do you guys know of any decent camera app that at least is better than the Google one that comes with CM? I'm actually tempted to go back to my stock ROM to get the nice camera back. It's not like I use it all the time, but man, it's sure nice to be able to take advantage of all the features with the ASUS one.
[ZenFone 2 General] BoarK:
Search for the Zenfone 2 version of Pixel Master camera app (the one that came with stock) and flash it using recovery.
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
Thanks for the tip. Pardon my ignorance, but where do I search for it? I did a search on the Google Apps website on my PC, and can see it, but it says it's not supported for my device (clicking the "Install" button on the webpage does nothing). Searching with the Google Apps app doesn't find it at all.

Will it be in .apk or .zip format, when I get ahold of it? Then I take it I can just put it on my SD card (or Internal Memory), reboot phone into Recovery (I have TWRP), and install it from there?

Thanks again dude!
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
Updated guide with official unlocking

now its no more headache in unlocking,thanks to official unlock

and updated for official unlock

dont care about it,..it gives way more grains with pixel camera in cm..

better get camera fv5
[ZenFone 2 General] TanHung.Bio:
Should use TWRP release 2.8.7.2 from official website, flash CM12.1 very good :D

Dont use CM's recovery :rolleyes:
[ZenFone 2 General] DMulderStijn:
Error

When I enter recovery mode to get in TWRP, it shows the robot with a red triangle and 'Error!'

I did everything I had to do.

Pls help
[ZenFone 2 General] dudiblah:
I used the one click bootloader unlock tool, I got the same error message as the others before. Permission denied when trying to flash. It still flashed twrp, and CM 12.1. Google partnership (gapps) completely failed on me, crashed every single time. I flashed using the same process mentioned multiple times. I did a full backup before hand and wiped again and did rebooted into stock. Had no sim connectivity. So I did a complete factory reset. Which got sim connectivity back. Then I reflashed stock recovery back via fastboot with same error message. Permissions denied. Stock recovery is confirmed back on the phone. However it runs slower then before but it still works. Is there any reasoning that's explainable or is this unkown as to why it gives this message but still flashes anyway? This is very strange... Phone boots and runs normally (except white splash screen), lag occasionally but that happened anyway before I did everything.
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
i think you didnt flash twrp properly

ya thats y i didnt give one click bootloader and latest version,..[u better get official stock zip,restore phone,then try with official unlock then try others
[ZenFone 2 General] dudiblah:
I am a beta tester so I'm not going to use official unlock. The official unlock seems like it's trash. I just wanted to try CM. However I have the white splash screen and everything. It is confirmed unlocked via the splash screen or is that not a good enough confirmation?
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
yes phone is unlocked with 1 click unlock bootloader,but problem is denied permission...

use stock.zip and adbsideload it,./..then try flashing twrp
[ZenFone 2 General] DMulderStijn:
I'm sure I did everything you told us to do in your tutorial... :/

Do you know what it might be?
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
Try flashing twrp again but this time show the screenshot of it here
[ZenFone 2 General] Mael_RadecFR:
Hello,

CM12.1 works very nice on my Zenfone 2 ZE550ML, but I have many errors in Play Store when I download some big games like the error 907.

Any idea for this problem?
[ZenFone 2 General] dahikino:
Uninstall update of play store app, clean cash of the app and try again to download your games!

Do this process each time you have this error
[ZenFone 2 General] Mael_RadecFR:
It's weird, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't work...
[ZenFone 2 General] bajcmartinez:
Hi, I have an issue, I'm at the step of of executing fastboot to change the recovery ("fastboot flash recovery twrp.img") but when I load the phone with volume up, I enter the screen where it says "Waiting fastboot cmd...", but inmediately after it restarts and says "unlock succesfully... restarting in 5 seconds", and it's doing that every single time I tried, any ideas how to solve it? I'm not sure what's going on.... thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
I'm afraid I can't help you bajcmartinez, but maybe this guide will. I followed it to put CM on my Zenfone 2 and had zero problems. It's a very clear guide. Good luck man.

How to Install CM 12.1 on ASUS Zenfone 2
[ZenFone 2 General] amucoder:
Keep developing.

Thank you so much developers. :D cyno is great.
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
I've been having intermittent problems with my Zenfone 2 and CM 12.1 (SIM card randomly shutting off and on, ****ty connection/service, dropped calls, occasional random reboots) and so I'm gonna try putting stock back on to see if that's any different. Unfortunately, I think it's too long to exchange the phone through Amazon (ordered Sept. 26th) so I hope to God this works, otherwise I just wasted $300.

So... I made a backup of stock before I installed CM. At the time, I didn't have a big enough SD card so I backed it up to Internal Memory, and then hooked it up to my computer to copy the files to my PC before wiping the system and installing CM. So in order to put stock back on, how do these steps sound:

1. Backup CM using TWRP (which partitions do I backup?)

2. Hook phone to PC and copy backup files back onto Internal Memory or SD card

3. Boot into Recovery and restore from backup (do I need to wipe anything? If so, which partitions?)

Thanks for any help.
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
Any help? It would be greatly appreciated.
[ZenFone 2 General] VinzNguyen:
thank you so much . i love this
[ZenFone 2 General] menappi:
Question - If I'm on android 5.0 can I put CM12 on my phone? I can't stand this fkn phone and I'm hoping that it's the skin/asus BS that is why my phone is so buggy. Must get as close to stock as possible before I throw this thing in the trash but all this technical jargon is really confusing to someone who hasn't done this..
[ZenFone 2 General] Alfred14474:
I just had this exact issue, did you end up working it out?

Or has someone else found a way around this?
[ZenFone 2 General] truongco:
Wifi calling

Great rom, very smooth so far, thanks devs. I just want to ask about t-mobile wifi calling, I search this forum but couldn't find anything on it, so sorry if this already mention somewhere. However, does wifi calling work with this rom? thanks.
[ZenFone 2 General] clamum:
I've been using CM for awhile now (put stock back on my phone but it wasn't any better). Much thanks to the people involved in getting CM to us Zenfone 2 users.

Anyway I installed a wi-fi tethering app a little bit ago and it said I didn't have root. I ran Root Checker Basic and sure enough, no root. This is weird because I remember checking root after first installing CM and I indeed had it. The only thing I can think of is I've restored a previously backed up CM (via TWRP) of mine a few times since I last checked it.

Could that process remove root, and if so, does anyone have any idea how I could get it back? Thanks much guys.
[ZenFone 2 General] oenone1974:
thanks for this tutorial

this helped me a lot
[ZenFone 2 General] hit85:
Can I do that 2-20-40-160?
[ZenFone 2 General] kopamat:
Another question from me :)

I have found some nice info under a link I cannot paste, because of my newbie account limitations :)

I quote:

"Added | Optional - Works well

How to get ViPER4Android FX Audio Engine

Download the latest ViPER Audio.zip.

Place the latest ViPER Audio.zip on your SD card.

Reboot to Bootloader.

Access Recovery.

Install latest ViPER Audio.zip by locating it in your SD card.

Wipe Cache and Dalvik cache.

Reboot system.

Open ViPER app and install the drivers (the app may freeze, give it 30-60seconds).

Reboot system."

It seems like this viper audio is a must have for CM13, but I don't fully understand how to install it :(. Should I Place ViPER Audio.zip with CM13 during installation, or after? I don't understand "reboot to bootloader" and "Access Recovery".When should I place it on sd card? Correct me if I'm wrong, I start with installing CM13, then gapps and somewhere in between I have to install Viper audio and/or other useful apps (like asus keyboard or asus pixelmaster camera [one more thing with camera - I find these freezes during recording very annoying, what could you recommend for perfect smoothness and quality?]).
[AOKP Q&A] ShoWLiNE:
Please Help Me Guys!! I want to Compile AOKP For My Nexus 6!!

Sent From Nexus 6
[AOKP Q&A] ShoWLiNE:
Nobody is helping! What's this?
[AOKP Q&A] AlaskaLinuxUser:
Hey,

Here is the guide for HOW TO COMPILE AOKP:

http://aokp.co/learn/so-you-want-to-build-aokp-jb-ubuntu-1204

Granted, it is for JB, but you can simply replace with the version/device you want to build.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_dracula:
I just put OmegaROM v42, 5.0.1 on my i9505 and I'm finding some games a bit laggy.

Running imperium 2.2 kernel.

There are lot of overclocking apps out there, just wondering which is the best/most stable of them.

I downloaded SetCPu but cannot seem to push the S4 past 1890mhz.

Can the GPU be OCed as well?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Firstly, the kernel needs to support overclocking.

Secondly, you can also do that from within the kernel tweak app (e.g Stweaks).

If it won't go past 1890 then it doesn't support overclocking.

The only 5.0.1 kernel that supports overclocking for touchwiz is Hulk-kernel as far as I know. Currently up to 2.1 GHz overclock.

It doesn't support GPU overclock yet. But from what I saw the dev might be planning to add that too in the next version probably.

Make sure you download the OC version.

Also, I don't know what games you are playing that seem laggy, but it may be caused by DVFS.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_dracula:
I was playing Relic Run and it seems to get laggier the more you play.

How to fix the DVFS issue?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
DVFS or Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling is present only on touchwiz roms. I don't know if DVFS is rom related or kernel related, or if it is disabled by default on custom touchwiz roms. But there is an Xposed module to disable it. I don't know if there is any other way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] samson007:
I happen to have bought the at&t s6 which couldn't work in my environ. I gave it to a fool who rooted some way so I could use a different carrier. Then I tried to activate my knox and the phone went into a boot loop. I had to do a reset. After several in depth online analysis.i knew I was f***ed. My problem is this..

1. How do I get my knox to work again

2. How do i install the new android m. If it's an ota or custom.

Please note am a newbie but I understand a bit of the terminologies. Keep it really straight forward. Thank you all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] whoamanwtf:
1. You don't.

2. No one knows just yet...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] dandrumheller:
Are you sure your Knox bit is tripped? It sounds like you are now on a custom ROM. It's my understanding that Knox will not work on custom roms (I haven't personally tried it) even though the Knox warranty bit is still 0x0. Get the "phone info Samsung" app on the play store to check Knox status.

If your Knox bit is tripped (not 0x0) it is tripped permanently. If not, flash a stock ROM in Odin to use Knox again. Of course it sounds like you need a custom ROM to use the phone, so that may not help you.