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[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
How's the internal space after the bloat is gone, more or less and this is my last question. sorry lol
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
Edit: Now got a new issue, my recents key is not responding to press and hold no more, wiped cache to fix it and it didn't fix it. What's wrong now?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Hmmm, not sure, mine works, manage home screen comes up from home screen and app settings/options from an app

Storage size is good, i use System App Remover from playstore

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I would try a factory reset again and reinstall firmware one more time,
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
I reset the phone and the key works like normal again. I think it was a rogue xposed module causing it. I thought you'll get more space with true stock. Weird.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
I wonder if you could reduce the system partition size once debloat everything. Then increase the data partition size
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
One thing I really recommend any Zenfone 2E user to do before they Root and Xposed the phone is enable Dev options and turn on ADB Debugging and allow the phone access to their laptop/computer for the "adb logcat" command. I rebooted to a bootloop after my modules kept crashing the dev options in settings and disabled the one that was causing this issue, then I used tethered CWM recovery and wiped cache, all is right for now. Any one else using xposed on the 2E, make a new folder on the internal sd card and put a copy of the xposed framework installer and uninstaller for x86. You might need it since the tethered recovery don't read or mount the microSD card at all.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Stock recovery can flash ASUS firmware from sd card. Boot into stock recovery, apply update from sd card, boom pow bang, flash up or down the version of firmwares. I did a factory reset first, not sure if it's necessary. Went down to firmware 112 trying boot loader unlock app for ze500cl , I'm sure you've seen this around https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_c2hdjSBKMATUp5dDdPdHppUkk/view?usp=docslist_api
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
You mean I can mod "UL-ASUS_Z00D-WW-12.16.5.118-user.zip" to stock the phone in the stock recovery, i tried that one time and it would not flash it because it's not an AT&T package, what recovery tells me.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
It works now on stock firmware. No change to update .zip.... just flash
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
Try to flash 118 and report back. I failed trying to flash that one.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
I started on att firmware, then went to 102 then went to 118. Then went back down to 112 trying to unlock bootloader, now back up to 118, i did notice at 102 bootloader version 2.40 then at 118 it went to 2.60 then i went back down to the 112 the bootloader stayed at 2.60... another user with a FW model is hopefully uploading their build.prop file so I can copy it and hopefully the bootloader unlock tool will work on this AT&T version
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Izik-:
I cannot for the life of me get the xposed framework to flash on the ww firmware. In cwm it outputs a weird storage space error and aborts the installation then I'm stuck in an endless boot. I ended up dirty flashing the firmware to get it to boot again. Which zip works? I tried the one from a few pages back.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=58828974 and download v79_sdk21_x86 and also the uninstaller (in case of bootloop). Once it installs and reboots, first boot will take a liitle longer than normal, then all apps optimize for a long time... Enjoy
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
How come it flashes for you and i try it, it stops after verifying ww update and tells me not a ATT package. I have not tried to flash it in tethered CWM, i know that works. But maybe they patched it on my ZF2E. I have heard if you update the phone with AT&T, they brick your phone with the update. Mine can't even update because of modded system files which is a good thing tho. Are you saying download all the Zenfone 2 firmware files and keep trying in stock recovery until one bypasses the check and flashes the update on my phone for true stock and flash updates in order from 102 to 118?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
112 and 118 both worked on stock recovery. I never updated with att, just rooted and got on asus stock on day 2.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
I flashed the true stock Rom on my ZenFone 2e and noticed that the boot sound is now gone, so I had downloaded someone's 2e twrp backup and dug into the files for a script file that goes into/system/etc called asus-bootringtone.sh and copied it to the same folder on my phone and granted permission to boot it and copied my old att power up.wav to /system/media and the sound failed to play. Then I found a another script that uses android_audio.mp3 in the same directory in media. So I ran bootsnd.sh in terminal and rebooted my phone. Again quiet on the second try and so I made this zip to see if you guys can make it work. Bootringtone works with power up and android audio works with bootsnd.

https://mega.nz/#!IlgBGbTD!8LJfNyzuIb9BILiegwzE0mvwNOUrUeRpbDwAJqciOo0
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Marshmallow for this phone, i tried several times to download the 3 files but didn't have patience, i did manage to download the first part of the rom, it is a asus update zip but needed the other 2 parts to it. If someone could download these and upload them to a more common server, mega, drive, dropbox whatever. http://android-xda.net/tutorial/upgrade-update-asus-zenfone-2-ze500cl/ I searched all over XDA and the Internet and this is the only way to download this. I was hoping to find it somewhere else where you don't have to take surveys to download something
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
Sorry to burst your bubble here but this is a fake link with the info to grab your attention and click on it. I should know because I found a link for Toshiba Thrive kit Kat Rom with the same three links but the Thrive can't support higher than 4.2 jelly bean. It might work for some but I'm not risking my phone until the official marshmallow update.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
[MENTION=5517367]cidlover[/MENTION] any chance you've came across system/etc/mixer_paths.xml

Can't find the file or any audio files to change the values to increase volume. Googling only found this method, and i don't want to install 20 sound mod apps.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexBodewig:
Have you tried viper or the beats mods?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Using v4a, but my galaxy s4 has its mixer_paths modded and it's super loud.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
I

that file is not in my phone on 118 or the stock Zenfone 2E TWRP backup files.

Edit: also robot_head, did you find a solution to random stops with the music player. It's worst in the 118 firmware.

Edit2: for music play, try unticking "clean in suspend" in the Asus mobile manager in the cleaner side.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hit85:
Thanks a lot...
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
7.2 ..... They say delete this section for v4a, that could be true, deep buffer. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60442527
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
One more find... To change emojis from

To these more current ones

I downloaded this zip http://www.mediafire.com/download/d8tagszg4c8zwco/iOS9_1Emojis.zip

It's the iOs ones (boo) extracted the emoji.ttf file, used root browser to go to system/fonts and find noto emojis .ttf and delete it. Then copy and paste your new noto emojis .ttf into system/fonts change permissions to rw-r-r reboot, yay!!! New emojis finally i don't have to look at those scoop of butter emojis ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
No going down to kk
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
did it work for the music player?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
For music i deleted maxxaudio.apk and the other audio app, i forgot the name. Followed that guide and deleted deep buffer, I'm only using v4a, with expert ui mode. All seems good so far
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
I'm not going to do that, i want to keep the apk files, I'm sure my fix helps too.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
So after a couple of days with this device I've got an unlocked bootloader and rooted.

From my stock AT&T device I flashed the tethered CWM and flashed the stock ASUS ver118 FW. http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/root-ze500cl-z00d-t3116531

From there I used the one click root method to root the phone. http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/root-newbie-root-instructions-zenfone-2-t3114063

Then I did some digging and found the correct APK file to unlock the bootloader (boots with white splashscreen + I can run fastboot erase etc). http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/asus-zenfone-2-ze500cl-unlock-app-t3257815

Had a look at trying to dump the .img files for boot/recovery/fastboot but they are buried within a hidden partition and every tool I've tried has given me unusable images.

Partition table is as follows

root@ASUS_Z00D:/data/local/tmp # ./gdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.4

Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15237120 sectors, 7.3 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): E052FB23-2F62-F0ED-3030-2480CDB4EEC3
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 15237086
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 6 sectors (3.0 KiB)

Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 40 522279 255.0 MiB 0700 reserved
2 522280 524327 1024.0 KiB 0700 persistent
3 524328 589863 32.0 MiB 0700 panic
4 589864 720935 64.0 MiB 0700 factory
5 720936 731175 5.0 MiB 0700 misc
6 731176 751655 10.0 MiB 0700 config
7 751656 827431 37.0 MiB 0700 asdf
8 827432 915495 43.0 MiB 0700 asusfw
9 915496 3315751 1.1 GiB 0700 cache
10 3315752 8034343 2.2 GiB 0700 system
11 8034344 15237086 3.4 GiB 0700 data

As you can see the first partition is the reserved system partition which I'm almost sure contains the files we need to start working on custom recovery and ROMs etc.

If anyone else can post any insight on to this as I'm not really an android developer or any kind of dev really it would be much appreciated.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Grrrr... Everytime i run this app this is the result. I think this is a Russian unlock app, maybe won't work in america
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
It should work fine on USA based phones. Mine is a USA phone. I was using the ASUS stock Rom rather than the att rom etc. Maybe that's the difference ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
I'm asus too..118
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
These are my build number and software version pages for compariso.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
They match up the same, no idea
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
I have no clue then. What have you modified from the stock Rom ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
I tried on 112 with no root, 102 and 118. Mod or no mod it doesn't matter, no workey
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
Alright I did some research and it seems the unlock tool relies on ASUS unlock servers. And at this point in time it would appear to down. Try again with the tool every so often it should work sooner or later.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
So looking into it a bit more it would appear our phones use Intel's verified boot. Not sure how to dump all the images but if you guys wanna read this presentation on verified boot I found to see if you can work anything out from it.

https://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/ABS%20Lollipop%20MR1%20Verified%20Boot.pdf
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] social-design-concepts:
This tool was developed for extracting the different kernel images from the osip partition on some clovertrail devices but will probably require some modifications to work specifically for the zf2e.

https://github.com/pm-cz/dell-venue-boot-tools

If you dump the reserved partition I might be able to look at it.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
I'll get on that right now, I've already got the binary recompiled with PIE code support because lollipop wouldn't allow me to execute the original. Where would you like me to upload the partition ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] social-design-concepts:
anywhere just post or send me the link, so i take it the current implementation doesn't support the device offsets? your uploading the whole reserved partition?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
Most likely it doesn't support them, I couldn't seem to use the image files it dumped for me first time around. I'm dumping th reserved partition as an image file if that's the right format to use. Not entirely sure ?

Also here is verbose output of the dump_images.

root@ASUS_Z00D:/data/local/tmp # ./dump_images -v
./dump_images -v
MBR info (offset 0x0)
Image 1 (recovery: c), start 36050, length 19001
Image 2 (fastboot: e), start 100050, length 24361
Image 3 ( boot: 0), start 68050, length 17585
Image 4 ( unknown: 5), start 4050, length 416

MBR info (offset 0xe0)
Image 1 (recovery: c), start 36050, length 19001
Image 2 (fastboot: e), start 100050, length 24361
Image 3 ( boot: 0), start 68050, length 17585
Image 4 ( unknown: 5), start 4050, length 416
Skipping recovery image
Skipping fastboot image
Skipping boot image
Skipping unknown image

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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960684366

Here is the reserved partition dumped in .img format. If it's not the right format I'll redump it for you. Thanks for your help.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] social-design-concepts:
upload the boot recovery and fastboot image too I'll look at it when I get home from work.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
Boot: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960684513

Fastboot: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960684514

Recovery: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960684515
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] social-design-concepts:
The fan in my PSU on my build box died so i wont be able to look at things until saturday.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltii:
That's completely fine, take your time and thanks for the help.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexBodewig:
so Intel has their own flasher tool for phones with Intel SoCs. It picked up the zf2e and with it maybe we can flash over custom builds/recoveries.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Make the phone faster?

Hello, I got the zenfone 2E and I rooted It already. Its a pretty good phone for the price. But can anyone out there help me make it a little faster? The lag on this phone is killing me tbh :(
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Debloat it.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Ok. This is making me crazy. Everyone else across the globe can unlock there bootloader, the app doesn't work neither does this and i granted system rw.. Someone help
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
[MENTION=6758142]robot_head[/MENTION]

Heres what i did, I entered this: mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /

Then:

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /factory

And i pressed enter on the command: getprop ro.isn > /factory/asuskey And it did it without any error (So I think that the bootloader is unlocked for me now)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
Last time i did a feeling of a filesystem on a Samsung Galaxy s2 and results in a bootloop. You sure this method won't bootloop my ZenFone 2e?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
I tried and got the same result, cannot write factory/asuskey
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I am sure that if you do it correctly no bootloop should occur

Nothing happened to my ZenFone when I did it
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Yipee for me. Doesn't work.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] social-design-concepts:
Isn't the filesystem ext4?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Idk, any info/input you have on this matter
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Oh yea I forgot to tell you that I did it via adb
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
I did too. same result either way
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'm going to try and install cygeanogenmod on my 2E, I will tell you guys how it turned out later
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
You may need the stock kernel for it to boot
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidlover:
I take it, it failed to install on the ZF2E and we're stuck on stock. There are no Z00D ROMs I saw in ZenFone 2 Android Development section, only Z00A or Z008 Roms. Yea, I'll like to have a 5.1.1 Rom on my 2e like my Samsung Galaxy S2 runs CyanideL 20.0 5.1.1.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Successfully created a full nandroid backup with tethered twrp to my ext sd, wiped system, data, cache, dalvik, then flashed the backup, boom pow bang. Worked like a lucky charm. Then flashed lowest firmware on asus website through STOCK recovery, no wipe off anything, caused bootloop into stock recovery. Pressed power button for 10 seconds and phone restarts, hold volume up and power promptly after phone vibrates, let go after 2 seconds, from fast boot screen launch tethrred recovery from pc and restore backup from ext sd. ? just for info ya'll.

twrp tethered recovery https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_c2hdjSBKMATVlhcUI5Q29HNjg/view?usp=docslist_api
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Screw the cygeanogenmod, it won't flash no matter how I try to flash it :(

Now I have another question, how can the memory leak be fixed? I tried to fix it via the Xposed plugin called Fix Memory Leak for Lollipop or something like that but it doesn't work :(
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Same here, no leak fix. Just use the memory booster in quick toggles about a million times a day for smooth operation
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yup, this phone has a lot of flaws, a big one is the little ram space and the low audio output on the headphones :(
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'm sorry if I'm annoying, but does anyone know where to get the AT&T firmware for this phone? Because I flashed the Worldwide Version but I want the ATT one back
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
I looked as well because att has oem unlock on developers options. With windroid that could unlock bootloader. I don't know.. No att firmware anywhere in the world. Sorry i looked.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chetannaik24:
You saved my Zenfone 2e's life.

Thanks for your work!!! You are an angel as far my Zenfone is concerned. :good::)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mateo121212:
im trying to make an att firmware so we can revert. if anyone has a full backup from their att firmware i would be interested in grabbing it to try to make something work. i wish to try bootloader unlock with the OEM unlock in the att firmware but i have allready switched to the WW firmware and i wish to try to get it to go back.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
I did the same, on ww now also. Windroid could have some possibilities http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64765150 it does detect ze500cl and go phone 2e
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
Hi guys! I have a question: if I did a full fresh install, dalvik cache wipe, rooted, can I take the updated apps and install them in place of the old? I don't want updates eating up my precious memory. When I am full install, my phone works beautifully and then even when I take out bloat, the leftover updates still add up. Also does anyone have a great launcher that is tiny and fast? I'm on lightning launcher and I've used Brian Kok's dark launcher but his has a lag sometimes on the app drawer. Thanks in advance. Also great job guys. If it weren't for you I'd never be on stock asus. No more AT&T rom!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davepmer:
check out post #113 in this topic. I have a backup of ATT firmware for the 2e there. It was used to unbrick a few phones at the time.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zshep99:
Hey, i havent checked out this post in a while, but what progress has been made since i was here last? Did anyone get a bootloader unlock or anything yet?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davepmer:
Well I have managed to get the Z00D droidboot elf file. the bootloader executable. I do not see a way to unlock it myself. However for anyone with a disassembler that wants to try to find a way. here is a link to the Z00D bootloader executable.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2ZiR-2Tn5BdMDVWLU1zS04zanM/view?usp=sharing
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
Nobody got love for my question??
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
You're talking about titanium backup installing backed up apps, or team blackout apps? You could uninstall all the old apps, then install you're apps. Just don't let them update. This may help. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3301663

[DISCOVERY GUIDE] Zenfone 2e att go phone [ZE500CL]
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
Thank you very much
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davepmer:
Not unless the phone is rooted and then you would have to overwrite the original app in either /system/app or /system/priv-app. Both locations are normally read only. Also doing so would be mute because in a week there will be new updates to the same apps. Worse it may stop you from getting any system updates.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
So what can I do to save my internal memory and also my ram?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
You need to break the market link with TiBa. Uninstall all unnecessary apps, they're still running in the background, i took off everything my phone wasn't using, debloat everything like this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64998358
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
So I use square home as my launcher and my phone is so much better. I think this is the first time my phone wasn't bogged down. Lightning launcher, nova, nothing has been so good for our phone. Make sure to disable Zen launcher

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Breaking the market link will mean that we have to check for updates, correct?

I've also used that thread to debloat.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Yes, correct, for instance, google chrome had gotten itself up to 90 mb, and that was clearing cache and data.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
That's just ridiculous. Can I restore the market links once I replace the old apps with the updated version? Also can you give me a walkthrough so I can do this properly?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robot_head:
Just started to play with android kitchen this morning, headed off to work now, hoping for some custom rom action based off stock, locked bootloader and all??
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zshep99:
i wish you luck. That would be amazing.