yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] sausuke:
I experienced that same error on that system.img and solved it by

1st: Not using administrative cmd C:\Users\(pcname)> on cmd

2nd: I just put those 3 files on C:\Users\(pc name)\

only recovery and boot img work when on adb folder.. dunno if it's on windows 10 but I got it working on above directory
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] IronMan_in:
just xposed needed now

can we flash xposed zip file in stock recovery?via adb or any other way?

though there is some method of flashing xposed framework without recovery which we used on 551 ML..via adb only..

anyone shed some light on this?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] ArshArora:
Awesome dude ! that worked for me finally
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] sausuke:
glad that worked... I hate that system.img problem :eek:
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] ArshArora:
followed all guide. Finally the system error was solved and it got flashed . Now the phone is stucked on Asus logo and below bufferring type symbol is going on from past 15 mins. I removed battery and inserted it and pressed power button + vol up continuously still it directly goes to fastboot boot. No options of normal boot or recovery option please help. :(
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
hope so, trying to make boot image file with root access.

testing same with root access :D.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] caldent:
Can you pass me the boot image

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I mean the original one. Ramdisc hack should do the trick
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
you may extract original boot image from firmware, just extract it & you have.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] caldent:
Haven't downloaded the firmware yet hoping for this unlocked bootloader thing. ?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] decentguy49:
Do anyone knows, is there any dev working on CM for our device?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
Not till yet,

first priority was rooting, that is done.

after that we need custom recovery & someone working on this.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] decentguy49:
Grt, means we will soon get Custom Recovery as well :o
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] xyberz09:
I thought I'd share the latest development updates by [MENTION=6793814]rajlko[/MENTION] in this thread. Many thanks to him! :)

1. Working Root for ZE550KL/ZE551KL 1.16.40.763 (latest version after the December OTA update)

2. Working TWRP 2.8.6.0 for ze550kl / ze551kl (Unofficial)

To flash TWRP custom recovery on your phone, you'll need to unlock the phone's bootloader. You can pick an unlock tool for your specific ZenFone 2 model over at this thread (thanks to [MENTION=4549159]wickedpygmy[/MENTION]):

ZD551KL/ZE550KL/ZE551KL/ZE600KL/ZE601KL official bootloader unlock
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] decentguy49:
I have a small question, I know my device is ZE550KL but still i want to be double sure, so can anyone tell me how can i check the model number of my device, in settings its shows model Asus_Z00LD
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] xyberz09:
You can be extra sure by installing the CPU-Z app. You can also read /system/build.prop and see what the value of ro.product.device is. If it's ASUS_Z00L_63, you have the quad-core Snapdragon 410 ZE550KL variant.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] decentguy49:
In CPU-Z it says model Asus_Z00LD(WW_Z00L)
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] xyberz09:
That seems alright. What does build.prop say? You can use the FX app to read that file.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] decentguy49:
I dont have root access as of now, will that app work?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] xyberz09:
Yes, it will work. Without root access, you still have read-only access to the /system partition.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] decentguy49:
Yes, it says ASUS_Z00L_63
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] xyberz09:
You have the exact ZenFone 2 ZE550KL variant as me. :highfive:

If you're trying to unlock your bootloader, the unlocker app for ZE600KL should work for you.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] decentguy49:
Grt, so i just need to install that ZE600KL app which comes in ZIP to unlock bootloader, and also will i get OTA updates after unlocking bootloader
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] xyberz09:
The unlocker app for ZE600KL is present within the ZIP file as an APK file. You'll need to install that to unlock your bootloader. I believe you can also check the unlock status of the bootloader by booting into fastboot mode and running fastboot oem device-info

You probably won't get OTA updates after unlocking the bootloader but I'm not 100% sure about it. You'll have to bite the bullet and wait until the next update is released to be sure. You can read more about it here.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Kaushikchand71:
Um guys does this work with ze551kl ??

:confused:
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
cant say anything.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] jishnukollam:
if i am root my device has any problem /?

in future can i get update from asus ?

samsung has knox and they count on root !

Asus has any program to detect my device has rooted ?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] harshk60:
Raj sir

I just want to know that in zenphone 2 laser ze550kl the xposed as limited to modules, like i can not installed almost all moduled in xposed as it will cause infinite loops while booting and myself goes in this onetime. Then i again flash full rom and then xposed. I just want to ask that now i want to try other modules of xposed which i never used,so if again it will goes in infinite loops ➿ then what to do?

Is there is any way except flashing rom again ?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
Best practice is twrp backup, I will suggest just flash original boot image from official rom.

flashing full rom is last option.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] SADmietitore:
problem

hi it says to me

writing 'boot'...

failed <remote: can't flash unsigned image>

finished. total time . .....

what am i supposed to do?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] reddevilx:
Please, can we have the v17 for the ze550kl? I know that now there is the unlock bootloader method but i would like to keep the warranty.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] caldent:
Not possible. You can always unroot
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] reddevilx:
why is not possible?

Btw how can you relock the bootloader for the warranty??
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] esipoko:
Is there any unofficial bootloader unlocker for Laser ze601kl Z011D or root without unlocking bootloader? I am at firmware 1.16.40.1338.

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Official tool, index your phone serial through internet on Asus servers. And your warranty is gone!
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] panjwanidarshan:
Which one should I download

ZE550KL_WW_1.13.40.496

or

ZE550KL_WW_1.17.40.1234 ? Any difference ?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] TheDuffman:
Hi everyone:),

Is the 1.17.40.1234 image in MEGA folder pre-rooted?

Currently my ze550kl has 1.17.40.1234, is it safe to use this method to gain root?

Thx in advance
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] caldent:
You have to unlock the bootloader first
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] light555:
the newest version is 1.17.40.1531

Can I just use the 1.17.40.1234 to root ze550kl?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] BTiwari:
no if u use 1.17.40.1234 to root then system version will changed to 1.17.40.1234 u have to wait for pre rooted system image for latest one
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] light555:
Thanks for your reply. I have gone to the original forum and asked the developer to update the pre rooted system image. According to the previous experience, it would take a week to make it.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] tanker456:
Not working

i followed all steps what you said, but it is not working.

please help it is still stuck at verifying update package...

:mad:
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] maddog19998:
How to root asus zenfone max 6.0.1

Sent from my ASUS_Z010D
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] tanker456:
this thread is not for u

u can go here

http://www.asuszenfonetips.com/2016/01/how-to-root-asus-zenfone-max-zc550kl.html

or watch this video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ja6yK6QWuiA
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] chadilao008:
Does this work on zenfone laser 5.5 S marshmallow 6.0.1? Need to know asap please, it would really be a big help to me, because i cant move my apps to sd, and i know rooting my phone is the only "WAY" to save me from misery. ����
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] caldent:
Root Marshmellow by Booting in TWRP and flashing with Supersu zip file available in Supersu website
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rodrigorafaelb:
How to root android 6.0.1 vers. 21.40.1220.1615 zenfone 2 laser

ze550kl ZOOLD?????????????? sorry..google translate

:D
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Krishna_MDual:
Phone not rooted..?

I have followed all the steps mentioned in OP.

I downloaded the latest firmware version (ZE550KL_WW_1.13.40.496) from Mega link

https://mega.nz/#F!lodnzDhK!H5ChxausDTyko1qGlnF7dw!Fg9FwLoa

But after installation I checked from Root checker basics app, it says no root access.

Sorry it was my mistake,

I didnt install SuperSU,,, Now its working fine and my phone is rooted..

Thank you
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] danarputra:
Is firmware 21.40.1220.1708 is latest from Asus Web?

Please reply fast!

I want to root this phone...
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Ichijou Raku:
Im download ww1.17.40.1531 version from mega...

But when i try flash system.img..

It say error: cannot load system.img??

I have download and instal another adb but still didn't work..

Btw my bootloader is locked when im using this method..
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] charlesctrindia:
when flashing recovery getting error

FAILED (remote: image is not a boot image)

finished. total time: 0.913s

__________________-

(E:\systm\FlashTools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes

sending 'recovery' (26507 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.898s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: image is not a boot image)

finished. total time: 0.913s)

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couldn't flashing recovery
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] t88:
I'm using 5.5 SE octa 1.5/3g/32gb 6.0.1 ww*1708*. These steps worked for me, no problem found so far.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=63832436
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Adityashaw:
The download link shows many files ... Which one to download?

Please help.

My mobile is ZE550KL (ZOOLD) with 2GB RAM.

Build No. :- MMB29.WW_user_21.40.1220.1794 .
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] pudiim1:
HELP

Help-me i have a problem to flash system.img

I have the problem: FAILED <remote: size too large> and i'm stuck in asus screen. HELP ME PLEASE :(

sorry for my bad english, i'm BR
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] InfiniteL:
Hi Sir..I am now on MM pre-rooted room, however I realized that I need to install xposed for some reasons, by doing so, unlocking bootloader is a must to flash TWRP and I found out that I cannot unlock my bootloader in my current state which is I'm on the latest version of marsmallow, I found a solution here in XDA on how to unlock bootloader of the latest MM version, the UNOFFICIAL METHOD which is quited difficult to follow for a newbie like me. :D....So I ended up to this method, I planned to downgrade to lollipop to unlock my bootloader...... My question is "Can I directly flash the last pre-rooted version of lollipop?"... Thank you in advance :))
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] babooshka93:
Where can i find the pre-rooted image of the latest build released by asus in september ?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Shanmugam k:
Me too facing the same issue. All process was success and i entered fastboot reboot and phone rebooted and stucked on asus logo for long time and when i tried to go to recovery mode there is no option of normal boot or recovery mode it just opens fastboot mode and stays there.

Waiting for your answer. Please give solution for it :( :( :( waiting
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
Please read first post properly.

I have already answered about this situation.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] ArshArora:
Dude, Recovery Mode is not opening, how to wipe data
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
shut down phone, hold volume down & power button, release power button when asus logo appear but do not release volume down button,recovery screen will be there after some time.

when you got in recovery mode

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

then reboot partition.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] harshk60:
Very Very thankfull to the developer.

i didnt thought that the development will start for this phone.its working great.

just one more request that pls made cwm recovery so that the xposed can be installed .

Thank u
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
Xposed can be installed successfully, testing this one.

I am using xposed.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] sausuke:
Can't wait for xposed.. thank you very much on developing on this phone :D
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] harshk60:
Thnx Rajlko...

Pls share xposed as fast as possible... I cant be wait now... Thnx?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] IronMan_in:
how did you intall xposed?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] sausuke:
he already create a thread about that and successfully installed xposed :D
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] IronMan_in:
link please.

thanx
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/xposed-ze550kl-asusz00ld-zenfone-laser-t3237058
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] decentguy49:
I know i am asking bit early, but do anyone knows any dev working on custom recovery or ROM like CM for this device?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
No dear.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
Hi guys...

I am very to android... per my understanding first Ii have to install ADB Driver "adb-setup-1.4.2.exe" then what?

I believe I have to copy all these three mentioned image to ADB folder where I have installed. Means I have to locate to installed location.

then what ? Will I have to execute all the command at go or one by one?

Can someone please mail me post the entire in very descriptive manner? my email is mr.goluu@gmail.com

thanks

Shamz
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] harshk60:
I found a bug.i cant change my lock screen pic from the gallery
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
it s not a bug, it s working well, I can change any image to my lock screen, home screen, wallpaper.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] harshk60:
But when i try to change the image of lockscreen... The image i choose for lockscreen is set for homescreen automatically.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
may be you are trying home+lock screen.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] harshk60:
No sir, i am just selecting lockscreen..

Leave it. Its an not an issue. But thnx for the development.

Just waiting for xposed to work.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
This is working for others having same firmware, you are the one who has this issue, may be something going wrong at your side, let s google for this issue.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] harshk60:
U said true.I google it and found this link... m.youtube.com/watch?v=hDFiISU_jAc&fulldescription=1&gl=IN&client=mv-google&hl=en

And then i replace some of its file with urs and flash it.. And its work.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
Happy to hear :)
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Shanmugam k:
Damn Happy Now . Was waiting for root and xposed from months ago got it finally did both successfully. :) Thanks to devs .
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
Phone got stuck at ASUS logo

My phone got stuck at ASUS logo since 15 min.......Can someone pls help me here? pls ...

Also, let me how to hard reset it...
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
system will take some time to ready, if stuck at asus splash screen, restart in recovery, wipe cache, format data partition, restart mobile.

install any super user you wish.

to restart in recovery if stuck at asus logo remove battery hold volume down + power button when asus logo appear release power button but hold volume down button till you got recovery mode.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
thanks. Just lemme know can I update this phone with any future OTA update?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] 2mil0oto:
boot loop asus screen help!!!

i need proper system.img!
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
hey..just copy system.img from its folder to adb folder. actually when u extracting the system image it create folder thus the code doesnt recognize it....

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when I follow the instruction system get start and by default a super user was installed....But when tried to check the root thru Root Checker app it saying...root access is not properly installed to this device...

can anyone help me here...
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] 2mil0oto:
still they come 6 system.img i do need one!

i try with 7zip manager and wnrar
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
u have to use 7 zip...it will club all these 6 files into a system.img folder. then open this folder and copy system.img file to adb folder.

it size would be 2.8 gb+...
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] 2mil0oto:
thank you tho

:o
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] TechyFarooqui:
How to install xposed?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] caldent:
Pls check xoloq1100 forum. Rahul Tanuja developed a root bot tool for rooting the snapdragon powered device. Can anything be developed like that
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
At present it s not possible, both have totally different OS & hardware, asus's phones are not easy to root.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] caldent:
Have put up the question to Rahul. Lets see what he says.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
didn't work for me

Hi frnds,

I done this process thrice but didn't get succeed. Every time it stuck at ASUS logo afte fastboot reboot......after waiting for 6 hrs I have done hard reset using recovery option....When it booted then there is SuperSU was installed by default.... But when I checked the root using Root checker then it doesn't..... Also I neither see system Update in setting nor the app....

So someone pls help how to go back to original state? I mean the inbuilt ROM...

thnaks

Shams
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
search supersu pro 2.52 and install it, after installing it, restart,then you will got root work.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
Thanks Raj... Now its working....

Can u pls also let me know how could I go back to original state as it is as before root...so I can get FOTA update?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
Download from here

https://www.asus.com/in/support/Download/39/1/0/22/ZROQURlyupei1ZQz/32/

install update from recovery.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
I dont know how to do via recovery mode..

.I believe I have to copy that image (ROM) in phone memory. It auto detect and ask for update?

If not then can you pls give me some insight...
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
download latest update zip file from asus website & copy that file to external sd card, go to recovery mode, apply update from sdcard.

let process complete, reboot now you are back to original stock rom.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Mohd Shams:
Thanks Dear...

I hop I am not annoying you with questions :)... Can u also lemme know how can I remove/uninstall unwanted apps/bootloader which are be default installed by the manufacturer.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
same as usual, go to setting>app>uninstall apps you do not need.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] adriantojanuri:
Hi, just want to confirm. Does this method work for both variants?i hv the sd615 processor. Thankss
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
Not tested on ze551kl.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] blueandro:
can we downgrade to lower versions?

full system is there in asus officials download page .
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] Nyokerzs:
I tried a lot but i always failed, i tried it windows 10,8.1, and 7 , i follow all the instructions , always error system cant load.. help me bro. >_< i move also to c:/user/pcname but nothings change
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
yes, we can do it.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] ceo888:
Does your phone make more faster???
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] blueandro:
- Execute this commands in sequence:-adb device-adb reboot bootloader-fastboot devices-fastboot erase userdata-fastboot erase cache-fastboot flash boot boot.img-fastboot flash recovery recovery.img-fastboot flash system system.img-fastboot reboot

should i copy paste all or apply one by one ?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] mil0oto:
4g issue

I do not have 4g after root my phone!

Pls anybody can help me?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] drone991:
Can't download recovery.img

I can't download the recovery image file. Have downloaded all other files successfully. Would be great if someone could upload the recovery.img file and share a link :D
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] blueandro:
last for only one days

some pls make it gdrive linkhttp://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/boot.img

http://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/md5sum

http://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/recovery.img

http://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/system.img.7z.001

http://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/system.img.7z.002

http://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/system.img.7z.003

http://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/system.img.7z.004

http://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/system.img.7z.005

http://leech.frendz4m.com/files/eminem/system.img.7z.006
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] drone991:
Google drive link for files

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_j7tYFbJZThclhsZnRPOEFUWXc&usp=sharing

Here is the google drive link for all those having problems with mega :good::D
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] amol8356:
unable to flash system.img

Hi, I am not able to flash the system.img file it showing me the error like "Invalid sparse file format at unknown block 0000 at 126802068".

Other files flashed successfully.

Please help me.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] alfonsoalcala_:
Bug

i just rooted it then after several days it started to reboot automatically (system crash:confused:) how can i unroot it? :crying:
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
I have no problem at all, working very well.

To unroot, download latest firmware from asus website & flash that.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] alfonsoalcala_:
any guides(links) there how to flash the original rom? sorry newbie here
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] reversedheaven:
i keep getting this...

this stressed me out for the past 4 hours, searched all over google and all i found was a possible corrupt file.

i think i have downloaded this file from mega, google drive and one other source from this thread and i couldnt get any of them to work.

i coulld flash boot and system files but not the recovery...

any help please?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
Download latest firmware form asus website

http://www.asus.com/in/Phone/ZenFone-2-Laser-ZE550KL/HelpDesk_Download/
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
if you have issue regarding recovery image, you may download image file from this post

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63633398&postcount=75

Hope this will work.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] reversedheaven:
[MENTION=6793814]rajlko[/MENTION]

ive tried that, thats was the one other source i mentioned i tried from this thread. i cant seem to understand why of all people im the only one that got this.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
you may download fully working recovery

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz46tV6s-sImNE1fS1hRcVJGcUU/view?usp=sharing
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] reversedheaven:
that last download seemed to have worked. redoing entire procedure. hope it works this time. thanks.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] heywheelie:
Is it only me but I've downloaded the recovery.img file 4 times now from 2 different posts and every time it fails to match the md5 stated in the md5sum file. Al the other files match but not the recovery.img so no way I'm trying to root until I have all good files.

Could someone either upload a fresh working recovery.img for root or download one of the two posted in this thread and verify thee md5 please because I think the uploaded file is corrupt.

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I just downloaded the recovery.img file posted above and the md5 matches the md5sum shown in the md5sum file of the recovery.img of the root files.

Is this recovery.img stock or is it for root?
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
This one is from root.
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] alfonsoalcala_:
should i flash it via ADB sideload?:confused:
[Zenfone 2 Laser General] rajlko:
as usual, simple flash.