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[ZenFone 2 General] skoolkaholic:
i want to confirm something guys.

my phone bootloop after trying to install xposed on the latest firmware.

judging from this thread :

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/help/how-to-upgrade-cn-version-to-ww-t3101556

i could recover from bootloop by flashing boot.img, recovery.img and droidboot.img of .97 ? is it true ? or i should sideload whole .97 firmware ?
[ZenFone 2 General] intelprakash:
For safety's sake I've uninstalled Xposed and un-rooted before applying the latest OTA. Now I'm unable to install Xposed after the upgrade :( can anyone help?

Using ZE551ML Z00AD
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
How come no else with my problem trying to update?

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[ZenFone 2 General] Alex86CT:
have you the link for ZE550ML?
[ZenFone 2 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
Does not work, flashed all 3 files successfully and it stll says fingerprint of .90
[ZenFone 2 General] Tiongkia:
I downloaded the recovery file from v97 folder. It worked for me
[ZenFone 2 General] Alex86CT:
are you coming from CM 12.1?
[ZenFone 2 General] nail16:
Changelog says "Fix Unlock Tool issue". ?? Does this mean i can unlock the bootloader via the official tool by ASUS ?

I have already unlocked my boot loader using "one click unlock" but still wanted to give the Official method a try.
[ZenFone 2 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
i have flashed twrp and flashed again that recovery to see, i doesn't work
[ZenFone 2 General] Tiongkia:
for me, it works. sorry that it doesn't for u.

try

https://www.asus.com/Phone/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/

download the full firmware of ww v97. extract the recovery.img from the zip. if this doesn't work, then sorry to say - TOO BAD
[ZenFone 2 General] Djlatino:
Confirmed: Xposed install sends phone into bootloop. Will hold off on this update till someone finds a fix.
[ZenFone 2 General] RygartArrow:
Android is upgrading... finishing boot.

Thanks for the manual update mate. :good:
[ZenFone 2 General] Rappala:
At xposed's post someone said that installing latest version of xposed works
[ZenFone 2 General] intelprakash:
Is there anyway to rollback to previous version?
[ZenFone 2 General] adicken:
Anyone got acces to a flashable TWRP version?
[ZenFone 2 General] Val3r10:
Yes, I got the same generic "ERROR" (with the broken droid in recovery)

After reboot, I got the "rollback to previous version" warning, and seems working normally at 2.20.40.97

I guess it was possibly a broken download

But at this level, any check of newer versions, there aren't newer upgrades any more :(

:rolleyes:

Is my only choice a manual update, now ?!? :silly:

EDIT: rooted phone only (method 3), without previous unrooting as any other OTAs in the past...

Is this the problem !?! o.O

:( :(
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
Me too. Phone rooted with method 3. Maybe we need to unroot before applying this FOTA. Can someone else confirm any success with method 3 rooting?
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
How to manual update? And why only a few having this error with same phone model?

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I'm not rooted at this moment.

Thing is I remember we had to change CWM to apply root.

It can be the problem?

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[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
We just have to wait ASUS releases the last full firmware update on their support site. Then we will try manual install.
[ZenFone 2 General] Val3r10:
What about trying the Manual update from OTA file ?

Or this procedure if it doesn't work...
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Trying to sideload via ADB I get a fingerprint error, says my phone has 2.20.40.90 on it. My phone most definitely has 2.20.40.97 on it, but in recovery it says 2.20.40.90.

When I try and flash a recovery image, fastboot fails (but it does actually flash the image).

Any ideas?
[ZenFone 2 General] Aaldaff:
Root

Anyone Succes Root on 2.20.40.139, and instal xposed ?
[ZenFone 2 General] cieffe54:
http://fota.asus.com/delta_package/...W_Z008-20151105/WW_550_0918_1104_20151105.zip

:)
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
How to boot into recovery?

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[ZenFone 2 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
Had the same problem

To fix it i did this: Adb sideload .90, put the .97 full update on internal memory, update it and then you can update again your phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] Andrey Piekas:
Someone sends me the /system/framework/x86/services.odex file of .97? Because it can not update.
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
I think I'm confusing people so I'll full explain.

I am on stock .97

I was rooted (not anymore)

My phone detected OTA update

And now:

Every time I try to update I get the "error", even if I go through system or recovery.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Val3r10:
Yes, exactly. At least three people reported this problem till now. Including me.

Nobody's confused about the problem, I guess.

Only about its solution, till now, I fear ... :confused:

Not even the "UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.139-user.zip" on micro-sd after complete unrooting solves, unfortunately

:( :silly:
[ZenFone 2 General] Delgadovsky:
I'm exactly in the same position that you are. Already restart the phone hoping that was able to try again download new version but now dont find any update... :( Always have update phone this way (never unroot, always did updates and keep root).
[ZenFone 2 General] Leftrand:
Error exist maybe because you deleted some system bloatware
[ZenFone 2 General] stephtban:
TWRP flashable OTA

Here is a TWRP flashable version to update ze551ml from 2.20.40.97 to 2.20.40.139

Backup first (as always) and flash supersu after updating to have root access back.

https://mega.nz/#!YcdR1QYY!b2rhFTFmvwq1Djo3IdCBvcYm5cJo7yWQadiVHWfu2_U
[ZenFone 2 General] :
I had the same idea, so I sideloaded the .97 full update via ADB (after already loading the .90 full update). NOW my recovery says .97 and it accepted the OTA file. I'm pretty sure the recovery.img file that's available online from the collection is not the right one, as when I flash it I end up with .90 recovery instead of .97.

Too bad doing all that I had to do a full system wipe. Oh well, that's the risk you take when you tinker.
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
When I was rooted only deleted some Google crap.

Bloatware is disable not deleted.

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Where system keep update downloaded files? I need to delete it in order to try enter Recovery Mode without auto update...

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[ZenFone 2 General] DimitrisGate13:
So, I got the ERROR too

I removed the adaway hosts file, unfreezed all frozen bloatware and removed root, tried to do the update, got the ERROR message

After I retried just now the System Update app doesn't find the updated fw anymore. Did they took it down due to the errors?
[ZenFone 2 General] arminxa:
can someone please upload recovery.img for Z008 version 2.20.40.92? it is not uploaded here:

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/setyy42t2cymy#d96z0mq9cmr48
[ZenFone 2 General] Leftrand:
I deleted google crap too and had same experience with you,what i do is wait Prism Barebone rom
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
So seems if we install full .97 again will fix this problem?

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[ZenFone 2 General] :
Not exactly. Install full .90, THEN install full .97. (I did mine both via ADB sideload) For some reason the OTA from .90 to .97 doesn't (or didn't) properly update recovery for some people, so the OTA file sees your phone as being .90 instead of .97 and refuses to update. And, the recovery available online from that collection of recoveries download site seems to not be the actual .97 recovery.

If you reboot to recovery, you can see what version of recovery is on the device at the top. If it says anything other than .97 this OTA file won't work.

Note: In order to install the full .90, you need a recovery OLDER than the .90 one. It won't let you if you have a newer recovery on the device already.
[ZenFone 2 General] luisoman2000:
is there any particular version of supersu we should flash? I managed to modify the ota for the 550 ml. gonna try to upload it in a while.
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
I can't enter Recovery. Once I reboot to recovery he automatically try to update.

So I guess I need to find temp folder to delete the update I got from ota before.

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[ZenFone 2 General] stephtban:
Just flash the "standard" superSU zip package from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Yep. Not sure the path to it. Might even be on the root of the internal storage...
[ZenFone 2 General] arminxa:
can someone please upload recovery.img for Z008 version 2.20.40.92? it is not uploaded here:

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/sety...#d96z0mq9cmr48
[ZenFone 2 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
I did not loose any data, instead of sideloading the .97 i just put the entire zip in internal, the system detected it and updated itself. just like this http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE500KL/Software_Update_SOP_V3.pdf
[ZenFone 2 General] luisoman2000:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5N8K12HYWNKZnk2emVGYkJsQU0

twrp flashable zip for the 550 ML.
[ZenFone 2 General] :
I should clarify my earlier post...I lost data because I did a system reset prior, thinking maybe something was messed up and that's why I couldn't get the .97 recovery on my phone. I've found that even ADB sideload of full images from ASUS don't wipe data, so going through this process you should be able to:

1.) Flash an older recovery via fastboot (so that your phone will accept the sideload of the .90 zip)

2.) Flash the .90 full image

3.) Flash the .97 full image

4.) Flash the .97 -.137 OTA image

And NOT lose any data.

Losing data was a side effect of me doing a whole pile of messing around more than anything. Sorry if I wasn't clear before.
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
Thanks!

Can also post the links?

Cheers

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[ZenFone 2 General] :
The full images are on asus download site:

https://www.asus.com/support/Download/39/1/0/13/Lk0Sg1Ulh0Ph49Hl/32/

The .97-.137 OTA image is in the second post of this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63783795&postcount=2

and the older recoveries are at:

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/setyy42t2cymy#dy87k1a0f8m81
[ZenFone 2 General] Baldriksen:
Same problem. It seems that method 3 makes the update impossible to do :s
[ZenFone 2 General] Rappala:
It's easy. If you have rooted, and plus if you erased some preinstalled apps, wait for the full firmware and flash it.
[ZenFone 2 General] Baldriksen:
It will erase my settings, no ?
[ZenFone 2 General] Rappala:
No
[ZenFone 2 General] intelprakash:
Did anyone found solution for installing Xposed?
[ZenFone 2 General] ef1x:
if rooted using method 3 just unroot using same method and use the update as above described

if you want root back just use method 3 to root again all without data loss
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
Well it seems that's the method 3 that is messing with the OTA

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[ZenFone 2 General] nail16:
Has anyone given the ASUS Official Boot loader unlock tool a try yet ? Does it work? The app download link's been taken down.
[ZenFone 2 General] DarkPhoenix7878:
Didn't work for me anyway. Tried again this afternoon and still unlock unsuccessful
[ZenFone 2 General] nail16:
Ok I got the tool but before unlocking it says "you do not have PIN password to verify your device, do you still want to unlock your device ?" Now whats that supposed to mean? What PIN ?
[ZenFone 2 General] dimitrakhs1:
Really?How?
[ZenFone 2 General] DarkPhoenix7878:
Oh that's just for security, you can set a PIN in Settings-->security ;)

After that it will start installing then it will reboot.
[ZenFone 2 General] theolsonhome:
.97 recovery

Anyone know how to get the .97 recovery.img? The ones on Media fire for .97 are not correct. I have extracted the .97 full firmware and extracted but it only has the boot and droidboot.img files? Thanks.
[ZenFone 2 General] Level99:
I missed that first part of flashing an older recovery. Seems like a huge slog to get this to work. The flashable TWRP zip worked like a charm though (I got sick of seeing that 90 in the recovery at the top, was making me mad after 2 hours of trying).
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Not gonna lie, it did take a bit of time to download everything and flash. I just throw it out there for the folks that were on .97 with the wrong recovery as a method that works if you don't have an unlocked bootloader. As an added bonus (in my case at least) it appears to have solved the permission denied errors I was getting when doing any flashing from fastboot as well.
[ZenFone 2 General] pross8002:
How is the AndroidOS (kernel) battery "drain". I saw on zentalk that it appeared to be fixed, but the user was using his phone pretty heavily and it only took up 6% from full to ~10%.
[ZenFone 2 General] theolsonhome:
Thank's for the info. If I can not get a .97 recovery.img I will do what you did. Did you download the .90 and .97 updates or the full 1.1 gig firmware?
[ZenFone 2 General] greg67000:
Hello, i have an error when i update my zf2 (bootloader unlock and root with the 3rd method) first time trying OTA and failed to update. Then the system doesn't detect update anymore. Then trying manually update whit sideload and same error during installation.

How can i do get this update working ?

Thank you for help

Edit : Just unroot and renamed the OTA file to UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.139-user.zip and it worked :)
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
As soon as someone who rooted with method 3 and has the stock .97 recovery succeed to update to .139, please share how you did it.

I am rooted with method 3 and have the .97 stock recovery. My .97 firmware has been installed by Fota (previously, I had the .63 one). No problem despite I was rooted during procedure.

I assume we could try manual full update .139 once it will be online.

If we still get an "error" and so we are stuck with .97, we could try to unroot, manual full install .97 (if it was previously only installed by fota), then manual full install of .139 such as the official procedure described here.
[ZenFone 2 General] ef1x:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63793233&postcount=86 click this , also had trouble updating used this and worked , copy update file to sdcard
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Full firmwares.
[ZenFone 2 General] livewire168:
Additional info, to know more about the fixes in the new update as well as new and pertaining problems go to the link provided below.

Cheers

http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=55481&extra=page=1&mobile=2
[ZenFone 2 General] Djlatino:
Don't know where you read that (thanks for linking though, very useful reply) but I've been trying to flash v75 and I always got a boot loop.
[ZenFone 2 General] Rappala:
Yeah, it's so difficult search asus zenfone 2 and xposed.

In fact, I've never said that with the latest version of xposed would work fine, I said that someone said that.
[ZenFone 2 General] J M L:
This is what I did to go from Xposed and rooted .97 to rooted .139, but Xposed is not yet working. My bootloader is still, locked, so the reason I'm using tethered twrp.

Do some preparation:

Have a PC with working adb and fastboot.

Download the update to your PC from http://fota.asus.com/delta_package/phone/WW_Z00A/formal/WW_2.20.40.97_20150917_1572_user_rel-user-WW_Z00A-WW_2.20.40.139_20151104_2652_user_rel-user-WW_Z00A-20151105/WW_551_0917_1104_20151105.zip

Download to a location on your phone:

SuperSu flashable zip from https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/

Xposed uninstaller from this thread.

Xposed installer from the same thread. You can do this, but it doesn't work.

The the actual upgrade and re-root:

Boot to tethered twrp. Optional, do a backup.

Flash the xposed uninstaller from this thread (be sure to use the x86 version).

Reboot and wait for apps to rebuild...

Use the Method 3 root uninstall from this thread. If you did not root with Method 3, then do whatever is appropriate to unroot, probably just by unrooting in the supersu app.

Reboot and verify that root is gone.

Download the update from http://fota.asus.com/delta_package/phone/WW_Z00A/formal/WW_2.20.40.97_20150917_1572_user_rel-user-WW_Z00A-WW_2.20.40.139_20151104_2652_user_rel-user-WW_Z00A-20151105/WW_551_0917_1104_20151105.zip to your PC.

Boot to stock recovery.

At the error android hold Power and Volume Up, after one second release Power Up and it should take you to a menu. Sometimes I have to try this multiple times.

Select load update from ADB.

On your PC run adb sideload WW_551_0917_1104_20151105.zip I like doing it as a sideload, because then I can see what happens if it dies on an error.

Reboot system and wait for apps to rebuild...

Boot to tethered twrp. Optional, do a backup.

Flash SuperSu from https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/ either by sideloading in twrp or by already having it on your phone someplace.

Reboot to verify root.

Boot to tethered twrp.

Flash latest Xposed from this thread. At this time it is v75. Be sure to use sdk21 x86. Once again, this can be a sideload or already have it on your phone.

Reboot, and let it rebuild apps for a final time...

Installing Xposed v75 from twrp or using the ADB method (they should be produce identical end results) don't work for me. I've included the steps where they should go.

Making the backups did pay off, because I was able to restore to a non-broken .139 without too much trouble.
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
I followed the procedure you mentioned [FAIL]:

unroot

Change WW_551_0917_1104_20151105.zip to MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip

copy MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip to root of internal memory (I have not ext SDcard)

reboot to recovery

immediately fail to install and display ERROR

Press Start and Vol up to get out of error screen and enter the recovery menu and reboot

Still stuck with .97
[ZenFone 2 General] cmendonc2:
Updated index, thanks!

Also does anyone have the link to the OTA for 2.20.40.92?
[ZenFone 2 General] ef1x:
For me it worked , i have sd card and had copied update file to it. Instal went without problem no error android. Later i just rooted using method 3
[ZenFone 2 General] mickey36736:
Here.

Form 2.20.40.88 to 2.20.40.92

http://fota.asus.com/delta_package/...150918/WW_Z008-20150903-20150918-20150918.zip

Found in this site.

https://github.com/shakalaca/ZenFoneSystemImageCreator/pull/1
[ZenFone 2 General] kinetix118:
I had rooted using method 3 and the OTA failed.

This has worked for me:

1. Unroot using SuperSU

2. Boot to Recovery and clear cache.

3. Download OTA file from page #1 and copy to external SD card (internal SD do not work)

4. Boot to Recovery to update.

4. Root using method 3 again.
[ZenFone 2 General] Induced_Apathy:
Good to see constant updates and fixes coming down the pipeline. I'm stock on a ZE551ML so life is good. Update was flawless.

Thanks Asus!
[ZenFone 2 General] karlkarloff:
So far today, it appears that RAM management has improved quite a bit. Where I usually run about 950MB free during normal use, I'm now sitting at over 2GB free. Haven't really checked anything else out, but it is running smooth and seems well.
[ZenFone 2 General] DiGecko:
I have unlocked bootloader used this to unlock, I have TWRP installed (un tethered as far as I understand) and root access.

I had to do all of the above to get stock version of WW 40.97 running as the seller that I got the phone from flashed some broken WW 18.XX on it with device coded to CN (CN to WW replacement was also done).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only option for me to get this OTA is to wait until full 1GB zip is released by ASUS, the unroot, load in to TWRP -> Advanced -> ADB Sideload and sideload the entire OTA.

No way of just sideloading the file in OP, right? Or am I missing something?

P.S. Tried TWRP ready file posted earlier by saving it on the SD card then booting to TWRP and selecting install. That resulted in the error.

If there is a way to use the file in OP with my particular setup, a step-by-step guide would be much appreciated.
[ZenFone 2 General] shawnchalfant:
Download the CWM teathered root. Boot into the recovery and install the update from the external SD card, wait then reboot. Update applied.
[ZenFone 2 General] carnby24:
Hi im getting zip signature verification failed :1

Error installing zip file "/data/media/0//MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip
[ZenFone 2 General] mickey36736:
I do the same thing. It works fine.
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
The thing is I'm not able to boot into recovery.

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[ZenFone 2 General] kaynik41:
I try apply OTA but Error..try this method and still Error..

My device rooted,xposed installed,bootloader locked..

Any suggestion?

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD
[ZenFone 2 General] Delgadovsky:
You need to have a sdcard for this to work.Can't you get one from a friend or other equipment you have? This steps work without any problem if you have a SD card. And them just root again with method 3.
[ZenFone 2 General] mickey36736:
You can look here how to boot into recovery.

2.1

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/asus-zenfone-2-flashing-recovery-mode-t3096596
[ZenFone 2 General] Tiongkia:
https://www.asus.com/in/Phone/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/

Full firmware is up! Not the 165mb one. Its the 1.12gb one.
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
I cannot enter recovery cause it's corrupted for this version.

The root method I used changed my bootloader.

If i understand correctly i must downgrade apply the current bootloader so I can get new update.

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[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
I prefer the hard way, so I have my bootloader fixed.

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[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
Full firmware is out but still no way to update via easy official method. Once put in root of internal sdcard, update was detected once and I applied it but it fails. "ERROR" again same as the fota. I guess checking the log it is because last FOTA failure has left traces and the phone still tried to use the MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip instead of the UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.139-user.zip. After that, no way to force the phone to detect UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.139-user.zip again :mad:

So, what I did to succeed to install update

I did

NOT

unroot before applying next. Not needed.

1 ] Wipe cache. Be sure battery is almost full and be patient when you see formating /cache…, it takes ages. If it takes more than 1 hour, try forcing reboot but I bet you won't have to. Just wait for it is done.

2 ] When the phone has rebooted, use ES File Explorer app to go to /cache/recovery. Delete files that are not needed anymore:

last_install

all log files (no needed but just to clean)

check other files opening them as text if they should be deleted. If you're not sure leave them.

3 ] Enable USB debugging in Developer options and use ADB sideload method to update to .139 as described here. If you used

method 3

to root/unroot (that is to say ZenFoneRootKit_20150614). Just use the adb provided by it and rename UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.139-user.zip in ota.zip and put it next to adb.exe in

…\ZenFoneRootKit_20150614\files

directory. Once you are in bootloader mode (you may have to go to recovery mode and apply adb update if next fails here) run adb sideload ota.zip from that folder. I made a batch to help you update automatically (see attachement). Just put it next to root.bat provided by ZenFoneRootKit. Once the phone has rebooted in bootloader, you may have to manually delete adb server process from windows task manager to continue.

And voilà! But root has been erased.

4 ] Just use method 3 to root again. Enable and apply again your root apps such AdAway or AFWall+.

ENJOY :good: