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[ZenFone 2 General] DarkPhoenix7878:
I just tried again and still won't work :(
[ZenFone 2 General] baudrate76:
Can you update with bootloader unlocked

I can unroot and then apply the new update, just not sure if having a unlocked bootloader will bootloop my phone. Any one know the answer to this?

Thanks in advance

Baud
[ZenFone 2 General] javinhe:
Hi, you should flash a boot that enable downgrade (not all boot versions works), for me works boot 2.19.40.22 in mode fastboot: fastboot flash boot boot.img then go to recovery mode, with adb flash a ROM 2.19.40.22, later do wipes and reboot, upgrade but i still in ROM 2.20.40.97. Best regards, sorry my english.
[ZenFone 2 General] mostafazamalkawy:
I Can't Root my Asus Zenfone2 ze551ml With method 2 or 3 Although i'm installed ADB and Asus USB Driver ... i'm updated my stock ROM to 2.20.40.97
[ZenFone 2 General] kaynik41:
Success update to 139 using sideload without unroot,root again using method 3 & install xposed v78 success too..but have a "android is upgrading" issue everytime reboot..how to fix this? Please anyone

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD
[ZenFone 2 General] Federic0:
me too, hope a full wipe will solve. WTH Asus guys, it's not possible to go on in this way! we can't wipe for each small upgrade, it takes time and it's frustrating. moreover, i dunno if it will restore good battery time i had with .97!

really disappointed, you lucky there are so few DSFA's out there....:mad:
[ZenFone 2 General] intelprakash:
Installing Xposed on latest FW

Yeppie!!! Installed Xpoesed successfully :victory:

I installed using following method:-

Downloaded TEMPORARY CWM from Here

Downloaded latest Xposed framework from Here

Boot into Temp CWM via the following method

Unzip the package

Copy xposed-v78-sdk21-x86.zip to the base of your SD card

Enable USB debugging

With your phone on, attach it to PC via USB

Run 'cai_dat_CWM.bat' from the CWM package

In the black command window that opens, type ACCEPT

Type T4

Phone will reboot into fastboot and you'll see commands being issued from the PC cmd window copying the temporary recovery

You may see some funked up images on your display for a bit. Remove the USB cable and within 30 seconds should then see it booted into CWM

Select install update

Navigate to xposed-v78-sdk21-x86.zip and install

Reboot

Install Xposed app from Here

---

Found another simple method in this post
[ZenFone 2 General] shantnuj:
For all those who are stuck in bootloop when trying to install xposed after upgrading to latest version. I got my bootloop issue solved without any data loss. In the zip file containing xposed installer there is also a file which will remove xposed. Execute it when the phone is in bootloop.

Now the phone will reboot but will again be stucked in bootloop. To solve this download zenfone 1 Click Root Tool. Run the unroot file when the phone is in bootloop. After that your phone will reboot and will work fine but you will have lost root and xposed. You can re-root your phone and there will be no bootloop. But installing xposed will result in bootloop.

I will check if latest version of xposed works without bootloop and update. For now no xposed on latest firmware :(
[ZenFone 2 General] intelprakash:
See my above post bro. I got exposed working on latest version of firmware using the above method.
[ZenFone 2 General] chinemys2000:
works well ,thank you "intelprakash"

if I want to remove it?
[ZenFone 2 General] livewire168:
Hi guys just a heads up, Asus has officially confirmed Android M on Zf2 Variants. Details are here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3250191
[ZenFone 2 General] Chibuzo:
Contact

My contact takes long to load and it has been going on for sometime, after I flashed my phone with the full firmware I was hoping it will solve the problem but it is still taking long to load and I also cleared system cache after updating. please can anyone help me with the solution.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
this the same zip i got and you changed the update script like i did...

so what i do wrong?

maybe you have other twrp version?
[ZenFone 2 General] stephtban:
I use latest official TWRP
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
what the your vers?
[ZenFone 2 General] stephtban:
twrp 2.8.7.2 official
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
i got it too.. so i dont know why it doesnt work to me if to you yes.. i use the same zip :\

i got error when i slide to install the zip..
[ZenFone 2 General] stephtban:
maybe you should flash full .139 rom
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
what u mean full 139? you mean the official download from asus site? that 1.1GB size?
[ZenFone 2 General] buge boyo:
Sorry

---------- Post added at 06:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:18 PM ----------

Same thing happened to me, install Android SDK and ASUS drivers on your computer after installing method 3 should work remember to reboot your computer after installing the SDK and drivers.
[ZenFone 2 General] stephtban:
Yes, it's what I mean. Sideload it or edit update script and flash with twrp
[ZenFone 2 General] mostafazamalkawy:
Plz give me android SDK link
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
if i will install it like it comes, it will bootloop for me because i got twrp recovery, root and more..

i tried to download the full zip from official asus, but the update script is different from the 165MB zip....

so what do you advice me to do?
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Flash stock recovery first, then boot to it. From there, adb sideload the full zip. It's be a good idea to do a full wipe beforehand as well.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
how do i flash the stock recovery?
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Boot to fastboot, then fastboot flash recovery <recoveryfilenamehere>.img.

The "all in one resources" thread has a link to recovery images you can download. I'd recommend the 2.20.40.90 recovery image.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
first, thanks for help.

second, if i download the 40.90 recovery img, i can after it download 139 or i should before download 97?
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Once you've got the full .139 zip file downloaded and have flashed the .40.90 recovery image, you shouldn't need to do anything other than adb sideload that full zip from the stock recovery.

Be prepared for it to take a while. My full image flash took just about 20 minutes altogether. Once you've done that, you should have the latest stock rom on the phone, and no need to flash anything else.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
ok, just still didnt understand how i install the stock recovery over my twrp..

i enter my fastboot by press ON/OFF power with volume up yeah? after that, what i need to do? use the adb and flash from there the recovery img?

if yeah, so this is the lvls? :

1)Wipe (optional but reccomend)

2)flash .90 recovery

3) use adb sideload and flash .139 OTA

4)enjoy from phone

did i right?

i got the "all in one" thread but i cant download the recovery.. dont know why

can you give me a link to download?
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Recoveries: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/setyy42t2cymy#dy87k1a0f8m81

The recovery I would use: http://www.mediafire.com/download/a6du1tb72glzup3/recovery.img

(Assuming you have the ZE551ML variant)

Put this file in the same folder as your fastboot and adb executables, then open a command window in that folder.

Then, boot to the bootloader. (From power off, holder volume up plus power until it vibrates, release power). Once in the bootloader, type:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

In the command window. This will flash the stock recovery to your device. Then, pick 'recovery' on the phone so it boots to recovery. Once in recovery, hold power and tap volume up. This will give you the recovery options. Pick the wipe option to completely wipe the device. Once that's done, pick sideload via adb.

Then, from the command prompt type:

adb sideload <filename of the full zip file>.zip

This will then sideload the stock image to your phone. Once it's done, reboot. Once booted, you'll be on the latest stock rom.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
ok rly thanks.

btw, if i wipe so i can just enter the phone and update from the official app, no?
[ZenFone 2 General] :
If you ran ASUS' official unlock tool, you'll no longer see OTAs from them in the app, you'll have to apply them manually from recovery. If you unlocked using the unofficial method, you'll still see OTAs and as long as you haven't rooted, installed xposed, etc OTAs will work just fine. If you've rooted, there's a few threads dealing with how to take OTAs in that case and I won't give details here as I don't know (I've never run this phone stock and rooted.)
[ZenFone 2 General] joshg253:
Successful update .97 to .139 after using Rooting Method #3

Pretty much the first thing I did when I got my new 4GB/128GB phone was root it. I chose Method #3 because supposedly you'd still get OTA updates (true) and not have to unroot (not true -- see below).

Notes on my setup:

Locked Bootloader

Stock Recovery

Stock Firmware

Rooted via method #3

Uninstalled Updates & Disabled many of the built-in apps, but DID NOT Freeze any or use any root tools to remove them.

(The part that failed)

Download via OTA notification, initiated install, phone rebooted into (stock) recovery and tried to install the update, but almost immediately complained about ~"unexpected contents in /system".

(The workaround that succeeded)

Rebooted the phone, Full Unroot via SuperSU app -- it spun on "Uninstalling, please wait" forever, so I just rebooted.

Downloaded UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.139-user.zip from ASUS Support site and copied to root of Internal Storage, the phone noticed the file and asked to install it, to which I obliged, the phone then rebooted and proceeded to successfully install the update.

Regardless that RM#3 did not fully live up to its advertised features (ie OTA updates w/o unrooting first), it was an amazingly simple method of rooting that I will now use again to re-root after installing the update.
[ZenFone 2 General] dangelo.davide:
My 2 cents

Hi, this is my experience:

- my model is WW 551ML

- apply root via METHOD#3 to install an /etc/hosts modified file

- original locked bootloader

- freezed some not removable bloatwares and uninstalled others removable

- OTA update .97 to .139 fails as for other users

- downloaded OTA zip file and copied into an external sdcard renaming zip into MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip

- un-root the smartphone with script in root METHOD#3 package (batch file UnRoot.bat)

- reboot in recovery mode

- update started automatically and executed without errors
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
I always do similar, but using the full firmware file:

Remove xposed.

Unfreeze apps.

Remove root (method 3, use bat file).

Change TWRP to stock recovery by flashing stock recovery.img in fastboot.

Put full firmware file on SD card (renamed MOFD_SDUPDATE).

Boot into recovery and let it update.

Root (method 3), flash TWRP, flash Xposed (although we will have to be a bit careful doing that now that the updates are including the google security patches, seems like xposed may also need to be updated each time to avoid bootloop).

Takes a bit of time, but always works for me this way.
[ZenFone 2 General] Federic0:
More on battery drain: full stock, .139 release showed heavy battery drain but yesterday i've switched off WIFI and battery drains normally at acceptable levels. This is the first phone i see that consumes more battery under WIFI than with 4G. any idea?
[ZenFone 2 General] intelprakash:
If you want to remove Xposed just run the RemoveXposedFramework.bat
[ZenFone 2 General] Tiongkia:
Sorry, u have a wrong point.

"you'll still see OTAs and as long as you haven't rooted, installed xposed, etc OTAs will work just fine"

I used unofficial bootloader, rooted with xposed
[ZenFone 2 General] :
I'm definitely not wrong, I think you're just misunderstanding my point.

What I'm saying is, if you're on the stock rom and haven't rooted, installed xposed, etc then OTAs should just work with no issues. If you've rooted or installed xposed, or done anything custom, you'll have to probably do some work prior to running the OTA as it could fail, leave you in a boot loop, etc. Blindly applying an OTA if you're rooted or have changed the system in any way is generally a bad idea.

And of course if you're running anything other than the stock rom, the OTAs aren't going to work.

And if you've used the official bootloader unlock, your device has been registered with ASUS and you'll never see another OTA from them. You can still apply them manually once a download link is known, but they'll never show up in the ASUS update

tool.
[ZenFone 2 General] Tiongkia:
Maybe i read wrongly or u typed wrongly buddy. U used 'see OTA' and i can see. If u meant update OTA then u are right buddy. Its the word used.

So u should use flashed OTA without doing any pre work etc., NOT 'see OTA'. Its misleading.

No worries. Cheers
[ZenFone 2 General] :
So you no longer see the OTA in the ASUS update app when on stock and being rooted with xposed installed?

If you don't, then I apologize, I am incorrect. If you do, then I stand by my words.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
hey

i tried to install the stock recovery but i got error msg after i try to get in recovery after flash in cmd....

what i do wrong?

i power off the phone, enter to bootloader and write in cmd what you say, after it end in cmd go to recovery mode and it get error with a dead android
[ZenFone 2 General] :
At the dead Android screen hold power and then tap volume up. This will give you the recovery options. My previous post says this as well.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
ok got u, worked and i on stock recovery... i did enter to adb at recovery and then i tried to adb sideload the new update but still this didnt give me to do this.. i got error
[ZenFone 2 General] :
What's the error?
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
i didnt saw.. something with the zip i guess.

i need to sideload the full 1.1GB(official asus download) or the 168MB zip?
[ZenFone 2 General] :
If its the error I'm thinking it is (something about a mismatched signature or fingerprint or something) then sideload the full zip (1.1GB). When you are in recovery, what version does it say at the very top? I suspect you have the same problem I did and your recovery is 2.20.40.90 instead of 2.20.40.97 so the OTA package doesn't pass verification and refuses to flash. The recovery available online in that recovery collection isn't the right one.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
it write 2.20.40.90 at top recovery
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Yeah, that's not the right recovery to flash the OTA file. And, there's nowhere to get the .97 recovery online right now. The one available in the "collection" listed in the info thread here on XDA is the .90 one. It appears what happened is that the OTA to .97 doesn't (sometimes) properly update the recovery to .97. On my phone I couldn't flash the OTA and the full image hadn't been posted yet so I flashed the .63 recovery, flashed the full .90 zip, then flashed the full .97 zip. That got me to the right versions of everything and then I could flash the OTA.

Now that the full .139 zip is available, just flash it from recovery. It'll update everything to .139 properly.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
i just need to unroot?
[ZenFone 2 General] :
I'm actually not sure if you do or not when flashing the full image. I'm fairly sure the flash procedure wipes /system for itself, so I don't think you do. I've never rooted this phone so I am not sure. Someone else in this thread who has may need to answer.
[ZenFone 2 General] maor23:
so i'll wait.. just for beeing sure, if i wipe it deleted root? i thought to my self to wipe everything and start "new phone" and after it i will download the update straigth from the asus app
[ZenFone 2 General] baudrate76:
When you adb sideload a full factory OTA image/zip, then unrooting isn't necessary. You are correct, a wipe will delete everything including root.

Me personally, I do a full wipe before I flash an any image/zip for a new ROM stock or custom, by doing this, I have formatted all partitions, no data, no O/S and no root is on the phone anymore. So unrooting is unnecessary as it is redundant.

If you don't do a wipe then not sure if it will have an issue or not. I haven't tested it. But it's not like you can't correct any issue that arises, if any does, from it.

Baud
[ZenFone 2 General] gagansince1989:
So does the root method 3 work with this update?

How do i install xposed with this new update?
[ZenFone 2 General] buge boyo:
Yes it does.
[ZenFone 2 General] kaynik41:
root + xposed + unlocker

I use this files to root + install xposed + bootloader unlock for 139 firmware and successfull..
[ZenFone 2 General] DarkPhoenix7878:
Very interesting as many reported the bootloader not unlocking for the. 139 update
[ZenFone 2 General] kaynik41:
Yesterday i sideload 139 firmware,root & install xposed..after that i try unlock using that apk & succesfull,became white splash..install twrp from twrp manager & flash back black splash..using custom kernel now

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
I tried to sideload this, Unrooting first, and got error. "/system/bin/debuggerd" has unexpected content. my recovery is 2.20.40.97 I thought this happened when it's rooted but I def. unrooted it first.
[ZenFone 2 General] jamesta:
What are the benefits to unlock boot loader? Is that working with WW 2.20.40.139? I'm scared don't want to get bootloop....
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
Unlocking is pretty much pointless if you plan to stay on a stock ROM.
[ZenFone 2 General] sanguinevn:
It helps to flash non-stock kernel if you are on stock rom or you can try CM roms.

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[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
True, and some people like to use twrp recovery even though they keep stock otherwise. But for the most people using stock ROM, even if rooting it, I don't think they want custom recovery or kernel, so don't need to unlock and void their warranty.
[ZenFone 2 General] playmokill:
I updated to 139 and my battery started to drain faster. After some days on 139 I decided to downgrade to 97 and now the battery is way better. I noticed that 139 also uses more memory. I don't have specific numbers but with 97 normally I have more than 2Gb free, with 139, I always had less than 2Gb free.
[ZenFone 2 General] whynottoday:
I agree with you. 139 drain battery faster. I will downgrade to 97 too.
[ZenFone 2 General] playmokill:
I just uploaded the 97 fw through adb, kept all data and erase the cache. Running fine without any loss.
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
This is the opposite for me. Little better with new firmware. But I wiped cache before sideloading the full firmware. That could be the trick.
[ZenFone 2 General] playmokill:
I also wiped cache. I always do it when I change the firmware. Who knows what is making it drain for some users.
[ZenFone 2 General] ultramag69:
The other thing is before flashing you can make a rom backup to reload in case of accidents happening... Time constraints mean its easier and faster to just flash a recovery than a full rom... That comes after while I'm on the run...
[ZenFone 2 General] tjhiwa:
After this .139 update, the phone fails to go to deep sleep. Cellular network signal is on, Wi-Fi seems off, Awake is on, Screen On is off. I didn't have this problem with .97.
[ZenFone 2 General] De_A:
yes, I checked my Battery History details and see the same thing happening. Explains why the battery empties much faster than before. ==> just saw that my battery mode was set to "Performance"
[ZenFone 2 General] creepinm3:
I wonder if this will come shipped on my ZF2. I just ordered mine.
[ZenFone 2 General] mc2mc2:
Aynone else having SIM NOT INSERTED errors? (it is a recent development, happens sometimes with SIM!, sometimes SIM2)
[ZenFone 2 General] ImjuzCY:
Anyone have the recovery.img from .139? I have already flashed stock .139 ROM but my recovery is still TWRP. I want the stock recovery so that I can go claim my warranty.
[ZenFone 2 General] AL_IRAQI:
Flash .97 and .97 recovery then update with OTA to .139

That's .97 recovery

http://www.mediafire.com/download/s0tdx0mjgm9cu0g/recovery.img

Or reflash .139 with .97 recovery and see if it changes the recovery
[ZenFone 2 General] ImjuzCY:
I flashed that recovery from the link. It says it's .90 recovery. So I assume .97 and .139 did not update the recovery?
[ZenFone 2 General] benbugohit:
Hi, i looked for some information about this bug i have too !

Have to reboot/shutdown and power on the phone about 4 times before SIM1 is recognized and so i'm asked for pin code
[ZenFone 2 General] mc2mc2:
So it is a software bug or hardware malfunction? Any ideas?
[ZenFone 2 General] benbugohit:
Nope, but as i unlocked, twrpized, rooted, xposed, amplify-ied... and it did not happen before i think about a software problem.

The best solution for now is to backup apps+data, and i'll reset it, as .139 firware is available to flash.
[ZenFone 2 General] jamesta:
My battery runs faster but that's because I have the CPU overclocked to max 1.8ghz when screen unlocked and then back to 500mhz when screen off. 139 seems fine for me on 2gb ram version
[ZenFone 2 General] aguiamaster:
Its working perfectly, just dont forget busybox too first

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[ZenFone 2 General] Elbert09:
Sir Good eve Im stuck at sideloading the firmware it says can't read . (update: It Can't read because there is no .zip in my command *facepalm)
[ZenFone 2 General] gontie:
Has someone received it on a 550ml version ?
[ZenFone 2 General] Xipheare:
Success! I tried to sideload the file for the OTA link from mickey36736's post, after renaming it to UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.139-user.zip and got an error about "unexpected" something in some directory (described elsewhere in this thread) so I downloaded the complete firmware from ASUS, renamed it to updatefile.zip and did 'adb sideload updatefile.zip' from my Debian box (with android-tools-adb installed) and it installed without a problem. The broken fastboot from the official bootloader unlock is now fixed and I was able to root my phone and can now flash twrp and custom ROMs. :D
[ZenFone 2 General] Rappala:
Anyone has tested the official way to unlock the bootloader in this version ?
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
I get an error when trying to update fota.

I'm stock so I have no idea why the error.

He download > self reboot > start to apply update > then "error"

Any ideas ?

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[ZenFone 2 General] DarkPhoenix7878:
The old unlock tool still doesn't work after the latest update.

My guess is that they'll release a new one since it's gone from the Asus website.
[ZenFone 2 General] sleepymarky:
Yup, I've been encountering the same problem with almost all of the games that I have. This even happens with PPSSPP
[ZenFone 2 General] Rappala:
Sad to read that
[ZenFone 2 General] DarkPhoenix7878:
I know, it's THE thing we've been waiting from Asus !

But as soon as the bootloader will be officially unlocked more teams will work on the ZF2 ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] Tiongkia:
based on all the updates and comments from many of our members, I believe waiting for the firmware (full file) and flash via twrp / adb it is the safer way. I always didn't unroot or uninstall xposed. Just flash twrp / adb it, then boot up. then reroot and reflash twrp. Everything is back to normal.
[ZenFone 2 General] keeeeymann:
CN firmware falls behind again... I can't get OTAs with WW firmware but now this update seems to have fixed one of the big problems on my phone. What a dilemma[emoji43]

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[ZenFone 2 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
Can someone share the .97 stock recovery.IMG please? I have the .90 and the update needs .97 or .137
[ZenFone 2 General] migueli2:
I was about to try via CWM and I notist my phone don't boot to CWM.

Please some one from Asus can guide me?

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[ZenFone 2 General] Tiongkia:
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/setyy42t2cymy#dy87k1a0f8m81
[ZenFone 2 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
Thanks man!