yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Serial number always returns to original ;) -- the trick is to stop flash tool when blue cmds says `result ok`--close it ! forcibly ! Then,restart flash tool with phone still connected to pc , put in the model and raw then press vol+ on phone and VOILA !!!

serial will be corrected on fone and pc.

The only possible chance it wont -- is if say you flash 6.0 -- and then try to flash raw of 5 without downgrading to 5 first !

You will have to use xfstk downloader to flash ifwi , dnx fw and droidbootpossingn bin first for 5 - if you bricked trying anything that you shouldnt -- this will correct serial -- i put a better video together to show this method . enjoy !!!

https://bambuser.com/v/6355633
[ZenFone 2 General] kischde:
[MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION]

That hint seems to save my ZF2 from being a brick :)

Unfortunately I now have a new problem...:

I start Asus Flash Tool, choose my raw, click wipe data and choose ZE551ML and mark my phone in the list below. Then I press start button and can see on the phone´s screen the progress. Where the process yesterday really stayed at the point showing "RESULT OKAY", it runs through today.. until everything´s done and the restarts by itself. So no chance to forcibly close AFT and restart it as long as I don´t know when exactly I need to close AFT. I can see the commands on the phone´s screen and "RESULT OKAY" comes up several times.. I guess it´s necessary to close AFT at a special part to make this work - but when is this?

Hope you can guide me through that dilemma, too...

Many thanks until now, I already buried my ZF2 in thoughts last night ^^

edit:

Also on my screen I´ve got "FASTBOOT CMD WAITING..." in blue letters, whilst in bambuser´s video it changes, as soon as he dis- and reconnects the USB cable, to anything in red letters.... Mine doesn´t do so, the "FASTBOOT CMD WAITING..." stays constantly. Dunno if this has got something to do with all that mess here? Maybe I should flash 6.0 to brick it a bit more than it´s now.... (I´d laugh now if it didn´t start to stress me a little now ;) )
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Start from scratch. Copy the video.

Take your pick at any of the - result ok-

Maybe you need to redownload correct files?

Unzip correctly ,offline and with A/V disabled.

I've unbricked 100"s of times in 15 mins exactly like the video. To the point I can say a Zen 2 is now fully unbrickable...or fully retrievable ;)

Other than that , video ..all the fw and info another cable or pc......

Maybe a Samsung for you next ;)

2nd thoughts , Samsung remark a bit harsh lol

Maybe , try the downloader a couple of times ...ignoring the success .

Then leave it connected for 10 mins before running flashtool ,sometimes it takes a while , but you may see cmds moving at a later time , I suppose it depends on pc speed and whether you picked up any malware running undetected ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] giopazcostarica:
Xfstk it's not working on windows 10

Enviado desde mi SM-G920I mediante Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] kischde:
I´m running Win 19 x64. xFSTK 1.7.0 works without problems. Make sure to have all necessary drivers installed (deactivate driver signature!)
[ZenFone 2 General] kischde:
[MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION]

I know it sounds curious, but I downloaded the files three times and even uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers once more. I tried it on my laptop which got a fresh Win 10 2 days ago and hadn´t even seen a virus scanner since then. Also deactivating the WLAN didn´t change anything. Only thing I hadn´t tried yet is to do one attempt after another with AFT. So I´m out of ideas for now and so tried another way using Intel Phone Tool and a service firmware. IMEI for SIM1 is restored, phone works so far normally, but it seems as if I haven´t got a recovery any more... So I can´t unlock or flash anything where recovery/TWRP is needed. At least a prerooted firmware works. Trying now to get the rest also back to life (recovery).
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
I haven't a clue what you did to get in the state it's in , but I can tell you that I have had all bricked states revived.

The only thing you haven't tried is what I advised.

Do you get the recovery robot with error beneath or no command , or does it just boot back into boot loader ?

Recovery will be fixed when serial is fixed.

Maybe , you have a damaged board like I think someone else has ? Who sent it back for repair earlier...who knows

Only you can find out ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] kischde:
[MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION]

Meanwhile I´m some steps further; with the factory-folder of my wife´s ZF2 I could restore my serial number, mac-address, etc. After that I could flash TWRP using Windroid Toolkit 3.1. I flashed the .139-raw-image, put the UL.-.184.zip as an update onto my internal SD which is installing atm. After that I guess I´ll directly update to 6.0.1 beta, unlock, flash TWRP and root it - after that I´m done.

How I came into it all - didn´t keep in mind, that I returned from .184 to .178 because I had higher battery drain with .184 and started the MM update... ^^ that was a nice lesson for just forgetting a small detail.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Good !

Now pass the phone to your wife .

And don't touch it again :D
[ZenFone 2 General] Ameetraje:
please help

Please help me.....

Please update the blank links.....

My zenfone 2 Ze550ml stuck on usb logo.....

Will be trying thing....
[ZenFone 2 General] AcostaJA:
Finally I Managed to unbrick my phone (deeep deeepest bricked 0123456789ABCDEF un-rooted encripted locked bootloader).

Seems some Device Police prevent Firmware rollback unless the device was previously bootloader unlocked.

Also the PC (an old sony laptop_ where I was Running xFSTK and Asus Flast Tool seems has some peculiar USB port hostile for booloader loading (not just android), so I have to move to an newer Netbook w/o complicated exotic hardware and Windows 7 as OS with everything disabled, Antivirus, UAC etc.

VERY IMPORTANT USE AN NEW OR OPTIMAL MICRO USB CABLE, ALSO CLEAN THE USB CONNECTOR AT THE PC SIDE, GET SURE YOU HAVE AN OPTIMAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.

Do this if your phone was on 183 or 184 firmware and never was unlocked or was encrypted.

Check you are running on a Commodity Windows 7 Machine, w/o exotic hardware, this is the most reliable machine for USB flashing.

Download intel xFSTK and AFT at least 1.34. https://yadi.sk/d/NQCiY--IsQjBr

download RAW FIRMWARE 184 https://yadi.sk/d/4cuw246vryaZA

grab the following files from https://mega.co.nz/#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw

partition.tbl

from folder /rescue​

splashscreen.img

from /unlock (grab the one for ZE551ML rename as splashscreen.img)​

boot.img

droidboot.img

recovery.img

from /Z00A_WW_2.20.40.184​

copy the files from mega to the ASUS FLASH TOOL FOLDER (program files(x66)/asus/Asus.../google)

Follow this tutorial's steps https://bambuser.com/v/6355633

Take care on details...

but before flashing .raw firmware 2nd time with Asus Flash Tool

run this commands at cmd shell:​

open cmd.exe at (program files(x66)/asus/Asus.../google) (where you copy the files from MEGA)

run this commands:

fastboot3 devices
---- should display your device actual serial
fastboot3 oem start_partitioning
fastboot3 flash /tmp/partition.tbl partition.tbl
fastboot3 oem partition /tmp/partition.tbl

fastboot3 erase system
fastboot3 erase cache
fastboot3 erase config
fastboot3 erase data
fastboot3 erase logs
fastboot3 erase factory

fastboot3 oem stop_partitioning

fastboot3 flash splashscreen splashscreen.img
fastboot3 flash boot boot.img
fastboot3 flash fastboot droidboot.img
fastboot3 flash recovery recovery.img

Don't care if you receive some "permission errors", all these works, this will restore your partition table, boot and stock recovery (everything has to be a version equal or higher than your firmware version - I had 183 so I used 184).

then continue with 2nd flashing of .184.raw firmware if you get some error, repeat flashing.

What if your battery phone is depleted?

- a phone repair shop can handle this by charging thru the Internal battery connector using an external (slow) battery charger hocked to the battery terminals ( the ribbon at right up corner) .

Hope you can save your phones too.

BiG THANKS to the Russian Guys from 4PDA.ru and GOOGLE TRANSLATOR.
[ZenFone 2 General] willdanputra:
WORKED

you're sir are absolutely genius, i've unbricked my phone. i am able to enter droidboot but not yet entering fastboot mode. still restoring my firmware now.
[ZenFone 2 General] daniel3461:
Ajuda por favor?

Segui suas indicações, mas deu esse erro:

22:10:15 - XFSTK-LOG--FW: Firmware update completed...

22:10:15 - XFSTK-LOG--LogProgress

22:10:15 - XFSTK-LOG--LogProgress

22:10:15 - XFSTK-LOG--LogError

22:10:15 - XFSTK-STATUS--Error Code: 0 - Success

22:10:15 - XFSTK-LOG--void MerrifieldDownloader::do_abort()

22:10:15 - XFSTK-LOG--Abort

22:10:15 - XFSTK-LOG--C:/Users/User1/Desktop/xFSTK_ZE551ML-sal358-amtech.vn/ifwi.bin size:4194468 bytes

22:10:15 - XFSTK-STATUS--PASS

22:10:15 - XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS...

Apos isso meu Zenfone 2 vibra e desconecta do computador e o processo para, pode me ajudar? Desde ja agradeço!
[ZenFone 2 General] willscooby:
Conseguiu resolver?
[ZenFone 2 General] NimishDavid:
Why is my recovery unknown? Recovery works properly, but it is shown Unknown after the process.
[ZenFone 2 General] BaduX:
last month i have unbricked my ze550ml

today my phone hang after downloading in PS, then i force shut it.. and voila usb hanging cable appear

after that i unbricked it again, it works until it says "UID unconsistence" something like that.. i have to factory reset it to make it work :crying:

and after everything have done, i flash twrp, install cm13, gapss and bring back my nandroid, then I flash cm13 latest.. after i opened BBM, my phone hang again.. have to force shut it again and it bricked again.. two times in a day, thats insane..

somebody can tell me where i done something wrong ?.. how to fix that hang except force shut it ?..

anybody can give me most simple tutorial, should i flash recovery, boot, etc.?

sorry my english is bad..

Edit : I managed to bring my phone life again, AGAIN.. :(

But when I'm trying to sideload it after renaming 138 to MOFD_SDUPDATE, it says newer version, and update aborted..

so if I try to unlock boot loader, and restore my nandroid backup from cm13 will its work..?
[ZenFone 2 General] muazz32:
i made it, thank alot

i use yr step on ZE550ML phone and bring it life.. after at step using ASUS FLASH TOOL i did it 2 time becoz at 1st the s.n number is still in factory. 1234567890DEFG i thing someting like that.. and after reconnect usb at 2nd it change to original s.n number and i flash again and it work perfectly... u rock man... :D
[ZenFone 2 General] jonathan_h:
Moorefield not detected

Hey Guys,

Can you please publish some instructions for the case that Moorefield is not detected??

I can enter fastboot mode, that's about it... I followed the instructions, but get stuck at the point where Moorefield should be detected.

I tried this on 2 computers (windows 7 & 10) and two different USB cables.

Thanks a lot!!!

Jonathan
[ZenFone 2 General] Alex86CT:
after weeks I am back to try to unbrick my ze550ML. This time I have used files from your link megaupload.

NOW I have successfull FW+0s installed BUT I haven't any splashscreen colored and any fastboot mode: on my display appear a battery with question mark (see image on attachment). Anyone know how solve it? Anyone got my same problem?

(sorry for my bad english)
[ZenFone 2 General] AcostaJA:
You have to recharge the battery via the internal connector
[ZenFone 2 General] nuzulist:
what raw version r u using? me get problem on flashing with asus tool when using lastest raw version (149). really need ur help just few step ahead to make my phone alive
[ZenFone 2 General] Alex86CT:
UPDATE:

I have my phone puggled with charger and, after around 30 min , fastboot mode is appeared automaticly. Next step I have flashed with AFT (2 time for serial 12345.....) and WOW my phone is alive! BUT I have noticed something:

- I don't have splashscreen (and no TV color, I had noticed this after xFSTK but I didn't care) and any Asus logo, only Black Screen than directly to OS, same while starting fastboot mode --> I have flashed after with fastboot with no results;

- I can't charge my phone in shutdown, only if it is powered up;

- I can't access to recovery --> when I select Recovery Mode it restart to OS.

I have flashed second time splashscreen, droidboot, recovery, system, boot with NO RESULT.

Anyone know how to fix mine issues?
[ZenFone 2 General] ntchrist88:
Zenfone 2 ze550ml unbrick failure

Greetings from Mumbai XDA,

Can u please help me unbrick my zenfone 2 ze550ml. I was able to restore bootloader successfully using bin files with XTFS. When the new bootloader comes up it shows my product name and variant as Z00A. It should show Z008 ideally.

I tried flashing the raw firmware post this with AFT V1.14 and I get an error stating "incorrect image format" and the flash fails. I have done this more than 10 times with various new files and no luck.

I believe the issue is with the restore of bootloader as my product name shows Z00A and I am flashing firmware for Z008.

Any help would be appreciated :)
[ZenFone 2 General] ered15:
would this GUIDE work on a bricked NEXUS PLAYER? lost fastboot
[ZenFone 2 General] nuzulist:
IMEI and SN wont recover

Hei guys please help me, i ve follow the entire instructions on this thread. Ive tried using AFT 2 times but my SN still 123456789ABCDEF. And i cant do OTA update. Please help me ??
[ZenFone 2 General] Neku:
Step 4: Use a rechargeable Fastboot img file.

The last pitch to bring life back to the two of you here Zenfone.

-There Bootloader means you can use fastboot to flash ROM img format already.

Img -Download the latest ROM for Zenfone 2 here:

-Choose The appropriate ROM version (ZE551ML / ZE550ML) and download all the files in that directory, links to download: THE LINKS IS DEAD !!!!
[ZenFone 2 General] llnguye1:
failed remote: unknown oem command

ze551ml at the asus flash tool stage

anyone?

got it, followed the video tutorial for the downloader/asus tool stage by bambuser

POST #231 - VIDEO TUTORIAL!

and also removed the login pattern/pin

make sure bootloader is unlocked by downloading the asus bootloader unlocker from asus website

for those who wish to reinstall recovery, twrp is nice
[ZenFone 2 General] prs2492:
xfstk downloader is not running after installing, i am using windows 8.1 - 64 bit OS. tried to run as admin, but didn't work. when i double click on the program icon, the cursor just rotates for a moment, then stops and then nothing happens
[ZenFone 2 General] ntchrist88:
http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/guide-fix-bricked-ze550ml-ze551ml-usb-t3405840

Updated version of this tutorial within the link here. Was able to unbrick zenfone 2 z008 with new files within the above link.

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open the app as admin and try. If doesnt work try reinstalling. need to have intel drivers before u install xfstk
[ZenFone 2 General] shah endless:
ZF2 with splattered screen...

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hi Sumit007s,

this is second time im asking about my problem (1st.one is timbernot).......the problem is :

my phone resently brick to usb mode.....almost saved:fingers-crossed:,i did unbricked it using this method(BIG TQ)...

but unaware that my usb cable abit loosen..b4 i could flash it using flush tool the phone somehow switched off!!!!..at 1st. i tot nothing happend.so i reflush it again(as what timbernot said) using xfstk...well it turn on alright but this time got worst!my zf2 booted with splattered screen(black n white thin lines).everytimes i hook it to my laptop the isoc app only can detect it for about 1 maybe 2 second and it disconnected...

Q is : how to revised this steps back to USB mode??...
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
[MENTION=7347922]Jorj-P[/MENTION] Exactly the same method as the vid I posted a while back in my signature below ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] Jorj-P:
[MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION] yes this is exactly the video process. I am sorry I didn't mention that you did post it. In fact I didn't remember where I had found it as I had a ton of tabs open with different solutions. As I stated no credit goes to me. Everything goes to you for posting and to this guy who made the video. I just wasn't able to post the video link as I needed more than 10 posts so I wrote down the procedure. Congrats for posting that mate. You saved my life, my wallet and my phone
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Hey jorj-p,thank you v much for giving a great detailed description..I wasn't having a pop btw , I wouldn't have made it without the help of other members who helped me unbrick such as summit etc...

I made the vid originally because I have a bad memory and to help others with their frustration like you have done too ;)

Welcome m8 ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] sharematika:
how about fonepad 7 (fe170 cg). Please make tutorial. thankz. irfanfaris8726@gmail.com
[ZenFone 2 General] spmarco:
new version of Asus FlashTools 1.0.0.34

Install the new version of Asus FlashTools 1.0.0.34 and find in You tube by "Zenfone 2 Stuck on USB Logo - Unbrick Hard Bricked Zenfone 2 ZE 551ML / ZE 550ML"
[ZenFone 2 General] noxtrous:
finally unbricked my phone

thank you sir, kindly... this tutorial have bring my z550ml from the dead... :good::good::good::good:

and yes i think this post deserved to be edited, like the links need to be replaced/checked *it contains important files* and such for the step 3, ya can just flash with twrp as long u got the newest firmware... and make sure to do the step 4 beforehand, like the recovery img, boot img, splashscreen img etcera... and the newest rom from the official links contains the splashscreen img itself! so it can be used.. as flashing the splashscreen img from the vietnam link lead me to blank screen which made me go crazy like for a minute or so. thankfully the fastboot still works, even though no display at all! flashing the appropriate recovery img, splashscreen img etc works for me, no more blank screen... and continue with the twrp for ez flashing..

mind the language, i'm not fluent in english :silly:

but truly this thread has saved my life. at least once! cheers!!
[ZenFone 2 General] dummytest97:
fix ur raw zenfone 2 ze550ml link...faster...i need to fix this phone
[ZenFone 2 General] shuvo1970:
Thanks. You made my day :)
[ZenFone 2 General] __adityalohia__:
Thanks to this forum, I successfully unbricked my ZE550ML. The service center guys denied that this phome could not be repaired.

I flashed .raw from AFF. And my is booting as normal.

I am not receiving any OTA updates via the phone. And if I want to flash stock rom version downloaded from official asus site, do I have to unlock the bootloader or simply I can use the adb shell?

Please help me out with this. I don't want to brick it again.
[ZenFone 2 General] earcanof:
What is the GP Flag Overide Value to ZE500CL (Z00D)?
[ZenFone 2 General] Chepapoa:
Hi.

I'm facing same problem like other friends.

I installed files with xFSTK-Downloader successfully (i think), after that my screen become like tv. When i connect the ZF2 to pc, windows recognizes as an android device and i can open on explorer my zf2, but i cannot find via adb nor fastbook.

Alright, i'm downloading raw file and soon i will use AFT to write.

Can i write one rom in AFT and after that, using adb, write android 6? Is there a problem? Or the raw rom and adb rom must be the same version?

I try to use AFT and a got the erro:

[IMG="Flash Image Failure"]http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2318/go5Ita.png[/IMG]

Wtf is that?
[ZenFone 2 General] veevyvy:
Thanks! It saved my day! I spent my whole night to unbrick the phone... and the key thing is that value! (0x80000807)!

I would also like to add another very important point: At step 3(e), you mentioned.

"... When the phone screen says something like PROCESS FINISHED OKAY then leave the phone pluged in but force close Asus Flash tool."

I would like to add that, force closing AFT by clicking the 'X' on the upper-right, will NOT kill it totally (at least on my machine running Windows 10). This caused it to FAIL to recognize the phone again in the later step. So, you MUST also run the Task Manager, and manually kill the "a500cgfastboot.exe" again before proceeding.
[ZenFone 2 General] touhid7:
solving Asus Flash Tool RAW file flashing error

i couldnt flash the .raw file via Asus Flash tool either. then i followed another thread of this forum. AFter step 2, i did this : http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/help/thead-bricked-phone-updating-to-mm-tips-t3452785

then phone rebooted normally with a running OS. then i flashed last official lollipop zip from asus website by copying it to phone root directory. After that i flashed again the latest official Android 6 zip from ASUS same way.

everything working fine now. thanks to this forum :D
[ZenFone 2 General] JotaM7:
Stuck on coloured square

Hi all

After trying to debrick i get success but when booting to droidboot it gets stuck on the coloured square

Any help?
[ZenFone 2 General] Chepapoa:
Alright, but tell me something, after finish xFSTK step, did your ZF2 restart into Fastboot Mode?

Mine ZF2 restart into TV colour screen.
[ZenFone 2 General] xpoudel:
Stuck on 4 color bars

I have successfully downloaded fw + os using xFSTK, but my phone is booting only to show 4 color bars. Have tried it again and again still unable to reach the bootloader. Every time it sticks in 4 color bars. Any suggestions.
[ZenFone 2 General] JotaM7:
Same problem here
[ZenFone 2 General] Chepapoa:
Hi.

Continue with step 3 and use Asus Flash tool as Jorj-P describe in his post.

Edit: Here is a good youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FsdnIrnQYA
[ZenFone 2 General] JotaM7:
It doesn't show up on Device Manager when it shows the color bars, so it doesn't detect on ASUS Flash Tool
[ZenFone 2 General] ThE J0K3r:
Ok so i did everything as said in the instructions but somehow i connect my ze551ml and it shows moorefield but soon after it dissapears i mean i said that is normal and went on with the xfts but it disconnected and after the 20th attempt to reconnect it stopped i dont know what to do anymore i tried even different usb cables i let my phone charge a bit but still to no avail!!
[ZenFone 2 General] Chepapoa:
Hey ThE J0K3r, wich step you are? Wich Windows are you using?

I am working in Windows 10 in Home and Windows 7 in Work.

Let's help each other because i don't want to loose my ZF2.
[ZenFone 2 General] ThE J0K3r:
I am working on windows 7 and i figured it out a little bit in the xfts i changed the 8x00000807 5x0 with 8x80000807 4x0 and my phone entered fastboot now i only need to find AFT 1.00.14 because it seemed to be extinct on the internet and the ones i found needed to be extracted with a password
[ZenFone 2 General] Chepapoa:
Mine DOES NOT ENTER in fastboot after xfts.

Here is AsusFlashToolInstaller1.0.0.34, i dont know if it is recommended.

Edit: Here, i found AsusFlashToolInstaller1.0.0.14
[ZenFone 2 General] ThE J0K3r:
Can someone post a link to Asus flashtool 1.0.0.14 please because i can't find it only with passwords

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Thank you very much you saved me!!!!!

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[ZenFone 2 General] Chepapoa:
After use xtfs, my phone appears 4 colored bars and then the screen turns black and nothing more happens :(
[ZenFone 2 General] djfirestorm:
This is the ONLY one that actually worked. Thanks, another 5AM and I could have had it in 15 minutes. Sadface and happyface all at the same time.lol