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[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Completely dead battery , leave on charge for 24 hrs.

If device gets warm its charging.

Every hour or so , press, long press power to see if you get vibes back , then try to power it off , it will charge up quicker rather than repeat recycling itself.

Every time you perform a flash in xfstk the battery gets hammered by approx 12%.

If doesn't get warm , not charging. Hard wire a charger to battery.

Make sure settings and modifications to gp over ride are correct and ticked in xfstk and in the correct [ bla bla bla +CRC [ section to prevent draining battery after flashing incorrectly .

Check the vid in my unbrick thread in my signature for settings any thing you may have missed while charging .

Hard wired battery charge needs to be removed from phone , charge for an hour .

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I didn't have time to reply correctly the other day.

When you unbrick by xfstk

You get a temp boot loader.

Not your own bootloader

Hence my reply
[ZenFone 2 General] ofr679:
---------- Post added at 09:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:56 AM ----------

Thankyou for a quick reply and explanation.

I'll try to leave it charge for 24 hour. The charger is actually a bit warmer when it is pluged to the phone, although its not as hot as before flashing with xFSTK. I hope it is still do charging. :)

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Do dnx_fwr.bin and ifwi.bin can make my phone charging? Or do I also need to flash droidboot_dnx.img.POS_sign.bin with xFSTK to make may phone to be able to charge?

Or is there any way to flash droidboot.img with xFSTK to make my phone charging properly just like before I push download button xFSTK? (Reverse xFSTK download back to dead before flashing dnx_fwr.bin, ifwi.bin and droidboot_dnx.img.POS_sign.bin?)
[ZenFone 2 General] adamdavid72:
I also had the same problem after unbricking, every time i try to boot into recovery it takes me to fastboot screen. After digging the internet a little I figured out that after we flash the raw file the bootloader is relocked (after unbricking we see a black splashscreen with white asus logo). so after u have successfully unbricked u should unlock the bootloader and then flash the recovery.. This worked for me.. :D
[ZenFone 2 General] Linznl:
same with me... I got "wrong image format"

I'm using AFT v1.0.0.14

after I did the xFSTK, i successfully get to fastboot mode.. but

my product name, variant, and serial number changed from Z008 to Z00A, serial number: 0123456789ABCDEF

I tried to use ADB to load the firmware, but the command manager did not manage to detect my phone.

so pleaseee help me...tell me what should I do now?
[ZenFone 2 General] I'mRonBurgandy?:
Do you have an updated version of adb tools. That happened to me with an older version.
[ZenFone 2 General] LBN:
Hey I am a noob at this and I didnt think I would get to this stage so soon, so I am not that versed in the different ways of the different tools, but something leads to believe that I my device might not be suitable for flashing.

I got to a stage where I do not have access to fastboot, it shows that cable icon, but I can still ADB to the phone and ADB reboot recovery gets me into the recovery part of the bootloader, but fast boot doesnt work. Since the beginning I have not been able to unlock the boot loader, even when I tried the Asus official one it fails, but I saw plenty of people in the same situation. However, no oneclick or any other solution on XDA is working for me. It always ends up with permissions issue on -> getprop ro.isn > /factory/asuskey ( press enter) every time.

I also perform rooting and despite some permissions errors, it looked like it was rooted, I verified with a root checker.

I also tried to sideload build .18 to see if I could unlock from there, but that didnt work either, adding the img packages fail with incorrect signature (or something like that)

I have now tried to enter into recovery mode and wipe cache, factory reset, nothing gets me back to fast boot.

So the question is what are my options, since the phone is not bricked, it boots up normally and I can get to recover mode, but whenever I tried to enter bootloader I get that "brick" symbol.

Any help is appreciated.
[ZenFone 2 General] Linznl:
I did this..AFT did recognise my device but everytime I tried to flash the raw file it gives me #1 error...

So now I'm having the exact same problem like this guy

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/asus-ze551ml-bought-abroad-update-t3321024

..I tried every solution suggested in the above thread, but nothing seems to be working for me:crying::crying:...unable to mount to any partition:rolleyes::rolleyes:. I manage to get into recovery using cwm, but everytime I tried to sideload the zip file, my device will be dsconnected from my pc and unable to be detected. tried using external SD also, not working:crying::crying:.....can anyone walk me through how to fix my device? any chance I can fix it myself without sending it to the service centre?
[ZenFone 2 General] Linznl:
Since my last post here I'm able to get into recovery using tethered recovery method using CWM and TWRP.

In the beginning, I tried all the method that u have suggested earlier, but I also faced the same problem like dwynez03. When I tried to install file using CWM and TWRP I also get the

E:/ unable to find partition.

E:/ unable to mount cache.

E:/ unable to data

etc...

when I tried to ADB sideload my device was immediately disconnected from my pc. One thing that I found out from TWRP is that my internal storage 0 mb.

So my question, is it possible that my internal storage to be wiped out completely when I first tried to unbrick my phone using xFSTK to get into fastboot? If so, how can I recover from this problem? Since my device is already hard brick, I'm willing to tried any possible solution to get it back to life. huhu....the method that u showed seem promising...but I'm gonna give it a try. Only one concern I have at this moment, I used to get the USB hanging screen but now no longer.

I'm going to post the result once I try this method. Thanks sooo much.
[ZenFone 2 General] jokeuk:
hi link http://mega.nz/#F! K4MHiAgL! DVuOKeH...9ffw! Xwc0BJrY Cant download plz

someone can help?

am need system.img

thank you

Now my zen2 wakeup again

Big Thank
[ZenFone 2 General] bounti:
So I followed this tutorial, and while I no longer see the USB logo, I now see a weird burnt in image when trying to enter fastboot mode and a strange distorted, multi colored image right before the phone begins to boot now. I'm attached images.
[ZenFone 2 General] Linznl:
finally, I manage to fix my zenfone 2.

Here's what I did, from my last post, I keep on googling on how to fix the problem and at the same time I tried to troubleshoot using my laptop.

I think one thing that made different was I repartition my internal storage using adb. I used the command that I found on the internet based on the similar problem. I am a serious beginner in this matter. I also dont know the exact number that I should allocate. So I just blindly put any numbers that I think logic enough. But that still does not solve my problem.

This morning, I decided to use my sister's laptop since she is using windows xp/7 and mine is windows 10 cause I read somewhere that xfstk is not compatible with windows 10. I'm not sure, since I still manage to get into bootloader every single time. But I just want to give it a try using my sister's laptop.

After installed all the required driver, I tried to get into fastboot using xfstk. I was very easy and fast. Then, I tried to flash the raw file using AFT, everything went very well, I no longer get error, but I do felt a little worried seeing flashing took so long on the AFT interface, but my fastboot said 'OKAY' .

I interrupted by removing it from the laptop and tried to go into 'recovery' but failed ( ofcourse). Then I reboot into boatloader I noticed that my device varians came back to normal, (Z008>Z00A>Z008) then I tried to reflash using AFT which it detected my original serial number despite fastboot (123456789abcde). At this point I was so happy since it was progressing. I decided to use temporary recovery to flash the firmware. I was excited to see that I had 7g internal storage despite the original 16g. from there I manage to fix the phone.

Now, I'm still trying to restore the backup data ( which I did not know that I had..hahaha).

At this point, I think I do not have recovery partition but I'm afraid that my phone will brick again..So i'll just let it be like that..
[ZenFone 2 General] ericvet:
Stuck in bootloader

Hi there, eventually it works, but it was useless for me because i can access bootloader again but i can't access recovery mode, it doesn't flash any file by fastboot commands ( flashmode cmds error), it doesn't work with tethered recovery like TWRP or CWM (they actually open, but you can't flash any image or zip file "unable to mount cache, system, etc and TWRP show me 0 mb internal storage) ), i can't ADB sideload any zip either.

I wonder if it may affect that we don't put the OS DnX file, or the files that we put in there are wrong for my phone, i don't know.... my phone is bricked about 10 days ago, i don´t know what other tut or path to try....

Can i flash the system by xFSTK Downloader??? what do you think??

Thanks anyway for this tut and for any answer you can give me.

I have a Zenfone 2, 4Gb RAM, 64 GB. root until it gets brick,

I had rooted my phone (it worked normal, no problem)

I updated my ZF 2 by OTA being root (what a mistake)

I entered bootloader and recovery mode (it worked normal, no problem)

I wipe cache, it got a lot of time and i didn't wait, forced shutdown (what a big mistake)

i got usb logo with a bar under it, every time i turn on my phone.

i did this tut, bootloader came back but recovery mode did not.

so.. i'm here so far.
[ZenFone 2 General] zer0zz0:
Problems launching xFSTK

I'm having these issues

Can't boot or get into fastboot

Can't get xFSTK-Downloader 1.7.0 to open, version 1.5.1 shows blank window

I think my issue is that the Intel SoC USB driver is not installing correctly before I install xFSTK. I don't have a working intel device to plug in for the last step of the SoC install, so I plug in my bricked zenphone. When I plug in my phone, the battery animation and indicator light up and the device shows up in windows device manager as MOOREFIELD but only for a fraction of a second and then disappears. Then, the zenphone shows up as an MTP USB Device, and an "Eject Android" option appears in windows task bar (if I click on it, I later get an error message saying windows can't stop the device).

So is the SoC driver the cause of xFSTK 1.7.0 not launching (or xFSTK 1.5.1 showing a blank window)? Will I need to get my hands on a working intel SoC device to finish the SoC driver installation, or is there a work around?
[ZenFone 2 General] ericvet:
xFSTK

Your zenfone should work for that step, because it works for me ( unless it hasn't an Intel processor inside). Is your zf2 in the usb logo?, did you follow the steps to install drivers without "windows driver signature verification"? because it doesn't work if you don't get in this mode until install dSoc driver, even if it seems to get installed succesfully, it doesn't work. It happens to me.
[ZenFone 2 General] zer0zz0:
Thank you, this was my problem. I didn't clearly understand the instructions and didn't allow windows to install drivers without verification. I uninstalled everything and tried again, and it seems that Intel Soc has successfully installed now, and I am now able to install and run xFSTK.

However I still have an issue. When I plug my zenfone into my computer, it shows up in the device status of xFSTK but quickly disappears. It does not reappear. So when I get to the step to "Begin Download" in xFSTK, it cannot detect the phone (it times out after 60 seconds).

Is there a way to make my zenfone stay connected, or is all hope lost?

edit: I got impatient and tried Begin Download and plugged my phone in while it was scanning to see if it would stay connected. The download failed obviously since the phone disconnected during the process. I tried again and now the phone does connect and stays connected as Moorefield. However, now the xFSTK download fails every time, and retries 20 times before timing out. The error I get from xFSTK is "Error Code: 1 - Connnection error" followed by "Failed to start Dldr state machine, aborting ...".

I'm not sure the "recovery of the phone" is recoverable at this point, honestly I'm sick of all the trouble it has put me through and I'm ready to go buy a new phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] zer0zz0:
An update to my previous post, the phone has returned to appearing as a Moorefield device and then disappears right after it connects. Here's what happens in detail

1. Plug the phone in

2. Windows (and also xFSTK) detects the phone as Moorefield

3. The phone disconnects, neither windows or xFSTK can detect the phone

4. The phone vibrates twice and then displays the battery indicator on the screen

5. Windows detects the phone as a MTP USB Device
[ZenFone 2 General] zer0zz0:
Sorry I keep posting over and over again but something really weird happened and my zenfone is sort of working now. I left my phone plugged into my computers USB port and I wasn't doing anything to it, and it randomly boots up to the ASUS boot screen, then the android logo pops up and is says "Erasing ...". I waited a few minutes and the phone rebooted itself and got to the animated ASUS boot screen, and just kept loading for a few minutes. I was patient and let it finish, it took a while. Then the phone entered the first time setup options and now it's working again.

I'm starting to think that I never had a corrupted bootloader and my phone just has a broken power button or something, because it keeps turning off while I'm trying to use it and also randomly pops up the power options menu (shutdown, restart, airplane mode).
[ZenFone 2 General] Toyotaro99:
cannot find RAW firmware for ZE550ML

Hi, Sumit, this is great guide and I am recovering my bricked phone back to fastboot mode(boot as 4-color image). but I cannot find the RAW file of ZE550ML, the link is broken and says nothing found, could u please post and share again!! thanks a lot in advance.

Also could u please share what's the next steps or any other guide to load RAW (and/or following steps) and following steps to fully recover phone... I am a bit new here.

I bought phone at Taiwan but using at Japan for about one year, suddenly bricked after installing recent "Asus update"... is this "planned" activity for Asus to ask user to buy new phone? :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Sumit007s:
I'll update Raw firmware link ASAP . Currently i am not able to upload Raw firmware to my Gdrive
[ZenFone 2 General] Toyotaro99:
Please help to update RAW file for ZE550? thanks in advance!

Hi Sumit,

any possibility to upload ZE550 RAW file again? thanks so much in advance!
[ZenFone 2 General] willscooby:
Umbrick com sucesso!!!

Boa tarde a todos!! Sou Brasileiro e consegui salvar meu zenfone 2!!!

Descobri um pequeno erro nos 2 tutoriais mostrados que impedia de eu conseguir "injetar" arquivos dnx_fwr.bin; ifwi.bin e droidboot_dnx.img.POS_sign.bin !!

Segue informações certeiras em que vcs conseguirão salvar seus Zenfones 2!!! Obs: Meu modelo é o ZE551ML!!!

*Após Instalar todos os drivers anteriores (iSocUSB-Driver-Setup-1.2.0 e IntelAndroidDrvSetup1.5.0), instale o xFSTK_ZE551ML-sal358-amtech.vn correspondente ao seu modelo é claro.

*Abra o programa xFSTK com o Zenfone plugado por USB ( caso esteja ligado não se preocupe);

*Após abrir o programa, clique na aba MRD A0/B0 + MOOR A0 + CRC; em seguida clique em Options - Modify Settings.

*Em Download Options marque "Enable GP Flag Overrride, e logo abaixo coloquem o valor 0x80000807. (REPAREM QUE NO TUTORIAL ANTERIOR ESTAVA ACRESCENTADO MAIS UM NÚMERO ZERO(0), POR CONTA DISTO O CELULAR NÃO CONSEGUIA RECEBER O

OS, RECEBIA APENAS O FW).

* SIGAM O PROCEDIMENTO NORMAL DOS TUTORIAIS ANTERIORES DE xFSTK APÓS ESSA PEQUENA MODIFICAÇÃO.

Após terminar com sucesso transferencia de FW+OS, irá entrar em tela modo USB por um breve instante e logo após tela de 4 cores.

Deixe do jeito que está, não deplugue nada, entre agora no programa Asus FlashTool e tente jogar o arquivo RAW.

O programa deve reconhecer o numero serial do seu aparelho (caso apareça serial 123456789ABCDE não irá funcionar)

conecte e desconecte até reconhecer.

Após isso seguir tutorial modo ABD (mesmo com a tela em modo de 4 cores ou tela preta irá receonhecer caso os drivers corretos estejam devidamente instalados).

lancem os códigos:

*flashtool devices (deve aparecer o número serial do aparelho)

Em seguida:

6A. fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img

WAIT.. blah.. blah.. blah..

6B. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

WAIT.. blah.. blah.. blah..

6C. fastboot flash boot boot.img

WAIT.. blah.. blah.. blah..

6D. fastboot flash system system.img

WAIT.. blah.. blah.. blah..

Após isso lancem mais códigos (lembrado de verificar em cada código se está sendo executado com sucesso sem erros)

Seu Zenfone 2 deve reiniciar normal. ele ja estará com root por isso se vc quiser instalar alguma instalação via ota não vai funcionar para isso terá que tirar o root

COMO ESTE É MEU PRIMEIRO COMENTÁRIO PARA AJUDAR AQUI NO XDA, QUALQUER COISA ME AVISEM CASO EU TENHA BURLADO AS DEVIDAS REGRAS. Infelizmente não posso postar links

ESTAREI A DISPOSIÇÃO PARA AJUDAR!!!!
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Charge phone for 24hrs before you do anything else.

You need vibes back for flashing in xfstk
[ZenFone 2 General] jinxcursesome:
It's okay now. I've enter bootloader and recovery mode. Is it okay if I upgrade my device to stock MM in this current state via recovery?
[ZenFone 2 General] ofr679:
Thank you.

You mean xFSTK do not flashing droidboot_dnx.img.POS_sign.bin into the phone without vibe. I see.

I accidentally just bring my phone back to life without flashing any droidboot or system image. I just flash dnx_fwr.bin from xFSTK download (xFSTK_ZE550ML-sal358-amtech.vn) along with ifwi_xxx.bin extracted from ifwi.zip inside UL-Z008-WW-4.21.40.191-user.zip (the rom I used before my phone dead).

Right after the both files flashed, the phone screen showing usb image with a box below such as battery all in white. I restarted my phone, and... bang! Its back to live. Surprisingly, my battery is full. :D
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Marvelous stuff :)

Last two users , used xFstk and brought back to life their phones without flashing or needing a temp bootloader (note to oneself)

I wonder if anything would have registered in fastboot or adb ?

Nonetheless , xFSTK should be used as a last resort for loss of bootloader ... according to all sources

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Put atleast stock (UL - blah blah- .184 - .196 or .198 LP) if on 551 internal SD and reboot , once upgraded put M .134 in the same internal and reboot

-- equivalent -- last of the LP for 550 (whatever that is) and reboot -- Then M reboot :good:
[ZenFone 2 General] sd brasil:
I was in hardbrick and I used the xfstk and the flash tool 1.0.34 since then the serial number does not change anymore 123456abcde ..... maybe that's why I lost the phone imei
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
flash again raw in AFT , when on screen commands stop on phone after approx 3 mins and stays on " result =ok " for a min or so.

Close aft , force close it.

Run aft again press vol + once, flash raw again ..serial will be corrected, recovery and imei too.

Do not dislodge cable at any point in above process ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] sd brasil:
Ok flash RAW in AFT, 5min interroper without disconnecting the cable, return to the AFL and press vol + .. continued 0123456abcde

Ok flash RAW em AFT, 5min interroper sem desconectar o cabo, voltar para o AFL e pressione vol .. continuação 0123456abcde
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
if your having probs , see my unbrick thread video in my signature , aft 1.17 download is there too

Watch vid from 2:17 mins for aft flash
[ZenFone 2 General] sd brasil:
I already did the video and nothing! I forced the hardbrick to do everything again for xfstk and AFT but nothing yet, I installed raw 138,174,184,194 and nothing, I installed several costom rom and nothing, .... 17 days ago no mobile phone...

Eu já fiz o vídeo e nada! Eu forcei o hardbrick para fazer tudo de novo para xfstk e AFT, mas nada ainda, eu instalei raw 138,174,184,194 e nada, eu instalei vários rom costom e nada, .... há 17 dias sem telefone celular

Even with the 1234567abcdef serial the AFT completes the normal flash
[ZenFone 2 General] lipsy25:
Hi friend, I've tried countless times and I can not succeed. Always happens this PRINT error in xFSTK, I'm desperate here . After error, telephone reebot and enter in Asus boot loop logo for ever :( i not see TVerror colors image..

http :// i65. tinypic .com/ 157m 3yv .jpg
[ZenFone 2 General] rahulcr2011:
ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser ZE601KL Dead Phone

Hi Guys ,

Same problem happened for me with my Asus Zenfone 2 laser Ze601Kl ,

I have tried with the xFstk in the process my phone is not getting detected in the flasher.

I have tried QFIL , QPST all the Qualcomm related softwares to make it work , but every time i am getting same error " SAHARA FAIL "

I have tried with COLOR OS which was having one chinese flasher and sadly that also showing the same error ,

AS far as i know i have installed the qualcomm drivers successfully and it is showing in device manager also . I have tried with Windows 7 X64 , Windows XP SP 2 . Still no luck

My phone has been dead since 1 month Somebody please help me. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[ZenFone 2 General] sd brasil:
Your problem is easy to solve ... for example: inside the romstock 184 has the folder FIWIzip inside it has the file fiwi ze551bin .... extract it and put in the place of the other in xfstk ... for me funcinou !!! !
[ZenFone 2 General] Rev_Engg:
[MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION] XFSTK uses specific address called offset based on device type( eg, moorefield) so the file which is being passed to particular name will be written to that address if the binary file is correct one then it hands over the process to next process most of the time at the time of unlocking mismatched file are being passed and that will not have the correct offset of the next process and cause a halt. if you are aware of MBR (its just 512 bytes) its similar to that. fastboot and adb are dumb prompts.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
OK thanks for the info , we know xFSTK , should only be used for loss of bootloader ..So , I'm thinking if people restore device with their original bootloader intact and not succeeding in os possign file , then surely they had bootloader and splash screen and boot was damaged only or some sector relating to .

Nonetheless they managed to restore ;)

also @sd Brazil ...

Ze601kl is Qualcomm processor I think ..which is restored by fastboot cmds flashing recovery then update via sd. None related to xFSTK flash , I've had Qualcomm HTC one flash similar yrs ago
[ZenFone 2 General] rahulcr2011:
Thanks for your reply .

Buddy can you walk me though it . i am actually not aware of all these things , it will be very helpful if you point out what exactly i have to do in order to make phone working again . Thanks in advance

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Yes ZE601KL is having Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 , I have tried with Fastboot devices command after plugging my phone into PC , it was showing "Waiting for Device " ...

So please help me if in any way i can fix my phone , it will be really helpful . Thanks in advance