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[ZenFone 2 General] NimishDavid:
Resurrected my Zenfone 2!

Thanks everyone for all the help! I did it!

My only problem was that xFSTK wasn't opening. I thought disabling signature verification once done, stays forever. That was the mistake and I got xFSTK to open.

If you have BitDefender antivirus, uninstall it. Even if you disable it, it'll block driver installation. So, remove it completely.

XFSTK flashed successfully straightaway. Got 4 color screen. Then phone rebooted into Normal Boot Mode.

Then I installed Asus Flash Tool 1.0.0.34. Connected the phone. It got detected with the infamous 1234... serial number. Selected Raw file and started flashing. Now wait for 10-15 minutes. Partition commands will execute but the phone won't boot into OS. Phone screen will say "Okay" and AFT will say "Flashing...". Now disconnect the phone and close AFT. Reopen AFT and connect phone again. This time AFT will recognize the correct serial number. Now repeat the same procedure. Wait for 15-20 minutes. That's it. This time phone boots into the OS!

PS : Ticking wipe data in AFT is unnecessary. I didn't. My apps and data were intact as the phone booted in to the OS.

Once again, Thanks everyone! :)

---------- Post added at 05:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:25 PM ----------

You're not done with xFSTK. Repeat flashing until you get Fastboot. Then use Asus Flash Tool 1.0.0.34.
[ZenFone 2 General] gvsouza:
This method works for ZD551KL(Zenfone Selfie)?
[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 by 2nd time with Asus Flash Tool

run this commands at cmd shell:​

(you may skip this and flash fw 184 by 2nd time anyway, but if you get some error at 2nd fw flash run this and repeat, this is necessary in case your phone was encrypted)

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.

Enviado desde mi ASUS_Z00AD mediante Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] vyaskd:
Can i do this process on unlocked bootloader ze551ml ?
[ZenFone 2 General] hoomko:
I have the same problem,but my phone boots normally into system.the only problem I have is,ican't get to fastboot nor the recovery and each time by pressing POWER+VOLUM UP I face the USB logo.

should I follow these steps?

ZE551ml,4g,32gb
[ZenFone 2 General] BLU3Fi5H:
I am stuck with the USB logo (like many others apparently), but in my case I have everything I need to fix it, but the phone keeps restarting before the upload can get passed 33%.

I've tried everything, but nothing seems to work.

ZE551ML
[ZenFone 2 General] sbetatester:
For all people who are getting Firmware download completed, Os download failed try this as it worked for me

1) First try begin download using all three files as mentioned, It will fail with re connection attempt 20

2) Then repeat the same procedure with the first two files (i.e keeping OS DnX, OS Img blank or N/A)

3) Now after the firmware download completes, when the os downloading fails and reconnect attempt 1 starts, try pressing power button + vol up (if nothing happens within 5 attempt count leave all buttons and try again) until it says device connected : 1 below and downloading of firmware starts again.

4) Now leave the phone as it will fail again after going to attempt 20.

5) After that leave the software opened and phone connected for 5 mins. (xFSTK will show device connected as 1)

6) Finally last step is to place all three files and begin download. Os download will complete and your phone will boot into fastboot mode.

P.S My issue in this thing was that my phone wasn't detected by xFSTK untill i click on begin download and press power + vol up and after Firmware download completed (OS download starts) it automatically disconnected and never connected again. So follow this only if you have the same problem.
[ZenFone 2 General] _WiNNa_:
[MENTION=5365160]sbetatester[/MENTION] Thanks for this, buddy. But I've got mine repaired long time ago. They replaced motherboard and battery...
[ZenFone 2 General] sbetatester:
Well i know most of you have, as the post was 2 months old. But maybe it could help some of the needy. :silly:

Finally i hope if someone verify this, then OP could be updated because this post will mix with Q&A.
[ZenFone 2 General] rainbowtamago:
to everyone who's getting the error on OS download and attempt failing 20 times.

go back to settings, change the flag override value to 0x80000807

that's four zeros between 800008. NOT five

worked for me after countless failed attempts
[ZenFone 2 General] bahaa87:
yes that's right. it's worked for me to.

thank you very much :)

Edit: after I entered to fastboot I can't flash raw file :(

in asus flash tool after I press start it take a long time without finish. :(

and in the device screen " result: Ok"

I wait about 30 min but no finish. :(

plz help me
[ZenFone 2 General] rainbowtamago:
that's the problem i'm getting now too -_- will post any fixes i can find
[ZenFone 2 General] iwakpauz:
help me

please share to my email link WW_ZE550ML_2.20.40.149.raw

iwan.julianto01@gmail.com
[ZenFone 2 General] bahaa87:
I fixed it by retrieve 5 zero in 8000008 and try again.

All thing work correctly :)

And my zen now is working again but I need root and xposed.
[ZenFone 2 General] rainbowtamago:
Thanks!! Tried it back with 5 zeroes and the FW and OS download worked this time, and flashing RAW file worked completely.

I guess to summarize what i did:

-xFSTK won't download completely. always failed at OS download and attempts to reconnect always fails

-replaced override flag to "0x80000807" that's 4 zeros between 800008 (don't know how this messes up things but it does finish the process)

-FW and OS download now finishes completely. but this time flashing RAW file in AFT fails.

- went back to xFSTK, changed override flag back to the correct 0x800000807

-FW and OS download now finishes completely as it should've since the beginning

- AFT flashing of RAW file now finishes properly (took a few minutes, you can see on the phone what commands are being run)

- once commands are done running on fastboot (on the phone screen), begin flashing droidboot, boot, splashscreen, recovery, and system.

i hope this helps.
[ZenFone 2 General] crepofroment:
[MENTION=5365160]sbetatester[/MENTION]

what do you mean in that step?

Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] sbetatester:
When xFSTK says reconnecting device and recovering attempts are performed from 1 to 20, try to connect the device in between this count. If device is somehow connected it will start firmware download again.
[ZenFone 2 General] crepofroment:
Hi [MENTION=5365160]sbetatester[/MENTION], unfortunately, the system re-process flash firmware and nothing is ending correctly. OS image cannot be flashed correctly.

The first time I got the 4 colored lines, I rebooted.... very bad idea :/
[ZenFone 2 General] narell:
ZE551ML recovery issue

Can someone please help me i am trying to recover my Zenfone using xFSTK downloader but i am getting issues. Firstly sometimes the firmware will successfully flash and the OS as skipped or the OS may flash and the firmware skipped or sometimes none at all. I cannot seem to get the both to flash. HELP PLEASE!
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Regarding, correct flashing and what sbetatester means or what i think he means ,

Firstly dont forget to right click downloader and run as administrator !

1) Load all files with 4 x 0` between like 80000807 in gp override in box ending in [ CRC ] in xfstk .

Next part is to try and beat the countdown to #20 by recycling the phone twice in that time.

So then...

2)Press Download - press power and vol+ , at two vibrates release buttons immediately and flash starts !

3) When it fails and countdown just begins #1 - Press power and vol+ immediately and when vibrates twice again - release !

hopefully you get to #8 or #9 approx before the flash begins again and completes before hitting #20

4) if fails, repeat 2) to 3) again , rotating between 4 and 5 x 0`s in [CRC ] box

Many people have succeeded this method months ago-- some even reported getting tired doing this too, took a breather in between failures and it worked immediately after !

I put this down to pc speeds and or low batts through constant bombardment and or what and how you bricked and what stage of brick !

Also, i have had some sticky successes with some , like sbtetatester. Once you get success in ifwi and fwr dnx but failure with OS , close xfstk ,open again,click the 3 dots and leave the top two boxes blank - then continue flashing OS on its own a few times . Then put all 3 files back and try again. But i really think its pure luck rather than correct - relating to the breathing time earlier

happy unbricking ;)

remember to hit the love button :D
[ZenFone 2 General] ilikerice123:
xFSTK won't open

Hello, thanks for posting a tutorial! However, I have a slight problem.

Hopefully someone can help me out. So first off, I wanted to go back to stock rom after cm13, but when I finished flashing my phone through flash tools, it wouldn't boot because I forgot to factory reset my phone/wipe cache. I thought it was no big deal, so I tried to boot into recovery with the traditional power button + volume up. However, nothing happened.

So now I am stuck with a bootloop on the asus screen with no way of booting into recovery, which is why I decided to try this guide.

I was following the steps, but my computer is traditionally windows 7 upgraded to windows 10 with linux dualboot, and for linux, I treated my PC like a windows 7 PC, so I thought this would be the same. So I followed the tutorial, and plugged my phone, and something like MOOREFIELD or something was downloaded, and I also downloaded xFSTK. Now here's the problem I have.

xFSTK WOULD NOT OPEN. when I double click it, my mouse would spin for a second and then nothing would happen.

Why would that happen?

What I tried:

doing it with the phone unplugged

tried using windows 10 method but my recovery restart was different from what was shown

running everything as administrator

Right now, I'm kinda out of ideas, and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction... Please I'm getting kind of desperate.

Thanks!
[ZenFone 2 General] ImChoey:
Can i access the recovery mode after installing the raw firmware you provided? because i did the asus service center one, ti wont let me access the recovery mode of my phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] g1_4all:
is this phone out from brick.. i have the same problem. struck in bootloader
[ZenFone 2 General] GiMbS:
HELP

I'm having the same problem of eduardojunior, I still got the install part of raw, but gave problem and does not recognize usb after boot mini boot, only recognizes in Moorefield Device mode, has to delete this mini boot to restart the process zero?
[ZenFone 2 General] GiMbS:
I solved the problem by calming myself, I put the cell phone to charge for 8 hours, I changed the USB cable for a more reliable one, and then I tried again, and on the third attempt it worked out, I even installed another custom rom :))))
[ZenFone 2 General] nikhilagarwal.005:
Xfstk Error

hey,

Everything i did step by step but,

while flashing files in xfstk it shows this Error,

Firmware downloading completed , Continuing to OS,

Reconnecting Device Attempt #1

" '' #2

.

.

'' '' #20

Timeout to Detect Device,make sure to charge up your phone before flashing

Note- I am not able to charge the phone as it is Bricked.

How to Fix this Error.?
[ZenFone 2 General] GiMbS:
Put it in the charger, make sure the phone heats up a little, if it is, it will be charging even if it does not show anything on the screen or led
[ZenFone 2 General] nikhilagarwal.005:
Yup i flashed my Rom Successfully now i am facing another issue,

My issue is I flashed Droidboot.img and Recovery.img from the Update file downloaded from Asus Website now,

How to Get Lost Bootloader Back in Asus Zenphone 2 (ze550ml)

My System is working normally but Can't Enter Fastboot mod or Recovery Mod because lf flashing wrong Image.

1)In XFstk it shows Error while flashing OS

Reconnecting to device..... #1

.

.

Reconnecting Device...... #20

My phone battery is charged at 100% but I face this Error

2)XFstk shows FW Flashing Success, Continuing to OS

It boots up my phone.. And my System gets booted.

But unable to enter Fastboot Mod

How to Solve this Issue.!!
[ZenFone 2 General] xHades:
"firmware download completed. continuing to os" my phone always disconnected when installing os image, how to fix that?
[ZenFone 2 General] mofazar:
Hi all.

My Zenfone was in cyanogen. I tried to return back Sock Rom.

But I have flash it with wrong firmware.

It wont boot anymore, and do not have fastboot, it just boot and reboot like in the picture.

I have try to follow your steps but I'have not succes to fix my problem.

Pleas help me if someone have solution to fix it.
[ZenFone 2 General] broomer68:
Just start with first message and follow every step.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn ASUS_Z00A met Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] metalgodz:
Whos on windows 10? Were u able to run the XFSTK app on ur laptop or desktop computer?
[ZenFone 2 General] Fraktor:
Where's the guide? You can't call a guide when all you do is post download links, people who know less about this stuff don't know what to do with those links
[ZenFone 2 General] joshg253:
xFSTK-Downloader is not working on my Windows 10 laptop, even after several reboots, troubleshooting compatibility, etc. :\

My ze551ml/z00ad currently has a mind of its own: seems to be rebooting itself every minute or so, doing two vibrations each time. Shows up as MOREFIELD with no driver, even after installing IntelAndroid and iSocUSB drivers. The screen nor any LEDs will light so I have no idea if it's even charging.

EDIT: you HAVE TO do the Disable Driver Enforcement thing before installing the SoC drivers. Then it'll actually give you some warnings when installing them, and once they are installed, xFSTK will launch!
[ZenFone 2 General] Hnk1:
My experience which might be helpful to others in this situation

BEST VIDEO TUTORIAL

Hi there,

I also ended up with a bootloop when I decided to downgrade to Lollipop to unlock my bootloader. Mistake ? i did not flash droidimage(fastboot) as I was too sleepy to work on it with concentration.

I am mentioning most important things which are not mentioned in guide and in the video in detail.

All credits to the ones who worked it out.

SO ALWAYS WORK ON YOUR DEVICE WITH FULL CONCENTRATION.

First thing most people do not know is that you have to power off device and then HOLD VOLUME DOWN button so you can detect your device when you connect it to your PC.

Then you need to install the proper drivers and everything as shown in the video,

Once you flashed successfully, (again the volume down button while flashing using the xFSTK-Downloader) you will need ASUS FLASH TOOL and then flash the RAW firmware. THIS STEP IS MUST AS IT WILL REPAIR YOUR PARTITIONS

It will fail. Do not worry. If it gives any error. Simply do this trick

disconnect your device. (if device not detected. do this trick again)

close asus ftool

open asus ftool again

reconnect your device, DO NOT RESTART at all when you connect it again!

It may give errors many a times. Do not worry. Simply do the above trick again. Wait 20 minutes before you close asus if it is stuck on yellow label forever. and then reconnect device again. Eventually your serial will show instead of 0123456789ABCDEF.

this means now when you flash RAW image, you will boot up and your phone will be repaired without problems.

If you would not do the raw trick, you will not be able to flash recovery or droidimage via fastboot commands as your partitions are corrupt.

In case you are stuck, you can always use this commands to flash any other firmware you like. however, understand that i couldnot recover my device with these commands as i was not formating all my data. But RAW Image method via asus flash tool helped it to boot.

fastboot flash splashscreen splashscreen.img

fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot reboot

It is recommended to add these commands as well but it will format all your data. Else you would not boot.

fastboot format userdata

fastboot format cache

fastboot reboot

Good luck

Now only issue i have is that when I reboot my device, splash screen looks weird for a second (white lines) and if i boot into bootloader, i see boxes and lines (i know this is hardware driver issues and upgrading to latest MM again should fix it)
[ZenFone 2 General] mrafin:
I m still stuck at 22%, anybody cn help me plz.... thx

I m still stuck at 22%, anybody cn help me plz.... thx
[ZenFone 2 General] ofr679:
Help!!!

My z008 is dead!!!

Ive tried this procedure, end up with

Firmware downloading completed , Continuing to OS,

Reconnecting Device Attempt #1

" '' #2

.

.

'' '' #20

Timeout to Detect Device,make sure to charge up your phone before flashing

Now, when I push the power button, nothing is happening. No buzz, no led, no flash, nothing. The same thing when I plug the charger. Its not charging, no heat, no battery splash. Nothing.

When I plug the usb to pc, sometimes it showing moorefield device on device manager. xFSTK showing device connected:0 , sometimes 1 or 2. Its blinking looks like a connection problem.

Is there anything I can do to safe my device? Any help would be apreciated.
[ZenFone 2 General] delete18:
z008 bricked

hey guys i got my z008 bricked. when i use the xFSTK downloader, i get stuck "XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS..." at this point my phone isn't detected anymore and the app attempts to reconnect in vain "08:39:19 - XFSTK-STATUS--Reconnecting to device - Attempt #20".

Charged my phone all noght and followed the procedue and even others similar to this one in vain ; I would need some help here guys.

I got nothing on phone, no vibration, no led, no hanging usb cable, no asus logo, just a black screen and device being detected as 'MOOREFIELD'
[ZenFone 2 General] abeyhere:
Thanks abeyhere, you saved my life again. :) and this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsAse5F5xtM
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Unbrick in 15 mins....

https://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/unbrick-vid-tutorial-restore-serial-t3411064
[ZenFone 2 General] mobil_z:
You are the hero of the year friend! :good::good::good:

Now my ZE551ML starts working again.
[ZenFone 2 General] heliojorgecastro:
Hi guys

My zenfone 2 it isn´t reconized by windows after i flash the bin s with xFSTK-Downloader. Windows only reconize zenfone with volume - in soc drivers in fastboot nacen, doesn´t vibrate and no signal in windows to flash the raw file with asus flash tool. Sorry my english

Can enybody help me

after i put the bins with xFSTK-Downloader, it stays with a little scren with 4 colours fast boot mode it s oly those colours
[ZenFone 2 General] shenmve:
xFSTK succeeded but always show USB logo

Hi...

i have succeeded xFSTK process, but my phone always showing USB logo. please help
[ZenFone 2 General] tone0511:
This is the same thing that happens to me. I hope someone could help. There's no ASUS logo, just straight up goes to the white USB logo with a loading bar below it with a black background. The phone still vibrates. This phone has never been rooted/modified. Thanks in advance!
[ZenFone 2 General] Jatin_pandhey:
I have been able to use guidance upto when xFSTK downloader initiates to download FW. The moment this downloader tries to load OS, the device status starts to show 0 device connected. I have made 20 attempts already but the connection to phone in device status does not stay longer for both FS+OS to download completely. any help much appreciated. Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] cikiwik:
[MENTION=4689556]_WiNNa_[/MENTION] [MENTION=2151453]ChiqOmar[/MENTION] [MENTION=5500267]jhenu[/MENTION] [MENTION=5739384]jpkillerage[/MENTION]

I Also have the same problem with all of you ... is there any solution ?
[ZenFone 2 General] jpkillerage:
Sadly i just moved on... Got a nexus 5 almost 2 and a half years ago. It bootlooped, then i got an lg v20 which is my current phone.

Im sorry but i wasnt able to bring my zenphone back dude, good luck with it though
[ZenFone 2 General] nick_fc:
do you have files for ZX551ML ?
[ZenFone 2 General] HELiXDzn:
Stuck at bootloader

So my zf2 ze551ml was on lineage 14.1 and I wanted to go back to the stock rom bc of issues with lineage. I tried to flash the phone using the fastboot thing in cmd, but it kept coming back with a permission denied error. I booted back into normal mode, and I tried factory resetting the phone from options. After a long time, the phone just restarted into bootloader, and whenever I tried booting into normal mode (with vol keys and power button) it would just bring me back to the bootloader. I tried going into recovery, but no luck. I tried flashing it again but it came with the same permission denied error. I tried flashing it with asus flash tools, but it just said that the serial detection error and didn't work. I really need help pls I can't do anything. My serial number is not the 12345... thing that other people are experiencing, but it's a pretty normal serial. Idk what went wrong and it isn't displaying my HW_VERSION, BOOTLOADER_VERSION, SIGNING, and SECURE_BOOT. All of those say unknown in the bootloader. Can anyone help me?
[ZenFone 2 General] rezasedgi:
All persons , try my way to recover in one try.no need to 1000 try!!!try one by my way and succed in once.

follow my thread:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3828667