[ZenFone 2 General] robot_head:
In order to modify the Zenfone 2e please follow this guide:

Bottom line is we're going to get custom recovery [twrp] flashed on your phone.

From that point you can install custom roms, xposed framework, and whatever else you dare to flash.

This guide will get CyanogenMod 12.1 (Lollipop) installed on your phone.

All links are in the o.p. of this thread.

Step 1- put your phone into droidboot mode (fastboot)..from powered off state, hold volume up and power buttons until you see the fastboot mode screen. Then plug your phone into your computer.

Step 2- Download bootloader unlock/relock from [1] link onto your computer, unzip and run the unlock relock .exe file.

Step 3-To install custom recovery we have to flash this through fastboot. To begin download adb installer for your computer link [7]. Download this to your computer and run it, this will install adb drivers and fastboot drivers so your computer can talk to your phone.Once you have done that, download cmd.bat link [11] to your computer. We must easily create a working folder on your desktop, this is where you will put the cmd.bat file and twrp.img file. On your computer desktop right click on your desktop, choose new, folder. You can name the folder whatever like "zf2e working folder", it doesn't matter. Then copy and paste the cmd.bat file to your zf2e working folder, Now download TWRP recovery link [2], this will go into your working folder as well, the file will be TWRP-recovery-Z00D-3.0.2-0.img . TO simplify things, just rename the file to twrp.Once you have the two files in your working folder, and your phone is in fastboot mode connected to your computer, open your working folder and click cmd.bat, in that black command prompt window you are going to type

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

Then hit return, your computer will flash the new twrp recovery to your phone. once everything says "okay". Unplug your phone from the computer and use the volume button to scroll through to recovery mode, then press the power button, this will boot you into twrp recovery, from there, you will swipe to allow modifications.FIRST THING, make a nandroid backup, This will back up your entire phone system to a file on your ext sd card where you can restore your backup if things ever go wrong.

Step 4- Install CyanogenMod 12.1, download this rom from the thread on link [5]. It doesn't matter if its in internal storage or external. Once you've downloaded the rom go into your new custom recovery, follow step 1, in fastboot scroll to recovery mode, press power. Once in recovery you must wipe (format) your phone. Press wipe, then press advanced wipe, only tick dalvik/ART cache, Cache,System,Data. Then swipe to wipe. Once its done press back button until you get to the home screen, install, wipe, backup...You know, the home screen. Then press install, look in your internal storage > download folder for cm 12.1,,,Press Select Storage if you stored it in your external sd card. Once you have found cm 12.1 press that file, then Swipe to confirm flash..Do not tick zip sig or reboot after installation, leave them alone. Once you swipe to flash, cm will begin to install, once its finished, press reboot system.Your funky old zenfone will be blessed with cm. In order to have google play store and all google services on your phone, you must install a google apps (gapps) package. In your web browser on your phone, go to http://opengapps.org and select X86--5.1--pico then download it and flash through recovery just how you flashed cm. If you want Xposed on your phone as well, download link [10] to your phone, unzip it with a root browser, I prefer the root browser by jrummy on the playstore.once unzipped go into recovery and flash the xposed framework zip file. Then reboot, first reboot will take awhile, dont panic, once it optimizes the apps and boots up, install the app that was in the unzipped folder. boom!!! you're Xposed. Always keep the uninstaller zip on your phone in case an xposed app (module) causes a bootloop. Hope all this helped.

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