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[ZenFone 2 General] RicoBelled:
No more ASUS

Neither will I.....can't believe the BS I just went through with these clowns regarding an advance RMA for my Zenfone 2. I could write a book about the internal miscommunication, incompetence and just plain lack of care from Asus. WOW, just wow....
[ZenFone 2 General] jayesh:
At this point i am taking that Asus is not bothered about ze55ml. What a horrible waste of money this has been, with the potato camera and the awful lack of OS updates. If like xiaomi it at least had a permission manager, one could be fine. (miui 8 for eg)
[ZenFone 2 General] KarloHD:
My Asus is sold. I have lg g4 fashion edition.

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[ZenFone 2 General] RicoBelled:
"supervisor"

Guess what: 49 days after my initial RMA claim, only AFTER I have already cancelled the whole process and moved on to another phone, this morning a 'supervisor' actually calls me! Does he know the details of the case? Of course not, he asks me if I'm still having issues.....DUH, if he would read the 10+ chats I've had with their support he'd know exactly what's going on.

He says he doesn't want to leave me with a bad taste in my mouth regarding Asus; "Too late!" I tell him, they should have called any of the multiple times I was promised a call back from a supervisor in the last month and a half! I explained that after them so sneakily upping the hold by another $50 after making me redo my advance RMA for no good reason, I simply don't trust them any more. "There's another way where you just send in your phone and we send it back repaired." Yeah, just like those countless people on that did that and got back the same exact phone with just a full system reset performed. I explain to him I'd be CRAZY to spend any more time or money on this.

Wow, just wow.....
[ZenFone 2 General] krasCGQ:
Well, I'm thinking on replacing my ZenFone 2 with vivo V3/V3Max, but vivo haven't release any kernel sources yet. So, I'm thinking on another device instead.

ZenFone 2 on some conditions will go laggy as hell.
[ZenFone 2 General] zelendel:
Ill be blunt on this. If you guys want development and kernel source then stop buying China/Asia based devices that are cheap. Remember you get what you pay for. If you want a decent priced device with development and all the source then get a nexus. Other then that when you buy a device you have to be ready to use what you get with no options other wise.
[ZenFone 2 General] carloshq:
Letv le1 pro x800 think is better.

ASUS Z00A - Temasek M V9 + Octodex V5
[ZenFone 2 General] ChiDi9901:
Now I am actually quite happy that I changed to a Sony one month before the claimed release date of the Zenfone's MM. Have hoped that MM is released sooner so that custom ROMs won't be buggy as hell anymore. As long as CM13 has major bugs, any other CM13 based custom ROMs will have the same.
[ZenFone 2 General] Acca85:
I don't think Asus is a second tier company, imho this phone's price was this low because Intel wanted in on mobile SoC market and so they sold their SoC cheap.

Samsung Korea, Lenovo cina, Sony Japan, Huawei China and so on.

I think they have too few programmers for the work load they are under now.

They could/should at least release the kernel so who wants can go CM as soon they fix the modem and camera issues.

Sent from my ASUS_Z008D
[ZenFone 2 General] Acca85:
[MENTION=5613499]evleaks[/MENTION] Twitted that Nougat will be released in August, so Google has in fact given Asus a deadline, they'll need to release MM before Google releases N if they want to keep the "Powered by Android" logo @ boot as this is one of the requirements (logo = last or second last android version).

I wonder what will we get in the next update, MM or a new boot loader stripped of the logo XD

Sent from my ASUS_Z008D
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
I think you might be misunderstanding the rules. If that were true then every Lollipop phone out there would lose access to the play store in August. And everyone with KK phones wouldn't have access now. I'm positive that is not how it works. I've been trying to find a reference to this anywhere online. All I can find is that new phones need to pass certain criteria and have the logo in order to have access to GMS. That's it. Either way, I don't think we have much longer to wait anyway. :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Acca85:
Sorry, I can't find the source anymore, I don't recall if the article was in English or Italian, they said it was a thing to force manufacturers to sell updated devices or we would see Ics smartphones for sale still; people buying that would think that is the best Google can do in 2016.

Btw, don't quote me on that again, I'll be in touch as soon I find the article.

Sent from my ASUS_Z008D
[ZenFone 2 General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Can anyone provide the SS for the MM Beta ? Has anything changed on it , i mean UI .. secondly Android OS battery drain is fixed or not ?? Please share battery stats too
[ZenFone 2 General] -iNCEPTiON-:
ANDROID N IS ABOUT TO RELEASE AND WE R STILL WAITING FOR M :(
[ZenFone 2 General] xpen.xda:
We beg to differ [emoji23]
[ZenFone 2 General] bitfed:
Just a quick "I told you so", lol.
[ZenFone 2 General] Agus_ken:
hello guys,i need your help. yesterday i tried to downgrade my zeny from M to L,but i'm failed, n now my zeny is dead, just a vibrate when i try to charge n turn on my phone. what should i do, i take my zeny to asus service center they said my motherboard is broke. can repair just from a software.?
[ZenFone 2 General] grorg:
I had the same problem. I was told that the nand memory is dead. I can't say you what the deal with it but I have not used it for several months, and then it started to work. I think the problem was with the battery, or rather in the residual charge. It started to charge after we checked it with multimeter. I think in this case the residual charge in the supply chain has been removed. And now I using it and it works fine.
[ZenFone 2 General] Agus_ken:
so you didn't take your zeny to service center?

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so you didn't take your zeny to service center?

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so you didn't take your zeny to service center?
[ZenFone 2 General] grorg:
No
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Two buzzes then recycles to buzzes blank screen ..

Try this ...

Install isoc driver first before xfstk downloader. Don't install Asus flash tool till you have success in xfstk.

Read the whole thread.

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http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/unbrick-vid-tutorial-restore-serial-t3411064
[ZenFone 2 General] Agus_ken:
ok thanks before, i will try this,,
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
How did it go [MENTION=6839541]Agus_ken[/MENTION] ?
[ZenFone 2 General] Agus_ken:
i will tell you if i have try this, my phone still on asus service center right now, i can't try this as soon as, (sorry for my bad english)
[ZenFone 2 General] dsvictor:
Must Read..

http://www.asus.com/zentalk/ph/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=98381&page=1&extra=#pid452836

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[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Umm... That's the MM announcement. Kinda old news now.
[ZenFone 2 General] dsvictor:
U got MM?

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[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
A lot of people do. Read the threads!
[ZenFone 2 General] ChiDi9901:
The update is is not a FOTA for now. It means you'll not receive a notification on your device that there is an update to Marshmallow. The update that you see in the link is official though, but you have to perform the update manually.

To be honest, the Zenfone 2 subforum is one of the most chaotic one I have ever visited. Threads about LP and MM update are mixed up terribly and there are threads coming from junior XDA members that are badly writte/titled and uneccessary, some of them use XDA forum as if it is as a chat room or whatever it comes to their mind.

Also, just yesterday there is a new FOTA update for LP (which only contains the September patch level) but no MM. Also, nobody stickies posts that announces something properly (like the MM update for example).
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Very well put! I agree, it is a mess. And don't try to correct the junior members because then you're "being a trouble maker" lol
[ZenFone 2 General] Agus_ken:
thank you so much bro, i finally can repair my zeny again.. thanks...
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
What a result [MENTION=6839541]Agus_ken[/MENTION] , you used my unbrick procedure ?

Got serial corrected etc ?

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Bravo , don't forget the thanks button ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] Agus_ken:
I will never forget that.. thanks bro...

I think i will lose my zeny, because service center said my motherboard is broke.. i say thanks again to you..
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
It's possible it is a lesser class 10, but it seems to write pretty quickly when I use it in my computer. Anyway, I am really not particularly bothered - I don't install many apps, so portable storage is fine for my needs. The point remains that adoptable storage is inconvenient and imperfect. If it is so finicky about what card you can use, that just makes what I am saying more true.
[ZenFone 2 General] ash219:
anyone got it.... ???
[ZenFone 2 General] Saamyo:
Is switching to the stock Marshmallow ROM actually worth it knowing that I'm coming from custom ROMs?
[ZenFone 2 General] Suhas_JS:
+1
[ZenFone 2 General] ImjuzCY:
Tbh it really depends. If you're like a custom ROM fanboy then you will never like stock no matter how good stock is. If you are like me, I never had a good stable experience with custom ROM, so I learnt to be grateful for the stability stock ROM gives.

Note: Not trying to offend anyone but that is my experience. I used to prefer custom ROM over stock, but my not so good experience with custom ROM (not stock based) made me change.
[ZenFone 2 General] Saamyo:
AICP is the only (almost) bug free custom ROM available for this device so I'm sticking to that. Asus stock ROM just looks so ugly it's beyond words. Asus needs to ramp up their game to compete with Xiaomi in terms of stock ROMs.
[ZenFone 2 General] Suhas_JS:
Spot on
[ZenFone 2 General] gengi:
In your opinion, of course...
[ZenFone 2 General] darkmage1991:
*opinion*

but just as much my opinion i find nothing wrong with asus stock look. sure i prefer aosp look but i dont dislike asus look either
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
Same here. I am actually really satisfied with how I have mine looking now, and the only thing I have non-asus stock is the status bar icons (which I changed to Lollipop style using xstana)
[ZenFone 2 General] darkmage1991:
sheet. aint nobody got time for that.
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
Stream of consciousness FAIL

Stream of consciousness double post FAIL HARD
[ZenFone 2 General] gipikay:
dafuc did i just read?
[ZenFone 2 General] ArvinLam:
have you recieved marshmallows update?

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has anyone recieving marshmallow update?
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little
[ZenFone 2 General] mc2mc2:
this thread should be labeled FAKE and locked
[ZenFone 2 General] Chocketbear:
Seriously, what the?
[ZenFone 2 General] Bushcrafter:
Hahahahahaha! This thread gets better all the time! Obviously this person has had way too many Redbulls and no sleep!

It makes for some great reading! :) :o :D
[ZenFone 2 General] fred_gaou:
Stop quotes abuses here guys or shrink them learning selecting unwanted blabla and, you know, the del key usage.

Otherwise stop asking when MM will be released for the device. You won't miss it when it comes. Just be patient, it will come.

Stop expecting UI revolution from the next build, it has never been the key point of MM.

Stop crying and complaining, be grateful that ASUS will provide this upgrade because Samsung users and all are not provided as much regular firmware update as us. If you're not happy with the device or the brand, just change for the better according to your expectation and usage.

Now please let this thread in peace until someone reports real news about MM roadmap for ZenFone 2, etc.
[ZenFone 2 General] Chocketbear:
Oh my!
[ZenFone 2 General] ultramag69:
Just to throw some petrol on the fire....

How do we know the MM updated apps are for the Zenfone 2 as they will still run for older OS too?

A new phone might be coming out under the Zenfone moniker but already has MM installed....

Until I get the update I assume nothing....
[ZenFone 2 General] Suhas_JS:
That's where the attachment from the PR manager India, endorses this post
[ZenFone 2 General] Harfainx:
I've got M on nearly all my devices at this point... Waiting on you, Asus.

I'd also like M on my ZenPad S 8 Z580CA as well.

:fingers-crossed:
[ZenFone 2 General] ChiDi9901:
Why is this thread not closed? The title is misleading and people won't stop spamming it.

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[ZenFone 2 General] troy5890:
This actually made me laugh for some reason.
[ZenFone 2 General] Suhas_JS:
For all those who were mighty angry on me, please check the title and OP. Apologies.
[ZenFone 2 General] Ksagrande:
nobody's angry at you. they're just trolls. I'm just happy we'll get updates, regardless of the eta
[ZenFone 2 General] Chocketbear:
Off topic, but anyone know why Asus removed the .168 update off their support site? it's at 160 for the ww version now.
[ZenFone 2 General] pjuklas2:
10th and still no update ;/
[ZenFone 2 General] mdxdave:
Update has been announced for Q2 2016.

http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=68552&extra=page=1&mobile=2
[ZenFone 2 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
Old story m8, the update should start from 1st of April
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
Probably because of the reported storage bug, where internal storage gets filled with huge log files that can only be deleted with root access.
[ZenFone 2 General] azthemansays:
Strangely enough though, I'm still getting the OTA update notice for .168 on my phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
It is strange. And they've also removed .138 (latest version for the 550) although as far as I can tell I don't have that bug on my 550. My free storage is as usual, and the folder where the offending files are supposed to be located is empty.
[ZenFone 2 General] Suhas_JS:
How do I request for the closure of this thread?
[ZenFone 2 General] flash-:
u have to contact a forum moderator ....i'll send him a msg now asking for the closure of this thread upon ur request :)
[ZenFone 2 General] zelendel:
Thread cleaned. Now I will only say this once. Knock it off and grow up. This is a developers forum and if you dont have anything constructive to say then just dont post.

Also if you have issues with the OEM then take it to them and leave it off the forums. IT doesnt belong here.
[ZenFone 2 General] Suhas_JS:
Bingo. Thanks a ton mate ?
[ZenFone 2 General] iqbal_mahmuda:
will it ever be released in 6.0.1 or pure 6.0 marshmallow? hope asus will not making mistake again like not providing lollipop 5.1.1
[ZenFone 2 General] darkmage1991:
my guess is its going to be 6.0.1 when its released. though they haven't confirmed exactly what version it will be, only that it will be MM
[ZenFone 2 General] ultramag69:
As we have never been updated to 5.01 or 5.11 the chances are it will be 6.0 as stated...

People who have rooted phones are gonna be in for a shock if they don't realise a modified kernel will have to be flashed also when M comes out and I believe the forums will be inundated with threads like "My phone goes to bootloop after M update " or "My phone won't boot up"....

Won't that be fun...
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
When it arrives, I'm going to wipe my phone clean, get everything returned to stock (kernel, system and recovery) then flash the full firmware. No OTA. No back-up restoration.
[ZenFone 2 General] KallaiR:
rooting ur phone and modified kernel are 2 completely different tasks.. no reason to put them in the same sentence. and obviously whoever try to make an update from modified rom, might have problems later and shall need to reflash to stock and retry.
[ZenFone 2 General] ultramag69:
Actually that's not true... Most phones on 5.11 need a modified kernel or you just bootloop after rooting...

This is due to the new security features Google added to Android so having modified kernel and rooting in the same sentence is very much allowed...

We'll see when 6 gets here but I have other phones and rooting 5.11 has ONLY been possible after flashing a modified kernel, at least as long as I want it to boot to android. Cooking on my screen and bootloops need not having the modified kernel...
[ZenFone 2 General] pecholino:
I had a couple of phones with 5.1.1 an non of them required a custom kernel to obtain root.. My wife still uses her's (once mine) rooted Xperia Z2 with locked bootloader and stock kernel.
[ZenFone 2 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
As far as i know only some samsung devices need this.
[ZenFone 2 General] flash-:
my asus service center has officially said today that soon the zenfone 2 family will get MM update :)
[ZenFone 2 General] ultramag69:
Lucky...

As I have a couple Samsung this may be correct however I also have an Oppo and I believe it also needed a custom kernel (could've just been me being cautious and overkill on my behalf)...
[ZenFone 2 General] zelendel:
No with the update many devices needed a custom kernel for root. And with android M root is becoming even harder. I have a feeling android N is gonna be just as much of a pain.

Sooner or later root might only be able to be gotten on nexus devices as OEMs do more and more to lock them down.
[ZenFone 2 General] gontie:
Almost there... we are almost at the end of month March...
[ZenFone 2 General] @chan:
It is confirmed that Android m will be released in Q2
[ZenFone 2 General] gontie:
Q2 jesus that is long...
[ZenFone 2 General] AcostaJA:
Actually this could be as soon as next week.

But I suspect ASUS will delay it well before they introduce the Zenfone 3 with Android Marshmallow native plus fingerprint scanner etc.
[ZenFone 2 General] AcostaJA:
Almost Q2 now, go ahead ASUS make my day!
[ZenFone 2 General] imprzwv:
No way would I buy a zenfone 3. Granted the performance of this phone is great but they don't update. I thought Samsung was slow at updates but wow. Better off sticking to nexus I believe.
[ZenFone 2 General] android lover 2000:
I got something interesting in that screenshot.
[ZenFone 2 General] :
That's a screenshot, of a screenshot, of a screenshot, of a screenshot, of a screenshot...

Can anyone confirm?

EDIT: I did some research and this is a screenshot for the Zenfone 2 Laser (Snapdragon processor)

https://plus.google.com/115232100882434407005/posts
[ZenFone 2 General] arminxa:
this is actually for beta testers only :D
[ZenFone 2 General] green0153:
It would be nice if we could get our hands on a beta ROM for Zenfone 2.
[ZenFone 2 General] Boosted_01 R:
If beta testers are now getting M... Its going to be a while... Knowing Asus, probably end of Q2 for M :(
[ZenFone 2 General] sferrariba:
I have a friend of a friend's cousin's neighbour that told someone I don't know that M will be rolling out soon.
[ZenFone 2 General] petitbreton:
If only beta testers were getting M. Only the Laser beta testers got the update. The ZE551ML owners are not getting anything to beta test :rolleyes:
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
Not too hopeful of seeing this update anytime soon. If they meant April, then why say Q2? Think they want maximum wriggle room. By saying Q2 they give themselves until June. Then in June they could say sorry, delayed until Q3 due to technical difficulties and "only" break their promise by one quarter.
[ZenFone 2 General] petitbreton:
I also doubt we will get M in Q2. They'll announce the Zenfone 3 in June and I expect the M update for the ZF2 after that. "Sorry guys we had issues with the x86 and we were not able to give you 5.1.1 as expected or 6.0 until now. We were focused on the ZF3 release but now that it's out, we can have a small team working on the x86 releases. You see, we're cool, we're giving you a big update for an old phone."
[ZenFone 2 General] gREENNNNN:
Nah, i'm beta tester for ZE550/551ML and all the beta firmware we tested got released to public the next week we just tested it...
[ZenFone 2 General] Mrinal Roy:
I am a beta tester at Asus and still haven't got any android m update. It will be between Aprill - June.
[ZenFone 2 General] ChiDi9901:
Now that April has started we can also start with waiting for the MM release...yes, you read correctly, the waiting actually starts now. ?

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[ZenFone 2 General] xpen.xda:
For what it's worth ASUS is now recruiting beta testers for WW roms (back in February they did the same for TW rom owners), so I guess it's going to be some time before general M availability on the ZenFone 2..

They're looking for ZE551ML and ZE550ML owners
[ZenFone 2 General] sirsomething:
where did you get that info?
[ZenFone 2 General] tso4ev:
Asus are idiots and I feel like - if I want to have android 6.0 phone just need to go and spend money for another brand new phone ..
[ZenFone 2 General] dakunclear:
I'm giving this phone to my wife got a wicked deal on the LG g4 which is already on 6.0
[ZenFone 2 General] GaBuzz:
Marshmallow will not fix the problems I've had with this phone, rear speaker replaced 4 times and now the ear speaker went bad, had to replace the LCD and digitizer because they both failed, the camera sucks, battery life sucks. I like most people fell for the hype with the whole 4 gigs of ram but what good is it when the phone is built out of cheap junk. I don't even care about updates anymore, waiting for the new ear speaker to come in so I can fix and put this piece of junk on ebay and get rid of it, my whole Asus experience has been a nightmare and I will never buy their junk again.
[ZenFone 2 General] Pu$$nBooT$:
sounds like you are just clumsy from your rant.. if you wanna troll, go on reddit --->
[ZenFone 2 General] xpen.xda:
It's on their forum http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=11202
[ZenFone 2 General] Twotems:
They did the WW beta recruitment in January too. Old news.
[ZenFone 2 General] buge boyo:
I got myself a Nexus 6 never will I buy Asus again.
[ZenFone 2 General] Rodepo:
I never saw an XDA thread with so much flaming and trolling. So what if Asus is not yet ready to roll out M? I'd rather have a solid M-release at a later moment than a buggy early release. Apart from that, they do what you may expect from them. They are releasing monthly updates with the latest Android security patches. And before the big M release, they are thorougly beta-testing. It's the way it should be. Asus are a top manufacturer, having built and still making high end hardware for decades and always at decent prices. So stop complaining and flash a custom ROM if you run out of patience.
[ZenFone 2 General] timwelter:
Trolling =/= calling out Asus for providing ****ty support. They've been at work for 6 months and the only thing we've seen are some leaked videos which show ZenUI on 6.0 with just as much bloat as before, without any changes to the UI (not saying it needs changes, I'm just saying that other than the android base version they haven't changed anything). Meanwhile CM already has official nightlies on M and the N previews are rolling out. Asus needs to step up their game or they'll lose a customer.