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[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
This is not sending your serial to the asus site. And this is not breaking your warranty at all. It can be revertable.

You have to install pclink client for your computer. I am on mobile but if you search pclink asus on google or something else, you can find easily the computer installer.
[Zenfone 5 General] screwbootloops:
Oh, thanks alot then. Got any recommendations on which boot unlocker method should I use and what ROM is the best?
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
Okay will do as you say.

And man thanks for being so supportive.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I don't know, for a non problematic phone, everything does same; but if your phone freezes some methods has better usage time before it freezes. That's the difference.

You should read the comments or try the roms by yourself; there's lots of good roms in Android Development section. :)

You're welcome :)
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Remember me? Do you have any link for the stock rom 2.19.40.10 version? i really need its ifwi
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Sorry I cannot find that, why you need to get this? It probably is same as 2.22
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
BTW i am on 2.21.x ,will your script work on it?
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Are you sure? I need it to test my unlock tool.

But Asus deleted that rom for "have no idea" reason.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
It works on every rom.

Maybe I could find but it will be too hard and i think this is the same.

The reason is when they release problematic update, they release fixed one with another version and delete the problematic ones.

Ifwis has a range generally 1.11 to 1.14 is just same, 1.15 to 1.19 is same etc.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Yup, ifwi could be the same version

But how about if.bin file? Do they have 100% the same code?

The file ifwi_ctp_a500cg_unlock.bin in all unlock bootloader tool.... a guy who made it, he get it (or code it?... idk) from 2.19.40.10 so i wanna try.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
if.bin is all the same through 1.17 to 2.22 (the last rom that contained if.bin)

And ifwi_ctp_a500cg_unlock.bin is just a renamed if.bin. The file is fully same.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Oh my.... really? As i can see in most of unlock bootloader tools, they flash if.bin twice?? if the thing you said is right.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Yeah, i don't make it so. Check my script and see how i done it.

They flash if.bin twice because they thought the files were different. It's easy to understand it the files are duplicate: Check checksums. 300FC1A5 or something like that if.bin's CRC32 checksum.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Hmm, thougt they did that because asus deleted if.bin from the roms.

Thanks for helping.

btw, seems like my phone stop freezing

gonna test more
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
No, you can download 1.17 to 2.22 roms for getting if.bin

Nice to hear that, good luck.

I still couldn't fully stop about freezing.
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
So there's still no fix for this freezing issue? I tried [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] 's config script. There was indeed a change. Now, my A500CG only freezes when using apps. If you leave it on standby, it can go for hours. It's actually been a day now...

But still... No permanent solution.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Absolutely, i tried to fix permanent; but nothing solved this yet; now this gets comfortable but not fully fixed at all.
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
[MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] The phone is not getting detected in fastboot mode in adb but is getting detected in recovery mode in adb. I have flashed philz recovery and no os is installed in the phone.

Any quick solutions??
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Reinstall pclink, reinstall adb/fastboot.

If you're using linux; you need to get fastboot for intel devices (it's different fron normal) and you can get these items from xda with searching a bit
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
After downloading PClink how to reinstall adb??

BTW using windows
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Actually it should install adb and fastboot but if you're not sure there's quick adb installer in xda
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
Already tried adb auto installer but the phone did not got detected in fastboot mode, it only got detected in recovery mode...??
[Zenfone 5 General] a8962383:
7 days, no freeze, no random reboot!!!

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone-5/general/best-method-to-unlock-zenfone-5-t3389883
[Zenfone 5 General] ezrawk:
Best method?

Hi, [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION]! A question please.. Which one of your 6 methods should I pick for a A501CG (even if it's written A500CG in About) using the 1,2 ghz proc (Z2520), 8gb rom & 2gb ram? I'm really not into experimental and adventurous mode right now, trying to play safe. Thanks mate!
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Probably 1.17 then 1.14 is your best bet
[Zenfone 5 General] ezrawk:
Tried 1.17 a long time ago, it made me lose my fastboot :silly: I'll try 1.14 then! Wish me luck then haha
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Alternatively you can just flash dnx and if.bin manually :D

Lots of people tried all the files and noone lost fastboot; maybe some files is not compatible with yours.

Or, maybe you tried 1.13 (this was corrupted and deleted)
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
[MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] , when i. Type 1 for unlocking bootloader ,there comes various number(i think they are method) how to know which method to select,btw selected 1,i got screen freezes,plz elaborate.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Everyone gets freezes, it may get more comfortable or not. If you need fully freezeproof phone, you need to use locked.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Could I use some of your scripts for writting a new tool?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
If you add a credit; why not.

Edit:

For those who wants to get better results: Disable dt2w and ambient display. Then you can get better usage time. Mine is on 26 hours now.
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
How exactly do I push the if.bin? could I use ES File Explorer's Root Explorer?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Yes, then you need to set perms as rw-r-r--
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
Sorry, but, how exactly do I set permissions?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
On es file there's properties section and there you can set permissions
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
Do I need to set permissions before, or after? I'm not sure how to change permissions on ES Explorer and trying to copy if.bin to system/etc/firmware raises an EROFS (read-only file system).

I'm also having trouble trying to give ES root privileges. ES: Sorry, test failed. This feature cannot run on your device.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Then you need to root your device or set root permissions on supersu.
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
I was just beginning to try that. Apparently, the built-in root feature doesn't pay it. :D
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
Was worth the try. But still, no luck. Still freezing. :'(
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I dont guarantee it will be freeze-proof; it may get more relaxed on usage time. Generally i get 30 hours like without freezing. (Dt2w, ambient display are disabled)
[Zenfone 5 General] hpgramani:
Tried all 6 methods, only 3rd avoided freeze for about 10 mins and 6th for 15-20 mins. I read your script you are flashing if.bin in all 6 methods for unlocking(patch.bat), so what's the difference between these methods if at last you get ifwi version .A1?

Btw Thanks for your efforts
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
It overwrites the normal ifwi blocks which is not changed after unlocking. (In theory, actually I don't know; I got the result as after experiments).
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
Maybe u can try some script .87 add to unlock .a1..
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I don't get it.
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
[MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION], you get 30 hours, but under what kind of usage conditions?

In 5 days of using (Auto Script + Kernel):

-- 1st to 3rd day (June 1-3, 2016) --

Phone is on standby doing nothing (Dual-SIM on) -> NO FREEZES UNTIL BATTERY GOES EMPTY

-- 4th day (June 4, 2016) --

Phone is on standby but is active in the background (Music/WIFI) -> FROZE WITHIN 1 HOUR

Phone is in active use with no/light apps (like browsing settings) -> FROZE WITHIN 10-20 MINUTES

Phone is in active use with heavy apps (games/video) -> FROZE WITHIN 5 MINUTES

But this is interesting:

-- 5th day (June 5, 2016) ---

Phone is on standby and doing nothing (even disabled SIMs) but

is charging

-> PHONE FREEZES EVERY 5-10 MINUTES

Weird. Something up with the temperature? That's my observation.

Device: ASS-US A500CG

IFWI: 59.1A

Serial: Just 1234567...

ROM: RR build (06/03/2016) v2

Bootload UL Method: [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION]'s AUTO-SCRIPT (IFWI 3.87) + Kernel 16.05
[Zenfone 5 General] hpgramani:
Truly said. I also believe it's something related to temperature as phone freezes quickly while heavy gaming...
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Actually you guys made me think about temperature control things on kernel code. It maybe causes this, I had this feeling too as well. I will look at it later.

Have a good day.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Try all the method I can think about

All I can do is reducing the freezing time. Best result is 1 time per day even playing games when charging.

ifwi version and cpu is not the problem after all (my opinion) but the "unknown version bootloader" of Intel

Thats why ASUS stop supporting unlock bootloader I think. They dont even let us flash ifwi from latest fastboot versions.

P/s: [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION], how its going? any good news?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Nothing, I am not doing something much; I am busy nowadays, lately we thought about temperature things, I will maybe check that later.

Btw, you can try to contact with asus (you need a lot of guys to request that; so maybe they can release signatures).
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
I wil try, but quite hard

They kinda don't wanna answer questions about unlock bootloader or update plan.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Yeah, you need lots of guys to spam them :D
[Zenfone 5 General] azackforum:
the tool from this thread compatible with my phone, ive never experience freezing using this..tq

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone-5/general/asus-zenfone-5-bootloader-unlocker-t3271623
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
You yourself said it. YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED FREEZING WITH AN UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER.

It is still unknown why some ZF5s freeze when you try to unlock its bootloader. However, a majority of models do not. Maybe you're one of the lucky ones with a ZF5 that doesn't freeze. I've tried every single method out there, including your above link. They all cause my phone to freeze.
[Zenfone 5 General] azackforum:
yeah ive noticed freeze and camera issue right? i am really lucky to have bootloader unlocked without any issue, sorry bro, i really didnt meant any harm, i have no idea about it, just try to suggest if the tool compatible 4 u, but sorry once again bro...
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
Nah. It's ok, bruh. I'm beginning to consider my options on getting a new device. Preferably one that's already on 6.0. Not going back to ASS-US again. Perhaps the ZenFone 3 also has the same problems.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Actually guys, this script has the most wide range and even it cannot solve problems. (Yes it contains the similar files from that thread as well)

In the same time, zen3 is qualcomm; so people know how to handle qualcomm phones, because android is mainly designed for it. (arm architecture) :)

But probably i wont buy that
[Zenfone 5 General] azackforum:
yeah, my bad, i suggest the thread without checking ur script, since there was somebody told me that there are so many unlock method out there, here is what i think, maybe the ifwi file that used for those unlocking tools based from the same resources, hence issue occured varies depending on the phone itself, then thats mean there's no solution for those who got issues with unlocked bootloader, just saying... and most common issue that i noticed: freeze and camera..

unless someone can research on reverse engineering those working locked ifwi files who knows it might works...lol who would want to be the test subject for it tho'..lol, sorry bro just some wild imagination of mine..;)
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I even tried to reverse it, you need signatures from asus :)
[Zenfone 5 General] azackforum:
u did that huh....is there anybway to extract those signature? sorry again u knew it better ...lol pity me. . always have wild imagination..:o
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Every file has unique key and only asus has universal signature. Signs based on calculation of file summary, so you can't copy that to use on another.
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
Welp. See you guys in the Samsung sections! xD
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Offtopic:

Probably I will go to Samsung sections in 3 months (with an S7 edge or note 7-when announced) if Sony cannot release a better phone and say goodbye to asus.

Zenfone 3 Deluxe looks promising but I cannot trust this brand's mobile branch. :)

And a little in-topic:

I will try to compare some kernel codes to see if any codes changed to make freeze. If I can see something, I will announce; if not this project will be hold (not fully abandoned yet; but no support at all).
[Zenfone 5 General] farhankn:
Freezing

Currently i use CleanStock ROM

Requires Unlocked bootloader, Experiencing Freezes

http://imgur.com/a/DPTy6
[Zenfone 5 General] azackforum:
thats mean u cant operate the phone with unlocked bootloader, you can only use it with lock bootloader..but you may try [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] method, who knows u'll got lucky to change the interval of ur freezing from frequent to less frequent or you might not got freeze anymore.. try it bro, sorry bro i know its not helping with my statement, u can only try and check the result. :)
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
Sorry just info [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] maybe u can edit dnx too, i see dnx is bootloader in forum intel
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Thanks for the info, but I don't get it what would happen if I try to edit dnx? I don't need that to do?
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
I dont know too.. I just see at forum maybe help u to didnt get frezze user zenfone 5
[Zenfone 5 General] czyun44:
Hi i have unlock using offcial asus support

Have tried your script num 4 before using official

Andriod version 2.22.40.54 stock rom

Sucessfully unlock start up as white background and black asus logo

Able to boot up

Not having freezes yet

Not sure this is useful

Will try other rom 5.1.1 / 6.0

A501cg
[Zenfone 5 General] kihope12:
Beacuse 4.4 have official unlock, so you will not have freeze on 4.4, but on 5.1 and 6.0 propably yes...
[Zenfone 5 General] hpgramani:
But even after unlocking bootloader using official unlock app in android Kitkat .54, my zenfone 5 freezes!!
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
Its not the case the only difference between official nd unofficial is that official one sends the serial number and unofficial don't .

Freezing may be experienced in both . Due to wrong unlocking files .
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
recently i thought it's all about kernel panic problem, but neither i cannot get log of it, nor i cannot guess what triggers on the kernel code.

you may ask why it occurs on just specific series, because asus used different specific hardware on phones but using common drivers for all of them. so something triggers a kernel panic/fault.

and you may ask how can i think about it: a friend said his phone installs with red wallpaper, but mine is mountains on same version (and yes, devices are same, a501cg/s) so this made me think about hardware based differencies.

edit: another thing is i could use rr's old version for 20 hours-like and i am now using du, it freezes more frequent.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
actually what we think like so; but still we couldn't find out official unlock makes things different or not. for example if we need to basically explain, it can change ifwi file without using fastboot. even you cannot do it in twrp, because ifwi file's location is on sysfs.

when we try to decompile it, in codes, it makes something magical like it moves mmcblk03 to mmcblk04 or so then it restarts; when we checked these blocks these blocks redirecting to normal folders like /factory or something else i don't remember now.
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
Ok thank you for the valuable information . Hope one day u succeed and other users may be thankful to you .
[Zenfone 5 General] kihope12:
you propably didnt understand, on kitkat (android 4.4) you will not have freezing IF you will use official unlock or unofficial with RIGHT ifwi, but on Lollipop and Marsmmalow you will get freeze, ( beacuse you cant use ifwi from kitkat on LL and MM, and this is why asus didnt release official unlock..)

btw: i dindt try make ofifcial unlock on 4.4. and than flash MM..

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you must do something wrong..
[Zenfone 5 General] ajiapriyadin:
Ada kontak line?Mau nanya dong ttg zenfone 5 sama2 dr cirebon juga..
[Zenfone 5 General] ROBERTH0202:
Zenfone 5 - resolvido

Sou do Brasil, efetuei esse processo pela opção 3.87 e estou usando a Custom Rom Mokee já estou a cerca de 11 horas sem nenhum congelamento, antes de fazer este procedimento atual da XDA meu Zenfone 5 8GB ele congelava umas 20 vezes por dia. Todos os créditos devem ser dados a vocês pelo excelente trabalho só tenho a agradecer.

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Zenfone 5 - resolvido

Sou do Brasil, efetuei esse processo pela opção 3.87 e estou usando a Custom Rom Mokee já estou a cerca de 11 horas sem nenhum congelamento, antes de fazer este procedimento atual da XDA meu Zenfone 5 8GB ele congelava umas 20 vezes por dia. Todos os créditos devem ser dados a vocês pelo excelente trabalho só tenho a agradecer.
[Zenfone 5 General] hpgramani:
My zf5's screen got froze in locked bootloader also while using xender, an app which uses wifi for file transfer; particularly when it turns on hotspot and files are transferred and cpu governor to ondemand. If I change the governor to interactive then there is no screen freezes.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Please write English in this thread, thanks. I don't know these languages and I cannot help you.

And please do not quote op, you can just mention me instead.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
then use interactive as your best bet. this method is not fully working, we are trying to only get comfortable results. :)
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
i dont know whats the issue but definitely its not bootloader fault ,its kernel fault i think so , i too have experienced this issue .please report the bug to the developer ,this aint the right place . thank you :o
[Zenfone 5 General] hpgramani:
But i'm using stock kernel & stock firmware .54
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
Ok .

Its kernel issue .

Thank you for letting us know about the issue .
[Zenfone 5 General] ROBERTH0202:
Congelando 15 em 15 horas

Zenfone 5 - solved

I'm from Brazil , efetuei This Process For Option 3.87 and I'm using a custom ROM Mokee I'm already about 11 hours without freezing No , before this XDA of Current Procedure my Zenfone 5 8GB IT UMAs froze 20 times a day . Of All Claims Must Be Given a YOU for the excellent work I have only to thank .
[Zenfone 5 General] expertboy:
Hey there . I have used your patch tool. Tried its all 6 options. But it freezes in all 6 options. Someone please let us know so we can continue custom ROMs in unlocked bootloader.:rolleyes:
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
This is weird. I'm using tank0412's RR ROM (July 6 release). By disabling cores 3 and 4 in Kernel Adiutor, my phone has not frozen for at least 24 hours. The problem with this is that you lose half of your CPU power and the camera becomes unusable.
[Zenfone 5 General] G-eazy:
itry to unlock may bootloader using this method but my camera is broked my zenfone 5 model number is TOOJ-D can you fix it ?
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
​

Did you tried with all the files available ?

If yes .

Then no we don't have any other working method to fix this

Thank you .:o
[Zenfone 5 General] ezkl:
to relocked

Can i still lock the bootloader, while im having an installed custom rom on my phone? Does this affects anything ? Thanks for answering..
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
It depends. If your custom ROM runs with a stock kernel like tank0412's AOSP 5.0.2, then yes. Otherwise, you can't. What custom ROM are you using right now?

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This UBL method only attempts to fix ZF5s that FREEZE after UBL. Those with missing cameras, I'm afraid no one's working on them. (Apparently, no one is working on this one, either.)
[Zenfone 5 General] ezkl:
Im using a custom rom, Big rom 13.0, can i relock my bootloader?
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
Yes u can.. I use big rom too..
[Zenfone 5 General] ezkl:
Thanks..
[Zenfone 5 General] ezkl:
Im using custom rom Big rom 13.0 can i relock bootloader, it freezes my Zenfone 5 all the time..
[Zenfone 5 General] sukhbti:
yes i too feel that. something wrong with temperature.

same here i too feel its about temprature. whenever i unlock bootloader phone frequently overheats and then got freezed. this only happend while heavy usage. its all about wrong unlocking files which asus used for all models of zenfone 5.
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
Yes you can. However, you need to flash a stock .87 kernel first. Otherwise, you'd be stuck on the USB logo if you try to "Normal Boot".
[Zenfone 5 General] ezkl:
Ah.. thanks for the advice..
[Zenfone 5 General] arraiyan123:
Hi [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] are u abandoned this Unlocking tool??
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
pretty much, yes, discussion is open but im not researching for it anymore.
[Zenfone 5 General] rafaelgirotti:
Can't I just unlock bootloader > install root and xposed > relock bootloader > live happily ever after?
[Zenfone 5 General] SnakeEyesNinja:
So Ater how mins of installing the recovery the freezing starts , i might install twrp or cynogen mod recovery .
[Zenfone 5 General] leonardohenrique10:
If you're on stock ROM, yes.
[Zenfone 5 General] Pawandeep19:
Does this fix the camera issue( black screen/no camera found) that is there after unlocking bootloader in some devices?
[Zenfone 5 General] ShinraTensei04:
You're right, I tried the same and it's just as you said. Do you enable the "Apply on boot" option? I guess we can go on using like this but will have to switch back when using camera and playing games...
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
Indeed. I have "Apply on boot" enabled. And yea, it sucks that we have to knock out one of the cores... Well, that's how it works...
[Zenfone 5 General] ShinraTensei04:
I'm actually gonna try downgrading to kitkat and then using the official tool to see if it helps get rid of the freeze...

Btw, how the heck did you find this fix by disabling cores?? I tried disabling only 1 core and it still froze... What made you try 2?
[Zenfone 5 General] cnswico:
I remember a post someone made regarding that. I don't know how they came up with it either.

If I could give you a piece of advice, going KitKat and using the official unlocker will not fix the freezing issue. I've tried it thrice. No success whatsoever.
[Zenfone 5 General] ShinraTensei04:
WHAT!? I thought it had to do with incompatible tool and device... so the official on kitkat would have worked.... :/

Also, I've noticed one thing. The phone freezes a lot more frequently when it's doing next to nothing(browsing, chatting, etc) and almost never freezes when I play intense games(asphalt, vg, etc). Oh, and it freezes more when I'm not using Wi-Fi and doing stuff like watching videos(much lesser when streaming videos).

If it's true that even official tool doesn't do the job, and I feel it is, then which stock based rom do you think is good? Cuz I can flash those even with locked bl, right.