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[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
[MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] please help.

i am using a Samsung phone,so never got trouble with adb or bootloader.

now i am trying to root my brother's phone and i just got stuck.

was on stock lollipop,downgraded to kitkat 4.4.2 , tried to unlock bootloader using the official unlocking app by asus for kitkat,a white splash screen appeared before bootanimation(so i think bootloader got unlocked), next i tried rooting it using this method - xdaforums.com/zenfone-5/general/root-asus-zenfone-5-kitkat-4-4-2-100-t2947092

now using this method when i execute step 6 and press any key,in the cmd window comes message "unlocking bootloader" and in next line "waiting for device" and the phone reboots in recovery mode and then nothing happens.

tried several times but no luck,i guess i have already unlocked the bootloader and when i try to root using this method it also first try to unlock bootloader which is already unlocked and hence the procedure fails.

please help me on this,my brother is getting angry over me as i assured that all will be done easily and in few hours,hope you would reply soon.

thanks.

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[/COLOR [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] please help.

i am using a Samsung phone,so never got trouble with adb or bootloader.

now i am trying to root my brother's phone and i just got stuck.

was on stock lollipop,downgraded to kitkat 4.4.2 , tried to unlock bootloader using the official unlocking app by asus for kitkat,a white splash screen appeared before bootanimation(so i think bootloader got unlocked), next i tried rooting it using this method - xdaforums.com/zenfone-5/general/root-asus-zenfone-5-kitkat-4-4-2-100-t2947092

now using this method when i execute step 6 and press any key,in the cmd window comes message "unlocking bootloader" and in next line "waiting for device" and the phone reboots in recovery mode and then nothing happens.

tried several times but no luck,i guess i have already unlocked the bootloader and when i try to root using this method it also first try to unlock bootloader which is already unlocked and hence the procedure fails.

please help me on this,my brother is getting angry over me as i assured that all will be done easily and in few hours,hope you would reply soon.

thanks.
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
What method do u use to ubl?
[Zenfone 5 General] farhankn:
unlock

The One, he has put up as beta, I think he edited the post, you probably try the second link on the First thread and if didnt work, i can mail you
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
You can try to debrick with [MENTION=7390599]swiczak[/MENTION]'s method.

Link is on first post.

His phone is a500cg for the records

Nice to hear that :)
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
Same.. Q have 500cg too..
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
500cg's can be fully unlocked, try the 6 methods of automated script. One should work.
[Zenfone 5 General] jiyaad1:
Wait your phone shouldn't reboot into recovery it's supposed to boot into fastboot �� any ways you can just reflash the stock rom and use thar rooting method BUT DON'T USE THE UNLOCKING APP since that rooting kit unlocks the bootloader auto matically and then ew locks after its job
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
phone hasn't bricked neither soft nor hard.

its working normally with unlock bootloader.

i was thinking of upgrading back to lollipop so that bootloader again locks and then try unlocking the bootloader and rooting using your method.

what's your say on this?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
You need to reflash raw stock rom to using ifwi files sometimes, yesterday my phone was stuck on locked bl as well, so i am talking about this case.
[Zenfone 5 General] jiyaad1:
[MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] okay so for today's report I currently suffer from a rare issue that is quite weird.............. My issue is I face reboots on big rom 10.1 on locked bootloader I have no freezes at all only reboots when charging................. Idk what I should do
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
My phone does this as well. You can lock bootloader (install stock kernel); because you are using stock based rom. Only your disadvantage will be dt2w won't work.
[Zenfone 5 General] jiyaad1:
I am on stock kernal ?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Then you can lock bootloader and use it without freezes (if i know right)
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
Can u share the link do u use bro?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
He used "my configuration's script" on op, but i don't recommend that. That might corrupt ifwi blocks on phone.

Instead, you can use automated quick script and choose 1.14 ifwi.

It will do the same thing.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
another type i get freeze today:

touchscreen became unresponsive, system was working properly.

i don't know it's probably about cpu governor; but needed to mention about this.

btw it's early to say but [MENTION=5289472]milano88[/MENTION] has another solution that he told me,

he is testing and if he gets successful results, he will share it probably. :)
[Zenfone 5 General] jiyaad1:
Your touch screen problem occurs with the flashing of the ifwi and dnx files it happend to me quite often when I tried to reblock my bl you have to use the ifwi and dnx of another rom to fix it
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
But this ifwi is the most durable one for my phone. So I will change it later if it happens again.
[Zenfone 5 General] mayurtalsania:
hello givie me link Unlocking Zenfone 5's Bootloader Without Freeze

please
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
There's no fully without freeze yet. But there's some better-timed freeze bootloader unlocker. Check 1st post
[Zenfone 5 General] farhankn:
Use the second link on forum post

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6AxuGkWld1yMUhpWWd5TWN0ZFk/view
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
I use this method, but i still get frezze.. Sometimes led normal but my touchscreen not respon.. I dont understand about it
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Same here, I am still thinking on it but there's no better solution, this gives at least better usage time than normal scripts.
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
But now i sometimes get frezze just few minits, i confuse if get frezze just few mnit after reboot bro [MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION]
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I think it reboots due to cpu overload after freezing.
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
U any solution bro? Do you still get frezze too
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Yes, I am thinking on it; but nothing yet.
[Zenfone 5 General] adhit_barker:
Hmm maybe i will stay at stock.. Or how about AOSP loli 5.0.2 tank..
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
This is lockable too, if you want try it.
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
First freeze

Well well , so after so many days I got my first freeze .

Then I remembered that I forgot to push the if.bin file into the root directory ( I clean install a Rom ).

Don't get angry at me .just sharing information .
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I am not angry to anyone brother, so do you think that if.bin actually affected your device?

You were the only guy who didn't get freezes at all :laugh:
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
Yes apparently I think so .

If.bin is the saviour as I mentioned it was my. First freeze nd my first mistake . Well I will update it after 30 hours if I get a freeze .
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Hmm, seems I don't have if.bin on firmware folder, my phone is too weird that changes or deletes if.bin file :laugh:

Btw which version of ifwi did you use?
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
I don't remember but the first ever script that you uploaded .
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Probably from 1.17, thanks :laugh:

Actually maybe I should 1.17 and 1.14 again with if.bin

I thought that if.bin made no difference so, I was not thinking about that :D
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
Do u want me to upload the file
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
It may be good for inspecting again or you can send me a screenshot in winrar (for crc32 signatures) (it maybe more easy to you) :)
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
I uploading the file .

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwrYopYgH5jhYXNMZVV6NGZ6MnM/view?usp=drivesdk
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
if.bin is just only one file, so this is not identical :(

thanks anyway
[Zenfone 5 General] Dinokin:
I think i found a solution for the freeze \o/

I'll keep testing to see if it really works.

Basically what i did was install stock firmware v1.17.40.16 (boot, system, recovery, ifwi, dnx)

then i ran asus unlocker apk

flashed dgadelha's ROM + TWRP + xposed + opengapps

my phone was still freezing after this but stopped after i moved the if.bin (the one inside the stock firmware .zip) into system/etc/firmware

have been testing it running heavy apps whilst charging the phone and no freezes until now
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Test that for at least 48+ hours then see if it makes any sense or not. If you completely solve then I will try to unlock officially. (And will give a credit to your nickname to first post)
[Zenfone 5 General] Dinokin:
Didnt work but i have something else in mind if it dont work too i guess i'll stick with your "fix"
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Okay, have fun
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I think I noticed something: fastboot and locked ifwi files both affecting freeze. So if anyone wants to still try; go for different fastboot-ifwi combinations.

If needed I can upload more fastboots.

Here's a little selection of fastboots:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6AxuGkWld1yYVdFZTFLckhaUDQ

Here's the ifwis:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6AxuGkWld1yWHV5Rm0yZUd4Q1U

Now, try to combine them and see if it fixes or not.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
I don't get it.

You mean combine a fastboot with a different version of ifwi? How can it help?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
just a thought, but it didn't work for me afaik. i got a freeze instantly after changing fastboot.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Just my opinion, but I think it's not about fastboot or ifwi.

When i installed stock rom (1.17.40.16 version) then used official tool to unlock, it was still freezing.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Did you try other ifwis? Imo 1.14 was a bit better (it still freezes but a bit less)
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Yeh, same result.... sadly
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Btw why i am thinking about ifwis:

I made this thread with experiments, i changed fastboots, pushed /system/etc/if.bin, installed 1.14, 1.17, 2.22, 3.78, extracted ifwis, fastboots, dnx's from them, compared.

Tried to edit them or at least view them etc.

Then I thought it's about ifwis.

If you check the pages you can see the progression about this :)

tl;dr: Nothing worked fully okay but we had at least better results. :laugh:

Have a good day.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
I feel you bro. But don't give up yet.

At the moment, I'm still testing too. Seem's better when i disable kernel panic in Lspeed.

Tested for 2 days and it's just freez 1 or 2/day even when playing games.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I tried as well, it didn't work for me :D
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
Did you test with latest Borets kernel?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I am on custom rom so couldn't test it but I think that won't work properly either.

If it worked then some guy probably would compile for custom roms as well. (Wait, I was gonna try it and I forgot) :laugh:

But some users reported still got freeze and probably i forgot because of that.

Could you try that and report me? If it works I will do it for custom ones.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
I'm using it actually

Stock 3.25 + Borets kernel + unknown yet ifwi (sorry :laugh:)
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
How many days you're on without reboot or freeze?
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
just 2 days

I will share result after 3 days.

btw, this problem could came from CPU. So the one devs should fix is not the tool but the kernel.

Thats what i think.

good luck then.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Let me know yesterday and then I will make a testbuild for custom ones based on latest borets kernel.

Actually I don't know what causes; sometimes it fully freezes, sometimes it reboots, sometimes it slowly freezes, music plays screen goes dead, screen unresponsive, led responsive/unresponsive to charging...

But still can't get logcat from freeze and I don't know :D
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
well, yesterday, its just freez after long time playing game.

still normal when browsing or some light actions.

charging or led.... nothing happened

when turn off screen.... nothing too. (but one time i force open screen from deepsleep and messing touchscreen with my finger :p.... it was freez right away --> is that cpu overload?)
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Actually our goal is making not freezing at all phones; generally my phone is like that as well :D

I don't know but generally my phone reboots/freezes when charging idle at night.
[Zenfone 5 General] nheolinkin:
charging makes the phone hotter. i faced this in AICP rom.... charge -> hot -> reboot -> hotter - more reboot -> uncharge -> pieceful like nothing happened :laugh:
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Yeah, that's because deepsleep is deactivated on charging (no kernel can change that, it's about device's behaviour) :D
[Zenfone 5 General] jephimax:
I would've tried this if it would UB without the camera bug, but alas, no one has reported if their camera was working after using the script. I've flashed from LP to KK and back maybe 10 times already, too time-consuming. :/
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
[MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] Bro it didn't work,when flashing recovery it says

[bootloader] secure device

Failed : can't flash signed update on secure devices.

Although i get white splash screen(unlocked it usong official asus app),but then i again tried unlocking using various method and all said ssuccessfu,then tried flashing recovery and again fail.

I literally am stuck,cant get ota,not even getting custom recovery,what to do please help.

Thanks.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Yeah, I don't know about camera issue, because my phone hasn't that bug; sorry.

You need to unlock that if it says can't flash.

Your ifwi should change to 59.a1, this is the indicator.

Then if you flash: fastboot flash splashscreen (or splash) splash.bin from rom and it will be okay.
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
And how to flash splash.bin , put it in adb folder and run the above command?

And will doing it fix my problem?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
It will only change white boot screen.

You still need to unlock bootloader properly. If you cannot change ifwi to unlock, change your fastboot image.
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
Bro i have no idea what you are saying.

If you can give step wise instructions....

Amd BTW ifwi version is 59.49
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Did you try to use my script?
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
Nope,as you say i will do.

Please guide.....

Edit: i have downgraded to 4.4.2 from 5.0
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Download it, then execute unlock bat. Plug your phone in fastboot mode. Choose 1.17 or 1.14 then it's done.
[Zenfone 5 General] kaioivp:
bootloader

ozank the camera back to work after this procedure
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
Only do this or flash splash screen also?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
You need to do splash screen manually
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
First of all help me with the step wise instructions of splash screen and then i will unlock bootloader using your method.

I think we should not spoil the thread instead can we talk on mail?
[Zenfone 5 General] jephimax:
You had the camera bug also after unlocking bootloader?
[Zenfone 5 General] kaioivp:
=0

I have yet ..sera that with this procedimendo the right
[Zenfone 5 General] vivekmalpani123:
Struck at the asus logo

My phone got struck on the asus logo..its not getting moving ahead from that point... when I show this to the service centre..who told me that its partition has corrupted and it will require 5500rs to get. Corrected ..I am confused what to do...plz help
[Zenfone 5 General] pintuvirani:
Can you enter in fastboot?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Do [MENTION=7390599]swiczak[/MENTION]'s debrick
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
[MENTION=7421493]ozank[/MENTION] [MENTION=5289472]milano88[/MENTION] help me
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Assuming that you unlocked bootloader, then turn back to fastboot and lastly write:

fastboot flash splashscreen splash.bin

(You can find splash.bin from JB-KK roms)
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
I am getting the white splash screen and the ifwi version is currently 59.49

Will try your splash screen,but what will it do?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
It will change it to default black one, it won't change nothing and you need to unlock bootloader first.

For unlocking download automated quick script from the first post then run it. It's easy to use.
[Zenfone 5 General] aditia581999:
Hey, i download the very first jb firmware , and open System>etc>firmware, but theres no if.bin file, what fw did the if.bin file first came out
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
In the first firmwares there was no if.bin, so i mixed and tried to find out what would happen with no-ifwi-like older bootloader and kitkat-latest jb's ifwi combinated.

On my phone it gave me a locked bootloader with unlocked manner. On the other user's phone it just gave a locked bootloader. You can try it yourself what would happen.

My post's files has no risks, all tried; but you shouldn't try the other edited files and actually i should delete link until the other op posts anything.

Anyway, be careful and i am not responsible to if any unpredicted things happen.
[Zenfone 5 General] aditia581999:
What do you mean by "combine old ifwi with latest ifwi" ? :/
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
i got ifwi-unlock file from kitkat and i got fastboot, dnx, ifwi-lock files from the oldest rom :)

i encountered 2 freezes today, yesterday was 0; actually i am not sure why this makes freeze at all but it's less with these configurations.

Edit: Youtube's media playing makes freezing for me.
[Zenfone 5 General] aditia581999:
I see, were the same, i got freeze when using youtube, playing games, and charging
[Zenfone 5 General] leonardohenrique10:
Same with me... freezes most occur when I'm playing a game, or watching a video, or charging the phone.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Actually i couldn't find a better solution than this, 2 days ago, when charging and on youtbe; it didn't freeze. No configurations changed and it freezes now.
[Zenfone 5 General] leonardohenrique10:
But your solution was very good, the best in my device since I unlocked bootloader for the first time :D

After 4 days of use, i got only 2 freezes, this way I can use CM13. With other methods and 5.1.1 ROMs, I got 4-5 freezes in a day...
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Thanks friend, at least hearing that made me happy, if i can get any better solution, i will share you can be sure :)
[Zenfone 5 General] leonardohenrique10:
Ok, thanks for your hard work :D

I hope someday this freeze issue will be permanently fixed...
[Zenfone 5 General] pintuvirani:
Hello bro first want to tell you thats thanks for working on this freezing issue. I am having zenfone 5 a501cg 1.2ghz 2 gb ram and 8 gb rom. I bought this phone through flipkart in india 6 feb 2015. I tried all method and official unlock tools also but always freezing in stock rom also. I will try your file and let you know. Thanks bro again.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I think we found the proper way to unlock bootloader without freezes. Flash V1 and V2 for the first time and everytime when updating system, Flash V2 again and no more freezes as we (thanks to [MENTION=7138947]leonardohenrique10[/MENTION] being a tester) tested.

Automated script is uploaded for easy installation but I haven't tried if it works or not. It may or may not be fail.

I recommend manual tutorial yet (until any brave guy tries the script, probably it's safe -as written by me- but i didn't try all the script beginning to end and a mistake on code may abort the proccess -but won't brick the device afaik-).

Have a nice day all. :laugh:

Edit:

Tested on heavy conditions:

Hotplug governor -aka when idling disable cores and freezes phone-

Youtube app streaming

It's going pretty well.
[Zenfone 5 General] leonardohenrique10:
Tested both options of the script, both are working sucessfully =D

Edit: forgot to mention... After the first time using script, my phone don't entered in fastboot mode, it stucks on ASUS logo. After waiting 2-3 minutes, the phone rebooted to bootloader.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Oh, thank you for the feedback; this was very important for me. :victory:
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
If anyone bricked the phone on Pedro's method, check the link:

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone-5/help/zenfone-5-a500cg-zenfone-6-a600cg-t3354645

[MENTION=5231923]kanodiatushar[/MENTION] tested and it worked. Thanks.

Edit: Link edited.
[Zenfone 5 General] pintuvirani:
Bro i unlocked my bootloader v1 before 8 hours i played coc and cor still i didnt get freeze. Have to see more time. If i get freeze i will let you know bro. Thank you very much for working of this freezing issue. Sorry for my bad english.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
V1+V2 you need to do, or use script

(If you get any freeze and you're welcome, good to hear that) :)

Edit: I read as you were getting freezes with V1 and gave advice, sorry for that :laugh:
[Zenfone 5 General] rashmi0733:
i am going to use auto script on my mobile i want to know how dangerous it

how to use safely. without brick mobile

reply as soon as
[Zenfone 5 General] aditia581999:
Tested by me, the autoscript working great, you just have to boot to fastboot manually tho
[Zenfone 5 General] Boomshiva:
Working as expected

Its totally safe it won't brick your phone . I prefer chose number 1 instead of 2 while doing the process .
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
And after getting black screen,will i receive ota?
[Zenfone 5 General] aditia581999:
Nope, if you unlock using official app, you wont get OTA anymore
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Probably you used official unlocker to get white screen, so probably not. Actually Asus won't give OTA now. They released their latest update as .87 lollipop.

But if you get white screen from normal bootloader unlocker (i don't think so), probably you can get ota.
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
I am going to try splash screen flashing and then trying to unlock using your method but if you could elaborate what actually has happened and have you encountered any such case before?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
No, because i unlocked unofficially.

You probably need to unlock first, after change splash.
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
It means official app is of no use?
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
I don't know what did you say, but I didn't use official app for unlock yet.
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
What actually happened was i downgraded my phone from lollipop to kitkat so as to properly unlock bootloader,then installed asus unlock app,it rebooted to fastboot mode and then nothing happened so i rebooted and was getting white splash screen,then tried flashing recovery using adb,but got error

[bootloader] secure device

Cannot flash signed update on secure devices

Failed.

Then i tried various method to unlock bootloader,all successful but after that when i tried flashing recovery , i got same error.
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Seems weird, try this and give a feedback.
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
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Now a new problem has popped up,the phone is not getting detected , list of device also blank,when i connect it says installing drivers,then says failed although i installed inteldrivers.

Plz help....
[Zenfone 5 General] ozank:
Your drivers are not properly installed, remove from device manager and then reinstall. (Easy way to do it: install PcLink by Asus)
[Zenfone 5 General] screwbootloops:
So this tool unlocks the bootloader?

Not to be offensive here, but what are the differences between official asus unlocker and this unlocker?
[Zenfone 5 General] balindam bajpai:
Pclink i already have installed on phone...?

Or is there any pclink for computer also?