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[ZenFone 2 General] drstorm:
How many of these are done by ART? How many are done by app developers when most phones run on 32bit OS anyway? I mean we aren't even getting proper x86_32 NDK libraries from many app developers so Asus was forced to use arm7 emulation. I don't really see how we can get proper x86_64 NDK libs. And even then we would need both 64bit and 32bit libraries which means more storage used by OS and more RAM usage.

I saw tests done on same apps compiled on 32 and on 64bit, when PC were switching to x86_64, are there similar tests for Android?

And i'm not asking about comparisons of AARCH32 and AARCH64 because on ARM differences in architecture are much larger than on x86.
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
SDcards are much slower than internal storage, it causes issues. It's less convenient (you basically can't remove the card) and more likely to fail.
[ZenFone 2 General] nilsantosbr:
how you edited the script? i tried with a link someone posted before and i got bricked
[ZenFone 2 General] Vouga:
does anyone know what "Aware Recource" is in apps ? i uninstalled it, and dunno if i did right
[ZenFone 2 General] dezesseis:
You're not wrong, but I still would like to use this resource with a class 10 card.
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSainted1:
Brick?

I did this and had it plugged into the charger. It started doing the update (Rebooted and progress). I got busy at work and now it's just sitting there with a blank screen doing nothing. (double tap, power) does nothing.

If I plug it into the computer just shows up as "Moorefiled" in device manager but nothing on the screen. I was stock, locked bootloader (never unlocked or flashed any customs ROMS etc) .184 update was applied .....Is my phone dead?
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
Were you rooted?
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSainted1:
No.
[ZenFone 2 General] DaveonAM:
Hello. I've done this exactly, and the update was installing as I thought it would. However, after I left it alone for a while considering I was willing to wait the few minutes it took to update, I found the screen turned off when I went back, and the phone unable to be turned on.

I'm not rooted, I had the battery at over 80%, and I hardly touched anything else. Is my phone bricked? How do I fix this? Thank you in advance.
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSainted1:
I"m in the exact same boat and ADB doens't show up (tried the Google USB driver and the Asus Android ADB Interface driver from their website). Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can help us out. Thanks for looking XDA! ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] snap316:
Remove all lines from the top till the line below

package_extract_file("ifwi.zip", "/tmp/ifwi.zip");

ui_print("Verifing BOM token ...");

This is what it should start with it will take some time and give update error 7 basically it can't update the recovery . After that reboot first boot takes a while.
[ZenFone 2 General] returned4good:
Here you go. It happened to me twice and I had to unbrick it twice. Ruined my night. :/

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/guide-recover-fastboot-bricked-zenfone-t3284337
[ZenFone 2 General] tabletalker7:
Sideload worked for me. ZE551ML 4GB, 64GB - rooted stock, TWRP to start. A google search helped me find the 184 recovery image and flashed in fastboot. Then used SuperSU to full unroot. Went into the stock recovery and update with ADB. Took 15 minutes for the update to complete and another 10 for the first boot. Also took about 15% of my battery to do this, but all is well on android 6.0.1
[ZenFone 2 General] returned4good:
Sorry for the delayed response, just woke up. Here's the guides I used.

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/guide-recover-fastboot-bricked-zenfone-t3284337

The copy of the Asus Flash Tool included in the guide is actually an older version that doesn't support the Zenfone 2; I had to find the newer version. I'll upload it to my cloud and share.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0JnqrkQP7yVU9McW1DQ1FtOE0/view?usp=sharing

Good luck with it. The trickiest bit is getting the Intel driver set. After that, Just follow the guide and you should be good. Like I said, I had to do it twice. Hence why I'm just now waking up at 2 in the afternoon. lol

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So, I still need to figure out how to flash this thing because I'll wait on a full rom before I brick my phone again. I was fully unrooted and all. Tried with TWRP the first time and ADB and stock recovery the 2nd. Same result for both.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Marvelous returned4good
[ZenFone 2 General] kuyakom:
Try the manual upgrade and it works great!
[ZenFone 2 General] Vouga:
Did anyone managed to root it btw ?
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSainted1:
Thanks, I at least have the splash screen back but it doesn't seem to do anything from there. I've tried the steps about 30 times and everytime it reboots the xFSTK Downloader just tries re-attempting 20 times and never reconnects with the device (Failure: FW+OS download did not complete)
[ZenFone 2 General] returned4good:
Try forcing the phone off by holding the power button for about 10 seconds, hit the "begin download" button and then hold the power for a few seconds to turn it back on and it should catch it. If it's successful, it'll reboot the phone to a 4 colored striped block where the Asus title usually is and then proceed to the stock bootloader. Also, after you successfully use the Downloader once, you have to uninstall and reinstall it to make it work properly again, otherwise the Downloader will keep going through a fail loop.

Also, make sure you have the correct tabs up as shown in the PDF turorial.
[ZenFone 2 General] gipikay:
No OTA yet for me, and as my USB board is busted (the logical part that plugs into PC makes my phone unrecongnizable on Windows & Linux, no HW-ID, I can still charge and OTG), so I'll have to wait
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
Which DL link did you use?
[ZenFone 2 General] cyrom:
bricked! after update via recovery. wtf??
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSainted1:
man, just frustrated. (and rightfully my own fault, but since I renamed the file, copied it to the root, tried the outlined unbrick methods, now it just boots with the Android error, wondering if there is any other way than xFSTK or do I have to send it in for warranty?
[ZenFone 2 General] kevin62:
To scrub also via maj by twrp saddened for my English I speak not at all English his(her,its) comes from a translator
[ZenFone 2 General] returned4good:
Guys, kanagawaben's post herehttp://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67294652&postcount=35 worked. After the second unbricking, I left everything stock and used the method of renaming the file he mentioned. It worked. Also, I used a different download link for the fota. Here Cheers :D Make sure to thank him.
[ZenFone 2 General] kate0205:
I am confused how'd you guys end up bricking your phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] OfficerJimLahey:
I am curious, since upgrading droidboot.img (by itself) would be a bad idea ...

(not only risky - if even possible - to downgrade it again, but also for the custom firmware folks would mean there would be no part of the device a re-locked droidboot will like nor allow boot)

... has anyone on stock taken the upgrade and then unlocked the bootloader again?
[ZenFone 2 General] kuyakom:
I think MOFD_SDUPDATE is the safest method.
[ZenFone 2 General] cyrom:
nope. this bricked mine.
[ZenFone 2 General] Yousvel:
Can you still use that method without reverting to stock if you are using a custom rom?
[ZenFone 2 General] justine94:
I'm on CM13 nightly now, how do I use the FOTA? Please list steps for me as I'm, how you say, NEWB. I know I need to flash back to stock firmware, but how do I do that? Also,what do I do after going back to stock?
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Personally I'd say wait a few days. And see what the guys who are good at this sort of thing come up with. It seems anyone who has done anything to their phone (ie unlocked, rooted, custom roms) are having problems. I figured I've waited this long whats a few more days. Besides, now that it's out the cm devs have something to work off of. They'll probably get fm and camera apps etc working like they should now.
[ZenFone 2 General] justine94:
good thinking, okay I'll do the same

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good thinking, ok I'll do the same
[ZenFone 2 General] OfficerJimLahey:
A few days or longer. This update is good news for those on stock. If already using 6.0, then meh (although, a lot of device-related stuff in the custom ROMs are still using 5.0 base - this will be the case for a while).

I mentioned on the last page about bootloader unlock. Because there is no point in upgrading official to 6.0 if you want to then go back to custom firmware. Right now there is no established path...

restore to old stock rom (for me, it's from last summer)

restore stock recovery

unroot

see where the updates go

???

...at any rate, devs need to do that in parallel with updating the device-related stuff (kernel - which source is not available yet, vendor blobs, et cetera) so they have a (theoretically) working product when they make their first flash. It may be the case that an old "nightly" won't boot for the new bootloader, and a new build may not (and will not be workable to) boot for the old bootloader (has happened to me for another device). This makes for a tricky situation where the devs have to "draw a line in the sand" to say "this version for this bootloader, only." I was chatting with another ZF2 dev earlier about these considerations, and I suggested (if it comes to that), could draw the imaginary line at N (since I presume AOSP N is a few months away - or less - from drop now).

TL;DR... only consider official M if intending to stick with it for the next while until everything gets sorted out. Although I downloaded the OTA earlier tonight, I won't be using it in the foreseeable future.

Hope this helps. :cowboy:
[ZenFone 2 General] nevermorenorless:
Guys the safest way to install this is to flash the first RAW file for your phone using Asus flash tool. This will remove everything but your serial number.. After that install update WW_2.20.40.184 by downloading it from the asus support page for our phone and renaming it MOFD_SDUPDATE. Put that into your sd card and enter recovery. After that is finished installing check everything is fine before doing the same with the file located on the first page of the thread. Just change the name to MOFD_SDUPDATE, put in sd card and recovery. This method has given me no issues at all although I had tons of custom roms on my zenfone. Everything will be locked back and you will have to wait for others to find a way to root it. Have fun :)
[ZenFone 2 General] @chan:
Does those root methods for stock 5.0 work on 6.0 ?
[ZenFone 2 General] nevermorenorless:
Ive tried many but they all failed..
[ZenFone 2 General] J M L:
It's my understanding that root on marshmallow uses system less root, which requires an unlocked bootloader, because it modifies the boot.img file.

It also seems that this upgrade, because it updates ifwi, re-locks the bootloader. My question, does it only relock it for people who used the one-click/unofficial method, or is it also relocking the bootloader for people who used the official Asus method?
[ZenFone 2 General] Opick Armstrong:
How to root for this??
[ZenFone 2 General] castrwilliam:
I'm used to there being a way to flash the DTB file seperately from the bootloader and the boot image. Don't we have that capability on the ZF2?

Also, I have an idea as to rooted (systemless) boot images for this. Once the zip downloads I'll extract and try it out. If re-locking the bootloader is unavoidable, though, it won't be of much help to me or anyone else.
[ZenFone 2 General] justine94:
where can i get Asus flash tool with 551ML selection, I can't find it anywhere
[ZenFone 2 General] no93n:
Currently on lates stock,and i have twrp,does i must flash stock recovery first or its ok to flash mm ?
[ZenFone 2 General] nevermorenorless:
Here is the link to where I found the files = http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/development/zooa-ze551ml-official-raw-firmware-file-t3347496
[ZenFone 2 General] kate0205:
Flash stock recovery.
[ZenFone 2 General] no93n:
Just recovery.img right ? No need flash droidboot.img and boot.img
[ZenFone 2 General] chuckdez:
I downloaded the ROM from post #1 FOTA-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.61-user.zip and then performed sideload with no issues at all. Afterwards did a factory reset with fastboot erase userdata. Didn't want any residual problems.
[ZenFone 2 General] giopazcostarica:
bricked? phones?

Enviado desde mi ASUS_Z00AD mediante Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
I seem to have solved the problems I was having yesterday with not being able to factory reset. Decided to try reflashing the fota file over itself. I put the fota file on my sd card again (renamed as MOFD_SDUPDATE) and booted to recovery, but it failed to flash ("no command") so I selected "install from SD card" and manually selected the file. It then flashed ok (stayed on the BOM token bit a while but finally completed updating) and I was able to immediately factory reset from the recovery menu. It boot-looped the first time, but after I went back into recovery and wiped cache it booted up just fine. Now seems to be working very nicely (not much difference from before updating really though).
[ZenFone 2 General] DonMigs85:
Can all the tests in 3DMark be run now?
[ZenFone 2 General] ayush.gl:
I want a suggestion that i should install this beta version or should i wait for the official version? If i install this then how i will get the official version??
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saum36:
Hello all,

I recently tried unlocking my bootloader for my P8 lite and was disappointed to find out that while my device says " Phone Unlocked, FRP Unlock" while at the fastboot&recovery screen, it fails to download supersu to my phone while going through the root process. I am unable to obtain root and furthermore canno't factory reset. I figured I would factory reset by getting my hands on the original stock lollipop firmware for my ALE-L04 which I did, uploading it to my sd card, turning the phone off, and holding both power buttons as well as the home button to prompt the installation of the stock firmware. While holding all three of these buttons nothing happens and when I let go the phone goes back into the fastboot&recovery mode screen with the green android character. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. I would like to either go back to stock or root this bad boy seeing as how it is a little buggy since trying to unlock bootloader and root. - Regards Andrew
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aijazahmadrahi:
same issue my huawei p8 lite

Dear bro same issue whit me if you find any kindly inform and how u firmware update
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lordbannakaffalatta:
Could you give me the link for your firmware?

Also how did you unlocked?
[P8lite Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabonloco:
kingroot work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tvlovers:
moved to Q&A section
[T-Mobile LG G3] heap1:
I was surprised to find out although there is no option with Marshmallow to create adoptable storage on the G3 using the stock ROM, that you're still allowed to move apps to the SD Card. Is this just a feature of the G3 or can you do this with any phone.? The main reason, at least for me, to use adoptable storage is to be able to move apps to external storage. However since you're able to do this, at least on the G3, by keeping the card as external storage this still gives you the ability to read the card on other devices and is a much better option..
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Nilshalok:
This apps Have Thousands Of Flat Wallpapers Which Makes Your android Device Gorgeous.

Download Ir From Mod edit: Link removed.

Than enjoy It....

I am Not a dev of This apps...:rolleyes:

I Thinks This Apps Makes Your device More beautiful..

All Paid Options Unlocked.....

IF It Helps You than Give a Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mr hOaX:
Please upload Stock Wallpapers of SGJ7 2016 here
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Nilshalok:
Thread closed.

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If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, then pay for it. We do not accept warez nor do we permit members to request, post, promote or describe ways in which warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained or used. This is a site of developers, i.e. the sort of people who create such software. When you cheat a software developer, you cheat us as a community.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvlovers:
Hello,

I'm having huge problem with fastboot - my galxy s5 is being recognised as "Samsung Mobile USB Modem" and not as android device therefore I'm not able to issue any fastboot command.

It is true to both of my s5 while other phone is being recognized in fastboot without any problems

Please help
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lightn1ng:
The S5 doesn't have fastboot. It has Download Mode with Odin. What exactly are you trying to do here?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvlovers:
I was trying to flash recovery, but I totally forgot about that I was using Odin to do that while back.

Thank for reminder
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] AndroiderM:
Anyone using adoptable storage? Have you seen any decrease in performance or other strange behavior. I'm using a Samsung pro+ card, should the speed be sufficient?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] unque1:
I'm using the same setup (Samsung Evo +)

So far so good. I started moving what I could to the SD side of the storage which still confuses me a little the implementation. As both storages are accessible from the storage option setting so you can see the break down.

but a very good idea though

I also noticed that the folders on my internal when looked at in ES explorer pro had a very strange date of "1970" ??

not sure it was like that before I did the adoptable storage setup
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Lancerz:
I was using it with my Samsung Evo SD card also and when moving files from my phone to my PC it would take like 30 minutes for something that would normally take 1-2 minutes. It was crazy but since I've stopped using adoptable storage everything is back to normal.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] SlowRain:
I have the same question as the original poster. I'm wondering if there are any issues/problems with the adoptable storage feature. I'll most likely use a SanDisk card, unless there are any good reasons to avoid them.

Thanks.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jess_81:
Here is another one that would like to know (new on the forum so cannot post external links yet). Must it be an U3 card like:

SanDisk Extreme Pro 16gb/32gb/64gb/128gb MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-I Class 3 (U3) R:95MB/s W:90MB/s

Or what about the "New App Class" A1 App Performance? Does it exist such cards today or are they still on a developing stage?

Why do smart phones 2017 not have support for UHS-II cards? Is it technical impossible yet? (I have a hard time to believe that!) I'm thinking of a HTC 10, but fear that 32gb of internal storage will not be enough for me in a few months after having the phone. That's why I'm interested in all your experiences and knowledge about it. Thanks in advance.

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Googled now and realize that SanDisk has developed such a card (A1 App Performance) just 2 months ago. Expensive yet, though, of course. Only in 256 gb or will it come with fewer gb's as well? Anyone who knows?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
Using a SanDisk Extreme Pro 128gb MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-I myself, configured as mixed mode 30% adoptable/70% externalSD. All running well an smooth, no lags on my end using it this way.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] DaveedDB:
How did you set it up? You used a partition tool to convert the 30% first ?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
Best way is to google "adoptable storage mixed mode" to find some usefull links, as you configure it via abd shell and/or terminal emulator app right from your device.

You'll find it here on an englisch speaking blog, here on my german speaking blog, and right here on XDA in this thread.

Have fun trying it out!

Greetings.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Alpert3:
My suggestion: never combine the SD storage as internal... even you can get 90MB/s read & write, still far from the 200MB/s or + emmc 5.1 read speed.

The boot speed would drop significantly if you combined, app opening speed get a bit slower as well.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gsw5700:
I keep them separate as I want to separate titanium and nandroid backups amongst other stuff
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] cengizbey:
I had all sorts of problems with adaptive storage on my old sd card. Ultimately I had to buy a brand new sd card.
[Nexus 5 General] wolfen69:
I'm on my 5th N5 since early 2014. I really have a soft spot for this phone. I currently use a Nexus 6 and love the heck out of it, but there are times when I want something a little more pocketable like during summer when I'm at the amusement park or working out. Plus, by using the N5 for a good portion of the summer, my N6 will get a lot less wear and tear and last longer. I don't plan on getting a new phone until this years Nexus is half price or so sometime in late 2017. So I need both the N5 and N6 to last until then.

The only thing is I can't find a red one that is reasonably priced. So I bought a black 32gb new for $159 free shipping. Not bad I guess. Maybe I'll just get a red skin for it. But I'm happy to own yet another N5. To me, still a really good phone.
[Nexus 5 General] redsmith:
Same here. Just came back today after deciding to give my N5X a rest until Android N comes out. I've had the N6, N6P, and currently the N5X, but I must admit I've always preferred the N5. Great build quality, PERFECT size, powerful processor, and gorgeous screen. The only thing I wish was better quality is the camera of course, but with the help of ProShot and Lightroom for Android I think I can manage. Long live the Nexus king!
[Nexus 5 General] pranavmali:
I am using my 7th Nexus 5 from 2013 ! 3 of them broke 2 of them in Water and 1 of them had motherboard blewed! so basically NEXUS 5 has some Voodo Magic! which is irresistible! so!!!! Nexus 5 forever :)
[Nexus 5 General] oops_mr_gumby:
I'm still on my first N5, been using it since summer '14. I started compiling AOSP earlier this year to use with xposed and without gapps. I put Elementalx on there too, undervolt it a little, and things have been pretty awesome. If I run the battery down all the way I can get up to around 4 hours SOT, but I don't usually use that much in a day.

Lately I've been thinking about how I'd like a slightly larger screen if the phone itself doesn't have to be a lot bigger too, but just about every new one that comes along has at least one or two glaring issues (which I guess the N5 isn't lacking either, but I digress). 1440p, giant bezel-enlarging shiny logos, tiny batteries that could be bigger if they actually made the outside big enough to contain the inside (STUPID, STUPID CAMERA HUMPS!), no support for plain AOSP, idiocy like 6GB of RAM, because Android is totally going to make use of that efficiently, right? The details are always a little different for each phone, but then almost none of them actually get software updates and thus aren't even really worth considering despite their flaws.

Anyhoo, here's hoping my battery holds up another year at least. I'm not super-optimistic about future prospects. I suppose, as I suggested earlier, the N5 has compromises of its own and I've made do quite well - indeed, I'm very happy with it. Maybe it won't be all bad in the end. All I know is my N5 has a lot of life left!
[Nexus 5 General] jordirpz:
Link please for n5 for 159$?
[Nexus 5 General] wolfen69:
It's actually 157.99 now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unlocked-LG...208753?hash=item51e230ef31:g:GYIAAOSwAvJW9cy-