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[ZenFone 2 General] jdubbs13:
No, I used this method as well

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[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
Hey guys, this won't work for me, when I flash the twrp 2.8.7.7 the phone flashes it but then boots into stock recovery. Any ideas? Thanks in advance
[ZenFone 2 General] allasca:
Dont flash it.

On bootloader type: fastboot boot twrp.img
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
So your bootloader is not unlocked?
[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
Sorry when I said flashed I meant I typed exactly that. I don't know why I said flash:confused: lol but yeah boots into recovery.
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Wow, how many times are you going to ask the same question. No is not unlocked.
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
I'm going to ask it until I get the correct answer. One person says no, one says yes, one says read the OP which really isn't clear as to yes or no. smh No need to be a smart ass.
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Definitively, installing MM relocks your bootloader and there is currently no way to unlock it. (without down grading to lp again) This method uses tethered TWRP to get around that.
[ZenFone 2 General] WillyTP:
Somebody could please tell me how to save STOCK Android 6.0 BOOT.IMG for future official updates?

Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] samcjtsai:
you have EVERYTHING here.
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
This for the life of me just refuses to work. I gave it a shot though lol
[ZenFone 2 General] Kona67:
put the zip file on the phone and flash it into TWRP also works
[ZenFone 2 General] jdubbs13:
I was locked on mm beta, I used this forum to gain root to mm and downgrade to lp
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
Ill look into this and see if I can get it to work. Thanks for the info. I'm on the Z00AD version also so hopefully

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But that's the thing. I can't get twrp to open as the op states is should. I follow everything step by step and all I get is the dead robot that says "no command"
[ZenFone 2 General] Kona67:
1)Put the Shakalaca patched SuperSu.zip on the phone

2)adb reboot bootloader

3)download on your pc a twrp file like this https://dl.twrp.me/Z00A/twrp-2.8.7.2-Z00A.img

4)fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.2-Z00A.img

5) In twrp, flash the Shakalaca patched SuperSu.zip

6) Reboot System - Zenfone 2 is root
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
Right I get that but my phone will not fastboot into twrp. When I do adb reboot bootloader it goes to bootloader. Then when I fastboot boot twrp it goes to the dead droid screen then just sits and does nothing. If I go into stock recovery and try to sideload SuperSU.zip all I get is failed. I'm outta options
[ZenFone 2 General] diamatajm:
I'm also having the same problem.

Does anyone have a video tutorial for this one?
[ZenFone 2 General] diamatajm:
-Bro I think I got it. Just follow the steps. You just have to Downgrade your bootloader to 94.177 (which is from the lollipop version) what you're using right now is version 94.183 (since you also updated from MM beta right?) Just follow the Steps. Download the required files on Zentalk (Shakalaca's post) and enter these on adb cmd after downloading the files. Extract them in 1 folder

fastboot flash token bom-token.bin

fastboot flash ifwi ifwi_ann_a0-mofd_v1-ze551ml.bin

fastboot flash splashscreen splashscreen_ze551ml.img

fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

after successfully typing and entering these codes. Your bootloader was already downgraded( from 94.183 to 94.177 ) but expect your device not to start up. I'm still on halfway. Right now my device is not booting after downgrading the bootloader. I'm still downloading the stock rom which is 5.0. I'll let you know what happens next.
[ZenFone 2 General] Kona67:
Have you opened a cmd window in the same folder as the TWRP file?
[ZenFone 2 General] samcjtsai:
If your android 6.0 came directly from a locked 5.0, you won't see twrp boot. You need to downgrade first.
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
Yes I opened it from the adb folder where everything is located
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
Well this is a bust for me. Even though the device is clearly recognized in adb, when I try to flash token bom-token.bin it just sits there and says "waiting for device"

***Edit*** Ok so that I make sure this goes as it should here is where I managed to get to. I followed the OP steps, got the device downgraded back to Lollipop and the bootloader is not unlocked. Now if someone can verify what I need to do next please? As I see it, I now boot back into bootloader then from there to stock recovery, upgrade again to 6.0.1 and then I should be able to see twrp when I fastboot boot <twrp.img> and from there, sideload SuperSU? Is this accurate?
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
All ok here apart from a `failed verification notice` on boot - will that vanish when the time comes to put boot.img back before next build after beta ?

**update**

`failed verification warning notice` on boot removed when installed stock boot.img to unroot

anyone struggling with placing img files to adb/fastboot folder ?

just right click minimal adb/fastboot short cut on desktop and open file location -- paste img files and su there...i rename su blah blah to just su lol dead lazy meeee !
[ZenFone 2 General] WillyTP:
Well "just for trying" I tried to perform root on an locked bootloader...

and well, as previously stated, it does NOT work.

Tethered recovery doesn't start.

I look forward to a root without bootloader unlock in order to avoid warranty loss and other troubles.
[ZenFone 2 General] allasca:
I need xposed uninstaller mod. [MENTION=2005688]samcjtsai[/MENTION]
[ZenFone 2 General] WillyTP:
Hmmmm a question for the experts regarding the bootloader.

As I've read, in order to achieve unlocked root I've first do downgrade to LP, then unlocking Bootloader, then reinstall MM or whatever.

This obviously implies loosing all data and re-installing everything.

Would it be possible to flash directly an unlocked Bootloader using xFSTK?
[ZenFone 2 General] ishantanish:
Hi i m cm 13 n can i flash supersu 2.74????
[ZenFone 2 General] BesFen:
I have unlock bootloader on LP 184 before upgrade to MM, follow the step to root here but can't root it. Fail on boot to twrp, only shown dead Android robot.

For the downgrade step, it's work well on mine. Thanks.

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My friend ever claim a warranty with unlock bootloader, he just replace the splash screen with black splash screen like factory stock, and Asus service center don't know about it.
[ZenFone 2 General] jdubbs13:
When you flash twrp you must be in fast boot, not adb
[ZenFone 2 General] BesFen:
Ofcourse in fastboot, I am not a noob in xda.
[ZenFone 2 General] sunil k tripathi:
Can u plz tell me that how do u managed to boot in recovery i.e how did u unlocked ur bootloader. Plz help me step by step

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I'm unable to unlock bootloader of my zooA so it is not booting recovery plz help[emoji20] [emoji19] [emoji55]
[ZenFone 2 General] BesFen:
According to TS instruction:

You do not need to unlock bootloader in MM, you just need to unlock it when in last LP before upgrade to Mm, that mean in version 184.

If you didn't unlock it yet, downgrade to last LP, unlock your bootloader, upgrade to MM again and ROOT.
[ZenFone 2 General] dimitrakhs1:
I'm unable to unlock bootloader of my zooA so it is not booting recovery plz help[emoji20] [emoji19] [emoji55]

I had it unlocked before.I don't know,right now is in beta .you have to either downgrade or wait for stable release and then some of our friends like this one here will come out with the solution at that time.
[ZenFone 2 General] MikeyLee:
Sadly, V4A will not work on 6.0.1 for me after rooting and SE Linux will not function either.
[ZenFone 2 General] sorg:
Isn't possible to use bootloader from LL with MM firmware?
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
hi sorg , from what i have read a few people tried and failed , yours still works in LP though
[ZenFone 2 General] MartyrEspada:
can u tell me how flash twrp?

cannot go to recovery, after restart always go back in to bootloader
[ZenFone 2 General] :
Good thing someone finally made it to root 6.0 on Zen Warrior xD
[ZenFone 2 General] euthic:
As said, you can't flash twrp as the bootloader is locked.

You tether boot it from fastboot using command fastboot boot <twrp.img>
[ZenFone 2 General] dimitrakhs1:
I did all this,while on mm,without flashing stock recovery,it shows your Twrp,i flashed custom rom (blur os),working,ho ho
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
hmm,i wander what i did wrong,i did the changes in the script as said,saved and when i flashed the file i got after a while en error 7,something like that, and i got a surprise too,when i wanted to restart into system...there was no system at all on my phone,curious,lucky me that i did a backup within TWRP and i was able to restore the phone...i have no idea what is that error and why it did deleted all my system ?
[ZenFone 2 General] jasxyhen:
help

I did all the steps in downgrading (Im on MM beta obviously)

And now my phone just sits at the ASUS logo in boot up. It doesnt continue to nowhere.

Can someone help me? Where did I went wrong? Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] wearver:
Let me see if I understand, my zenfone is has the unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed, when I make any change in the cell I do backup via TWRP and any problems I return everything as it was before. Installing this beta I will lose the bootloader?

I can downgrade via fastboot there and unlock the TWRP and restore everything as before?
[ZenFone 2 General] tabletalker7:
I experimented before this lovely guide was made in downgrading. I used TWRP to make a backup of my .184 LP, and then upgraded to the MM beta. I couldn't figure out how to downgrade at the time so I followed an unbricking guide and got my zenfone 2 back to LP. Once I reinstalled TWRP it restored my .184 backup with no problems, and I am not exactly the shinyest bulb on the christmas tree. If I can restore a TWRP backup anybody can, and this guide does make it A LOT easier to do that
[ZenFone 2 General] WillyTP:
By carefully following the procedure, I've been able to downgrade to LP .184, unlock and then upgrading to MM + root.

Thanks everybody!!!

A phone without root for me is like a child toy :D
[ZenFone 2 General] wearver:
You had problems in mm? I'm thinking of upgrading but if you have problems or do much now, I hope the official.
[ZenFone 2 General] tabletalker7:
No issues with the MM beta - I just ran those experiments to make sure I could easily go back.
[ZenFone 2 General] BuckyBug:
Downgrading firmware !

I want to downgrade my Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML firmware from 2.20.14 to 2.15 13. Can someone guide me on that.

Thank You !!
[ZenFone 2 General] vkez:
Thank you

now rooted and exposed:)
[ZenFone 2 General] WillyTP:
Btw, is there a way to remove warning screen saying "Your device has failed Verification"?

After unlocking / rooting / Xposed I didn't had it, apparently (I'm not 100% sure) this message started to appear after I installed BatteryStatsPlus within Xposed,and then I installed it as a System Priviliged App.
[ZenFone 2 General] kamyk70:
Guys this question is more experienced users. Wanna downgrade my ZE551ML from 6.0 to 5.0 but before i mess up my phone need to ask.

After collecting all necessary image files from the first post (from different folders) and flash them should I also flash the recovery .184 file or should I not? So after that I supposed to sideload whole system or simply can I just place MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip on SD Card and flash it by entering recovery?

Appreciate any support

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Does that warning screen show up durnig boot system or constantly all the time?
[ZenFone 2 General] WillyTP:
[MENTION=1139107]kamyk70[/MENTION] Just at boot time.
[ZenFone 2 General] Emil Borconi:
Should this work with ZX551ML model as well?

I'm trying to root my Zoom after update to 6, but not having any joy.

I wasn't able to find any TWRP or CWM recovery for ZX551ML, so I was hoping I can use the ZE551ML twrp instead, but when doing:

fastboot boot twrp_Z00A_v24.img

nothing happens. I mean that I see the twrp being downloaded to the phone, but the phone remains in bootloader instead of starting the tethered recovery.

Also have anybody tried this bootloader unlock: https://mega.nz/#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw!Ux9HlCzA ?

Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] chobztopz:
yes, it worked
[ZenFone 2 General] Emil Borconi:
Thanks will give that a go to see if I can unlock the bootloader after updating to 6.0, just going to change the boot images with the ones from the Zoom rom.

Still no joy of getting tethered TWRP...

EUREKA

Bootloader unlocked, now trying to win the battle with getting the device rooted....

EUREKA 2

With unlocked bootloader the root method described by the OP worked smooth like butter.... :D Oh happy days....

Thank you!
[ZenFone 2 General] WillyTP:
[MENTION=842765]Emil Borconi[/MENTION] For curiosity, do you see at boot "Your device has failed Verification" msg? Thank you
[ZenFone 2 General] Emil Borconi:
I was doing other things as well while mocking around with the phone so I might have missed the error message, but I cannot recall seeing the message, neither a restart...

I have sideloaded BETA-SuperSu-2.74
[ZenFone 2 General] WillyTP:
Hmm I see....

I still wonder why at the beginning I hadn't had this message and after yes...

I think that has been Battery Stats Plus that touched the System partition but this is just a mine speculation
[ZenFone 2 General] Ramirez_Luis:
BRICK my phone need help

Guys brick my phone and i dont know have to do.... When i try do downgrade 6.0 to 5.0 my phone is brick i follow steps fastboot flash token in console adb say writing token... failed (permision denied) and ifwi too say the same..... so i think maybe i cannot do downgrade restart the phone and screen black only vibrate but screen still black and restart over and over

pls need help sorry for my bad english
[ZenFone 2 General] ShadyGame:
Nevermind
[ZenFone 2 General] Emil Borconi:
[MENTION=7572374]Ramirez_Luis[/MENTION] if your 100% sure that it's bricked, have a look here: http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/guide-recover-fastboot-bricked-zenfone-t3284337 do it on your own risk, that is dangerouse stuff there, but can rescue bricked phones.
[ZenFone 2 General] ponhei9502:
I had the exact same problem. What fixed it for me was time. I had to drain the battery completely so I let it sit for a few days. Them I used xfstk. I had the permission denied problem too. What caused it for me was that I was using a USB 3.0 port. So I switched to USB 2.0 and it flashed like normal. Might not work for you but could be worth a try
[ZenFone 2 General] wearver:
What is the status of your phone? He can not start the system or there is no screen to boot? You can get the bootloader or crashes before? I've had a problem in the boot and could repair via fastboot. The fastboot works before startup.
[ZenFone 2 General] Ramirez_Luis:
The phone try to on only vibrated but the screen was black and restarted again and again, not logo asus screen not fastboot screen... Fortunately fixed follow this thread http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256 and watch this videos http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/unbrick-vid-tutorial-restore-serial-t3411064
[ZenFone 2 General] vkez:
downgrade to lollipop

The guide worked for me

Thank you
[ZenFone 2 General] wearver:
wow, this is a hard brick... i get the soft brick, my phone turn on, show the splash screen, bootloader but wont boot the system. After try to repair, i mess up the bootloader, the phone turn on but not show the boot screen. even so, the fastboot works to restore the important files.
[ZenFone 2 General] tabletalker7:
http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/unlock-zenfone2-android-6-0-beta-unlock-t3411264 did anyone try this unlock method and lose use of xposed modules (youtube background player and youtube adaway)

?
[ZenFone 2 General] kjinx01:
Nice thread
[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
Will using this downgrade method to revert to lollipop wipe all my data?

Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] Emil Borconi:
I haven't wiped my data, but as soon as it boot to lollipop, i got some ANR and the phone rebooted, basically it was useless. Data wipe did fix the problem, so I will say yes, you need to do a data wipe I'm affraid.
[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
Ah dammit! I cannot be bothered to restore everything! Is there a way to unlock the bootloader & root without downgrading?
[ZenFone 2 General] Emil Borconi:
Hold on a second, your question was about downgrading from M to L, in that case you will need to wipe the data. If you want to unlock bootloader and root only, then there is no need of data wipe, however if something does go wrong then you might end up wiping your data...

To unlock the bootloader check my link from post 86

Once bootloader is unlocked you can follow OP instructions to ROOT your device.

Proceed on your own risk.
[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
Oh I was under the impression you had to downgrade in order to unlock the bootloader. Has this method been tested and works?
[ZenFone 2 General] Emil Borconi:
As soon as you upgrade to M your bootloader will be re-locked and the official bootloader unlock app stops working. I have used the approach shared on mega.nz to unlock my ZX551ML and it worked, somebody else reported success as well, so I guess it does.

As always proceed on your own risk.
[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
Ok I I'll try it on my ZE551ML, hope it works:)
[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
So I tried the unlock tool in post 86 and followed the instructions, I held the volume up after the unlock.bat finished running, the white asus boot logo came up and then went as bootloader came back up and then ran the restore.bat file. The boot logo reverted to black which is the locked screen so I'm wondering is this supposed to happen? I think my phone's still locked because when I tried to flash twrp using the line 'flash recovery twrp_Z00A_v24.img', it would flash but then when I would immediately boot into recovery, the phone would just reboot back into the bootloader. Help Please!
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
I think this "unlock" as per post 86 doesn't unlock your bootloader, but makes the phone the same condition as if you had been unlocked before updating to M beta. It unlocks it as if you had unlocked it in L originally, but this is NOT a working unlock (I tried to boot without running restore.bat and it just hangs at the white splash screen). When you use the restore.bat it returns it to the proper locked M beta condition. You should then be able to do a tethered recovery as in the OP and flash the SU for root.
[ZenFone 2 General] meemansaktech:
Best process according to my situation to install android 6.0 (Stock)

I am currently running custom rom cm13 and custom recovery twrp and also bootloader is unlocked. before this i was on stock lollipop ....184 rom which is latest lollipop of zenfone 2 ze551ml. so currently i'm on cm13 with unlcoked bootloader and i want to install andoid 6.0 stock rom. So, tell me the best way how can i do that because i'm totally confused about the ifwi version. as i also have stock ....184 zip file from asus.com and also stock recovery of this version from your mega link. now what should i do?
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
.......now what should i do?.....

Nothing.

This thread is for rooting Beta MM

Which you don't have installed

So no good to you
[ZenFone 2 General] Emil Borconi:
I cannot recall if I had my bootloader unlocked or locked before the upgrade, so that might be the difference, but I certainly have unlocked bootloader with Marshmallow (not the beta) installed.

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You DON'T flash the recovery. As per description in OP you only boot the recovery (tethered), it's NOT the same.

So you don't do:

fastboot flash recovery twrp_Z00A_v24.img

you need to:

fastboot boot twrp_Z00A_v24.img
[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
Yeah that happened to me also when I used the unlock tool, I didn't run the restore.bat to test it, and it just got stuck in a bootloop so then I ran the restore.bat and I was definitely locked before upgrading to marshmallow. So to clarify should I boot the twrp in bootloader before running the restore.bat as my phone would be in the "unlocked condition" or after I run the restore.bat?

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Ok I will try this and see what happens.
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Just curious. Why do you want to? Cm13 is already a more capable version of MM than the beta is.
[ZenFone 2 General] Yousvel:
False!
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
Don't agree. There are things I like better about CM than any ASUS stock firmware (both L official and M beta), but the stock beta is more stable (especially in terms of radios), has fewer bugs and app incompatabilities, and gives better/more predictable battery life (for me at least).
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Many people have reported all their sensors stopped working in the beta, not so in Cm13.

You lose your unlocked bootloader in the beta, not so in cm13.

You lose root in the beta, not so in Cm13.

You can only use system memory to install apps, not so in Cm13 (all internal mem is available to install apps)

You are forced into Facebook and FB messenger apps, not so in Cm13.

Not to mention all the bricked phones we've seen.

Need I go on?

Maybe once it's out of beta, the kinks are ironed out and ALL the features of MM are implemented it will be a consideration. But for now Cm13 is the option to take.
[ZenFone 2 General] Yousvel:
People reported these or you give it a try yourself? It would be wise to try both before having a conclusion about which one is better. Look at cm OP and see how many things not working, then look back into stock and do the same.

Don't keep posting judgement about what people told you. try yourself and report back. And also make sure you know what you are doing.;)
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Of course I haven't tried it. There have been dozens of reports on here of the problems caused. Yes, there are many successful reports too. But the lack of proper mm storage management is a deal breaker for me alone.

The reason for these threads is to learn from what others have experienced. I'm not going to just blindly install a beta product when there are so many negative experiences reported here. I read the threads before I do things. ( CM13 included)

I'm just sharing what I have read and experienced here.

This is totally my own opinion. Last checked I was allowed to have one.
[ZenFone 2 General] Yousvel:
You can only compare two things you know.
[ZenFone 2 General] kenbo111:
Really? That's what research is for! Why do we bother reading these threads if the only way to know things is to do it yourself?
[ZenFone 2 General] Yousvel:
Let's take that to an end my friend. But believe me, I am currently on MM beta and I've tried all cm based roms already and that MM beta from ASUS is so far the best rom for this phone. Yes, it has some bugs to iron but it's still the best rom for this phone so far.
[ZenFone 2 General] xDEV007:
Thank You! IT FINALLY WORKED! ROOTED! YAY!:laugh: