yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 General] ASH_K:
Thank you so much! This guide of yours works like a charm! Just a quick suggestion, maybe you can add additional step-by-step pictures on your guide, especially on disabling driver signature, the part with xFSTK, and the part on extracting the raw files and the fastboot files. Kudos for you OP :good: :D
[ZenFone 2 General] SaltedPeppy:
Im stuck on xFSTK

Im stuck on 4 colors after FW and OS completed No fastboot or recovery :crying: Can you help me i dont know what to do.
[ZenFone 2 General] SaltedPeppy:
Hey

Did you fix your phone bro ? any updates ? what happen ? and what file did you use ?
[ZenFone 2 General] Gbotx:
Hi Fellow Zenners,glad to hear you have resolved the issue.I unfortunately also suffer from the same symptoms as pins57 phone did,Mr. sukhwant717 mind to share the process followed to work around cmd errors?:D
[ZenFone 2 General] harry.lin:
Thanks for the guide, but I encountered some problems:

-SOLVED- RAW FIRMWARE LINK REPAIRED AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO, THANKS

I have ze550ml, AKA zenfone 2 720p, AKA Z008.

Followed the guide until xFSTK is done, and successfully booted into fastboot with 4 color strips instead of ASUS logo. But it shows wrong serial number and product name (Z00A instead of my Z008). Is this okay?

Then I proceeded to download raw firmware of ZE550ML, just to encounter broken link. Surfed the web, found no raw for my phone. Will flashing raw firmware supposedly solve my problem?

Afterwards, I planned to sideload stock ROM (I have the zip version ready). However, i have no custom recovery, and when i boot to recovery from bootloader, all it shows is a USB logo with no way of rebooting back into bootloader unless I do the xFSTK thing again (although it only did the FW download and skipped the OS download). In the end, I ended up with fastboot screen again, with serial name and product name showed, still, wrongly. Bootup still with 4 color strips.

Also, although my device is bootloader-online when connected to PC, any attempt at flashing is met with "remote flash_cmds error". How do you go around this?

... pointers?
[ZenFone 2 General] SirAnKeKu:
hi. i have ZE551ML, i have android 7.1 running, but then it starts to not charging when i plug in my charger. then when i reboot, it shows the black screen with only vibration. i tried to recover it using this guide, but still failing. Please help me :(
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
just go to fastboot and sew raw firmware.
[ZenFone 2 General] SirAnKeKu:
The problem is i can't access fastboot. It's bricked
[ZenFone 2 General] harry.lin:
This thread is actually about unbricking it. Follow the steps in the guide, I'm sure you can once again boot into fastboot. Well, it won't be as easy if you have the ZE550ML instead of ZE551ML, because the guide wasn't exactly made for ZE550ML.
[ZenFone 2 General] SirAnKeKu:
I have bricked once, and i succeed unbricking it before. But now it just won't flashed now. I have charged it 2 hours before flashing, double check the gp to 0x80000807, and flashed it 4x. It just doesn't work. It was easy flashing it before
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
thankx for info. i will update link very soon

here is the link

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72QQTXqZSRwcTBDaXZOYUNBdHM
[ZenFone 2 General] adoduran:
do i need to perform "Flash Raw Firmware Using Asus Flash Tool", "Flashing Firmware Without AFT" and "How to Install firmware using adb sideload"? sorry but im new in this one im done in Unbrick Process.

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what is the sign if the Asus flash tool flash succesfully?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
if you will use flash tool. it will show success and will boot into system automatically. you can use any one option AFT or commands.
[ZenFone 2 General] enadzzz2010:
i got a failed message in the step

fastboot flash /tmp/partition.tbl partition.tbl

failed <remote: not allowed to flash partition

any idea?
[ZenFone 2 General] adoduran:
Thank you, but I'm OK now, I perform the flash without AFT and it works, the flash tool is failed and I don't know what the cause, I'm in CyanogenMod 13 now.
[ZenFone 2 General] harry.lin:
Yep, AFT didn't work for me too. Some say it's way too outdated

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So you're not using AFT. Some say you should run the cmd with administrator priviledges. Tried that?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
i have updater AFT link to most resent one. you can try that
[ZenFone 2 General] AndreiHeimann:
IT Works!!! :D:D:D:D

[MENTION=6511954]sukhwant717[/MENTION], THANK YOU SO MUCH man!! You saved my ZF2 after 2 entire weeks, many cell stores, and many "technicians" that cannot save my phone. THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.

I just follow the steps of 1st page, with the same files, softwares, etc. And for me, the only way that worked, was "without AFT", with ADB commands it works on the first attempt. :D:D:D:D

(de BR pra BR)

[MENTION=6511954]sukhwant717[/MENTION], Muito obrigado cara! Você salvou o meu ZF2 depois de 2 semanas inteiras, muitas lojas de celulares e muito "técnicos" que não salvaram o meu celular. Obrigado de novo e de novo. Eu somente segui os passos da primeira página, com os mesmos arquivos, softwares, etc. E para mim, a única forma que funcionou, foi "Without AFT (sem Asus Flash Tool)", com os comandos ADB funcionou na primeira tentativa. :D Se agluém precisar de ajuda, sintam-se a vontade de me procurar pelo facebook. Andrei Pais Heimann. Grande abraço.
[ZenFone 2 General] Vignesh_JS:
flash_cmds error!

So I did everything as in the guide. Downloaded the firmware WW-2.20.40.198 from the ASUS site. Downloaded the fastboot and adb tool. Extracted it. Extracted the firmware and pasted the files in the fastboot and adb extracted folder. Everytime I run this: fastboot flash /tmp/partition.tbl partition.tbl I get: error: cannot load 'partition.tbl' and every time I try flashing any img file I get this: remote: flash_cmds error! IS THERE ANYTHING I COULD DO ??? IS THERE A WAY I COULD DO THIS ALL FROM THE BEGINNING?????? I THINK I ****ED UP!!! PLEASE RESPOND _/\_ MY DAD WILL KILL ME IF HE COMES TO KNOW I DESTROYED THE PHONE. :crying::crying::crying::crying:
[ZenFone 2 General] avisson_16:
first of all thank to you , u make my alive.. i followed ur procedure by replacing ifwi 5.0 to ifwi 6.0 it worked for zenfone 2 zee550ml . i am able download firmware + os but the problem is after completing os download my phone reboot automatically after few seconds , display glows but nothing appear on screen . not able to reach 4 colour band . i tried few more times with xfstk download completing firmware and os , but stuck afterward not getting 4 colour band or bootloader..

kindly help me regarding this ..
[ZenFone 2 General] AndreiHeimann:
How is your phone right now? Did you download de RAW file from this post? and the Xfstk Downloader? Explain a little bit more for us! Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] avisson_16:
struck on 4 colour band

after completing firmware and os download , 4 colour band appears and phone reboot after few seconds ,again 4 colour band shows on screen.

kindly help how to proceed further to fastboot.
[ZenFone 2 General] AndreiHeimann:
This was happening with me using the Ifwi file of 6.0, try to roll back to the ifwi file original (5.0) and flash it again on Xfstk downloader, it worked for me, after the 4 colour band, the screen shows a black "light", but actually the phone will be on fastboot mode, if you try the command "fastboot device" it will appear as "0123454...", follow the 22 commands and your phone will be restored!! :)
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
buddy you are doing it wrong way. please read every line of guide very carefully. you are using wrong raw firmware file. download raw firmware file from the provided link in this guide. not from asus. then extract it and use
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
thank you very much. i am happy to know that it was helpful to you.
[ZenFone 2 General] Vignesh_JS:
Unfortunately I did not use the RAW from the link. I downloaded the one from the asus support WW-2.20.40.198 :mad::mad::mad: Sir, I don't know the current condition of the phone like if I connect it to the PC it shows the USB logo. I'll switch it off by holding down the power button for 10 sec. Then I'll do the power+volume up thing and the xFTSK detects it. Begin download -> FW+OS Download Complete :good: so far so good. Then comes the 4 band seconds later to the normal boot screen. There when I tried to flash the RAW I downloaded(not from the guide) the AFT shows some error. Then when I tried using without AFT. There the cmd showed: error: cannot load 'partition.tbl' for this: fastboot flash /tmp/partition.tbl partition.tbl :crying: So I went on and everytime I flash something whether be splashimage or boot it shows this: flash_cmds error! :crying: End of story :(:crying::(:crying:

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OOPS!:eek::eek:
[ZenFone 2 General] adoduran:
Just proceed to flash without AFT, it happen that to me too.
[ZenFone 2 General] Vignesh_JS:
Works like a charm :victory:

Thank You so much for your time. My ZF2 runs like a horse now. :good: :highfive ::victory:
[ZenFone 2 General] AndreiHeimann:
NICE!

Congrats Buddy!! This tuto is saving many "lifes" !! :D:D:D
[ZenFone 2 General] avisson_16:
i tried with ifwi 5 but it stuck after frimware download .. tried atleast 50 times but always struck after firmware download:(

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how to flash adb is not detecting it..
[ZenFone 2 General] ochentay4:
Hi, I bricked my device and cant enter Fastboot nor Recovery anymore. Pressing Up or Down before powering up doesnt do anything anymore.

Problem is I tried to flash latest stock UL-Z008-WW-4.21.40.156-user from Cyanogen. What can I do? When powering the phone, it goes boot loop.
[ZenFone 2 General] AndreiHeimann:
Just follow the step by step of the 1st page using the option (Without AFT) and you will save your phone! :) Good luck, and post here when you can do it.
[ZenFone 2 General] avisson_16:
those who are getting touch screen problem or screen flicks while using phone.., go to setting and turn of asus cover .. problem might solve .. me too having same problem but after turning off its working good... it is may be due to using ifwi 6 instead of ifwi 5..:o:o:o try it ..
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
ifwi used in xftk does not matter. as it is temporary. it is wiped out as you install firmware. it may be you upgraded to MM. when ever you upgrade your firmware. it is best to perform a factory reset and clear cache partition. it helps to run new firmware smoothly. and it completely implement new update. so if you face bugs like flickering, freeze, or any sensor related issues. try factory reset and clear cache partition. it will help.
[ZenFone 2 General] avisson_16:
but i doesn,t updated to MM .. i am in lollipop latest version only:(:(

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secondly will i get official update after recovering my hard brick phone..
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
yes you will get updates until you root your device. as you said latest lolipop. it means you have applied update. as i mentioned earlier, when ever there is a fresh firmware install or there is an major update. it is best to perform factory reset.
[ZenFone 2 General] avisson_16:
thanks for guindance.... well i have not rooted my phone..

i am getting error in recovery mode but able to get in recovery by pressing power + vol up key and then releasing vol up+ key...

how to solve this error.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
when you see that logo with error. press and hold power button. immediately click volume plus button. then release power button. you will get into recovery
[ZenFone 2 General] groberthsp:
After xFSTK Downloader, my phone Vibrates and nothing happen. No screen display or what so ever. Help me please.
[ZenFone 2 General] andrewff2:
Yeah mine is like this too vibrates two times and i can even see the moorefield but it disconnects!!!

Is there anyone here who can help us?!?!
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
i have already answered this earlier. once again to clear. read the guide again. and make sure you have installed driver on correct way. and you installed driver and power cycled your device before installing xFSTK.

as per your concern. change device detection timeout to 120. now click begin download. now connect you device to pc and switch off your phone holding power key for 10 sec. and turn on phone. xFSTK itself will force device into desired mode. strongly recommend you to read the guide again. and please perform every step in same sequence as suggested
[ZenFone 2 General] andrewff2:
Thanks man and sorry about it i was using intel flash tool really sorry!!
[ZenFone 2 General] andrewff2:
Guys just updating here!! the phone is alive again!!! pretty easy (AFTER YOU READ) and now is working again!!!

Now time to bug it again unlocking and stuff to go to nougat from RR (best rom for me)
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
glad to know that your device is alive again. several user do not read the guide properly. may be they already read some other guide. it works 100 percent if someone read and follow it carefully
[ZenFone 2 General] BTiwari:
i have try to flash mm pre rooted rom now phone only shows asus logo nothing else and one more thing if i use this method it necessary to clear data because its my brother's phone he will kill me if all data will lost please help me :crying:
[ZenFone 2 General] andrewff2:
yep have to wipe :D (at least is what says in the tutorial)
[ZenFone 2 General] agm2112:
It detects and flashes all files. I can´t see any error, but the phone won ´t reboot. So the program retries 20 times and give up.

I´ll try tomorrow on a different computer and Windows 7 (instead of 10)
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
can you please upload xFSTK log file
[ZenFone 2 General] 2nd Pain:
ThankYOU!

Im very thankful for the guide its working fine!! you deserved respect i already hit the like button. thankyou again.
[ZenFone 2 General] ConnorMcLe0d:
I just worked with the firmware version i linked at the end of my post. I think the archive failure was 95% due to a DL problem, but since the version is more recent, you may consider replace it in your tutorial.

Other than that, your tutorial helped a lot.

Thanks you.

Just noticed that i'm still not able to enter recovery mode, but that's another problem, i can know enter the OS and that's really better than yesterday :)

Edit : Method 1 worked :

1. Enter recovery as you normally do

2. When you see a dead android bot with an error press and hold power button, then (while holding power button) quickly press Vol up and release and then release power button..
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
thanks for suggestion..well i am downloading latest firmware. i will check it myself then only i will update in thread. and old one is also working fine. may be your one got corrupted while downloading
[ZenFone 2 General] ConnorMcLe0d:
Yes, that's what i thought.

Also, you may consider hosting the file on another site, DL was really slow (sometimes fast but fluctuating a lot, took me 4 hours to DL against 1h on other hosts ;) ). When you have a bricked phone, you are really sad, so it's better if you can DL files quickly :D

Last question, does the process change something in kernel ?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
created a vip link for that site for will be valid for a period of time. if you are download with idm double click the file and change the link in address bar with provided here under: file will resume and with fast speed

http://download024.fshare.vn/dl/IPTof5A1aXFSa7MoUqnbTcEhn05KywCrETF-cC0sM6BkshUe4vy9KYbAgv2Ap7BCCfp3nMh6VIpTpZ98/%5BLinksVIP.Net%5D%20WW_ZE551ML_2.20.40.184_20160504.raw
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
will try to upload to google drive
[ZenFone 2 General] 2nd Pain:
cant update...

well. i succeed in this guide. thanks again. but now i cant update even i have update and already download... it just go in FASTBOOT MODE. and nothing happens... i try to go to RECOVERY MODE... but it will just reboot in FASTBOOT MODE hope you can help again :D

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after this guide and recover my zenfone 2.. (Thanks Again) now i can't update because it just go to android FASTBOOT and nothing happens... i also notice that i can't go to RECOVERY MODE.. it just rebooting to FASTBOOT MODE. but when i start the phone its still ok.. i just cant update to MM
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
multiple ways you can get into recovery.

1. when you are in fastboot mode. use volume keys to change option shown on top of the screen. get that option to recovery mode and press power button. phone will reboot and android log will be seen with sign of exclamation. now press and hols volume up button and click power button once or press and hold power button and click volume plus or volume down button. you will be in recovery mode.

2. in phone setting, go to developer option and enable usb debugging. now go to adb fastboot folder and open command window here: now use command "adb devices" then "adb reboot recovery"

3. while you are in fastboot mode, go to adb fastboot folder on PC, open command window here and use the following commands. "fastboot devices" then "fastboot reboot recovery"

keep in mind to update to marshmallow you need to update to latest lolipop first. you can use adb sideload or sd card method any one you like
[ZenFone 2 General] 2nd Pain:
My version now is ww.2.20.40.139 just like in your post. And i have new notification update. Btw, in FASTBOOT MODE. When i try to chose recovery and hit power button, it just turn off... Then start up and go to FASTBOOT MODE again. And for the updates, how can i update from this version of lollipop?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
try using commands i told. even then you are unable to then in fastboot mode try following:

go to folder where you placed raw firmware files and adb and fastboot files. perform:

fastboot devices

fastboot flash recovery recovery_sign.bin

for latest update you can use ota update as well as you can download directly from asus website and sideload it
[ZenFone 2 General] 2nd Pain:
Ok I'll try that instruction in command :) fastboot device and fasboot flash recovery recovery_sign.bin right? and what will happen next? So that i know if im doing it right.. Will i have the recovery mode then?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
first try to use above said commands methods to go into recovery mode

then only the above method. it will install fresh recovery to phone i for got to add last command . it is like

fastboot devices

fastboot flash recovery recovery_sign.bin

fastboot reboot recovery

you will reboot into recovery
[ZenFone 2 General] 2nd Pain:
i did it and i can go to recovery mode.. thanks,
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
you are welcome. glad to know that helped:):)
[ZenFone 2 General] 2nd Pain:
Hello again :) I already update my zenfone 2 to the fullest lollipop (ww-2.20.196)... How can i update to marshmallow then?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
download from asus website and sideload it
[ZenFone 2 General] 2nd Pain:
Is there Instruction (tutorial) for doing SIDELOAD??
[ZenFone 2 General] Richichin:
Hi,

ok so i manages to get to the tv stage on the phone, but it connects and disconnects loading this tv screen. I went to sleep downloading the raw file and disconnected the cable, now by turning on the cell the tv appears and then it goes straight to the window as if i had press powervol+ command. Is this ok? cell isnt connected.

for the raw file, it appears as .VN, not .raw but un doc type it says raw file. when i changed .vn for .zip the logo didnt changed (ok?) and wwhen unzipped it went all the way until the end when an error poped out, got stuck here.

please help
[ZenFone 2 General] BTiwari:
after flashing rwa can i flash pre rooted mm or first i have to flash stock mm

@ sukhwant717

thanks for the gide save my a** bye kicking flash without wiping data and its successful
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
erasing data is not essential. if you are using commands you can skip fastboot erase data command. sometime it becomes necessary. if phone do not work properly. then you may need to erase data or factory reset device
[ZenFone 2 General] BTiwari:
can any one provided me link to unlocking bootloader permanently using rooted lp rom
[ZenFone 2 General] UserName_K:
hi help me the FW+OS Download alwasy failed actually my phone is stuck on asus logo after a wrong flash all details are here

http://xdaforums.com/general/help/ze551ml-boot-fastboot-mode-t3512750
[ZenFone 2 General] BTiwari:
follow the instructions properly and use adb provide in fist post i have also have the same issue
[ZenFone 2 General] GNBRKR:
I've the same problem, my Zenfone is dead (no logo, no vibrate, no logo... etc) only is detected by xFSTK but show me" Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS" and nothing happen (still dead)... This is the Log File:

Continue ...
[ZenFone 2 General] GNBRKR:
Continue of Log...

Any idea? Thanks for you Effort!
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Don't forget to set gp over ride flag at 0x80000807

= 4 x 0's between the 8's in the bottom box ending in.

[ bla bla CRC]

in xFSTK Downloader

Video here

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/unbrick-vid-tutorial-restore-serial-t3411064
[ZenFone 2 General] nileshgr:
Thanks a lot man, phone is recovered!

Just to add, in case the phone goes into a bootloop (possible if you had CM earlier), execute these two steps in fastboot mode (after completing all steps):

fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
[ZenFone 2 General] GNBRKR:
No, previously I had to use the same tool in same phone, but this time isn´t work...
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
you are using wrong gp flag

correct is 0x80000807 not 0x80000007

several users are using wrong gp flag value. please try to understand it is very important thing. as it tells the tool where to write the files. when using wrong flag value it writes files to wrong blocks. and sometimes it make it too complicated. and eventually results in unrecoverable motherboard
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
buddy as per log you provided above you are using wron gp flag value you are using 0x80000007 which is wrong

few other things are also very important. before installing xFSTK. and after installing soc driver. it is very important to connect and power cycle the device to pc... second if you have windows 10 or 8, and you want to install driver again. you need to disable driver signature again even if you did it earlier. because system automatically enable it once you restart the computer
[ZenFone 2 General] GNBRKR:
All of you are right! It was my mistake and apologize... really I am Thankful for help me!
[ZenFone 2 General] treetolber:
I could use some help.

I accidently flashed the Z008 MM bootloader to the Z00A. Now I get a boot loop to the ASUS logo screen when trying to boot to recovery. Therefore, I cannot get to fastboot mode.

Is there any way to flash the recovery/bootloader through adb or adb shell? I can boot to system just fine.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
yes it can be done
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
install terminal emulator on device. download recovery and bootloader for the same firmware you are on. or alternatively you can use custom recovery. place that recovery image file in root drive. i mean /sdcard/

now run terminal emulator and run the following commands one by one. wait for little time after every command.

$ su

# dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14

# reboot recovery

you will reboot into recovery

same ways for bootloader

$ su

# dd if=/sdcard/droidboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13

# reboot bootloader

there is another chance that you may not have splashscreen you can flash that too. just use the splashscreen file and you need to flash it on p12

worth mention that you require root permission for above procedure
[ZenFone 2 General] Eduardo Claro:
guys, thanks for this tutorial, it saved my life. Or my phone at least :)