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[ZenFone 2 General] mewdex:
Damn, I did everything, all the steps but I keep getting the same thing that the others "Firmware download completed.Continuing". Then, my phone disconnects "

I've tried to do reboot again before the time is out several times and couldn't get anything. I keep getting the same message.. I'm using a good USB cable, the battery is full.

I don't know what else to do ;/

I couldn't find a way to put the log here... it's too big...

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I've tried that several times and couldn't do it. .. I tried RIght after FW was downloaded, tried before, tried way after... nothing helped..

I did exatcly as you said by turning off the power bottom together with the "begin download" and right after the FW downloaded I tried to start the phone again, it reconnects but it gave the same thing " continuing to OS" and starts to download the FW again.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
See here ...again , this is what Tornadian succeeded with and that hell of a long reply :D was aimed at :)

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https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70178707&postcount=425
[ZenFone 2 General] mewdex:
Yes, I've read that. There's just one problem when I try to follow the same procedures, My phone does not vibrate. About 2 or 3 months ago it stopped vibrating ;/

But I did the same things as I could, power on and release power button > when finish FW press power button again, release after shutdown > press again power button ( It starts doing the FW again, but when it reaches the OS the same thing happens... I tried a lot of different things

Could it be because I was trying to go from CM 14.1 to android 6? Should I use another FW?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
Dear very first of all. (don't say me that battery is full whatever it is) put your phone on charge for 5 to 6 hours with original charger. then wipe ifwi on emmc with help of command. if you used wrong gp flag first wipe ifwi with that. then wipe ifwi with correct gp flag. now turn off phone and disconnect battery from motherboard. leave it disconnected for half to one an hour. connect back and use originally provided unbrick files..

when you try use correct gp flag. run xFSTK as administrator. it will be best if you remove adb driver or other mobile related drivers and reboot pc before using xFSTK.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Oh dear , you losing vibe months back makes your job even harder ...hoping it is the vibration motor that is fault and not a board malfunction here;)

What you are going to have to do is ;-

At download and fw completed continuing to os ..

Is press power and vol plus for 5 seconds release both .

If fails to reload at 5 seconds

Start the whole procedure again and use it at 6 seconds , then 7 then 8 ..repeat until success.

You will get there eventually.

Let us know here what number you get success at for others with broken vibe motor ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] mewdex:
Hey guys, thank you so much for trying to help me in many ways :)

you are both the best :D

So, after almost giving up, I found a solution. The main problem was that when I bricked the phone I was trying to flash an android 6 rom, and the files used here in the original topic are for android 5. So, after reading some other websites and seeing videos I found that into the firmware file (that bricked the phone) there is also a IFWI file, so I just had to get the correct version of my model phone on the firmware that I've previously downloaded. After that, BINGO! I was able to flash it without any problems.

Buuuut, this only solved the first problem LOL After that I had to struggle because I was using a different version of the Raw file provided here. I bricked my phone again :P

Anyway, after lots of steps and spent time, I could go back to stock Rom and was also able to flash Android 6 stock rom after that. I guess I spent about 10 hours trying to make everything works :eek:

At least, now it's working great. I'm also enjoying the stock rom for now, no Freezes or battery drain.

Thanks for your help again
[ZenFone 2 General] mengxaxau:
My device wont appear at asus flash tool

Please help me
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
are you able to go to fastboot mode? have you installed usb drivers?
[ZenFone 2 General] mengxaxau:
Working fine now

Able to boot my device [emoji4]

Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] Kapil Tapsi:
Biggest Thanks.

I used to think I can recover my device from any condition. I was messing with my bootloader day before yesterday. And I really messed it. I had tools and guide which helped me earlier, but this time they didn't help. I was in a cry like situation. I went to service center, they said whole motherboard is to be changed. And its cost will be near to the new phone. I came home. When I saw your guide, I thought this is like the others and started to find any difference. I found GP value changed. And Intel usb driver also to be installed. And now I am using my phone again.

Thanks.

(Sorry for long post)
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
happy to know that it worked
[ZenFone 2 General] maudandeo:
Not sure what I did.

Is it Normal that my IMEI goes as "0123456789...ABCDEFG".. also a quick question whenever I try the Asus Flash tool It says "Flash Image Failure(Failed(Cannot use fastboot executable).. Help please.. :crying::crying:
[ZenFone 2 General] darkmindAB:
Hi friends, I have a question, could someone tell me why I can not install any recovery? I tried to put TWRP-3.0.2-M1-Z00A, I get that ok but then I get back to the bootloader. And so on with every recovery. I feel my English, thank you.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
if flash tool fails please use commands method provided in the post.. see flash firmware without AFT
[ZenFone 2 General] prathu997:
moorefield doesnt show on device manager

my Zenfone has 4lines and....it wont show moorefield on dev manager@!!!

anyone help
[ZenFone 2 General] maudandeo:
Will try that, then i'll let you know. Thanks :D

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So everything went through sucessfully!!now my phone is back!!!!!! I think I'm in love with you. Hehehehe. just kidding. Many thanks!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: This is how my face looks like...

I had to add another zero to the GP flag Override, just like what I read from somewhere here. Then the .raw file I had to change it to .zip instead of .rar, because everytime I use .rar it just gives me random error like clipboard... blah.. blah.. blah.. But eveyrthing else it worked great. thanks so much.

BTW, the phone says there's an asus update? can I just update it using that? or do I really need to do the ADB sideload procedure?

and will it hurt if I try to root my phone again and install xposed? (this was what made my phone hard bricked. Sorry for the long post. I'm just so happy.. :D
[ZenFone 2 General] Amaherok:
My phone doesn't get past xfstk it says "Continuing to OS" and then it says trying to detect device until it fails, the phone makes the sound like it was unplugged before finishing Everytime, plsss help
[ZenFone 2 General] mengxaxau:
Set gp value to 4 zero not 5
[ZenFone 2 General] Taynewgar:
Man, Did you manage to fix it? im having a similar issue. Justa that my phone will go to 4 color screen for like 3 seconds and then black screen. It WON'T go to bootloader. dont know what to do anymore
[ZenFone 2 General] DeeJayAhmed:
Following this tutorial i flashed WW_ZE550ML_2.20.40.149 Raw Image, Im am able to go into bootloader, OS is working fine, but there is no recovery! can anyone give me i specific recovery to flash or something else?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
update to latest stock. you will fix recovery.if no manually flash it via fastboot
[ZenFone 2 General] DeeJayAhmed:
Well i am on V4.21.40.191, which is the latest, the problem i face now is im unable to make any other recovery work, they get flashed but when i go to recovery its the stock recovery, any idea what that might be?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
4.21.40.223 is latest... any ways.. tell me your bootloader version ifwi version. and tell me if you want stock recovery or twrp? i wil send you files
[ZenFone 2 General] cbrokey:
Well, my phone was working fine after updating to the latest update of MM (I have the ZE551ML with 4Gb RAM) and thought that I would unlock the bootloader and root the phone so I could Xposed and other features that I have had previously...anyway suffice to say that something went wrong along the way and I have spent the best part of the day mucking around and searching for answers :crying:

To date the phone has displayed the USB logo and the white screen with the ASUS logo...but now I am stuck on the fastboot screen and not able to get the phone recognised in Windows (10 64bit)...

In the device manager the phone appears as "ASUS Android Bluetooth Device" and nowhere else...not getting Moorefield Device either and I think I have installed all of the drivers..

When in ADB the device is not found so am stumped...

Would like to get it back to normal...and I think I will retire my rooting forever after this little adventure :eek:

Any help appreciated...if any further info is needed let me know...am only to happy to supply...

cheers

col
[ZenFone 2 General] DeeJayAhmed:
Sorry i didnt mention that my device is ZE550ML, I worked it out like right now, the issue seemed to be that my bootloader got locked when i flashed Android L and then Android M again! I unlocked it nd everything works fine now, used ZE55xML_Modder by Giovix92.

Thanks =))
[ZenFone 2 General] Amaherok:
It´s set up with 4 zeros, since always.
[ZenFone 2 General] amraz1996:
can someone please help give me ifwi and droidboot in bin for android 6.0... I don't know where to download it... :(
[ZenFone 2 General] mewdex:
you can get the files into the firmware file downloaded from asus website. For Android 6, just download some firmware that starts with 4.xx.x.xx. Inside the rar file you'll have a folder with lots of ifwi and droiboot files, just choose the one for your phone version
[ZenFone 2 General] amraz1996:
and if the droidboot is in img format... how can i change it to bin format?
[ZenFone 2 General] S.CHTT:
I have run into a very strange problem with my asus zenfone 2 ze551ml. I had tried to flash stock rom from cm13. I downloaded the stock rom. Flashed the boot.img and recovery.img using twrp. Now when i try to restart phone into recovery, it just shows white asus logo screen for sometime, turns off and shows the same screen again and again. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
[ZenFone 2 General] SirAnKeKu:
Does it take you to bootloader screen tho?

Also, did you flash the LL stock rom or MM stock ROM? And did you use MM bootloader or LL bootloader when you try to flash it?
[ZenFone 2 General] S.CHTT:
i was trying ti flash the latest marshmallow stock asus rom. My bootloader is unlocked and i had unlocked it long back when i had lollipop stock rom using asus's bootloader unlocking software. After that i had installed cm13 running android 6.0.x. It does take me to the bootloader screen but when i press the power button to select the recovery option, it keeps on restarting and dosent proceed beyond the asus logo screen.
[ZenFone 2 General] SirAnKeKu:
I think you still have LL bootloader. And you use the official CM 13? Am i right?
[ZenFone 2 General] S.CHTT:
i was using a nightly cm 13 build
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
[MENTION=8009927]S.CHTT[/MENTION]

Hi , what ifwi version in boot loader is it ?
[ZenFone 2 General] S.CHTT:
[MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION]

Ifwi version is - 0094.0173
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
That's LP Boot loader.

fastboot flash .196 LP recovery

Sideload .196 LP ASUS stock fw

Put stock .134 M on sd and reboot
[ZenFone 2 General] S.CHTT:
[MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION]

Im sorry im new at this. Im not sure how to do all those exactly. If u can explain it a bit it wud be awesome. Thanks :)
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
I don't have time right now but if you follow smiley Matt here

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68536356&postcount=38

but first you will have to fastboot flash .196 recovery before this above.

Get 2.20.40.196 LP recovery from bottom link

Put recovery.img in same place as stock firmware described in above link.

Boot to Boot loader with phone connected to pc, type

.

.

fastboot devices

.

If shows your device ,now type

.

.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

will edit this post so not to clog this thread

https://mega.nz/#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw

Thanks go to shakalaca
[ZenFone 2 General] S.CHTT:
[MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION]

Thanks a lot. I wil try to do those as soon as i can lay my hands on a computer. Thanks again for the help. :)
[ZenFone 2 General] S.CHTT:
UPDATE-

The mega hosting page link provided does not work. It says that the decryption key is invalid. Please help. Thank you.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
I assumed , with you writing in a windows related thread , you had a pc ...ugh !
[ZenFone 2 General] haneef95:
HELP!!! Stuck at: "Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS..."

Hi,

Many thanks for the guide, it was quite reviving!

But, there is still a problem, please check below:

So, I've done all the steps upto

.

I've tried it many times, but, it doesn't show:

.

Whenever the log reaches

XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS...
11:07:37 - XFSTK-STATUS--Reconnecting to device - Attempt #

my phone vibrates and the MOOREFIELD DEVICE goes missing from the Device Manager.

So, I've tried restarting the phone many times, it restarts, but when it reaches

XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS...
11:07:37 - XFSTK-STATUS--Reconnecting to device - Attempt #

phone vibrates again and goes missing from the Device Manager.

Log attached as a file.

Please advice me on a solution.

Thanks,
[ZenFone 2 General] sumonrocking:
I cant complete the process . I failed every time .

I follow every step but it cancel at OS download.

FW is complete every time but then show continuing to OS and abort .

what should i do now ?

and my phone has no display , no vibration, no usb logo, its all dark.

Plz help ..

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I face same problem .

any solution yet ??
[ZenFone 2 General] aryan531:
Out of topic but

Guyzz help me out plzzz...on stock rom both sim cards where working but on any custom ROM only one sim was working... Before some days all goes fine both sim works normally on any custom ROM and on RR also but yesterday I'll put out both sim and reinserted them then its happen :crying:
[ZenFone 2 General] kauw5164:
I have the same problem : XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS..

How to fix it?
[ZenFone 2 General] haneef95:
I tried those steps as well, no, couldn't fix it!
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Lots of people struggling with ' continuing to os'

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70178707&postcount=425

;)
[ZenFone 2 General] SirAnKeKu:
Just to add things from my experience, if you are using windows 7 64 bits, try to install driver with driver enforcement disabled, like windows 10 method. Also, for some people, windows 10 works but windows 7 doesn't. Also double check gp code. Some people type the extra 0.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
This is not relevant ;)

If people have 'continuing to os'

Isoc Drivers are installed correctly already ;)

Otherwise , xFSTK wouldn't open or give blank screen ;)

Lots of people struggling with ' continuing to os'

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70178707&postcount=425
[ZenFone 2 General] SirAnKeKu:
Yeah, maybe i am
[ZenFone 2 General] aryan531:
anyone know a good way to hard brick my zooa ... i wanna replace my motherboard soo any solution .... does wrong gp value over ride works ?? ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Flash wrong droidboot ;)

Works flawlessly for everyone on here :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
[ZenFone 2 General] aryan531:
from through fastboot naa ?? and can you provide wrond droidboot

flashing recovery.img on fastboot flash droidboot recovery. img works?? :silly:

actually i am on warranty period and on custom roms detect only 1 sim but before some days they detect both sim soo ... i think its better to replace :confused:

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hehehe lol... ill mistakenly also do that and its a cause of my 2nd bricking .... but thanks to this guide .... works perfectly every time
[ZenFone 2 General] skyangel84:
hi, i have installed Intel Soc USB driver on windows 8 correctly. however my zf2 is not detected/connected even after following the steps.

My zf2 did vibrate when i press and hold the power button.

"hold power button for 10 seconds to shutdown completely, then press simultaneously the key "power" + "volume down", until phone vibrates. Or computer makes detection sound, wait a few seconds. it will add an item immediately below intelSoC in device manager ?MOOREFIELD? new devices is connected successful."
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Have you installed xFSTK downloader ?

Does it open up after running as administrator ?

Can you install the files into xFSTK ?

Can you put phone on wall charger for a while and does the back of the phone get warm ?

4 questions
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
i have mentioned multiple times. several users try to get moorefied in constant state. if your are unable to get moorefied state fixed. switch off your phone, run xfstk load files and click begin download. when it start waiting for device. simply click power button to turn on. xFSTK itself will force device to moorefield state
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
you are right [MENTION=5448131]timbernot[/MENTION] but i have tried to help multiple users remotely. lot of them had installed wrong kind of intel dnx driver somehow. i don't know how they get it. may be either they did not power cycle the device after installing soc driver and before installing xFSTK. because if someone do not power cycle the device before installing xFSTK. it replaces drivers with inbuilt drivers in xFSTK. but users do not read guide properly. they just skip lines amusing that it is a basic kind of info.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Never had that problem here on windows 10 , heaven knows what it takes to feck it up tho :D , but then reading last few days peoples replies to other topics ;) ................anything and everything is possible to go wrong
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Just tried every conceivable method to try to replicate incorrect driver installation , cannot get it to install incorrectly , it either installs or doesn't , when it doesn't , xfstk will not open here on windows 10.

My method , quickest .

Disable driver enforcement . Windows 10 ..google it

Install isoc driver , where it says connect phone and power cycle it , do it ...but don't go any further .

Then PC installation on task bar shows ( fills very slow)

Reboot PC , it will tell you your isoc driver installation isn't set up yet ( ignore)

Restart PC , power cycle phone when PC starts to set up ...isoc driver installs .

Every time ;)
[ZenFone 2 General] skyangel84:
Hi, i have installed xFSTK downloaded.

yes, i can open xFSTK up when logging in as administrator

yes, it seems that the phone is charging still

for intelSOC mode, after plugging in phone and holding power for 10 to 20secs, i press vol down and power, i do not see ?MOOREFIELD? connected BUT there was few times i see on the taskbar saying unknown usb device connected.

any helps will be much appreciated
[ZenFone 2 General] aryan531:
buddy first open and select files on xFSTK then click on download when you see waiting for devices then plug cabke to the phine and dont press any button.... its automatically goes on ?MOOREFIELD? mode... but be sure when you Connect your phone to the pc make sure its switched off

p.s : to switch off press power button 10 to 15 secs...
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
Check the first 2:17 mins of my unbrick video in my signature below, see if you are in the right section [ bla bla +CRC] where settings need to be modified at 18:30mins into the video too.

When all files are in. And settings above are correct to what is shown at 18:30 mins

Connect phone , press download..

Press and keep pressed power till the first of two buzzes.then release power.

Hit download again at the same time as you release power
[ZenFone 2 General] skyangel84:
Thanks for the help! I managed to unbricked my phone:)
[ZenFone 2 General] linuxiano85:
I too have this problem. My Zenfone no vibration and connects to the PC only as moorefielde device device.

I tried with gpflag 0x80000807 and 0x800000807 but no result. reboots and black screen and no vibration.

just end the flash shows the message Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS ... and the phone is switched off completely.
[ZenFone 2 General] aryan531:
buddy your log shows that you are using wrong gp value... you are using 5 zero's. Instead of 4 zero's u should try with 4 zero's and dont forget to tick gp value override ;)

and if you again facing issues report here... :fingers-crossed:
[ZenFone 2 General] linuxiano85:
even with 4 zeros the result does not change. Using a PC with Windows 10, I also tried it on another PC with windows 7 but no change.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
If you are not getting vibration , battery will be too low .

Charge phone for a full day repeat what you already been doing , reverting between the 4 and 5 zeros.

If not enough power to vibrate , there won't be enoght power to reach bootloader ;)

If device gets warm on charger , its charging .
[ZenFone 2 General] walidKr:
Flashing Firmware Without AFT:

Problem in line 5 :

5. fastboot flash /tmp/partition.tbl partition.tbl

error : cannot load "partition.tbl"
[ZenFone 2 General] linuxiano85:
It makes no difference whether the mark when off or in moorefiel mode?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
flash xfstk again
[ZenFone 2 General] walidKr:
Flashing Firmware Without AFT:

i finished all steps and fastboot reboot

the phone shows an USB icon and then turn off

explication ?:confused:
[ZenFone 2 General] linuxiano85:
no good news, I put in charging the phone for almost two days but no vibration. I also dismantled and removed the battery for one hour but nothing changed. the non-illuminated screen and always black, with xFSTK the end there is always written Firmware download completed Continuing to OS. This problem happened because I wanted to be LineageOS back to stock firmware and I flashed bootloader recovery and stock to ZE550ML_Modder V3.3.
[ZenFone 2 General] timbernot:
[MENTION=5768309]linuxiano85[/MENTION]

Did device get warm while charging ?

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https://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/help/thead-bricked-phone-updating-to-mm-tips-t3452785/post70178707

And check my ubricking thread in my signature , there's a vid there using the download technique from the first link above , see if you are doing something wrong.

Although , if got warm , vibration should be back .
[ZenFone 2 General] linuxiano85:
My device does not heat up even after several hours charging
[ZenFone 2 General] SirAnKeKu:
Check your cable connection to the power brick. A 2 hour charging should do the trick
[ZenFone 2 General] windi alone:
still 4 color

can i ask...

i try 3 time to my zenfoe 2 but its still 4 color.....

cannot get in to bootloader...:confused:
[ZenFone 2 General] LittleK9:
Hi,

I got the same problem as linuxaiano85

My phone bricked and this time is the second times bricked because of went to os lineage and try to flash new recovery mode

at my first time I passed without any problem with xsftk but this time I struck with continue to os .... After this massage showing up while... using xsftk

sry my eng quite not correct but please help us to fix this ..... We struck at

Continuing to Os...

reconnecting to device - attempt #1