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[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
from latest mm firmware unzip ifwi.zip file and get ifwi for your model. then flash with xfstk
[ZenFone 2 General] AlviseRecon19:
I was on viper os (custom rom). I need to unzip the ROM?
[ZenFone 2 General] MGREX:
Already did and nothing changed.

PC couldn't recognize the phone before this when it was working normally either, could it be the USB port is broken? can it still charge but not get data signals?
[ZenFone 2 General] cikiwik:
Same condition with me I could not pass the "4 Color TV" the phone always vibrate and the moorefield target detected became 0 again.

Help us please
[ZenFone 2 General] Godlydevils:
after this I want to install custom rom, how do I proceed?
[ZenFone 2 General] user0070:
I want to give my Asus to service center ...plzz tell any way to hard brick my phone... I want it to no vib no screen....how to do that ??
[ZenFone 2 General] reikred:
Is there a stage in the main recipe of this thread where I will have an intact phone (nothing wiped), but with usb debug mode enabled, so that I can execute adb commands?

Goal: I need to recover from a broken screen. I want to do backups before trying to repair or sending to repair, and I figure getting adb via USB is the first step, BUT I do not have USB debug mode enabled.

Background: I don't have USB debug enabled, so I cannot even get into the phone with adb. I cannot even get into recovery mode using pwr/vol+ button manipulation, it seems -- it is hard to say what mode the phone is in because I can't view the screen. Command "adb devices" shows no device so I'm pretty sure I never made it to recovery mode, be it stock or TWRP (I think I have TWRP).

Background2: I have actually used the full xFSTK tool recipe of this thread with success about a year ago, so I am not a complete noob in this area, but at the time I did also lose all of /data because it got wiped. Losing data (/data et al) is what I would like to avoid now, and I hope there is a known step in the process where I can get ADB running without wiping data.

Background3: The phone is already rooted via method 2 from

https://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/asus-zenfone-2-flashing-recovery-mode-t3096596
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
yea possibly either usb connector is bad or sim flex
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
flash wrong partition table.. wrong ifwi etc
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
reboot phone to fastboot mode. and flash inter android FBRL
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
reboot phone to fastboot mode. and flash intel android FBRL
[ZenFone 2 General] reikred:
Very good, I now have and adb connection and adb shell to my ze551ml phone.

DETAILS:

I downloaded FBRL, named IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015.7z, via the link in the following article.

https://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096

I followed the instructions at the linked article. Ran launcher.bat. Selected recovery option 1. Picked choice ***T4*** for fastboot oem trigger. After various messages about downloading stuff to the phone, launch.bat reports it finished the task ok. At that point, adb could be run and "adb devices" reported device was named 0123456789ABCDEF, which seems to be the standard device name for my ze551ml. At this point I could run "adb shell" from my C:\adb installation.

One little snag: I have the "Intel SOC USB Driver" installed (for use with xFSTK tool that I used earlier), and the driver kicked in (device up/down sounds made) and that killed off the adb shell. I went to device manager and mouse3-disabled this driver. Then adb devices and adb shell would work again. I can ls / and /system and so on. So far so good, now I just need to find out what setting to hack in /system to enable USB debug mode when doing a regular phone boot. Thanks for the help.

PS: I think/hope that FBRL did not "flash" anything (meaning permanent install), although "flash" is the phrase that sukhwant717 used. I hope FBRL only did a temporary load, and I am nearly certain that this is what it did.
[ZenFone 2 General] reikred:
I'm stuck again.

Summary: I want to mount and modify the android M system from the twrp recovery I got via the FBRL loading method. But I can't find the android M system partition anywhere.

Long version: I want to set persist.sys.usb.config=mtd,adb in /default.prop on the MAIN (android M) root filesystem (not the twrp recovery root filesystem). To do that I presumably need to "mount -rw /dev/block/mmcblk0pNN /mnt/blah" and then edit /mnt/blah/default.prop. But I can't find anything to mount!! There are no mmcblk0pNN partitions visible from twrp recovery. I also tried the feature of running twrp commands from inside the adb shell, since as you all remember :), I have a broken screen. For example I tried

# twrp mount system

E:Unable to mount '/data'

E:Unable to mount '/system'

Done processing script file

#

Any ideas? Thx.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
i think it must connect MTP by default and you can copy everything via pc

moreover why are you so much in worries. you will mess your device experimenting with it. you can order LCD from Aliexpress. in $20 to $25. including shipping. keep in mind while ordering order it with frame. so no mess super easy to install. no expertise required. quality same as original i personally ordered multiple times. one more thing. you can download aliexpress mobile app as a new user you will get $4 coupon. here is the link which i ordered.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Tested-Warranty-LCD-For-Asus-Zenfone-2-Ze551ml-Display-Touch-Screen-with-Frame-Digitizer-For-Asus/32823303482.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.2.56soA2&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10152_10065_10151_10068_10130_5400012_10307_10137_10060_10155_10154_10056_5370012_10055_10054_10059_5380012_100031_10099_5410012_10103_10102_5430012_10052_10053_10142_10107_10050_10051_10324_10325_10326_10084_10083_5440012_10080_10082_10081_10178_10110_10111_5390012_10112_10113_10114_5450012_10312_10313_10314_10315_10316_10078_10079_10073_5420012-10110,searchweb201603_1,ppcSwitch_2&btsid=967f9e97-8c9b-419f-a2c9-a7e7fe3432bd&algo_expid=fd8b99b8-6736-4414-aff1-26a8f735e553-0&algo_pvid=fd8b99b8-6736-4414-aff1-26a8f735e553
[ZenFone 2 General] reikred:
This advice is EXCELLENT, thank you very much. I was NOT aware that one could order a spare ze551ml display with a complete frame (frame==the front of the phone). That certainly removes what I think is the most difficult step of the repair, namely ungluing/separating the LCD from the frame. I'll look into this as a plan B. Why would this be plan B, you might ask? Well, in reality I'd rather not have to repair the ze551ml, just get a newer phone, but I would like all my goodies and data to be transferred to the new phone.

I spent a number of hours on experimenting with MTP against my screen-broken ze551ml today, and can report that I can NOT make MTP work either from windows7 or linux. In contrast, with a borrowed moto phone, I can get MTP to work both in win7 and linux, and see lots of files in windows explorer or nautilus (linux).

So I am still stuck. I do MUCH prefer to find way to enable usb-debug-mode on the ze551ml, so I can really get under the hood with an ADB connection, and maybe find a way to install and configure droidVNC so that i can operate the GUI remotely and run Titanium Backup (TB), and thereby get a backup that is more or less transferable to a different/replacement phone. On the TB note: My experience with just-copy-files-based backups (linux rsync or plain cp) is that the android business with sandbox-per-app with separate and different uid/gid values makes any other backup than TB not restorable on a new/different or old/wiped phone. If anyone knows a program to convert a copied filesystem to valid TB-format backup files either on windows or linux, that would be very useful to know when/if I get ADB and usb-debug-mode running, if still do not have a working screen.

UPDATE: TB Pro version can restore from ADB backup images. That means just getting in with an ADB connection and running adb backup can rescue your data and make it portable to another/different phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] Godlydevils:
EDIT: Found the Solution

It is supposed to show that, read on random PH video, press vol up+power or vol down +power one time, it will show you the screen, and then select apply update from adb, and push adb sideload filename.zip

Hi, I want to know how to enter the recovery mode, as it shows Error! with dead Android with red caution Exclamation

I have ZE551ML Z00A device

Here's what I did

The Whole xfstk process was successful, showing FW+OS Download complete! after those TV colors, got into fastboot,

extracted WW_ZE551ML_2.20.40.194_20160713.zip from raw to zip extension change, and then used x64 adb and fastboot

there was just no error from those 22 steps

after that My phone started normally, proceed to those steps, connected to wifi, added my google account, skip asus account, check for update from About>system update, it wasn't showing anything

so enable usb debugging, and ticked unknown source from security

then into cmd to the path where I extracted adb and fastboot

I enter "adb devices" it asked for confirming RSA print, ticked and tap yes

then it showed F6AZFG203512 device

and then I enter adb reboot recovery

it rebooted, showing installing system update for 1 second, and then this screen, with Error! and above it, android logo sleeping with some panel open at heart showing exclamation in red

So what to do now?

I can get into bootloader by power+vol up button, but if I select recovery from that menu by scrolling to recovery and power button, I again see installing system update and then Error
[ZenFone 2 General] Jmateus360:
Same here

Did u fix it? could u tell me how if u did.
[ZenFone 2 General] drmuruga:
Sorry bro. I'd sold this phone long back. I'd forgotten. But try unbrick tool repeatedly, it will give you good results.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
while you say error screen with android logo. press and hold power button and then immediately click volume plus button
[ZenFone 2 General] kellzuela:
Thank you so much

followed the steps and my asus z00ad is back up and running

You ROCK :good:
[ZenFone 2 General] Ilaloo:
Disconnected battery and now reconnected

Hi Sukhwant 717: I was away from the forum for awhile. Just to update you, I reconnected the battery after disconnecting it for 20 days. After powering up at first, there was no vibrate or nothing on screen. I had to recheck the connections and ensured that the battery connections were secure. After trying again to Power up I felt the vibration and then it went to a white fuzzy screen. This was a success for me as the display never showed anything before I started following your steps. Anyway after reconnecting to xFSTK, I had trouble staying connected. I have read where you gave some tips on the forum for people experiencing this so I am about to try those steps if this improves. You mentioned keep holding down a volume button after releasing the Power button as the phone vibrates. Which volume button should you continue to hold down (up or down)?
[ZenFone 2 General] user531xda:
Fastboot erase config....

After that I stucked at boot logo

Used xfstk then aft but stucked at boot used fastboot commands for flashing system all gonna smooth but stucked at boot...

Used recovery to sideload marshmallow ... succeed. But also stucked at boot ..unlock boot loader flash TWRP flashing custom rom also stucked at boot logo... PLZZ help me guyzzz :rolleyes:

And it shows error in TWRP

Unable:to mount Config(invalid argument)

---------- Post added at 11:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:34 AM ----------

Volume down for 2 to 3 secs
[ZenFone 2 General] Dryblow:
[MENTION=6511954]sukhwant717[/MENTION] Thank you very very much, my zenfone 2 came back from hell!
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
glad to know that guide was helpful
[ZenFone 2 General] _matteo:
Hi guys,

thanks for the great help.

Unfortunately, even following the steps provided, I'm stuck at "connecting to OS" step in XFSTK downloader.

The phone connects, the first steps go without any errors but in the exact moment XFSTK reaches 100%, the phone disconnects from PC and there's no way to continue with the process.

I have already charged my phone all night

I already performed about 35 tries

I already tried to load directly the OS, but the phone immediately disconnects from XFSTK

I initially used all the files provided in OP, then i tried different IFWI but I don't know which version I should select

I already set 4 zeros in the GP value overrride

I'm totally blocked and really close to purchase a new phone, do you have any suggestions?

Thanks again! :)

EDIT:

I just noticed that if I turn on the phone with power + volumn down, without loading any firmwares, it stays connected to pc and xFSTK without any problems.

It seems that ifwi step causes phone disconnection/reboot.

I already tried to skip this step and go directly to OS loading, but I get an error after 8/9 attempts.
[ZenFone 2 General] runje:
Hi guys,

Long story short, my ZE551ML was running the latest MM official rom (no root, locked BL), I tried to downgrade to LP, using the official MM to LP rom, but the update got stuck at roughly 20% for more than 15 min when I decided to force the device to reboot: no BL, recovery, splashscreen, nothing. When I got home, I managed to flash the basic bootloader, using xFSTK as described, then flashed the latest raw MM rom manually over fastboot, recovering the device's serial, bootloader, and recovery in the process.

I didn't wipe the data partition as instructed because I want to keep my data (I didn't backup, nor migrate anything).

In the MM recovery menu, I wiped the cache partition, then rebooted.

Since it's a first boot, the phone was stuck for nearly 10mn at the asus logo, running circles, then it started optimizing apps.

The problem here, is that once it is done optimizing apps, the phone reboots, gets stuck at the asus logo for another 5-10 mn, then it optimizes apps again.

I suspect it could either have something to do with data partition corruption, or misaligned permissions.

Do you have any suggestions as to what I should do to be able to properly boot the phone (without wiping data)?

Thanks for taking the time to assist me with this!
[ZenFone 2 General] hellcare:
Moorefield device detected

But still keep on error after 6 attempts can I still do fix this? T_T
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
hold power button for 15 seconds to turn off device completely then try again
[ZenFone 2 General] raamishmk:
While trying to connect it shows moorefield device and get disconnected within seconds.

After it gets disconnected then it vibrates twice.

This cycle continues as long as the mobile is connected to the laptop.

There is full black screen and nothing appears not even the ASUS logo.

Kindly help
[ZenFone 2 General] user531xda:
try with another pc its work for me ... change the cable its helps even i tried that and its worked..
[ZenFone 2 General] MGREX:
What you mean with "sim flex"?
[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
Hey I tried using the asus flash tool and cant get it read my phone..i put my phone in fastboot and my machine wont read it....I have installed the latest adb and intell drivers...help please
[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
Hi--Again..I tried to have it communicate with the IntelSoc Mode driver in device manager and nothing happens..however i have stock recovery.....when i try to update through the sd card i get and error saying footer is wrong signature verification failed installation aborted..someone help please
[ZenFone 2 General] ninjatall12:
after process

how long is it supposed to take when booting its been a while
[ZenFone 2 General] ninjatall12:
my device is not showing in fastboot mode help. NVM its fixed
[ZenFone 2 General] Adrircero:
I can not get my ZF2 to work

Good afternoon everyone for the great work you do guys, without you internet would not be what it is, seriously.

I recently switched to android again and tasting a bit my ZF2 , it stayed on the screen of asus and trying unbrick, I do not get it I can not install any rom, a bit of help guys

P.S. Forgive my google english, thankss

Solved, solved.. :D :Dmust be restored with UL-Z00A-WW-52.20.40.196-user
[ZenFone 2 General] mykedesigns:
hi some commands in fastboot failed what should do? Help Please

hi some commands in fastboot failed what should do? Help Please
[ZenFone 2 General] Omissis:
Hello,

I have a big problem.

My phone has only black screen and vibrate 2 times.

I have read the tutorial but when I try to download the files,my phone restart after fw download and only vibrate with black screen.

I have to turn on manually in moorefield mode but the program restart with fw download and do the same thing.

How can I do to resolve this?

Sorry for my bad English
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
try holding volume down. also check gp flag value
[ZenFone 2 General] rmkvi:
Ok, I am 99% sure I am totally screwed, but maybe you can still help me.

Cannot access recovery, bootloader, fastboot, cannot load up the ROM. All I get is the white ASUS "in search of incredible" splashscreen, which remains there for 30 seconds until the device reboots itself and does the same thing again. Same thing happens when I try to manually access bootloader/recovery (via power+volume up keys).

Also tried this method, but in XFSTK after it says "XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS..." it has 20 tries of "12:26:53 - XFSTK-STATUS--Reconnecting to device - Attempt..." and ultimately fails.

Is there any hope left or is it totally fried and I should turn to ASUS?
[ZenFone 2 General] Henrick Santana:
Error in adb in time flash partition.tbl and goes to wipes giving this error (status

Error in adb in time flash partition.tbl and goes to wipes giving this error (status read failed (too many links)) You know what can be? I used all the instructions in a linear fashion, yet my phone does not pass the final part of adb with these errors already mentioned.

[IMG="erro cmd"]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwCYb6zQgX_JQkEwU3dWR0J5Rzg [/IMG]

[IMG="erro cmd 2"]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwCYb6zQgX_JdnFpMTRsTlUtUVU [/IMG] [IMG="program"]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwCYb6zQgX_JSnpUMXBYUDNtT0U [/IMG]

Thank you in advance attention. And I'm sorry for bad English.
[ZenFone 2 General] Omissis:
I have do it.

If i press power button and volume up the phone is detected for 2 seconds and reboot.

If I press power button and volume down the phone stay connected.

I tried to download firmware and os but after fw download the program says "continuing to os" and I have to turn on the phone manually.

But the problem is that the program restart with fw download and stopped on "continuing to os".

I have tried with four 0 and with five 0 in gp flag value but the error is the same.

I can't download the files.

After FW download the phone reboot but I don't see USB logo.
[ZenFone 2 General] bbetsuni:
i got problem on step 1.4

the commad "fastboot devices" doesn't recognize anything, i'm try to replugin and type that commad again it does't work.

(my phone is on wizard configuration mode) or i have to turn off the phone while doing that?

---------- Post added at 03:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:21 PM ----------

in my case, i've been successfully flashing my ze550ml via AFT. but the RAW file that i use (ze551ml) is wrong.

i can't do anything with that, my phone could start in wizard configuration mode but always stopped when i continues the wizard config. how to skip that wizard configuration mode and directly to the main screen?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
you have to turn in off and reboot in fastboot mode.. volume plus plus power button
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
flash with 4 zeros and use volume down button.... phone with 2 gb ram is facing that issue. u need to keep trying multiple times
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
wait unable to under stand... have you extracted raw file and put it in adb fastboot folder. have you tried these commands in fastboot mode. unable to understand
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
check gp value it must have 4 zeros not 5.
[ZenFone 2 General] Omissis:
I have zenfone 2 deluxe with 4 GB.

I'll try and I'll tell you if it's work or not.

Thank you very much for the support
[ZenFone 2 General] Henrick Santana:
Following the suggestion of sukhwant717

#sukhwant717 thanks for the suggestion and attention, tried to make the suggested

"okay try fastboot oem unloack

then fatboot erase data -w

fastboot erase cache"

I gave the commands, but has failed with such code (FAILED unknow OEM unlock command) on first (fastboot oem unlock)

and (FAILED (status read failed (too many links))) on second (fastboot erase data -w)

[IMG="cmd"]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwCYb6zQgX_JMGUza3Q3R1FmSnc [/IMG]

and now?
[ZenFone 2 General] macexplorer:
Thanks for this.

And this is what worked for me when i bricked a ze550ml trying to go up to MM.

dnx_fwr and droidboot_dnx.img.POS_sign files from the xftk zip downloaded from this thread.

for the ifwi file:

I also had a pre-downloaded flashable MM zip file from asus support(WW-4.21.40.112)

inside this and inside ifwi.zip, i used the file "ifwi_ann_a0-mofd_v1-ze550ml.bin"

After using this as ifwi file, the xftk continued on to success.

(earlier i did get a success, but somehow it got bricked again..so was able to revive it again by changing the ifwi file)

i used a older lollipop raw file found elsewhere..and the 10+ odd fastboot steps at the end of the 1st post.

Now back to a working lollipop..MM maybe for later.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
check you personal message on xda
[ZenFone 2 General] ko0ky:
This guild worked great for the most part, but I kept having issues with the IntelSOC driver and mooresfield device being detected by my computer, mooresfield kept showing up under "OTHER DEVICES" in my device manager and not under the IntelSOC (and I tried multiple computers). I ended up finding something else @ https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-usb-driver-for-android-devices which worked awesome first try. Other than the IntelSOC driver, everything else I followed step by step to get my phone back to stock!

Thank OP!
[ZenFone 2 General] zironia:
You are a life saver. Finally fixed my bricked Zenfone2. I can not thank you enough.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[ZenFone 2 General] .buko:
are the .raw firmwares the same with .zip firmwares that can be downloaded from the Asus website? just renamed? because the download site you gave for the ze551ml have a very slow dl speed.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
for your information raw firmware is different to regular one. it contains different files. than regular one

as er it is about slow download speed. you can use linksvip.net to make fshare link premium. there will be little advertisement. be aware hosting sites contain viruses. keep your computer safe with some good antivirus
[ZenFone 2 General] logarithm010191:
hellow can u please provide an alternative download for the raw file.

its very slow in downloading the raw file in fshare..
[ZenFone 2 General] YaserovGD:
Thank you so much

OMG It's unbelievable. I created this forum account to thank you! You are amazing! I am so happy right now~~~~
[ZenFone 2 General] Wraaaaa:
"connecting to OS" solved (in my case)

I had exactly the same problem.

I ordered a new battery and followed the "Asus ZenFone 2 Battery Replacement" instructions from ifixit.com.

After the replacement and having it at full charge, I was able to complete the whole process in XFSTK.

This is a great guide, it saved my phone :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Adamxfyjop1:
Hello. So I followed all the steps in the instructions for the Asus Flash Tool. However, my phone is still bricked. Before it would charge and vibrate but that was it. Now it won't even charge. But my laptop can still detect the Moorefield device. Did I do something wrong? I followed each step accordingly. My phone is the ZE551ML model 64gb.