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[ZenFone 2 General] ellsolan:
Hey there,

I've been continuously having issues trying to reflash my ZF2 ZE551ML / Z00AD.

Symptoms: Black screen, double vibration on boot.

I keep getting the 'Continuing to OS...' messages every time, trying everything possible. I tried multiple IFWI (one in this post, a few gotten from a 5.0, 6.0, Downgrade ROMs off Asus' site).

When using the 6.0 IFWI there's no vibration, just a black screen. GPFlags were set to 4 and 5x0 with multiple (~40) tries each. Tried a PCI-E USB card, another PC running Win10, and a Linux PC as well, all with the same result.

I'm starting to get desperate, any ideas on what else I could try?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
so you are able to go to recovery??
[ZenFone 2 General] akhunovrustam:
Thank you very much!

Dear sukhwant717!

Thanks a lot for your manual!!! It is great! I was able not only restore my device but also to install new version of android!

I would like to pay for your help. Just symbolic amount 10$. But i can do it only via webmoney. If you prefer you can drop somewhere your purse number and i will send money.

You are the best!
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
Thank you very much for that sweet gesture. if you find this helpful. thanks button is enough. which country you live in?? if someday i come then i will pay you a visit. may be at that time you can thank me with a beer ;) ;) ;) ;) :laugh: :laugh:
[ZenFone 2 General] akhunovrustam:
You are alwasy welcome!

Now i live in Italy, but my permanent country is Uzbekistan. So if you will come to Uzbekistan i will thank you not only with beer but also with our local delicious cuisine!:D
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
definitely one day. pm me your contact number i will also send you mine. so when ever i get there will definitely see u.
[ZenFone 2 General] dcduartee:
It worked!!!!!!!. I can't thank enough you just saved me
[ZenFone 2 General] J@CKSP@RRO@W:
well in is in not my hand also the phone restart itself 3-4 times and if i am lucky it goes to recovery sometimes
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
this time when you enter to recovery mode install the following firmware via sideload. post if fails. for ZE551ML (ww version)

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Ze...ser.zip?_ga=1.198552751.1004697322.1477921980
[ZenFone 2 General] KuntalBiswas:
Cannot thank you enough, brother..! :victory: :victory: :good:
[ZenFone 2 General] Spaghetti-XRY:
Here, at step 2, is when my phone completely died. it doesn't make any vibration anymore, cannot switch on, no lights, no sound. I tried with 3 different usb cables, 3 usb ports (2 2.0, 1 3.0), I installed a live ubuntu distro to verify if it's windows 7 driver problem... but nothing to do. Pressing power+down, power+up, power+up+down, for more than 20 secs does nothing. What else i can do ?

Thanks in advance
[ZenFone 2 General] chairsz:
I'm in the same spot no more vib.... except in fstk tool I did get the OS download complete more than once but because it only went as far as the 3 colors on screen I kept trying it again according to what someone posted but it never rebooted to recovery and now Nada no vib no dice
[ZenFone 2 General] Spaghetti-XRY:
I'm gonna live it to charge all night long as suggested in another post and tomorrow try it with a computer with winxp. Dunno what else to do :\
[ZenFone 2 General] preston_nfs:
This unbricked my phone, thanks! Now however I want to sideload MM but when I enter Recovery Mode it just says "Error!" any idea how to fix that?

*EDIT* Nevermind, I figured out how to get past that.
[ZenFone 2 General] chairsz:
Mines have been on charge off and on for the past 2 weeks straight... only thing what keeps me optimistic is that device manager on my Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 pc both detect it so I may start the process from scratch this weekend if i get some time
[ZenFone 2 General] rafaelstaclara:
Please..help! inumerous trys...when 100% FW+OS did not complete.....the phone disconnect.:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
keep trying. flash only os file few times. then again use all 3 files. use combination of volume down or up. trying to compile latest version of xFSTK. bought a dead mobile yesterday. will reach me in 4 to 5 days. once it comes to me will update further on issue
[ZenFone 2 General] Spaghetti-XRY:
No vibrations after 20h charging. Nothing if i do combos with power and volume buttons. I'll try to format win7 and later winxp.

I'll let you know any further
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
does pc detect it?
[ZenFone 2 General] Spaghetti-XRY:
No.

Today I tried with Live Ubuntu, did lsusb and tried to modify 51andoidrules, but I need to install packages and I with a live distro in a 8gb pendrive it's impossible. I need to add repositories... too complicated and also maybe not needed because ubuntu should detect it straight away.

2 days ago I tried with Ubuntu (same distro) installed in a virtualbox and no chance, at that point the phone was still vibrating but not recognized in fastboot devices.

Then I tried with Win 7 , deleting all drivers and connections through usbdeview, I started to follow this guide and the phone was recognized (it appears "Moorfield device" installed for a while before disappear) when I tried to do BEGIN DOWNLOAD in xfstk the phone stopped responding. And now it's still dead, no vibrating, whichever button I press.

Next try:

1) Format, clean install win7, winupdate, repeat procedure.

2) Try to connect it to a winXP computer

3) Check assistance service if it's a motherboard problem

3) Give it back to amazon...

- In the meanwhile I've bought a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 hoping I'll be luckily
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
ohh the only thing you can try is to open back panel and remove battery connector for a while. then connect again see if device detected as morefield device. else there is no chance. when you remove battery connector check its voltage with multi meter if it is good enough to power a device.

BTW redmi note 3 is awesome phone! especially at this price point. will beat devices which are double triple in price from it
[ZenFone 2 General] Spaghetti-XRY:
I have no tools with me and also the few times I tried to fix a desire hd and a galaxy nexus i made a mess. I'm not good in DIY at all, so I'm gonna send it back to amazon during the week, but on monday I will go to an assistance service to check if they can boot it and wipe my data.

Thanks for your help
[ZenFone 2 General] DaveOF:
Bad motherboard

So I sent my phone to Asus support since they told me the phone was under warranty. I later received an email from the repair center stating that the motherboard and it was my fault. I argued with support and then they stated that the bootloader had been unlocked which voided the warranty. I told them that unlocking the phone would not cause the phone's motherboard to break. In short, they wanted to charge me $145 to repair the phone, which would not extend the warranty. I just had them send me the phone back as is. Once I get my hands on a motherboard for the phone I'll just repair it myself.
[ZenFone 2 General] s0kumura:
I have the same problem.... no vibration, no sound, no light....

I tried many times.. but I can't download FW and OS.

anyone who succeed in recovering unbrick ZF2(MM) from no boot, no vib, no light?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
trying to buy phone in such condition. will update soon once i get it..
[ZenFone 2 General] s0kumura:
yesterday succeeded in unbricking zf2!!!:):o:D just changed working PC to one that has no fastboot and adb driver. after that I again change working pc to the last one that has fastboot and adb driver, typed some fastboot command insted of using Flashtool.
[ZenFone 2 General] Spaghetti-XRY:
Can u please tell us more? OS version? 32 or 64 bit? Clean install of the system without any driver?

What do you mean when you say: "i've changed working pc" ? You connected your dead phone just to USB port and then went back to the other pc ?

Any help will be appreciated
[ZenFone 2 General] ayacoz:
Awesome guide! With it i could revive my ZF2. Thanks a lot!
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
glad to know that it was helpful.
[ZenFone 2 General] pins57:
Hi

sorry for my bad english.

I have a problem with these steps.

I make all the things before but now i can't go further

At step 66. fastboot oem partition /tmp/partition.tbl, it failed

and for all the next step it failed too....

Can someone help me please?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
okay.. flash xfstk again and enter fastboot.

then

fastboot erase_osip_header

fastboot flash token PROD_BOM_Full.bin

fastboot flash ifwi ifwi-prod.bin

fastboot flash fastboot droidboot_sign.bin

fastboot oem start_partitioning

fastboot flash gpt partition.tbl

fastboot format system

fastboot format cache

fastboot oem stop_partitioning

fastboot flash splashscreen splash_sign.bin

fastboot flash boot boot_sign.bin

fastboot flash recovery recovery_sign.bin

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash APD APD.img

fastboot reboot

post if helpful. or any error persists...
[ZenFone 2 General] pins57:
Hi thanks for your help,

i have start to make what you wrote.

I have an error at fastboot flash gpt partition.tbl

E:\Téléchargements\adb fastboot\adb fastboot>fastboot flash gpt partition.tbl

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending 'gpt' (2 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.688s]

writing 'gpt'...

FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!

)

finished. total time: 4.484s

I'm waiting for news instructions....
[ZenFone 2 General] silvazemamen:
Very Awesome Guide!

I think your guide would be using the AFT back,after cleared was not using it

My phone back to life :angel:

Big thanks :good: :victory:

I will save this Guide :)
[ZenFone 2 General] s0kumura:
I have laptop and desktop PC(both are 64bit OS, windows10). First I connected my dead ZF2 to laptop(that installed ADB and fastboot) USB 3.0 port and run xFSTK, but it didn't work. Next I connected ZF2 to desktop USB 2.0 port(that didn't install ADB and fastboot) and run xFSTK with compatibility mode ( PC recommend me to run the software with windows 8 mode). It worked and I could enter fastboot mode. then I typed following command.

1. fastboot devices ( see if it is recognized: else plug out usb and plugin again)

2. fastboot oem erase_osip_header

3. fastboot oem erase_token

4. fastboot oem start_partitioning

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

6. fastboot oem partition /tmp/partition.tbl

7. fastboot erase system

8. fastboot erase cache

9. fastboot erase data

10. fastboot erase APD

11. fastboot erase ADF

12. fastboot oem wipe splashscreen

13. fastboot oem stop_partitioning

14. fastboot flash fastboot droidboot_sign.bin

15. fastboot flash token PROD_BOM_Full.bin

16. fastboot flash ifwi ifwi-prod.bin

17. fastboot flash splashscreen splash_sign.bin

18. fastboot flash boot boot_sign.bin

19. fastboot flash recovery recovery_sign.bin

20. fastboot flash APD APD.img

21. fastboot flash system system.img

22. fastboot reboot

finally my zf2 is unbricked. sorry for my bad english.
[ZenFone 2 General] drmuruga:
After 4 colour screen phone won't go to fastboot screen, when I try went to stock recovery but from there when tried boot to bootloader or fastboot went again to 4 color screen. What to do? Fastboot commands adb commands not working.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
if you are unable to go to bootloader you have to flash xfstk. second you have to wait few minutes after foul color screen. it will boot into fastboot. use correct files
[ZenFone 2 General] KillBorn07:
I just bricked my ZF2, followed the guide (it is a great job, really helpfull), but after "fastboot reboot" i only got a white bar and an USB logo on the middle of the screen, nothing happens. Cant reboot into fastboot mode. Just usb logo and white bar under it, no matter what i do (power button only, or vol- plus power). No problem in the bootloader program, everything "OKAY" with fastboot commands. What i am missing?

---------- Post added at 04:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:09 PM ----------

It's a success!!! Maybe I missed something i dont know...and i took off the microSD...now in search the incredible further...after that, i sideload 4.21.40.184.zip.

Edit.: It's booted so .194 Lollipop is fine. Will report back after load the Marshmallow.
[ZenFone 2 General] KillBorn07:
A question guys! Can I use this method to return full stock (.194 LP) on a fully working custom ROM?

There is another ZE551ML in the family, and I'd like to upgrade it to the latest stock MM too! It has the latest RussianBear custom rom. So will it work? Thx the answer.

Since yesterday my 6.0.1 (.184 MM) working very fine (bricked mine last day, but thanks to this guide and a half day trying, in now on MM).
[ZenFone 2 General] Seikushim:
Hellow, Can someone help me?

I try to do those steps but I'm stuck on this part

My phone doesn't boot even on bootloader. It just vibrate twice and then nothing happens.

On my device manager I can see the "Moorefield" but only for a brief moment. when I try to turn on the phone then it immediately disapears and repeat this process (Vibrate twice, long preiod doing nothing and still black screen, then vibrates again twice, repeat)

I was updating from a M version to another M verions. But I had to use the temporary recovery method.

This is what I was doing but didn't finish properly

I extracted and connect my zen2

Ran the unlock.bat

The phone entered the bootloader, flash his things and boot again but on the white screen

Then I had to hold power button 10s to turn it off and turn it on again

Entered the bootloadr by holding Power+Vol UP then to recovery.

At this time I just used the recovery as I usualy do, Wipe everything, cache, data, etc.

Connect to the PC, put the new UL-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.184-user.zip there and flash.

BUT now that comes the problem. I select the option to boot it after finish flashing.

So obviously I didnt finish the steps mentioned on the quote above.

I didnt ran the restore.bat before reboot into system and now All I see is black screen.

Any suggestion?
[ZenFone 2 General] vic_singh:
"Just click on the download button to start Begin implementation.

-Here You may see error failed continuity however keep calm to software performance. Until you see success: FW+OS Download complete!"

I get stuck here.

Failure: FW+OS download did not complete.

00:00:26 - XFSTK-STATUS--Error Code: 0 - Success

00:00:26 - XFSTK-LOG--void MerrifieldDownloader::do_abort()

00:00:26 - XFSTK-LOG--Abort

00:00:26 - XFSTK-LOG--C:/Users/computer name/Downloads/xFSTK_ZE551ML-sal358-amtech.vn/xFSTK_ZE551ML-sal358-amtech.vn/ifwi.bin size:4194468 bytes

00:00:26 - XFSTK-STATUS--PASS

00:00:26 - XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS...

00:00:36 - XFSTK-STATUS--Reconnecting to device - Attempt #20

-00:00:37 - XFSTK-STATUS--Timeout to detect the device, make sure to charge up your phone before flashing

-----------------------------------------------

Looks like i'm getting stuck when its trying to load OS.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
long press power button to shut down. the turn on and click start button. keep eye on device manager when fw downcompletes and moorefield disappears. click power button for two second immediately.
[ZenFone 2 General] ado_uzi:
Thank You Saved My Fone

Thank You

Saved My fone ,I want able to do it from asus flash tool

(Issues in First part xfstk-downloader: try Override Flag GP 0x800000807 replce it with 0x80000807,

If youre computer doesn see MOOREFIELD turn of fone press power+volum up + volume down)

TAGETS DETECTED SHOULD appear 1)

Quote:

Originally Posted by sukhwant717

After a long time Asus funally launched MM for ZE551ML. but be very careful to install. Do not try to install it from custom recovery, do not install if you have rooted the phone. first return to stock rom. install latest lolipop build. then only update to MM.

any how for those who bricked their phone: use the following guide to unbrick ZE551ML

http://xdaforums.com/zenf...one-2-t3284256

Read the above guide carefully. but even after that people are unable to unbrick. people who are unable to flash raw. perform step 2 of the above guide. after that do not use the asus flash tool. Try the following guide,

very first of all. rename .raw firmware file to .zip file and extract all files from it.. now place all files in adb and fastboot folder.

open command window here. ( where you places files from raw firmware and adb and fast boot tool folder)

perform the following commands

1. fastboot devices ( see if it is recognized: else plug out usb and plugin again)

2. fastboot oem erase_osip_header

3. fastboot oem erase_token

4. fastboot oem start_partitioning

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

6. fastboot oem partition /tmp/partition.tbl

7. fastboot erase system

8. fastboot erase cache

9. fastboot erase data

10. fastboot erase APD

11. fastboot erase ADF

12. fastboot oem wipe splashscreen

13. fastboot oem stop_partitioning

14. fastboot flash fastboot droidboot_sign.bin

15. fastboot flash token PROD_BOM_Full.bin

16. fastboot flash ifwi ifwi-prod.bin

17. fastboot flash splashscreen splash_sign.bin

18. fastboot flash boot boot_sign.bin

19. fastboot flash recovery recovery_sign.bin

20. fastboot flash APD APD.img

21. fastboot flash system system.img

22. fastboot reboot

those who are not able to keep device connected. take care of few steps

1. in xFSTK option menu change the flag override value to 0x80000807 not 0x800000807 ( don't forget to click gp value over ride)

2. while connecting to xFSTK attach usb to computer. hold power button for 20 seconds to make sure it power downs completely. then hold the power button down and click power button. wait till device vibrate or computer makes detection sound. leave power button but keep holding the volume button for few seconds

hope it will work fine. hit thanks if helped. if any further question please post.
[ZenFone 2 General] hugothebas:
Man you rock! you saved my ass.

Thank you very much, my ZE551ML is back to life!!!
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
very happy to know that
[ZenFone 2 General] chairsz:
allright here we go

as u know from my previous post a few pages back my zf2 was stuck at no boot no vib no lights no nothing....except pc was detecting a moorefield device...

so after giving up/ taking a really long 2 week phone break i decided to try and revive the old zenny again.

pc i used the second time around

windows 8 laptop, and windows 8.1 pro desktop (this pc did the trick finally....) ( also i should note that i installed the intel platform flash tool that contained/replaced the isoc drivers on the desktop whereas on laptop i used the included isoc drivers.)

after xfstk kept failing after fw download and wouldnt go to os dl complete and tried many times with diff combinations adding that fifth 0 in the overide menu,,,,using an alternative ifwi file...then original...some how it installed firmware got my 4 colors and a few attempts more later .... got into bootlOAder..

so all this is to say that IF YOUR ZF2 HAS DIED AND IT HAS NO BOOT, NO VIBRATION, NADA AND THE ONLY THING GOING FOR IT IS THAT WINDOWS CAN DETECT ITS USB CONNECTION...YOUR GOLDEN WITH ENOUGH TRYS AND HEAD SCRATCHIN..:):):good::D

good luck peepz.
[ZenFone 2 General] jeyonata:
Will try this guide

I was blanked out a little bit and installed Asus's official marshmallow manual update while my phone's boot loader is unlocked and having messed with system file. Now my ZenFone 2 is bricked.

Gonna try to use this method tonight. :crying:
[ZenFone 2 General] jeyonata:
Im currently trying to apply this guide, but I get stuck at the command fastboot oem start_partitioning.

What could this mean? Please I need guidance
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
what issue you are facing plz elaborate
[ZenFone 2 General] jeyonata:
I got it solved. It turns out my usb cable was just messing up and causing the commands to fail.

Your guide saved my ZF2, many thanks! :good::good:
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
please delete you post. or edit and and use at least hide button. go to edit post. switch to advanced and select the text and click hide button. thanx
[ZenFone 2 General] chairsz:
once my phone had passed the firmware download part in xfstk tool and wouldnt reconnect to continue to download the os part, what i would do is immediately and randomly press and hold power button with some combination of vol + or vol _ buttons or power button alone. I kept doing this as soon the firmware download was complete and it started its 20 attempts to reconnect. this part for me was really hit or miss, xfstk either detected my combo of pwr button and vol key pressing and restarted its connection to dl the os or it didnt. most important is that firmware dl part, because once that starts its only a matter of time before the os will follow. also if you have try opening xfstk in windows compatibility mode ( i used windows 7 at 1 point) and also if you have access to another pc with a earlier windows like 7 or 8 try it on them. 1 more thing within the xfstk tool make sure you are in the right menu area for our device the moorefield.

good luck
[ZenFone 2 General] hlsgrphn:
Hey,

I have a big problem i think. I brick the phone after i wanted come back to a official rom because cm is pump the battery. but i ache the manipulation for back to the official rom and i delete the twrp recovery mode...

So i follow the instructions and now i have the 4 four color - fastboot mode - 0123456789ABCDEF mode.

but when i try to load the rom with asus flash tool i have that. and when i try with the cmd / fastboot thing i have that....

the image for unstanding more the problem are here imgur.com/a/iQeTY (but i'm newbie so copy paste the link)
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
check your personal message
[ZenFone 2 General] hlsgrphn:
Thx for the help ! The problem was i take a bad version of the raw files !
[ZenFone 2 General] oml13:
Stucks at 4 color mode

Hi. After xFSTK download my phone ze551ml stucks at 4 color mode. After minute it resarts and again showing 4 colors on dislplay. Is my phones motherboard already dead? I did everything as written in this post. It sometimes showing usb icon on display. I tried write bootloader several times. Sometimes screen lightin but shows nothing. But usually it shows 4 colors. (((
[ZenFone 2 General] pins57:
BIG BIG THanks to sukhwant717

He took 4 hours last sunday to help me

It was hard but he found how to solve my problem

after 1 week my phone is like new!!

big big thx to this phone doctor ^^
[ZenFone 2 General] l4stwolf:
Good night everyone.

I got my zenfone 2 ZE551ML) bricked after trying to upgrade cm14. I can do xFSTK just fine, but next i got this:

I have a blackscreen after the 4 colour screen, instead of bootloader. Then when i try the commands i got those errors:

fastboot oem erase_token

(bootloader) cmd_oem!arg= erase_token S

(bootloader) [0]erase_token S

FAILED (remote: Fail erase_token_umip)

finished. total time: 0.754s

fastboot oem partition /tmp/partition.tbl

(bootloader) cmd_oem!arg= partition /tmp/partition.tbl S

(bootloader) [0]partition S

(bootloader) [1]/tmp/partition.tbl S

FAILED (remote: GPT command failed

)

finished. total time: 0.773s

fastboot erase system

******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition?

erasing 'system'...

FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 1.144s

The "Too many links" error is just for one time, if i try the command again it works, but others i cant get workaround

Any help? Is it really dead? :/
[ZenFone 2 General] eduardojunior:
Done!!! Sorry!!! :D
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
[MENTION=6511954]sukhwant717[/MENTION] Sir, you are an absolute lifesaver! Managed to recover my daughter's phone from a brick of my causing. Phew! Tried to follow the guide on the general page but had all kinds of trouble with the drivers and XFSTK downloader and wasted lots of time. Managed to get the bootloader working again easily following the first parts of your guide instead and then was able to restore RAW with the ASUS flash tool. Thank you so much!