yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 General] bobby2005:
I also will need help - I did everthing that is written on page one. On phone screen USB coonection is displayed and it shown that phone is connected to PC. But downloader shows me an error massage: Errors encouner during OS download. Before bricking my phone I was using last official ROM UL-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.327.

Any help will be appriciated
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
the ifwi files in xfstk use it from UL-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.327.
[ZenFone 2 General] bobby2005:
I tried with almost all ifwi files which I found in the ROM. Everytime I got one and the same message for error :(
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
come on man you need to try only your model's ifwi. now do one thing put your device on charge 4,5 hours. open back panel and disconnect battery. keep it disconnected for a week. after that try with original unbrick files
[ZenFone 2 General] aravindmj:
I'm having ZE551ML and I'm not having the recovery mod. While installing the OTA update it says no recovery. So just flashing the recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery_sign.bin) will do good or the entire process in the first post is needed?
[ZenFone 2 General] bobby2005:
Well I did what you suggested. After I reconnect battery, the phone vibrates twice and the white f..in usb icon has shown as last ten days. The download OS error has been shown again. So may be I should think of buying a new phone :(
[ZenFone 2 General] bobby2005:
At the end I managed to return my phone back to live. The new thingI did is that I just changed the computer with another one, installed all drivers, run xFSTK and everything passed smoothly.

Thanks :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Achoels:
This guide finally works for me...

Last week, I've had my ze551ml 4/32 suddenly blank screen and won't turn on but vibrating twice every 5minutes, whenever I connected it to charger.

I found this guide and managed to xfstk steps but always failed to reach the OS completed, although I've tried all the tips given in here.

Finally, I bought a new battery and have it replaced and I ............ see success: FW+OS Download complete!

and my ze551ml continued to fastboot screen :victory: :victory:

I had no time with AFT tricks :silly: , so I chose to flash the firmware via ADB tool.

I skipped step 8. fastboot erase data

AND my ze551ml is now back to LIFE!!! :victory:

Thank you Sukhwant717....

YOU SAVED MY LIFE!
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
pleasure knowing your device working again. thank you very much for your appreciation

one more thing your old battery is perfect. it is all about discharging the motherboard completely. better keep your old battery charge after few days. replacement battery tend to have poor life as well as sudden reduced backup dramatically.
[ZenFone 2 General] lmonge87:
Hello All,

I think I need the xfstk files for Android 7, I've tried most of the files (xFSTK_ZE551ML-sal358-amtech.vn) that I found on various posts, but Im pretty sure the reason why I am stuck in the "continuing to OS process" is because Im using incorrect files, I've tried various computers with different versions of windows, cables and versions of the software and the only time I've noticed changes is when switching files.

My ROM right before bricking was Resurrection Remix (https://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/development/rom-resurrection-remix-m-5-8-0-t3507247).

Please help.
[ZenFone 2 General] Achoels:
No. Thank you... :D

I don't know bout the old battery condition, all I'm saying is... if you've facing the same stress as I was with "Continue to OS..." then XFSTK failed over and over again... you may want to look for other option.

I've proved, replacing new battery will kill that stress out immediately.

I'm now on the 5th days with the new battery. Everything seems quite normal.

But, I'll kept the old one for back up, as suggested.

:cowboy:
[ZenFone 2 General] zinhdovn:
Can somebody help me

I have run xfstk a lot of times but my phone still goes back to white USB?

Please watch the video on my link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtC1oR3hGuI&feature=youtu.be
[ZenFone 2 General] presneto:
GODYR

OP, thank yo ;) :cyclops:
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
pleasure
[ZenFone 2 General] Cat121:
I just registered to thank you, I bricked my phone after flashing a wrong rom and I felt like I lost it.

An advice to struggling people is : follow the given steps with the given files even if you need to restart windows !
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
thank you very much for appreciation
[ZenFone 2 General] cabbagetreemo:
Stuck on step 1.2

I seem to be in an endless cycle of nothing happening for a few minutes, then MOOREFIELD shows up for about a second and then the phone vibrates and the cycle starts again. What have I done wrong?

EDIT: Disregard the above, waiting for a while solved that issue. This guide has successfully unbricked my phone and saved me the cost of replacement, thanks OP.
[ZenFone 2 General] Ameshssj3:
Great work, damn you rock. My question is that after the process will the phone regain its original serial number?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
yes.. but if you erased config partition then not..
[ZenFone 2 General] Alvinyuda11:
Nothing changes

When I start "begin download" in xFSTK i already connected my phone to computer, but my phone was not connected, only vibrates, it said on xFSTK "no provisioning activities in progress" what should I do?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
your phone is supposed to be turned off while you click begin download. while you are connected to pc click begin download when it waits for device then turn off your phone holding power button long. (15-20 seconds) after that simply turn on device.

have you installed soc drivers correctly?

which version of windows you are using?

click and upload screenshot oh device manager after expanding i soc drivers
[ZenFone 2 General] vitaum:
Hello,

I had LineageOs on my ZE551ML, it was working all fine. Yesterday after i turned it off, it doesnt turn on anymore. The device only vibrates now. I've tried to do the steps in the guide, but when i try to unbrick on XFSTK it gives me the following message: "XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS..." then tries to reconnect 20 times to the device and after this appears a error.

The files works for this custom Android 7.1 ROM, or am I doing something wrong? I've searched on this thread, but couldnt find nothing about. Thanks guys
[ZenFone 2 General] Yuno17:
Hello everybody, I bricked my phone and explained it here https://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/help/bricked-ze551mlz00a-t3654159

So I'm trying to unbrick my device but I have a problem with xFSTK, I'm on W10 (1511) (Just in case I don't intend to upgrade) and I did everything according to the guide but it won't load nor even show up in task manager, I even tried to use it in compatibility mode but it never worked and when I putted it on XP sp3 it instantly crashed.
[ZenFone 2 General] Ilaloo:
Zenfone 2 unresponsive and Bricked

Hi, Let me first congratulate the developers at XDA and the wider community for their excellent support through these forums.

I have a Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML, Z00AD, 4GB/64GB - international unlocked) which has gradually gone Bricked. I am hoping that the expertise and experience residing in the forums will help me restore it. My problem started from a manual upgrade to Marshmallow from stock Lollipop. After that the phone just never functioned well. I have been following the procedure outlined and have downloaded all required files. However I believe I wont be able to successfully apply the fix unless the following issues are looked at. By the way, Thank you for updating the thread.

1. My phone is totally on a black screen and only vibrates. There is no LED signal so I am not sure if it is being charged. Volume and power buttons appear to be functional.

2. Before it went blank, after turning on, it would only keep restarting in a Boot loop. I believe this is still happening. Before trying the procedure first today, I used a fast charger (actually a BLU charger, I lost my original ASUS fast charger) and charged it for an hour. I am only assuming it is charged.... again no LED signal.

3. I installed the Intel iSoC USB driver correctly and the Moorefield entry came up in Device Manager. However because my phone is in a restart loop , the Moorefield detection keeps toggling on and off in Device manager as the phone starts up and powers off continuously.

4. In my opinion, as a result of point 3, the xfstk program cannot apply the full changes as it was designed. In fact, the Firmware (FW) was downloaded successfully, but the following changes to the OS cannot be applied as the phone is cycling off at intervals . xfstk then retries to connect to the phone about 20 times then stops and prompts the user to ensure that the phone was (fully) charged, which in fact may be an associated problem.

I will search through the forums for assistance with this charging problem associated with my phone model in the meantime.

Any suggestions on how to proceed or any comments would be well appreciated.

Cheers,

Ilaloo
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
try to use ifwi from latest mm firmware. if still the same.

open your device disconnect battery. keep it disconnected for 15 to 20 days. after that connect again and try.
[ZenFone 2 General] Ilaloo:
clarification

Hi Sukhwant71:

I will try your first suggestion. Just to clarify, are you saying "days" as the time factor for disconnecting the battery?.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
yes i said days.
[ZenFone 2 General] Ilaloo:
ifwi from latest MM trial result

Hi Sukhwant 717:

I tried ifwi from the latest MM FW build from ASUS site. I made sure to use the world-wide (WW) build and the right model for my phone. This failed in XFSTK. Even when I switched back to the original ifwi, it failed again (Recall that the FW had passed previously and the process only stalled at the OS!).

I will now move on to the battery disconnection. I will revert in 20 days.
[ZenFone 2 General] Sebring57:
Thank you very much for this tutorial, my phone re - life.

:)
[ZenFone 2 General] Simoun96:
Thank you very much!? It resurrected my Zenfone after 5 months of death.
[ZenFone 2 General] Adanadhel:
Hi, after trying the steps up to XFTSK downloader several times I still have no luck. I get the FW+OS completed message. The colored stripes appear and then a big flat nothing. Device manager shows the Asus Android Bootloader Interface and I can see that the display is lit, but nothing else happens.
[ZenFone 2 General] Wild Turky:
Thanks!

Thanks man, you saved my phone! Btw I suggest to do not use Asus Flash Tool. It's ****. I did step by step with fastboot commands and it's working 100%
[ZenFone 2 General] Cookienosaure:
Hi, I did everything you wrote in this message and my phone is still disconnecting at the end of the download every time. Is it important to do the previous in the exact order that they are described or am I good anyways once I have got the xFSTK Downloader open with the right options and my phone connected to my pc ?

Thanks for your reply/help

---------- Post added at 06:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:47 PM ----------

Hi, I did everything you wrote in this message and my phone is still disconnecting at the end of the download every time. Is it important to do the previous in the exact order that they are described or am I good anyways once I have got the xFSTK Downloader open with the right options and my phone connected to my pc ?

Thanks for your reply/help
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
i didn't get it? what do you mean by disconect at end of download. did you mean about soft reboot after fw download. yes it happens after fw and as well as os download. what the exact issue you are facing?
[ZenFone 2 General] Cookienosaure:
Sorry if my message wasnt really clear, i'll try to make it simpler : When I press "Begin Download" in the xFSTK Downloader, the download goes on to 100% but fails at the end because my phone disconnects from the pc. Here are some details of the download :

21:42:09 - XFSTK-STATUS--Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS...

21:42:19 - XFSTK-STATUS--Reconnecting to device - Attempt #1

(this then goes on until the 20th attempt)

21:42:39 - XFSTK-STATUS--Timeout to detect the device, make sure to charge up your phone before flashing

My phone is charged when I am doing the process, the options and firmware and operating system files are all right. I did what you advised those who had this issue to do but I still have the same problem.

Thank you for your answer.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
change ifwi. use ifwi from latest mm firmware
[ZenFone 2 General] Cookienosaure:
Alright, where can i get that file ?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72QQTXqZSRwZWlHV3dtTEhuX1E
[ZenFone 2 General] Cookienosaure:
I tried it with this file and the issue persists, my phone still disconnects from my PC at the end of the download. Sorry to bother you with my problem, but do you have any idea why it still doesn't work ?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
show me xFSTK logs
[ZenFone 2 General] mkaraniya:
Same error with my zenfone 2

Tried almost 300 times all this round of 20 attempts..

Nothing is going on
[ZenFone 2 General] Buletproof:
Hi,

My phone got stuck at Asus Logo & loading icon when I start in Normal Boot mode, so I tried going into recovery mode but failed to get in recover mode.

I got blinking bot error when I tried to get in the recovery mode so I did connect phone to windows & did fastboot cache process which was successful, but still failed to get in recovery mode(currently when I select recovery mode I get static bot error - tried pressing Power & power up button)

Do I need to follow this procedure?

My phone model is ze550ml/2GB variant.
[ZenFone 2 General] jnlynmon:
Zenfone 2 blinking dead android on recovery mode after wiping cache

i wiped the cache in the stock recovery but i felt like it's stuck so i turn it off and go back to recovery again. And when i boot to recovery, it shows dead blinking android logo with "error!". i tried to connect it with fastboot but pc can't recognize it and maybe the usb debugging wasn't enabled. Help me pleeeeeeease :(
[ZenFone 2 General] DyorenZ:
My savior
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
before trying the whole procedure. just go to the section flash firmware without AFT. keep in mind run each and every command before you restart even if some of them fails. take a note of failed commands.
[ZenFone 2 General] Buletproof:
Well, Thanks for Guide..

I gave my phone to service center because it was not rooted or bootloader unlocked.

As it was out of warranty they charged INR 250 for diagnostics, and when I gave them my phone for service the phone was charging and was starting but was not able to go beyond Asus logo..

Now Their engineers(so called experts) did diagnostics and said motherboard is damadged and it'll cost me INR 10k to fix the phone(new device available at 7K in market) and the phone is not charging nor starting.

Can this be a Motherboard issue? seriously?

or this guys just messed up with the my phone?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
chances are there that your emmc is corrupt. as per service center guys are concerned! this is their pet dialogue motherboard need to be replaced. any way you can try flash firmware with commands. if fails then stich firmware with xFSTK.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
fastboot mode has nothing to do with adb or usb debugging. install asus usb drivers and intel android usb drivers and try again. else open back panel disconnect battery connector. reconnect and try again. also check sim flex connectors on both ends
[ZenFone 2 General] Buletproof:
But now my phone is not even charging and starting, I have not collected the phone from them..

Is there any way that I can get the phone in same condition I gave them..

I have complained to asus regarding same as service center is outsourced to third party..
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
i think its just a bad connection. open back panel of device. remove battery connector. then remove sim flex connector and connect it back properly.
[ZenFone 2 General] koxu516:
help

am now flashing the firmware via adb . major problem is that i have no apd.img file. I check my firmware and it's not there.

what is apd ? and where can I get it?
[ZenFone 2 General] arturmaj:
Thank you for the instructions. It all worked good for me.

Except I have ZX551ML not ZE551ML. and I need xFSTK files for my phone. The xFSTK_ZE551ML-sal358-amtech.vn.zip one do not boot my phone into fastmode though the installation goes well.

Can you piont me to the right files?

---------- Post added at 05:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:15 AM ----------

No problem anymore. It finally booted with ZE551ML files.
[ZenFone 2 General] Preakash:
Hi Sukhwant717/ anyone;

great guide but i have a challange now..

all was fine until the flashing part.

using AFT:

using AFT, the tool does not detect the mobile this msg "Please select a device" prompt appears.

tried plugging out USB.. not working.

using ADB;

the prompt "fastboot devices" does not detect my mobile at all.

So from this I can see that the problem is that my mobile cant be detected by either way. trust me I followed step by step of your instruction and all was fine until time came to flash the mobile.

any idea's? help! :)
[ZenFone 2 General] ZoneDev:
I bricked my zenfone 2 running lineage os 14. I tried both ifwi 5.0 and 6.0 i just get vibration when i flash this two file using xfstk. Do u guys have any idea how i fix this?:confused::(
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
first of all avoid AFT completely. use commands method. second download usb driver from asus website and install. you can also install intel android usb drivers from intel website
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
buddy there are three files to flash not two in xfstk. go through guide properly
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
download raw firmware and extract you will get
[ZenFone 2 General] gaara22:
Hi, I bricked my zenfone 2 running MM and wondering if I can sideload back MM or do I have to sideload the latest Lolipop first?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
if you have flashed raw provided in thread. then you can sideload latest mm directly. keep in mind don't sideload MM while you have custom recovery
[ZenFone 2 General] gaara22:
Thanks! I unbricked it and switched back to lolipop because it can be easily rooted.
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
both can be rooted easily. there are automated tools available to root
[ZenFone 2 General] david_jk:
Me too, bricked on lineage. I try to do all the process but allways the phone vibrate twice and xfstk stuk in "Firmware download completed. Continuing to OS...", reach Attempt #20 and nothing else happend. I read in some place, "let the phone drain all the battery, and try again all the process". I wait for 3 days. Without charge the phone I try again and it work for me. :D Hope it helps.

Regards.
[ZenFone 2 General] phoenixlokesh123:
unable to download os file in phone ze550ml

in xFSTK is shows failure as os file is not getting downloaded in phone, in device manager it shows moorefield devices when FW file is being loaded but when os is getting downloaded it shows only reconnecting as in device manager the moorefiled is not visible as it gets disconnected.

my ze550ml is completely bricked no vibration, nothing but only it is discovered by system

please help
[ZenFone 2 General] PeterPhoenix:
My ZE551ML can complete de xFSTK process without errors, but it is stuck at 4 color bars screen.. Tried several times. Tried to disconnect the battery too.

My fault to brick was to apply TWRP image on recovery partition. Now, I cant even boot on fastboot, nether the recovery mode.

On fastboot commands, I receive the flash_cmds failure.

On Asus Flash tool I cant found my device anymore.

Is there a way to flash partitions imagens by xFSTK?

Is there any other way to put the partitions back with the correct images?
[ZenFone 2 General] Saago:
Flash Raw Firmware Using Asus Flash Tool

Flash Raw Firmware Using Asus Flash Tool

after i click start and the phone begin to run some script its say Result: OKAY

so what i need to do? wait more or click something?

please help!
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
it will restart automatically. though i said multiple times do not use asus flash tool. use commands method. see section flash firmware without AFT
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
while flashing files with xfstk. replace ifwi with ifwi from latest MM firmware
[ZenFone 2 General] dakaray:
please help, im stuck at the adb commands, everytime i enter any of the erase commands such as fastboot erase system, data,cache all of it my phone restarts everytime,the operation always failed, thanks in advance
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
first flash ifwi, recovery, fastboot, boot and then restart bootloader. and flash all the commands. if still same. flash xFSTK files again and then try.

what is the bootloader version shown on mobile screen while in fastboot mode?
[ZenFone 2 General] gaara22:
After installing lollipop, there is no audio coming from my external speaker. It was working fine on the one you provided but now there is no sound. What would be the problem here? I even changed the speaker as I thought this was the problem.
[ZenFone 2 General] drbobb:
My Zenfone doesn't even vibrate, it just went completely dead yesterday, out of the blue. I wasn't flashing anything at that time, just connected it to usb and instant hard brick. I guess that indicates h/w failure, and the instructions here won't help?
[ZenFone 2 General] n-mehta:
man u r more than awesome thankyou so much
[ZenFone 2 General] genius6530:
Thanks a lot for saving my phone.

Works perfectly.
[ZenFone 2 General] HerrHouse:
Hello again. I tried it again, I also formatted my computer and install all drivers again in order. And I get none errors but nothing changes it's just cable logo again and again. I tried different xFstk files it is always just same. Do you have any idea what should I do?
[ZenFone 2 General] MGREX:
I got a problem, first of all if I press power+volume down as the OP says my device never starts in fact I will have to leave it alone for about a minute for it to start at all and it goes straight to stock locked bootloader where the recovery doesn't works (which is why I'm doing this)

Already installed the drivers, disabled signature and everything, but the device is still not detected on device managed, xFSTK, adb, asus flash tool or anything else.

Tried on different machines, different versions of windows and even linux but the zenfone 2 wont be detected by any of them. The USB port isn't in bad shape and it still charges well so I don't think it is a hardware issue

What should I do now?
[ZenFone 2 General] AlviseRecon19:
Hy, i have a problem in the step of installing the os on xFSTK. The firmware update is complete but when xFSTK start to install te OS image it gave me an error : - XFSTK-STATUS--Timeout to detect the device, make sure to charge up your phone before flashing.

I try this process over 20 times.

Can someone give me a help?

Thank You!!
[ZenFone 2 General] MGREX:
My phone wont respond to the "power" + "volume down" command, it just turns off and can't be turn back on for about a minute

And no matter how many times I reinstall the drives (yes I disabled signature) my PC can't detect it and neither can adb, fastboot or any of the other tools you mentioned

I get the bootloader but recovery is broken and it simply bootloops when I select that
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
when you connect device to pc in fastboot mode do you see anything in device manager?
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
swap ifwi to MM
[ZenFone 2 General] MGREX:
Nope, nothing at all, this is what it looks like

See the garbled serial number? it changes if I hold volume-up and shows the real serial

And even when it says "continue the fastboot process" it never does
[ZenFone 2 General] sukhwant717:
try changing usb cable. make sure you installed asus android usb driver and intel android usb driver. if still nothing open back panel of the device and and disconnect all the connectors and connect again.
[ZenFone 2 General] AlviseRecon19:
How i do that? Thanks for te reply