yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 General] htsmobile:
i'm still playing on my other phone
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Sh**, still have no internet. I'm under friend's router, after new year I should have almost 300/400mb of internet free, I think. I'm praying for that. [emoji14]

Sorry for the inactivity, I'll answer you asap.

Best regards,

-Giovix92

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[ZenFone 2 General] shark.sh:
Like many more, i got stuck in bootloop with color-inverted asus logo, and like them, i launched restore.bat to get a working phone. Is my bootloader unlocked now? Do I have to wait for update 4.2 to unlock?
[ZenFone 2 General] samuele94:
If you have black splashscreen again yes,you can flash twrp

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[ZenFone 2 General] ffunness:
Thank you [MENTION=7023217]Giovix92[/MENTION] for this tool, I love you.
[ZenFone 2 General] shark.sh:
Hi everybody, last message (I hope). I did everything, gained root access with magisk method, but every single app who requires root says i have no root access. how can I fix that?

simply flashing a updated su zip via TWRP fixed it :p
[ZenFone 2 General] fgbustoa:
V4.1 Problems

Hi,

i found some problems in your V4.1 batch file

1) "%adb% wait-for-devices" IS NOT CORRECT. Correct command is without last 's': "%adb% wait-for-device"

2) "%fastboot% wait-for-device/s" DOESNT EXIST (WITH OR WITHOUT LAST 's'). If you want to wait for device entering fastboot mode, i suggest you this:

SUBSTITUTE:

"%fastboot% wait-for-device/s"

WITH:

"%fastboot% oem" (it shows " < waiting for device > " until connection is established. Once connection established, command exits without showing anything. I think this is what you want !!!

AND AFTER (OPTIONAL):

"%fastboot% devices"

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
[/QUOTE]

Good tips, already fixed, 4.2 will have these commands. Thanks! :D

(Will add you as contributor for bug reporting ;) )

Reroot, do xposed, enable AT LEAST one module & reroot if needed.

Yup, fully unlocked ;)

:D

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Finally internet is back, and I'm currently uploading 4.2. Here's some screenshot of the last mods of 4.2 (thanks again to [MENTION=1163456]fgbustoa[/MENTION]) and regard Mega Uploading.

Thanks for your patience and sorry for the late update.

Best regards, and happy new year,

-Giovix92

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Finally uploaded, OP edited with 4.2 link and a new contributor. Again, many thanks to [MENTION=1163456]fgbustoa[/MENTION] for telling me automated fastboot&adb command. Enjoy!

Best regards, and happy new year,

-Giovix92

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[ZenFone 2 General] Toronadian:
So I ended up just factory resetting my phone and getting it back to bone stock to fix that. In this update for 4.2, has it fixed, the above issues? What happens is when I attempt to use option #4 for magisk and phhroot, I get the error:

"loading: 'C:\ZE551M~1.0\\resources_ze551ml\\phh\\phhroot.zi p'

error: device '(null)' not found"

First says to not touch phone for 30 seconds, then the error repeats, and then it says to not touch it for 2 mins, and then the error repeats a few more times before it just stays on TWRP doing nothing.
[ZenFone 2 General] druid23:
Hi, first off all thanks for this tool,

I wanna ask, I have last MM , 184, for rooting I just use option 5b, or I need to do something before?

I'm downloading just now, I think tomorrow try to root.

Happy new year
[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
After whitescreen i turn off my phone, but then nothing happens. My phone is not detected by the modder. Whats the issue?
[ZenFone 2 General] samuele94:
Reboot your phone on fastboot mode and wait and if don't work, use restore.bat on the modder folder
[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
Well i've done that, but what after that? Did it work or did i just erase the proccess? Should i continue with the twrp?
[ZenFone 2 General] samuele94:
If you have black splashscreen you can install twrp, now your bootloader is unlocked
[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
I installed twrp, then borets custom kernel, then root (supersu+magisk)and then xposed.. now my device is stuck on black startup screen. Did it brick?
[ZenFone 2 General] samuele94:
xposed for .184 version need a fix before install it but now i have cleanstock rom,don't know how fix it
[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
I used return back to stock option + wiped data cache but still doesnt work...
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
You did it wrong.

NEVER FLASH supersu+magisk. You'll end in a bootloop on splashscreen.

Redo root via magisk + redo xposed via magisk.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Wrong.

You don't need a fix for Xposed, the fixed version is still on the tool. (with OAT modifed I mean)

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Do firstly bootloader unlock, then install twrp via 3rd option, then root using magisk via 4th option then install xposed via 5th option using magisk.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
All fixed, try it.

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[ZenFone 2 General] druid23:
I'll try and tell

Regards
[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
Mounting /system(ro), /cache, /data

! Failed: /system could not be mounted!

Updater process ended with ERROR: 1

Error installing zip file '/sdcard/magisk.zip' Is this normal?

Done processing script file

3541 KB/s (797129 bytes in 0.219s)

Installing zip file '/sdcard/phhroot.zip'

Checking for MD5 file...

Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found

********************************

Phh's Superuser (Magisk Version)

********************************

******************************

Powered by Magisk (@topjohnwu)

******************************

- Mounting /system(ro), /data, /cache

! Failed: /system could not be mounted!

Updater process ended with ERROR: 1

Error installing zip file '/sdcard/phhroot.zip' + this

Done processing script file

PROGRAM WILL HANG 2 MINS, DON'T CLOSE IT

After this its stuck on black start screen. Program says device null not found waiting for device...

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I tried everything except downloading the system.img and flashing it.. It is stuck on ASUS black screen. When it comes first it blinks once, but the next screen doesnt show up, the same screen comes again. Need urgent help, cant use my phone atm. Anyone?

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After trying to root by magisk, i get an error on the startup. Says its failed verification and may not work properly

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I fixed it by flashing the prerooted firmware. im not sure if i should try rooting again?
[ZenFone 2 General] broomer68:
As it is written : first unroot your (pre-rooted) rom, or just flash the official rom. Do not use magisk on a rooted device.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Toronadian:
Same issue. I unlocked the bootloader via option #2, and then install TWRP, things are fine. But then, I choose option 4b or whichever one it is to root and install magisk...and then it just hangs.

It downloads boot.img and finishes, tells me to not touch the phone for 30 seconds. then the error "error: device '(null)' not found" repeats itself a few times and then a new line and says "Program will hang for 2mins, don't close it. Installing Phh Superuser + Magisk Manager, and yet again I get "error: device '(null)' not found" and it says "waiting for device", nothing doing. Meanwhile, on my phone, it just stays on the TWRP screen that's asking me if I wanna keep my system partition unmodified. I've waited for about 10 mins, and the phone hasn't done anything nor has the toolkit continued at all, still stuck at "waiting for device". This is the exact same issue I had back on 4.1.

I am definitely not on pre-rooted firmware and am on completely stock .184.
[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
hey..uh....not working after going through the process of rooting after unlocking bootloader and twrp..rooting through option 4 and choosing the 2nd option

downloading boot.img

OKAY [ 0.691s]

booting...

OKAY [ 0.336s]

finished. total time: 1.026s

DON'T TOUCH THE PHONE, WILL BE DETECTED AUTOMATICALLY

PROGRAM WILL HANG 30 SEC, DON'T CLOSE IT

error: device '(null)' not found

error: device '(null)' not found

error: device '(null)' not found

error: device '(null)' not found

error: device '(null)' not found

PROGRAM WILL HANG 2 MINS, DON'T CLOSE IT

Installing Phh's Superuser + Magisk Manager...

error: device '(null)' not found

- waiting for device -
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
/system partition damaged. Reflash all via Asus FlashTool

You need to swipe to allow device modification, otherwise adb will not work.

Have you done swipe to allow device modifications?

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[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
I did that. Can i root now or it will be the same and i should wait for next update?
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Reupgrade to MM, then reunlock, then reinstall twrp and then reroot.

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[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
What do u mean by upgrade to MM?
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
If you've used AFT, you're now (I think) on LP.

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[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
I didnt use aft. i flashed it from fastboot with adb. What is MM? sorry im new, i dont know the shorties.
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Uuh got it, sorry for misunderstanding.

MM is MarshMallow, LP is Lollipop :)

Can you access in TWRP?

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[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
Aha, yeah i already have 6.0.1. How can i try to access twrp? recovery mode will bring me there?

Power+volume down doesnt do anything.
[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
Thanks for responding i did the process but still even after swiping it its hangs the same place and waiting for device...is it because twrp is not installed properly..?
[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
And now my phone is stuck in fastboot mode

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Help....Please anyone..??
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Yup ;)

Maybe yes. Do this steps:

- When TWRP is booted on the device, press CTRL+C on your keyboard to hang the modder

- Open a cmd and type adb devices, if it shows your device press N in the modder window, if it doesn't show your device then reflash TWRP (by firstly rebooting in bootloader, then opening another modder window and then closing it), select recovery mode and retry with adb devices. If it still doesn't show anything try changing usb cable/usb port/pc.

Please provide a detailed error, without it we/I cannot help you.

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[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
ok...well i will try to be detailed...i tried proccess 2 to 4..but then i tried again unlocked the bootloader. screen went white..i turned it offf kept the window open..then after 10 seconds turned the phone back on...it completed the unlock bootloader process it then took me to the menu..i flashed twrp and went to 4 to systemless root..it showed the same results when it hang and still said waiting for device....after 30 mins i took it out closed the window and turned the phone off and on ..and realised that my phone is stuck in fastboot..
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Have you swiped for allowing modifications?

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[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
yes I did and it just stuck there..i got tired of it after a while and disconnected and now im stuck in fastboot.
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Do this steps:

- When TWRP is booted on the device, press CTRL+C on your keyboard to hang the modder

- Open a cmd and type adb devices, if it shows your device press N in the modder window, if it doesn't show your device then reflash TWRP (by firstly rebooting in bootloader, then opening another modder window and then closing it), select recovery mode and retry with adb devices. If it still doesn't show anything try changing usb cable/usb port/pc.

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[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
I cant boot into twrp when i turn my phone it shows some lines like a blank tv for a brief half second the it goes into the bootloader ...i enter recovery and it still goes back into the bootloader
[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
help what to do next

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Oh..sorrry for the troubles ..i just run the restore.bat from the unlock folder...phone booted up..
[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
i unlocked the bootloader in Lolipop and sideloaded marshmellow..and for whatever reason still cant get twrp recoverry..help anyone..??
[ZenFone 2 General] serhat94:
Finally success! Thank you for the help mate :)
[ZenFone 2 General] Toronadian:
Back on 4.1 a few days ago, I did swipe to allow device modification and had the same issue, the phone still just stayed in TWRP not really doing anything. I had the same issue as ick21, waited a while and just gave up, closing the toolkit but then finding that I was stuck in fastboot mode. You did say that this should be fixed in 4.2 so I might give that a go. But seeing as ick21 has essentially the same issue, I'll just see how that progresses and how that gets solved before I give it one more try.

Hey, I had the same issue as you, with the rooting via using Phh in TWRP, and with the phone staying in TWRP not doing anything, then getting stuck in fastboot mode after. So from my understanding of your post, you fixed the issue of being stuck in fastboot mode by running "restore.bat" in the toolkit files (specifically in the unlock folder of the toolkit files) and was able to get the phone to boot up back in normal mode?
[ZenFone 2 General] ick21:
yea i was trying to unlock the bootloader.i think to unlock it you were suppose to unlock the bootloader screen would go white which it did turn off turn on 10 secs later keep the window open...it run some more commands the it told me it was complete took me back to the menu..then i went to rooting..which where it did nothing maybe its me..but i remember reading somewhere in the thread that after unlocking u are suppose to run the restore file from the unlock folder...maybe im doing something wrong.
[ZenFone 2 General] Tomerjm:
Can you give me the full firmware number please? I just got back from 2 very hard bricks, and I don't want to go through all that again.
[ZenFone 2 General] frap_gadz:
I've also tried to use this root method, I didn't get a brick but the root access was not properly installed. I sideloaded the firmware again and tried another method and got a brick and stuck at fastboot. I don't think the Magisk root is working on .184 for some reason.
[ZenFone 2 General] turan05:
Do anyone still has older version with semi-auto root (v4.0 or v4.1) for ze551ml? The latest version can't seem to work for me. Thanks.
[ZenFone 2 General] JBolho:
I've tried to download the tool multiple times but file is always corrupted (for ZE551ML)
[ZenFone 2 General] xfat12:
Error

When I Unlock my device. this error start showing.

Start flashing... error out of memory

Can someone help me?
[ZenFone 2 General] xfat12:
another thing. i used v.4.1 to unlock but i didnt know that you need to restore before flashing anything. i flashed while it is still on the unlocked mode (white screen) then restored it. nothing happens.. but when i unlocked my phone again using #2, the serial number is 1234567.... not the orig serial of my phone and the modder hangs. i just click again restore and then my phone is bootable again. I can't recreate the scenario where the unlocking says successful.. is my bootloader unlocked???
[ZenFone 2 General] blazzr:
7ZIP does not open the file, but WinRAR does :)
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
well, finally I've managed to unlock/root/xposed but is a mess.

anyway this is how I made it.

first of all inserting usb does not lead to recognize the device on pc, every time that phone starts and we insert usb we must disable and renable usb debug, then from notifications allow trasfer instead of recharge.

unlock: when unlocking, the tool says something like "at the white splash screen turn off phone and wait, etc..", well turning off the phone leads to nothing and the phone remains off (obiouvsly), need to restart manually in bootloader and the process goes on. But now the phone stuck in bootloader due to incomplete unlocking; execute restore.bat from tool folders to repair this.

twrp: now that phone is unlocked must install twrp, use the tool normally and then enter twrp at least once swyping to allow modifications.

root: install root + magisk from tool menu, if stuck when it says that hangs 2 minutes and the phone is in android do the disble enable debug thing and allow file trasfer.

at the end superuser is installed but no root. continue read.

xposed: install xposed from tool, then manually install xposed.apk from tools folder. once done install at least one module, activate and reboot (don't know if this last part is useful but doing it doesn't harm).

magisk: install manually magisk.apk from tools folder then download updated superuser. installation of superuser will fail and you have the superuser zip in /internal/magiskmanager folder.

enter twrp and flash this superuser zip.

at reboot phone must be rooted.

thats all, hope the root sticks.
[ZenFone 2 General] rummsbumms:
magisk v10.2 for zf2

new magisk 10.2 files.

"full" has just the zf2 sig added. small is for z00a only with unnecessary archs removed. uninstaller is default uninstaller from magisk thread.

magisk 10.2 has phh's superuser included. if you want supersu, you must flash supersu in systemless mode first.
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
thanks, have to uninstall older version first? and can I install this update directly from magisk app or must flash the attached files? thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] rummsbumms:
i recommend you to use the uninstaller first or manually restore the stock boot image. then flash with twrp (sideload oder from sd). remember to update to latest magisk manager, use the play store version.
[ZenFone 2 General] xfat12:
how can you enable disable debug if your phone is in bootloader? All the process happrns in bootloader not in android system. The phone is not booted. Please explain further
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
Sorry it was a confusional procedure and maybe I mistake this part, anyway I truly remember the 2 minutes thing with the debug thing. Maybe the phone rebooted. Now the phone is good and I'm not redo the whole thing again, if you can try, post it and I will edit previous post, thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
hi,

i downloaded the file for ZE551ml many times but everytime i got the same error while extracting it that the file is either in unknown format or damaged.

so please help me out

thanks in advance
[ZenFone 2 General] druid23:
They tell before that works good with 7zip, but with winrar you get error
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Good, will include it in 4.3 as soon as possible. Thanks!

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[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
thanks alot buddy :)
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
hi ,

i got to the menu but whenever i choose 2 for unlock bootloader and it asks me to confirm with yes/no and when i choose yes it says invalid input......pease press a key to try again.

so please tell me what i m doing wrong
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
installed, all ok, must notice that flashing the updates removes xposed, must flash again xposed from tool folder.

note: magisk notify to update the magisk vstub, I updated and now magisk is connected to play store for future updates, also there are changes in ui, but there is this error, what is it?
[ZenFone 2 General] rummsbumms:
it just tells you that safetynet fails, so you probably cant use any app that relies on safetynet (pogo, some banking apps perhaps, ...). its b/c you have installed xposed, as soon as you uninstall xposed you should pass safetynet atm.
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
ok thanks :good:
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
any one please help
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Digit "Y" without ""

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[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
i just typed y but getting the same result everytime
[ZenFone 2 General] kyeap89:
Capital Y
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
it worked but now i got stuck on fastboot mode not able to normal boot my cell.....only power off option is working

what to do now please help
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
It's wrote in the tool. Please follow it.

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[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
cell is in fastboot mode mode only and the tool is not detecting it now
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
-Close tool

-Go into resources_ze551ml

-Go into unlock

-Open as admin restore.bat

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Hmm seen this...

Already fixing, please wait.

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[ZenFone 2 General] quicksilver53:
Toolkit doesn't work for my. I get this message on every attempt"the system cannot find the path specified". I had adb and advice drivers installed.
[ZenFone 2 General] roach9:
Hi there,

I try to run your program and follow directions but when I went to unlock the BL, I got the attached error.

Now when I turn my phone on, it says it Cannot be Verified and puts me in TWRP 3.0.2-m1. I don't know how to proceed.

Help?

[IMG="Error"]https://whatimg.com/i/Kjkr2l.jpg[/IMG]
[ZenFone 2 General] playingmax:
worked perfect!!!! thank you.
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Put them in C:\ and run ZE551ML_Modder.bat as admin.

Are you on a Black splashscreen or White splashscreen? Follow the tool please.. Boot your phone into bootloader mode and then Press a key...

Thank you for using this tool!

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[ZenFone 2 General] Technical:
Similar issue (on second boot) with RR: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68658935&postcount=745
[ZenFone 2 General] quicksilver53:
I finally got the toolkit to work for me, but no SuperSu. I downloaded Supersu but when I flashed it in TWRP, my phone would not boot up, but keep returning to recovery.
[ZenFone 2 General] kboogi:
I am having the same issue...I do not believe I missed a step.

Once I attempt step 4, I get an error message that Sideload fails in TWRP. At this point, should I just try to insall a custom ROM?

What should I do now? I don't want to brick my device by trying out several things.
[ZenFone 2 General] pulesky:
thx it s ok
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Hmm.. Very strange.

You don't need to flash supersu in TWRP, or you'll end in a recovery loop. You need a patched Version (for x86 phones) of supersu that's included in my tool. Please use the option for semi-auto root.

You need firstly to unlock bootloader, or TWRP will be not able to write /system partition. If you install a custom rom you'll certainly brick your device. Please try again.

Are you sure of this? Try several times, if you can't get anymore fastboot mode i'll give you the unbrick guide. Your device is CN or WW?

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[ZenFone 2 General] kboogi:
Option 1) Fastboot status displays; Now ADB status is blank

I tried Option 2 again, no white splash screen. The device has failed verification error screen, then device boots to TWRP 3.0.2-M1

I have the folder mounted to my C:, Windows 7.
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Flash stock boot.img, your init.rc isn't okay. Then connect in TWRP, boot tool, then root with 4th option (Semi-auto root)

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[ZenFone 2 General] kboogi:
Just to verify, I should select option 8 of the tool, or should I locate this boot.img another place? I don't mind searching for it, I just want to confirm I am doing things properly.

Thank you very much for all of your assistance.