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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
If you select Return back to stock recovery, droidboot and boot will be overwritten, so I think that bootloader will be relocked. So please use it carefully.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
You're welcome

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[ZenFone 2 General] kboogi:
So I tried option 8....no dice. Now the screen is stuck on Asus Logo, until I manually power off, then power back on.

Option 1 now: fastboost & adb are showing. I am trying option 2 now... status is Failed (status read failed (Too many links))

Phone then hangs up on Asus Logo screen.

Recovery still boots up to TWRP 3.02-M1 after manually shutting down & turning back on.
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
So, extract from resources/stock_imgs/ the file called boot.img, then transfer it in your internal Memory via TWRP. Then select install Image, select boot.img and then select boot partition. Then wipe for flash. Then try to reboot

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[ZenFone 2 General] kboogi:
After completing the steps above, the phone reboots and hangs up on the ASUS logo screen. I once again, verify fastboot & adb status- no problem.

Option 2, same error message of failure due to too many links. Phone then reboots and is stuck on ASUS logo screen.
[ZenFone 2 General] jeffrey roy:
Here i go...my pogo just updated at this very moment to version we all know what!

And so it begins! Currently on cm13 mm blobs...your device is not supported with this app....hahA :silly:
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Guys, 4.3 is up with Magisk V10.2! Enjoy!

If I need to change/fix something in 4.4, quote this post!

Best regards,

-Giovix92

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[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
thanks alot buddy for a great help now i can use my cell again..but dn't know its now rooted or not
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
You need to install twrp & root now that your bootloader is unlocked.

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[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
i installed twrp and root the cell but roor checker is saying its not rooted and old fastboot recovery is there not twrp
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
can anyone please give me Magisk , phhroot and xposed files (compatible for MM .184) in zip format so that i can flash them through TWRP

thanks in advance
[ZenFone 2 General] samuele94:
https://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/development/rom-russianbearmm-v0-1-t3461062/post70423852 you can use zip file inside of my zip but i don't know if xposed need a fix on 184 version,I'm on Russianbear. Flash kernel first (if you want new kernel) after magisk,phh su and xposed
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
thanks for your precious time buddy but i only need to root my device and need xposed to use some other rooted apps
[ZenFone 2 General] samuele94:
Extract may zip on pc,you need to flash first magisk zip (magisk folder) after flash supersu zip (supersu folder it's phh su) and flash xp zip (xp folder but don't know if you need a fix before flash it)

(Full flashable zip it's only for Russianbear users with borets kernel)
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
ok i will give it a try

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magisk and supersu is installed but no root excess.

what to do now
[ZenFone 2 General] samuele94:
Install phh apk https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767119460
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
don't understand what i m missing but still magisk showing no root :(
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
i wander what u guys try to gain with magisk...?
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
i just want to root my cell properly with xposed installed.

please help me to do that
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
there is not much prb with rooting, i have it rooted, without magisk and no, i don't have or ever will install again that xposed crap, i'd lot of prb coz of it
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
so please tell me how to root my cell...right now i have just installed twrp , magisk annd supersu but only twrp is working
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
what i used for my device was a superSU that i flashed it with twrp, and it is rooted, but i stoped there, i just searched in xdaforum the superSU for my device, flashed it and that's it, no magisk at all, even tho was a forum where they said to flash magisk too, but i only flashed superSU, it worked and i'm happy this way
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
buddy can you help me in searching the same for my device . i m using ze551ml 4gb 2.3ghz 32gb variant device with MM .184 installed

thanks in advance
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
https://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/general/android-6-0-beta-root-xposed-downgrade-t3404321

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try that 1 if not, gonna try something else, but in about 1 hour coz i'm not home
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
i flashed the supersu given by you through twrp and when i opened supersu it says there is no su binary installed on this device .you need to re-root the device
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
ok, give me 30 min and i'll give u a link with my superSU

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here it is http://www.filedropper.com/sr1-supersu-v278-sr1-20160915123031-fixedforzf2byameel i hope it works,i never uploaded a file to a server and shared,but i hope it works,if not,i will have to send it to in another way,like an email or something like that
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
But..

Why root with supersu if it has problems with 184?

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Root via my tool using Magisk V10.2, then do this steps:

-Install Xposed and enable at least one module

-Reroot if necessary

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[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
i am on. 184 and i am rooted
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
For anyone that wants flashable zips, they're in /ZE551MLModderV4.3/resources_ze551ml/phhroot (for example).

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
SuperSU or Magisk? Someone (included me) had problems with SuperSu in 184, that's causing bootloop.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Zephyrell:
Hello, i wanted to unlock my bootloader so i did it but my phone freeze on the white splashcreen, i turn off like the console said but it dit anything, the script command stay to "start flashing" with bootloop i think
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
You need to restart in bootloader for continuing the bootloader unlock process.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Zephyrell:
Ok i restarted in bootloader, but it go back to fastboot process and console says always "start flashing" with no change

I tried to restart in bootloader few times but same thing

Is my phone bricked?
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
i flashed this through twrp and there is no icon of supersu in menu......nothing.
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
i am on the .184 and with that supersu installed, no magisk at all and it works fine, and the twrp works fine too, i wander what version of twrp ur using
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
i tried to root again by choosing 4 option than choose 2 to continue the process and it went well and than i install xposed using tool by choosing 5th option and than go for 2 to continue, it also went well. and after rebooting the device i got magisk and superuser installed but no xposed icon is there and on first attempt magisk ask me to update via playstore and i did that and magisk shows two modules phh supersu and xposed but can't select them. and still no working root

i really got very confused now what to do or what not to do :(
[ZenFone 2 General] druid23:
How do you do the root and twrp flash?
[ZenFone 2 General] CBornes:
My phone is stuck on white screen after unlock bootloader and now? What I did wrong?
[ZenFone 2 General] audit13:
Boot the phone into fastboot, run the restore.bat script, and boot back into fastboot to flash twrp.
[ZenFone 2 General] CBornes:
It worked. Thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] JBolho:
Just used the tool on .184 firmware with Borets kernel, bootloader previously unlocked with Asus Tool.

Installed TWRP and rooted with 1st option (systemless SuperSU, not Magisk with phh), worked like a charm.
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
i tried this also but there is no supersu installed in my device.

please help
[ZenFone 2 General] hspowerz:
Bootloader problem

HellO!

I tryed many times to unlock my bootloader... im a little angry now thats not goin to work...

After starting method, it say when i see white splash screen turn off the phone and it will finish the process. But doesnt happen aníthing... I tryed to turn off, turn on, fastboot mode etc and its not continue the process....

The program stands at "Start flashing" and nothing happens... Also i get an error: FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 0.749s

Please give me an advice.

Ty
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
Finally i successfully rooted my device. big thanks to you all.

i used the tool given here to unlock and instal twrp and than i flashed magisk.zip, pphroot.zip via twrp and installed xposed.apk given by Kapil Tapsi.

till now i m not facing any problem and keeping my fingers crossed for future.
[ZenFone 2 General] audit13:
When after you turn off the phone, disconnect the phone from the computer, boot the phone into fastboot, connect the phone.
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
i have a question here, what is the use of magisk for actually? as far as i can tell, to hide the root, but hidin the root is gd if u play pokémon, that is what i understood, but for anything else? i rooted my phone with much simple way coz i wanted to have the root, i do use still the stock rom (coz i don't like any custom roms, for many things that i loseis true that u gain some too) and i am happy without the xposed (i don't see anything in there to actually need for it and for the many prbs that i got with it, personal bad experience on 2 different phones), but for what else is magisk for?
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
for what I know it's dificult to root 184 normal way (supersu) and can root easily with magisk and his module phh supuser.

besides there are other modules that can be downloaded inside magisk, I think is a sort of xposed but systemless
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
i did rooted my phone without magisk, but if what u say is true, why ppl install magisk and xposed, isn't that idiotic to have 2 apps that r the same?
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
you have 184 rooted and xposed without magisk?

anyway modules are different between magisk and xposed
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
no, i don't have xposed as i said, i don't use it, had bad experiences with it on 2 different phones, just rooted without magisk
[ZenFone 2 General] papin97:
I don't know why, but adb sideload is more effective than this new method (push and shell twrp).

Because when my phone booted to TWRP, adb push still outputs "device (null)" and adb devices did not show anything, and only show if I use adb sideload and input manually adb sideload in cmd.

Thanks for that magisk update though. Been updating through Magisk Manager but only boot to TWRP, not system.
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
so, as i can tell from what ur saying, is that magisk have a serious problem that mess up the bootloader which is not gd
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
There is new .223 firmware, hope giovix can update the tool for it
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Tool will be updated at 4.4 in a few days, no worries, I need only to update stock imgs. For the rest, root, bl unlocker and other works perfectly fine in 223

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Ps, Magisk is useful because without it you CANNOT install Xposed on 184/223 unless you go in bootloop.

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[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
Thanks, please now the question is, how can we update from "tooled" 184 without resetting to factory? Return to stock from tool and flash the whole 223 firmware would be enough? Thanks bro
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
so, in other words, magisk is needed for xposed to work, if ur not an xposed user, it is useless?

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hmm, i didn't saw on the official website a 223 version, just a newer 197 that is jp sku, can u provide a link for the 223 version?
[ZenFone 2 General] druid23:
Magisk is the program that makes the root, supersu have issues with 184 I guess

for the firmware check again the oficial download page
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE551ML/UL-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.223-user.zip
[ZenFone 2 General] JBolho:
I have rooted .184 only with SuperSU, no issues here.

But I would also like to know how can i update to latest official without soft-bricking my phone, i have root, TWRP and Borets kernel...
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Yup, only restore stock recovery. Then you can upgrade without any problem. Root will be lost, same as bl unlock. You need to reunlock and reroot after upgrade.

Yep, if you don't use Xposed, Magisk it's totally useless.

Only restore stock recovery. Then you can upgrade without any problem. Root will be lost, same as bl unlock. You need to reunlock and reroot after upgrade.

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[ZenFone 2 General] druid23:
Sorry, to root only with super su on 184/223, have to unlock, flash twrp and then use option 5 full flash root?
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
actually u r wrong in all options u've said, twrp is capable to flash ota from some time now, i just did it, i flashed it and boot back to system when it finished, without cleaning anything, it worked just fine with no problems at all, i will check now to see if i still have root and twrp, but the rest of my apps r just the way they were, exept for the new install of the apps that come with the stock and i uninstalled them in 184
[ZenFone 2 General] owenreilly:
Hello guys!

I'm back to forums... happy new year to all!

Previously (in november, to be more exactly) I had 100% success with the Tool. I've unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP, rooted and everything.

But now I want to try some custom roms again and I'm getting bootloop. These are the steps I did:

1. Backup of everything on TWRP;

2. Wipe data, cache, dalvik;

3. Installed custom rom zip file;

4. Installed Gapps zip file;

5. Wiped cache again;

6. Reboot system;

But then everytime that reboot starts on TWRP.

May it be bootloader re-locked issue again?

Is it possible to use this tool to solve this?

Ty guys!
[ZenFone 2 General] JBolho:
Since I unlocked the BL with the Asus tool, updating won't lock it again, but from what I read in your post, I can update via TWRP just like any other rom and the only thing I'll lose is root?
[ZenFone 2 General] dangelo.davide:
hi all,

just tried now to update to .223 via TWRP with rooted (magisk) and UL bl, results:

- update ok

- root lost

- twrp broken
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
well, it seems that the bootloader is locked again, no idea why they implement that in every update, i unlocked my phone with that tool too, but it seems that Asus managed to make the bootloader lock again despite that tool

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twrp is not broken, the new update over written it and now we r bk on stock recovery, we need to flash all bk, if uk what i mean

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as far as i can tell, magisk cause that bootloop
[ZenFone 2 General] JBolho:
That's weird, I unlocked the BL while on official LL, since then I updated to MM and then to latest MM and it never locked it again, only thing I noticed was that the splash screen on boot returned to black again but BL remains unlocked...
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
that is wierd, i unlocked my phone with that tool in LL too just to install the first beta MM, thing is that it did locked again the bootloader, i had it again unlocked on that beta, when the official came out and i install it, bootloader got locked again, no idea how or why, now again same story, so i have no idea how ur device managed to keep that bootloader unlocked
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Yup, all correct.

Hmm, I remember old updates flashed with twrp will end with a hard brick. So it's now TWRP capable?

Wow, such a good news! You need to reunlock, reroot and reinstall twrp.

After you flash rom, NEVER FLASH GAPPS. You need to reboot in system, finish configuration then reboot in recovery and flash gapps.

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[ZenFone 2 General] dangelo.davide:
After updated to .223 the unlocking bl procedure in this tool (4.3) seems to not work anymore.

Program stands in screen on the attached image.

Suggestion by https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70462110&postcount=1020 did not worked for me at this point.

So I used to execute the restore.bat in ZE551MLModderV4.3\resources_ze551ml\unlock to reboot to system.
[ZenFone 2 General] samuele94:
If you have black splashscreen,now your bootloader is unlocked
[ZenFone 2 General] dangelo.davide:
Bootloader remains white...

Just a note: in task manager i saw fastboot.exe at 32% of CPU usage...
[ZenFone 2 General] owenreilly:
Ok, good to know. But didn't work. I flashed only the custom rom (CyanogenMod 13) now and goes back to TWRP after reboot.

I restored from a TWRP backup (and I'm doing it again right now). Can I check the bootloader status with your tool? Maybe it's locked again after Recover. :confused:
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
as i said, it works from some time now to flash the update from twrp, i did and nothing went bad, all work normal, exept the fact that i lost root, but was expected
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Don't use CM13, use AICP 11 or download CM13 with MM blobs from theflamingskull. Maybe your CM13 has LP blobs.

Wow, good to know!

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[ZenFone 2 General] vampvenom:
Thank you so much for the great work, however I am facing an issue when trying to unlock the bootloader I always get this

then I get the logo screen with white background and black asus logo, I turn off the device nothing happens...

do you have any idea if its something I am doing or is it something else?
[ZenFone 2 General] druid23:
After the white screen, you don't have to restore bootloader?
[ZenFone 2 General] vampvenom:
yes I have to restore the bootloader for the system to work again.
[ZenFone 2 General] druid23:
I installed 223 over 184,

I get back to stock using giovix92, installed 223 via adb sideload, unlocked and flashed twrp with other tool, and then used giovix again to root with super su

Until now all good with on data lost

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I trying to answer to the last post :)
[ZenFone 2 General] owenreilly:
I have used the same CM 2 months ago...

It flashed/worked perfectly before..

Is there a way to check the bootloader status (if is locked or not)?
[ZenFone 2 General] appollokillers1:
u can try flashing twrp and root the device, if none of those work, it's clear that bootloader is locked again
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
You need to reboot in bootloader mode

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[ZenFone 2 General] Ramaros:
Hello, i have the same probleme, and i only can fastboot i think it's with the up sounds, but the down sound do nothing, i tryed recovery and did nothing, idk what to do i'm stuck on this white screen.
[ZenFone 2 General] holymoz:
[MENTION=7023217]Giovix92[/MENTION], can I use tool 4.3 with 223 firmware or I must wait for 4.4? thanks
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Wait 4.4, I'm currently uploading it. I've used 4.1 to unlock, root etc etc on 223 without problems, but I prefer you to wait 4.4.

Reboot in bootloader

Go into resources_ze551ml

Go into unlock

Open as admin Restore.bat

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Ok guys, in a few hrs 4.4 should be up! I've done several changes, when it's up check the changelog!

Little spoiler:

Totally fixed bootloader unlock

Totally fixed auto-reboot in bootloader

Updated stock imgs+custom kernel to .223

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[ZenFone 2 General] BerkeKan:
I tried the bootloader unlocker option, but it failed. It is stuck at the white ASUS screen. The program told me to turn off the phone and that it will connect again but it didn't connect. I can't use xFSTK. It detects my phone but after a few seconds, it loses the connection. I can't boot into anything. Just white ASUS screen. What should I do?
[ZenFone 2 General] audit13:
After turning off the phone, disconnect the phone from the computer, manually boot the phone into fastboot, connect the phone to the computer, let the process continue.
[ZenFone 2 General] subhash8765:
stuck in white asus splashscreen

phone stuck in the white splash screen. cannot boot into fastboot manually it just gets stuck back in the white splashscreen so unable to recover as well. any ideas to get into the fastboot? i am on the .223 and tried unlocking the bootloader using v4.3

edit: more troubles found, cant go into intelsoc mode with power + volume down either, am i doomed!!?
[ZenFone 2 General] BerkeKan:
Thank you. In that white screen, I kept pressing volume up button and it booted into fastboot mode.
[ZenFone 2 General] JBolho:
To unlock the BL everyone should use the official Asus app, after that, installing TWRP and rooting, etc, is a breeze with this tool. I updated to 223, and then it only took me 2 or 3 minutes to plug the USB on the pc, run the tool, and reinstall the recovery and re-root. Everything is working fine.
[ZenFone 2 General] subhash8765:
any way to get into fastboot using adb command prompt commands?
[ZenFone 2 General] madn3ss00:
I used your version 4.3, did anything as instructed and ended in fastboot. Any restart ended in fastboot, after showing an patterned gray image. Did everything again with your 4.0 version and the phone booted normally.

L.E. After ended in fastboot mode, version 4.3 didn't even see the phone. Just "waiting for device"...
[ZenFone 2 General] ayush.gl:
Borets kernel updated to ramdisk of .223?? Still waiting for v4.4
[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
4.4 is up!

Why use official asus app and losting warranty when my tool unlock&doesn't lose warranty?

Download 4.4 and follow the tool.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Do you press vol+ and power?

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[ZenFone 2 General] Giovix92:
Guys, 4.4 is up! Check it out!

Now bootloader unlock is totally fixed, added an how-to if you get stuck with restore, fixed auto reboot and updated stock imgs+custom kernel!

Enjoy! Best regards,

-Giovix92

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[ZenFone 2 General] subhash8765:
Yes, I tried power + volume up to get into fastboot manually but it takes me to white Asus splash screen remains there and reboots after sometime . Nothing is detected by the computer, as last resort I thought of unbricking the device but it is not even going into intelsoc mode
[ZenFone 2 General] madn3ss00:
Before i use 4.4 shall i go "back to stock" from yur 4.0 version? Thanks in advance!
[ZenFone 2 General] ayush.gl:
ramdisk of custom kernel updated to v.223?
[ZenFone 2 General] crownpiyush:
can any one please tell me how can i flash back stock recovery by using this tool or if anyone is having .184 stock recovery in zip than plz give me so that i can flash it via twrp.

thanks in advance

note:- i tried to update from .184 to .223, but when i press to install the downloaded firmware the device gets restarted and goes on twrp screen so i think i need to flash back stock recovery to update the device and after that i have to use 4.4 tool to root my device.

kindly guide me if i m doing it wrong