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[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] freddx:
I managed to root my Zenfone 3 Laser(ZC551KL) 7.1.1 [IMG="IMGUR"]http://i.imgur.com/wBbqAVUg.jpg[/IMG]

The device seems to have problems with a custom twrp and supersu. I recommend just fastbooting the custom twrp and flash Magisk https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445 . This worked fine and i kept the stock recovery, which allows me to reflash the newest firmware without any problems.

With supersu my device just bricked several times and it took my hours to reflash a stock rom.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] GrillaGaming:
That's not quite true with SU and magisk they use the boot.img and when you update the boot.img will be overridden by the new on hence unrooting your phone. That's how it works.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] ZhekaS:
I have used this guide with the SuperSu v2.79 SR3 and it worked like charm. Then I've discovered that there is an update FW available from ASUS website (WW-30.42.31.1) and I tried to update with it using the FlashFire utility with the EverRoot option. Well... it bricked my phone pretty badly. It looks like it have screwed up the system partition. I had to reflash the TWRP via Fastboot and tried to reflash the update package from TWRP, but it failed on some prop checks. So I have unpacked the update zip, and modified the updater-script under META-INF/com/google/android in it and removed the first 4 lines performing the build date and SKU checks. Then I have repacked it (no need to sign, as TWRP does not require it) and tried to flash again. And it worked (need to flash the supersu again, of course afterwards)! But my suggestion would be to use the TWRP full backup before experimenting with updates next time..

So thank you for all of the research work. Now I can use my favorite Titanium Backup to remove most of the annoying bloatware from the device.. Update: Actually I've found Lucky Patcher to do a better job with system apps than Titanium Backup, which can get stuck and make some important stuff to disappear..
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] GrillaGaming:
When I used flashfire it worked for a while but it soft bricked my device after 1-3 reboots that's when I decided I would be better just to update my phone and root again.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] atf2m4:
Mate, which version of Magisk did you flash?. if possible can you guide by giving the steps. Thank you
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] GrillaGaming:
Just flash the latest version of magisk it works. 1.Download the latest .zip of magisk. 2.Flash twrp 3.Go into twrp recovery right away and click on install. 4. It should load a file manager type thing. Find and click on downloads and tap the magisk .zip 5. It will ask if you want to flash it, swipe and say yes. Wait for it to finish. If there is a clear cache option do it. 6. Reboot and you should have root and a magisk app.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] tako035:
As the current TWRP is for MM it doesn't work for me. My phone is on Nougat 7.1.1 and gives me "error: cannot determine image filename for 'twrp-3.1.1.unofficial.img'" this error. Is there a compatible version for Nougat?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] ZhekaS:
Who is giving you this message? The only thing that can give it to you is the fastboot utility, which has nothing to do with the Android version on your phone. It sounds like you have put the image file into some place it can't find.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] tako035:
fastboot utility. I forgot to put "recovery" parameter after fastboot flash . No I flashed the TWRP. But when I reboot to recovery there is only red light this time. So I flashed to Boot.img to recover to booting.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] Kasbien:
Seeing some success stories is rather exciting! I'm dieing to root my Zenfone... but I think I'll hold on until a more conclusive method is established. I'm far too unfamiliar with this stuff to risk bricking my device.

Good work everyone!
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
I have the Canadian variant of the phone, running the latest 7.1.1 update from Asus, and with a bit of tinkering, (and solving my stupidity) I have my phone rooted now. I followed the idiot's guide, but with magisk as SuperSU didn't work. (stuck on "powered by Android" screen)

Now, how would you folks suggest I fix Asus' sh*tty bloated os? How hard might it be for me to compile lineage os, since nobody else has? Any tips on Xposed installation? I missed root so much.. :P

Thanks to everyone who has contributed and helped, you're my favorite people right now!
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] Gt5228:
idiots guide: evolved, how to root zenfone 3 laser for dummies

Try at your own risk.

1-in phone settings, go to security and turn on "unknown sources". then, also from settings, go to "about phone" then "software info", once there, tap build number several times until the phone gives you a message that your a developer. then go back to settings, and find "developer options" here you will see a "usb debugging" setting. turn this on.

2-with your zenfone, go to: asus.com/Phone/ZenFone-3-Laser-ZC551KL/HelpDesk_Download/ under utility, find and download/install the bootloader unlocking tool.

3-run the unlocker tool, keep in mind that it will do a factory reset, and all data will be lost. (backup files/pics/etc as needed) during the process, you will get a message that says " You do not have pin password to verify device, do you still want to unlock your device" tap yes

4-once completed, you will need to download a couple files. the twrp: https://depositfiles.com/files/ux8w5thp6 and magisk .zip file:https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445 move both files to the phones internal storage so they can be easily found.

5- with a pc, go to: https://xdaforums.com/sho....php?t=2588979 just follow the steps on that thread and then after it is installed, the location where you have saved your twrp.img file you need to go to that folder and hold shift+right click on any empty space inside that folder of which you have saved twrp img and a context menu will come up with various options so select 'open command window here' then all you have to do is enable debugging on your asus zenphone 3 laser and then connect it to your pc and allow debugging on the device a menu will pop up, then inside the command window type "adb reboot bootloader" (remove quotations) then hit enter your phone will reboot to bootloader.

Next step is to type "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1.unofficial.img" (remove quotations) hit enter

6- now, using volume rockers on your phone to navigate and lock button as select, select recovery and wait

7- once the twrp loads, put in you devices lock pin, and continue to main menu. once there, select install, then look for the magisk.zip file (if you dont see it, look for a button that says "zip file" at botton right

8- install it and ...done, please follow the instructions above at your own risk, im a nube.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] atf2m4:
I have Indian model of Zenfone 3 Laser(Z01bdb). I tried the given TWRP with Marshmallow (14.40.144.37) and it booted into TWRP. But when i installed the SU zip file, in the Boot Image Patcher step it struck in the process "Flashing boot image" for a long time. Then i have to reboot it. I tried the same steps with Nougat 7.1.1 also. But alas, no use. I have no clue what is the reason for this. Maybe some one can help.

Any one successfully rooted the Indian model with this TWRP. Let me know.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] ZhekaS:
For now I've just got rid of all of the ASUS utilities using Titanium Backup and Lucky Patcher (Actually it looks like LP is doing a better job working with system apps). Removed the simplified and kids mode, replaced the launcher with Nova Launcher and deleted the ZenUI launcher. One thing I didn't risk to remove is the ZenUI itself, which I assume is the backend engine of all of the stuff around. If you are risky enough - try removing it and report back :)
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
Thanks for the tip, I wonder if there would be enough core android left under ZenUI to do anything? Like, I'm wondering if they've built their horrid skin over the stock android skin, and if we removed ZenUI, we could be left with stock android? It seems unlikely.

Also, I've been using Lawnchair as my launcher, but since all I use it for is as a pixel launcher replacement, since I didn't have root before. Oh, and one more question, I have no experience building android at all, how would you suggest I go about doing so for Lineage OS?

Thanks again!

:)

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Give Magisk a shot, instead of SU. I've had a similar issue but Magisk works well.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] atf2m4:
Mate, i used Magisk v13.3 as you told, but having the problem when "writing the new patched boot image". The problem is either it abruptly terminates or secondly it doesn't boot into OS. please help.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] mrchman:
I just rooted mine with the unofficial twrp and magisk. Worked well.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
I see, that's difficult then. I have no idea what to suggest in that scenario, my only suggestion would be to upgrade the firmware to the latest version and try again, but I don't know how else to help. Sorry. I wish you luck, however.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] CaptSmokey6:
I have the US model (Z01BDC) and whenever I flashed twrp on Android 7.x, it bricks every time. I had no choice but to downgrade to 6.x in order for my device to accept twrp without breaking the OS. An attempt to upgrade back to 7.x once again with a modified update .zip (modified to bypass the checks, since it wouldn't accept the .zip otherwise) after rooting resulted in another brick and I had to restore 6.x to get it to work again, but root with SuperSU on 6.x works great without any issue. 7.x on this particular device just does not like twrp.... period. At least for me, anyways.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] freddx:
have you tried to just just fastboot boot twrp.img? no need to flash it when you can just boot it temporarily. Also your problem is that Supersu is kinda awful and doesnt work with 7+ for zenfone 3 laser. That will break your os. Just flash magiks instead viw twrp and tell me your results. Cuz my phone bricked everytime with supersu but magiks worked great
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
Ok so after backing up in twrp, I removed the zenui app, and literally nothing happened. It's exactly the same. And is there a root method to speed up the phone without installing a different rom?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] ZhekaS:
I think you have removed ZenUI launcher, rather than the ZenUI itself, right?. Looks like one shouldn't attempt to remove ZenUI: https://www.quora.com/Does-uninstal...mean-that-I-would-get-stock-rom-on-my-handset
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] gsep:
Thanks for all the info posted in this thread, very useful. :D

Someone has the original recovery.img?? :angel:
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
No, I uninstalled "ZenUI" with titanium. Though I also uninstalled the launcher.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] gsep:
I solved :D

I flashed the official update after that modify updater-script.

Sorry for my english.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] atf2m4:
Guys, Any one successfully rooted the Indian model(Z01BDB) with this TWRP. if Yes, Let me know.

When i use Magisk or SU zip file to install the TWRP gets terminated in the boot image patcher step "Flashing patched boot image". what is the reason for this abnormal termination. I am on Marshmallow OS.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] gsep:
Did you try to change SKU?

I had the TIM brand (Italian operator) and now I have WW.

It's a risk of changing SKU, but it worked for me.

Edit: The same thing happens to me if I boot the TWRP from fastboot without flashing it.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] atf2m4:
Thanks mate, it worked. i was booting TWRP from fastboot so i had abnormal termination and now i flashed the recovery instead of fastboot and it worked.

Another query, will this work in Nougat 7.1.1?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] gsep:
I'm on 7.1.1 :D
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] atf2m4:
Thank you mate
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
Does anyone have any experience compiling android (such as LineageOS)? I would like to give it a shot for myself, but I'm unsure where to start, and what the best ideas are. Any pointers?

Also, I'm on a mac, and don't have access to my linux computer for a few days, so is there a way of doing it on macOS?

Thanks.

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I can also confirm, it works on 7.1.1. :)

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Though i do stand corrected, in that it somehow failed to be uninstalled. So that is why. Oops.

:p
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
After having never done such a thing in my life, I have a linux vm installed, and I will give a shot at building LineageOS for the laser. I will create a new forum on xda for that if I am somewhat successful, if not I may require a bit of help from others on here. it shouldn't take more than a couple weeks, with any luck.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] ZhekaS:
Man, I don't want to discourage you but to save your time... This part is *hard*. There is no device-specific configs/scripts in the official LineageOS, and porting it on your own without experience would be pain. But.. good luck.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
I've quickly come to realize that, do you know of any other way of doing this? Or should we just wait for someone experienced?

Thanks
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] GrillaGaming:
We should at least try on our own first then if that fails someone experienced can come along and hopefully do it for us. So we could at least try.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
Okay, where would you recommend I start? It's hard for me to understand the guides that I see online, it's all kinda confusing
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] xcarl1026:
It's really nice to see all the progress. I would really like to get on Lineage OS at some point. This phone literally stops recognizing the SIM card whenever it feels like it. I'm going to try a factory reset. I've read all about getting twrp on the previous posts. So if we can get twrp and root, we should be able to build Lineage too.

That's the hard part. I'm not super knowledgeable when it comes to the android world. I'm just stuck with this phone. The only thing I'm seeing that it's an issue is that there aren't any configurations we can easily grab when building the OS. I've been reading about it and all seems doable up until a step where you issue the command "breakfast" along with the device codename. There won't be a device codename that "breakfast" can make use of to grab whatever it needs to. That's where I'm seeing the first roadblock when building a ROM.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
I've started a Reddit thread on /r/LineageOS about this, there seems to be an old guide about it for beginners, involving tools. And yes, we will have to port an existing lineage rom to our phone, but it shouldn't be too difficult.(hopefully.)

So I've decided to take charge for now. Which is something that I, a timid 15 year old Canadian kid, don't do much.

For porting, we need:

- the Asus kernel source code (I already downloaded it)

-another lineage rom from a phone with the same cpu

-build.prop file from our phones (I already have it)

-all the LOS source code

-a couple programs found in the Reddit thread

-courage

-patience

-room filled with pillows, for when we inevitably throw our phone at the wall.

I will host a Google drive folder, I'll put all the files we need that I have into it, and if you folks have anything else useful, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could PM me your Google email, so you can add the files to GDrive.

I'll post the link to my Reddit thread in a second.

Thanks y'all.

[EDIT]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/6pwvhs/id_like_to_port_lineage_to_my_phone_help_needed

My Reddit thread, as previously mentioned.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] atf2m4:
@ 50percentsuccessrate

Mate, wish you luck.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
Okay, I'm still adding things to the GDrive folder, and this link allows editing permissions, but please use that power responsibly. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxQCMm0tjOyVb0FmRk5FMEFZa2c?usp=sharing You all are allowed to add whatever you think will be of assistance to the folder.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] boateygorl:
50percent, I can't thank you enough for going through this much effort. Best of luck!
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] Jaspinno1:
Hi ! Sorry for my english, I'm trying to update my rooted M zenfone 3 laser, with downloaded UL-Z01B_1-WW-13.40.104.1-user.zip I tried every tricks, adb, (flashfire, someone said i have to delette somes lines in the updater-script inside the OTA update, but i dont know which one i have to delete, btw my phone was unlocked with the soft on the Asus site,

thanks
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] siberian_surfer:
As far as I know there are no custom ROMs for the zenfone 3 laser. However, you can get root if you follow the following instructions:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73028873&postcount=28

Sound like you're already unlocked, so now you need to install TWRP and then root via Magisk / SuperSU.

I am currently running root with Magisk with various modules. Everything works great.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] Jaspinno1:
thanks for your reply,

i forgot to said that my zenfone is already rooted and via magisk, but now i want to upgrade my 6.0.1 zenfone 3

laser to Nougat but i cant...
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
Out of curiosity, how many of you will be satisfied with the upcoming ZenUI 4 update? I'm personally willing to try it out for a bit, as it promises less bloat and more performance, but if its still shoddy, then LineageOS will continue its development.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] mrchman:
I still use the Zen functions even with root just because I like the way it functions - just poorly optimized. I'll give it a shot for sure, but I'm definitely on the lookout for a nice rom.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] mrchman:
Update.

I disabled pretty much all of the Zenfone apps using root tool kit and super boost for all the regular apps to stay active and damn. It's responsive and power efficient now. Don't have a ton of things clogging up my ram
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
Which did you disable? I tried to disable all that I could but it didn't seem to help much...
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] mrchman:
I disabled most of them and a few other apps I don't use but don't want to remove yet.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] tako035:
Guys I just ported Lineage OS based Resurrection Remix 5.8.4 7.1.2

What is working at the moment

Modem

Sound just headphones at the moment no sound from speaker yet

WiFi

Bluetooth

Sensors all working gyroscope need some some work

All buttons

What is not working

Camera

Speaker

As soon as I finish everything I will publish it from here .

Keep calm!
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] bangjheka:
Thank you, we will all be waiting for him ..
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] tako035:
While flashing the lineage os last time I think I made a mistake and my phone hard bricked. I managed to get it back. But now my GSM information gone. Could any one please dump factory partition and send the image to me ? WW SKU is better.

the partition of factory is /dev/block/mmcblk0p15 what you will do is to enter adb shell after that

# su

# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/sdcard/factory.img

than send a link please.

Thanks

Best Regards.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] mrchman:
Whoops
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] ZephyrusHi:
Which TWRP version should I flash after I unlock bootloader? I'm on latest firmware.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] siberian_surfer:
I believe I am using this one:

https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-132910-1-1.html

I am on the latest stock nougat firmware.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxQCMm0tjOyVbGxONGR5MDI4YVE

Here's the link to the factory.img file from my phone, its the Z01BDC ww phone. If this link doesn't work for whatever reason, the file is in the root of my google drive folder.

Just so you don't have to look for the drive folder, here's the link to it. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxQCMm0tjOyVb0FmRk5FMEFZa2c?usp=sharing

Good luck, I'm really excited to hear that somebody has put in the effort to make this happen!

Thanks!
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] tako035:
Thank you very much. It helped a lot. But I found what my problem is. İf you help me it would be great. I lost RF configuration that is why I could not get the telephony functions to work. If you send me xqnc file every thing will be back and I could continue my work. You can dump it with QPST tools from Qualcomm. And also you need the drivers. It's easy to find it if you Google it.

afterword the procedures are

# adb Shell

# su

# setprop sys.usb.config diag,adb

this will put the phone into diagnose mode which will help to dump the nv . The best tool to do is QFIL

Form the tools menu in the opening box just press Backuo QCN.

That would be great.

Thank and Best regards.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] GrillaGaming:
What version of android will it be and do you plan in the future to make it android Oreo?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
I now f***ed up my own phone by trying to update magisk, and now it is completely bricked. Hence, I can't get that file for you. If someone else has a ww device, and a windows computer, I can send them more detailed instructions on how to do this, as I got part way through before I was unable to do what I was trying to do through my windows vm.

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It'll be android 7.1.2 (as tako said in the above message) and oreo will most likely have to wait until someone makes an oreo rom for the zf3 model that tako used to create this rom.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] MoNgoLHİMİK:
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Hi everyone, I am an asus zenfone 3 laser user. And I use Android 7.1.1. My phone bootloader lock is turned off. I want to root my phone. But the methods described here made me worried. I'm scared. I am new to this job. I do not want to do wrong things. Show me a method that works with android 7.1.1. I want an explanatory narrative. I do not know what to do if something goes wrong.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] 50percentsuccessrate:
1. Download the bootloader unlock tool from the asus website: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Ze...358.959354042.1505417323-415781285.1492892382 (direct download link)

2. Open it on your phone, and agree with all the things it tells you.

3. Once it has been done, your phone's bootloader should be unlocked.

4. Install adb and fastboot on your pc.

5. follow the rest of the instructions in the earlier posts.

6. If it fails, just reinstall your original firmware.

This isn't for newbies, its a dangerous thing, and theres no guaranteed method to do it right, or to fix it if it fails. only do this if you have time, and a spare phone to use in the meantime if yours dies.

Also: My laser is screwed over, and I've grown sick of it. I still have a full twrp backup if anyone needs files, but I will not be able to contribute much more to this thread as I am replacing the laser with a moto g5. I wish you all much luck with this, however.