[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Janus Jerom:
[SIZE=+7]Asus Zenfone 5[/SIZE]

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This thread aims at better understanding of few basics topics so as to ease up the problems faced by new user on zenfone 5 thread.This thread only supports zenfone 5 (t00f/t00j).NO SUPPORT WILL EVER BE GIVEN TO ZENFONE 6/ZENFONE 4/ZENFONE 5 LTE/ZENFONE GO OR OTHERS .Read the topics and dont be a NOOB anymore :cool: .

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NOUGAT ROMS

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ARE NOUGAT ROMS AVAILABLE FOR ZENFONE 5?

YES ,Roms like resurrection remix,lineage os,aicp, aokp, xosp, cypher os,aosp extended, oct-os,mokee,slim rom .

THE ROM MADE FOR T00F WORKS IN T00J ?

YES, no problem at all . whatever works in T00F WORKS IN T00J.

DOES FM RADIO WORKS ?

NO. IT DOESNOT WORK ON ANY CUSTOM ROM.You can use internet radio

DOES GPS WORKS?

NO. IT DOESNOT WORK ON ANY CUSTOM ROM. BUT A-GPS WORKS PERFECTLY.

CAN I INSTALL XPOSED FRAMEWORK ?

YES, IT'S AVAILABLE BUT IT'S STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHICH MEANS IT WILL NOT WORK PERFECTLY AND WILL GIVE YOU UNSTABLE BUGS. XPOSED IS YET NOT RELEASED BY THE OFFICIAL SOURCE. YOU CAN USE THE XPOSED BY UNOFFICIAL SOURCE.*USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

CAN I USE MAGISK ON MY ZENFONE 5?

YES, MAGISK HAS PARTIAL SUPPORT FOR NOW.FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE THREAD https://xdaforums.com/zenfone-5/development/magisk-magisk-v12-0-installer-t3608257

CAN I USE STOCK KERNEL ?

NO.

ARE THERE ANY ROMS THAT CAN BE USED ON LOCKED BOOTLOADER?

NO

WILL ZENFONE 5 WILL BE UPDATED TO ANDROID O?

CANNOT SAY ANYTHING ,STOP ASKING THAT.

I CANNOT FIND THE ROOT ADDON

-CLICK HERE-

WHICH ROM IS STABLE FOR DAILY USE?

EVERY NOUGAT ROM AVAILABLE WHICH HAS ITS STATUS : STABLE

CAN I USE ANY SOUND MOD FOR ZENFONE 5?

YES, VIPER4ANDROID WORKS FLAWLESSLY. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE THREAD -CLICK HERE-

CANNOT USE GOOGLE ASSISTANT/NOW ON TAP FROM ANY SCREEN .HOW TO FIX ?

MAKE SURE GOOGLE APP IS YOUR SYSTEM APP. ELSE MOVE GOOGLE APP TO SYSTEM/PRIV-APP AND GIVE PERMISSION AS R-W-R-R . REBOOT

WHICH GAPPS TO USE ? OPENGAPPS /BEAN GAPPS ?

OPENGAPPS IS PREFERRED IN MOST OF THE ROMS

WHAT ARCHITECTURE AND VERSION OF GAPPS TO CHOOSE FOR ZENFONE 5?

X86 ARCHITECTURE. PICO/NANO VERSION ONLY

CAN I USE SUBSTRATUM ON ANY ROM ?

SUBSTRATUM CAN BE USED ON ROM THAT HAS OMS COMMITS .THE EASIEST WAY TO FIND OUT IS NAVIGATE TO SETTINGS> APPS> SYSTEM APPS AND SEARCH FOR ¨THEME INTERFACER¨ . IF THAT IS PRESENT THEN YOU CAN USE SUBSTRATUM.

CAN I USE CM THEMES ON LINEAGE OS ?

NO.

WHICH MODS /APPS SHOULD I USE FOR BETTER BATTERY BACKUP?

MODS/APPS AVAILABLE LIKE GOVTUNER, LSPEED, SERVICELY, GREENIFY

CAN I USE GREENIFY WITHOUT XPOSED ?

YES. THE ROOT+PRIVILEGED MODE WORKS WELL.

HOW CAN I USE PRIVILEGED MODE IN GREENIFY I AM JUST A ROOTED USER?

MAKE GREENIFY A SYSTEM APP.

PROXIMITY SENSOR IS ALWAYS ON . ANY WORKAROUND?

GET LATEST GOOGLE DIALER, MAKE IT YOUR DEFAULT PHONE APP. ENABLE AMBIENT DISPLAY, OVERRIDE ITS SETTINGS . DISABLE ¨CHECK PROXIMITY SENSOR BEFORE WAKING DEVICE¨.

I CANNOT RESIZE THE WINDOWS IN SPLIT SCREEN .HOW TO FIX ?

YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE DISPLAY SIZE TO SMALL /SMALLER I.E SIZE MUST BE LESS THAN DEFAULT

CANNOT ACCESS SD CARD FROM DEFAULT FILE MANAGER. HOW TO FIX ?

DELETE ¨ .ANDROIDSECURE ¨ FOLDER USING TWRP

BOOTLOADER​

CAN I UNLOCK MY BOOTLOADER WITH THE UNOFFICIAL TOOL ?

YES ,ABSOLUTELY ITS SAFE.

I AM FACING CAMERA BLACK-OUT /NO CAMERA FOUND

ITS DUE TO BOOTLOADER. WE KNOW THAT, NOW STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.

[*]I AM FACING SCREEN -FREEZE / MOBILE HANGS

ITS DUE TO BOOTLOADER. WE KNOW THAT, NOW STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.

CHECK POINT "5"

I FOLLOWED THE EXACT METHOD AS STATED IN THE THREAD BUT I HAVE ISSUES?

ASUS HAS MESSED UP BY SHIPPING DIFFERENT PRODUCTS WITH SAME PHONE MODEL,SO ITS OBVIOUS YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET DIFFERENT RESULT

ANY FIX FOR BOOTLOADER ISSUE?

SADLY NO. YOU CAN TRY ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE ON INTERNET AND SEE IF THAT RESOLVES YOUR ISSUE.

You can check the below thread as some

FIX

for screen freeze has been found:D

Thread link :-CLICK HERE-

I WANT TO USE CUSTOM ROM , WHERE TO START?

BY UNLOCKING YOUR BOOTLOADER THEN FLASHING A CUSTOM RECOVERY LIKE TWRP

IS THERE ANY CUSTOM ROM THAT CAN BE USED ON LOCKED BOOTLOADER?

YES, YOU CAN USE THE ROMS THAT WORKS WITH STOCK KERNEL.BELOW ARE THE LINKS

AOSP BY leonardohenrique10,

CM 12.0

AOSP BY tank0412

WHICH TOOL SHOULD I USE , I AM A NOOB?

-UNLOCKING ZENFONE-5S BOOTLOADER FREEZE-

OR

-GUIDE TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER SAFELY-

CAN STOCK BASED ROMS BE USED ON LOCKED BOOTLOADER?

YES ONLY IF THAT STOCK BASED ROM USES STOCK KERNEL

CUSTOM RECOVERY

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IS CUSTOM RECOVERYAVAILABLE FOR ZENFONE 5?

YES

WHY SHOULD I USE CUSTOM RECOVERY?

DONT USE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO :p .HAHHA,YOU NEED THAT FOR FLASHING STUFF LIKE ROMS, GAPPS, MODS AND VARIOUS STUFF

CAN I FLASH ROM /ZIPS THROUGH STOCK RECOVERY?

STOCK RECOVERY HAS LIMITATION THATS WHERE CUSTOM RECOVERY COMES IN.

IS TWRP 3.1.1 AVAILABLE?

NOPE , NOT YET.

GOOD NEWS FELLOW-BEINGS TWRP 3.1.1-0 AND 3.1.0 IS RELEASED.

CAN I CONVERT MY PARTITIONS TO F2FS FILE SYSTEM?

YES, IN TWRP IT HAS OPTION FOR THAT AND THE PROCESS HAS BEEN EXPLAINED IN THE THREAD. -CLICK HERE-

I CANNOT FLASH NOUGAT ROM .HOW TO FIX?

MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING LATEST TWRP . OLD TWRP HAS PROBLEMS WITH NOUGAT ROMS.

CAN YOU GIVE ME TWRP LINK ?

FOR TWRP 3.0.2-0

-CLICK HERE-

FOR TWRP 3.1.1-0 AND 3.1.0

-CLICK HERE-

CAN I UPDATE TO TWRP FROM TWRP 2.8.7?

YES .

CAN I UPDATE MY TWRP FROM TWRP 3.0.2-0

YES

MY PHONE SHUTS DOWN WHEN FLASHING ROM/ZIPS.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME JUICE LIKE 30% + LEFT IN YOUR DEVICE BATTERY.

I END UP WITH ERROR 7......UPDATE BINARY ....BLAH BLAH... WHILE FLASHING

UPDATE TO TWRP 3.0.2-0 OR THE LATEST 3.1.1

DID YOU FACED ANY ISSUE IN TWRP?

YES, MY DEVICE USED TO SWITCH OFF WHILE FLASHING GAPPS WHEN ,WHILE CHARGING,MY BATTERY IS IN BETWEEN 40-50% RANGE.

HOW DID YOU FIXED YOUR ABOVE MENTIONED ISSUE?

I FIGURED OUT THAT THE ISSUE OCCURED ONLY WHEN I AM FLASHING WHILE CHARGING SO I STOPPED DOING THAT ;)

NOUGAT ROM THREAD LINKS​

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RESURRECTION REMIX

CYPHER OS

OCT OS

SLIM ROM

AICP

AEX

XOSP

MOKEE

AOKP

LINEAGE OS

KNOWN BUGS IN NOUGAT ROMS​

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resurrection remix

GPS, FM RADIO ,PROXIMITY SENSOR ALWAYS ON , earphones disconnect automatically sometimes,WE -CHAT FORCE CLOSE(TRUE FOR ALL BELOW ROMS)

lineage os

GPS,FM RADIO, Proximity sensor always on,Hotspot restart issue sometimes

aicp

GPS , FM RADIO

aokp

Import contact from SIM card

mGerrit f.c

GPS , FM

cypher os

NO ROOT , GPS ,FM RADIO

aosp extended

Popup Of 2 Libs which say text allocation,FM RADIO, GPS, BATTERY USAGE STATS DONT SHOW UP

oct-os

GPS, FM RADIO,PROXIMITY SENSOR ALWAYS ON

mokee

FM RADIO, GPS,CONTACT IMPORT FROM SIM

slim rom

NO ROOT, FM RADIO, GPS

XOSP

NO ROOT,FM RADIO , GPS

FLASHING ROMS​

WHAT IS CLEAN FLASH

WIPING SYSTEM+DATA+CACHE+DALVIK CACHE.

WHAT IS DIRTY FLASH

WIPING CACHE/DALVIK

WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF CLEAN FLASH OVER DIRTY FLASH

WHEN YOU ARE INSTALLING A NEW ROM OR MOVING FROM ONE VERSION TO ANOTHER CLEAN INSTALL IS PREFERRED. BUT IF YOU WANT JUST UPDATE ROM VERSION OF THE SAME WITHOUT LOOSING YOUR PERSONAL FILES DIRTY FLASH IS PREFERRED

HOW TO FLASH ROM IN MY DEVICE

BOOT TO TWRP .WIPE SYSTEM+DATA+CACHE+DALVIK CACHE. REBOOT TO TWRP AFTER WIPING. FLASH/INSTALL ROM+ADD-ONS(GAPPS, MODS ETC)

SHOULD I ALWAYS FLASH GAPPS WHILE DIRTY FLASHING?

IF YOUR ROM IS GAPPS PERSISTENCE THEN NO NEED ELSE YOU NEED TO FLASH GAPPS

WILL I LOSE MY APP + DATA WHILE DIRTY FLASHING?

NO

WILL I LOSE MY APP +DATA WHILE CLEAN FLASHING?

YES

HOW TO UPDATE MY CURRENT ROM?

BOOT TO TWRP . WIPE SYSTEM+CACHE/DALVIK. FLASH THE ROM+ADD-ONS .REBOOT TO SYSTEM

IS IT NECESSARY TO USE GAPPS ?

NO ,NOT AT ALL. IF YOU DONT WANT GOOGLE STUFF THEN DONT FLASH IT.

CAN YOU PROVIDE ME OPENGAPPS LINK?

-CLICK HERE-

BATTERY SAVING​

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THE MOST OBVIOUS PLACE TO START WITH IS DISPLAY SETTINGS .KEEP THE BRIGHTNESS LEVEL LOWEST WHENEVER POSSIBLE

TURN OFF AUTO BRIGHTNESS.AS THIS FEATURE REQUIRES SENSORS TO ADAPT THE BRIGHTNESS LEVELS, DISABLING WILL HELP TO SAVE SOME JUICE.

DISABLE AUTO SCANNING OF WI-FI AND BLUETOOTH

DISABLE LOCATION SERVICES WHENEVER NOT REQUIRED

DISABLE ANIMATIONS . IT WONT HELP MUCH...BUT IT WILL MAKE YOUR DEVICE SEEM TO RUN INSANELY FAST

USING LSPEED

by [MENTION=5514152]Paget96[/MENTION]​

THREAD LINK :LSPEED

WHAT IS IT ?

ITS A SIMPLE APPLICATION/APK FILE, THAT DOES AWESOME JOB

WHAT DOES LSPEED DO?

L Speed is a modification that combines tweaks inside an intuitive application, the main goal of the tweaks is to improve performance, reduce stutters and lags, and expands battery life.

CAN I USE IT ON MY ZENFONE 5?

OFCOURSE

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR USING LSPEED?

rooted Android device, Android 4.0.3 and later

WHY SHOULD I USE IT ?

IT TWEAKS THE KERNEL PARAMETERS,HAVE SOME GREAT FEATURES LIKE AGGRESIVE DOZE, GOVTUNER, SWAPPINESS ,SYSTEM UPDATE SERVICE WAKELOCK AND OTHER STUFF ,WHICH GIVES THE USER THE BEST EXPERIENCE HE/SHE CAN GET FROM HIS/HER DEVICE

I DONT KNOW HOW TO USE IT .

THE APP GOT DESCRIPTION OF FEATURES INSIDE IT .ALSO I HAVE ATTACHED A LSPEED PROFILE FOR YOU,YOU CAN USE THAT.

WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION ON LSPEED?

FROM THE THREAD ITSELF WHICH I MENTIONED ABOVE.

USING GOVTUNER

BY [MENTION=5321318]Debuffer[/MENTION]​

THREAD LINK : GOVTUNER

WHAT IS IT ? WHAT DOES IT DO?

This mod tweak the Governor tunables from your CPU governor to optimize the way it scales up/down to make it more effective. With this optimization your device will be smooth without all the drain caused by the stock governor configurations.

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS?

ROOT

CUSTOM RECOVERY

TERMINAL EMULATOR

CAN I USE IT ON MY ZENFONE ?

ABSOLUTELY

DOES THE GOVTUNER MOD AND THE ONE INCLUDED IN LSPEED APP USED TOGETHER?

NO USE ONLY AT A TIME . USE THIS STANDALONE MOD WITH OTHER FEATURES OF LSPEED,OR USE THE GOVTUNER FEATURE INCLUDED IN LSPEED.

HOW CAN I USE GOVTUNER?

OPEN TERMINAL EMULATOR ON YOUR DEVICE.

TYPE

su

HIT ENTER

TYPE

govtuner

HIT ENTER

AND NOW SET YOUR PREFERENCES .

HOW CAN I UNINSTALL IT?

You can flash the GovTuner Uninstaller or navigate to system/etc/govtuner in your custom recovery and flash the uninstaller.

USING GREENIFY

BY [MENTION=4376588]oasisfeng[/MENTION]​

THREAD LINK:GREENIFY

THREAD LINK :BETA THREAD

WHAT DOES THIS APP DO?

THIS APP HIBERNATES THE MISBEHAVING APPS ON YOUR DEVICE,RESULTING IN BETTER BATTERY AND SMOOTHENESS .

REQUIREMENT OF THIS APP ?

ANDROID VERSION 2.0 +

CAN I USE IT ON MY ZENFONE ?

YES

I AM RUNNING ANDROID 7.X.X . XPOSED NOT AVAILABLE ! SO HOW CAN I USE IT WITHOUT XPOSED?

NO NEED OF XPOSED. THE ROOT+PRIVILEGED MODE IS VERY EFFECTIVE.

AUTO HIBERNATION NOT WORKING . HOW TO FIX ?

CHECK YOUR ACCESSIBILITY OPTION.

I WANT MORE INFORMATION . WHERE TO GET ?

VISIT THE THREAD.

USING SERVICELY

by [MENTION=3292224]franciscofranco[/MENTION]​

THREAD LINK :SERVICELY

WHAT DOES THIS DO ?

THIS APP HIBERNATES THE APP AS GREENIFY DOES BUT IS VERY MUCH MORE AGGRESIVE IN DOING THAT. IT CAN ALSO HIBERNATE THE SERVICES LIKE GOOGLE PLAY SERVICE.

CAN I USE IT ON MY ZENFONE 5?

OFCOURSE

DOES THIS APP REQUIRES ROOT?

YES

WHAT IS SOFT HIBERNATION ?

ITS FORCE STOP/HIBERNATES THE APP

WHAT IS HARD HIBERNATION ?

IT DISABLE THE APPS

CAN I USE IT ALONG GREENIFY?

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND . BUT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DOING YOU ARE FREE TO USE AND GET MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE RESULT.

USING NAPTIME

BY [MENTION=3292224]franciscofranco[/MENTION]​

PLAY STORE LINK :NAPTIME

WHAT DOES THIS APP DO ?

THIS APP LETS THE ANDROID DEVICE TO GET INTO DOZE (DEEP SLEEP) AS SOON AS SCREEN LOCKS.

REQUIREMENT OF THIS APP ?

ANDROID 6.0 + AND ROOT

CAN I USE ON ZENFONE 5 ?

YES

I DONT KNOW HOW TO USE IT .

THE APP IS SELF EXPLANATORY.

ADDONS IN ASUS ZENFONE​

BOOT-ANIMATIONS

1. WATCHDOG v2.0 BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

2. LAMBORGHINI BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

3. CALL OF DUTY BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

4. DAREDEVIL BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

5. WATCHDOGS 2 v1.0 BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

6.GOOGLE PIXEL BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

7. GOD OF WAR BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

8.NEW REALITY v1.0 BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

9. GTA V BY [MENTION=8005486]juyel92[/MENTION]

THEMES

1. THEME FOR NOUGAT BY [MENTION=7475042]Nikhilkumar038[/MENTION]

2. PIXEL OS BY [MENTION=6919845]kihope12[/MENTION]

3. ZENMI-UI BY [MENTION=7272215]nheolinkin[/MENTION]

4. VIBE UI 2.0 AND 3.0 BY [MENTION=6919845]kihope12[/MENTION]

5. BETA THEME FOR O-UI BY [MENTION=7475042]Nikhilkumar038[/MENTION]

6. DARK UI BY [MENTION=6919845]kihope12[/MENTION]

7. 5.0 BY [MENTION=5758065]kokyu930[/MENTION]

8. AOSP BY [MENTION=6919845]kihope12[/MENTION]

9. ZENMI -UI v3.0 BY [MENTION=6919845]kihope12[/MENTION]

THEME FOR TWRP

DARK STOCK THEME BY [MENTION=7451258]paktepu[/MENTION]

USING KERNEL TWEAKING APP LIKE KA OR EXKM

I HAVE ATTACHED THE ZIP FILE BELOW. FOR INFORMATION ON THAT ZIP SCROLL TO POST 3 OR CLICK HERE