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[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] crpalmer:
I assume that this means it is not unlockable via fastboot. If so, that is going to be up to Asus. I don't think anyone is likely to work on hacking it unless it becomes much more popular. Asus does have a fairly good record of releasing an unlock tool after the device has been available for some time.

You could ask them if they are going to release an unlock tool.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] HipKat:
It's not unlockable because of Verizon. Verizon has locked bootloaders on all their newest devices this year. Asus has nothing to do with it if you're on Verizon.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] crpalmer:
That was in response to the comment: I can't believe no one has unlocked any other variant. Verizon is Verizon.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] zman2107:
Verizon has been locking down there phone for years. But if you take a lil time and look through the forms , some of them have root anyway the pixel and pixel xl and Samsung galaxy s8+ have root . It's all up to how much the development community want to mess with said phone. Not saying our ZenFone ar on Verizon will get root but it could.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] HipKat:
I'll keep my fingers crossed but some good phones never got root, either, like the Moto Z Force, for one. I hope so just so I Can edit my mixer_paths and maybe actually hear the person I'm talking to on the phone
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Root without breaking Tango or Daydream would be awesome, a phone that might finally slow down my wanderlust in the Android world, LOL.... :D
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] corona63976:
recovery

It would be awesome to know how to put the Verizon variant into recovery mode using the button combos as I have tried everything suggested with fail at every turn.

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any idea on how to get the Verizon variant Asus Zenfone AR into recovery mode using the button combos?
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] HipKat:
No, but mine froze up today, completely. For hours it would do nothing except occasionally the captive buttons would like up. I was freaking out, but I found out, hold power and vol down and it did a hard reboot and was fine.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] corona63976:
You can get to fastboot mode by powering off the device then press volume down and power at the same time. If you need to clear cache you have to have sdk installed on your PC or the quick install ADB. open command prompt on your pc by pressing shift + right click type: fastboot devices when it comes back with your device type: fastboot oem reboot-recovery just like that. it will reboot to recovery then you can clear cache. Thank you.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] HipKat:
Oh yeah, duh. Since this is the first Android I've ever had that was not rooted I didn't even consider using ADB. LOL
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] corona63976:
What I'm saying is on the Verizon Asus AR you can not get to recovery mode with just the phone lol don't know why yet but I'm working on it lol
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] VeEuzUKY:
corona63976, thanks a lot for the info! Right on!!!:)
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] ExiledBliss:
Been poking around ASUS website. Found that they've posted kernel source and firmware. Not sure what the differences would be from the WW to Verizon modded one. Also stumbled upon an APK from ASUS for another Zenphone that said it was to unlock phones Android MM and Android N. Tried to install APK. It wouldn't install due to it or another version being installed...? App won't let upload screenshot here's link

goo.gl/photos/GLD3ERKGUdHKN92A6
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] zman2107:
Found same app installed and said not compatible
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] ExiledBliss:
I did some more looking around and it seems the ULT uses a CPU key from device to unlock. I'm wonder if the app could be modified to work... Until or if ASUS releases one for the AR. Running through system process saw that it has root detect service. SafetyNet I think. And wonder if that would cause an issue in the process of getting unlocked boot loader or root. Probably not since Knox is able to be bypassed. Have gotten hotspot and tether going without root. But that's not the reason I want root. Miss having/using Cynogen and Nethunter on phone. Without root it's useless. I have a few more days left to exchange. Still trying to figure if I want keep it and hope for root. Or go back to Notes since the 8 is out... Feel like on the Samsung side they'll make some type of progress. Sooner rather than later...
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] brookman:
bricked

Hello everyone.

Today I installed an official OTA update for my brand new ZenFoneAR over the notification bar. Unfortunately the device ended up in a boot loop. I could switch it off and I can access the bootloader with power+volume up. Unfortunately selecting the Recovery mode also leads to a reboot. The three days old, 1000$ phone is essentially bricked.:crying:

I believe I could flash recovery via fastboot if I had a stock recovery image. On the Asus website* I have found some firmware images (zip files) but none of them contains a recovery.img file.

Is there any way to get hold of a stock recovery.img? I don't have a "Verizon" phone (bought it in Switzerland) but it still says "DEVICE STATE - locked" in the bootloader menu...

* THE_WEBSITE/Phone/ZenFone-AR-ZS571KL/HelpDesk_Download (can't paste URLs)
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] crpalmer:
Given that you didn't modify the phone and installed an ota, why not just rma it?
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] brookman:
Yes, I will certainly do that when there is no way to fix it myself. However I can't do a return on the weekend and I'm not keen on waiting for weeks for a replacement either.

Meanwhile I have found out how to create a system.img from the OTA update on the Asus website using sdat2img.py. Unfortunately this can't be flashed via fastboot onto a locked phone. The ZIP also contains images for boot, asusfw, mdtp and splash but sadly no recovery.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] brookman:
Update 1: I believe I could obtain a valid recovery.img from the OTA zip using the "applypatch method" described here: asus dot com /zentalk/tw/thread-264215-1-2.html (Chinese)

After flashing the image I can switch to the recovery mode without an immediate reboot. I can see the dead android icon and the message "Error!" showing up for around 1/10th of a second. After that the screen turns black and the phone is frozen. It can only be restarted by holding power+volume up/down.

According to some recovery guides for the Zenfone 2 the "Error!" message is normal and you can still enter recovery mode by holding the power button and tapping volume up (or down?) again when seeing the message. Unfortunately the 100ms aren't enough to do that.

Does the dead android icon + "Error!" flash up for you before freezing? I had to record it with a camera and play it back slower to even be able to read it.

Maybe that is the standard behavior and the recovery doesn't even work in the first place on the Zenfone AR?

Update 2: flashing the image caused the phone to lose its serial number.

Update 3: When booting into recovery you can start smashing the power + volume up buttons like crazy and in about 1/20th of the cases see some console output popping up at the bottom of the screen. The text will only be visible for a fraction of a second before the screen turns black and the device freezes. This is an indicator for me that the recovery mode would actually work but something else is shutting the device down after a short amount of time

Update 4: Managed to get a picture (or video) of the text flashing by when smashing power + volume up when the recovery mode starts: i.imgur com/keLO5wo.png

It's mostly errors saying "E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)". It seems like the cache partition is broken. Not sure if this was the case before or now happens due to my "fastboot erase cache". Maybe this can somehow be fixed with a cache.img or patition.tbl...

Update 5: Yes! Finally managed to get recovery running by doing "fastboot format cache" and "fastboot format userdata" first.

Next challenge: Getting ADB to sideload the OTA update. No success yet. Trying it over sdcard...
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] crpalmer:
You should be able to flash the simg (the system image in the update on asus' site) via fastboot.

If you really want to work on recovery, you can mount the system.img on Linux and in etc/ there is a file called something like recovery-from-boot.p that can somehow be used with the boot.img from the update to generate the recovery.img. I forget how and what tools are needed to do so though.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] brookman:
I can't find a system.img on the website. There is only a zipfile (containing system.new.dat) and this can't be flashed directly via fastboot. I could however use sdat2img.py to create a system.img out of that. Unfortunately this can't be flashed because the phone is locked (and I assume the system.img is not signed correctly).

As I said, I got that working with the Chinese instructions above. I had to use another (rooted) phone to run this command on the files extracted from system.img with 7zip (boot.img was in the zip):

applypatch -b recovery-resource.dat boot.img recovery.img 4fb1e9cce6749606e5c1ccf7cbd4b0d60ce2575e 15684908 106ca53c285bbef0feec8d8a914c9c12ab6d9869:recovery-from-boot.p

After erasing and formatting the cache partition I now have a working stock recovery. I couldn't manage to sideload the zip via adb but I could install it from the SD card. Unfortunately the phone now hangs when booting showing the Asus logo and a spinner.

Edit: Yes!! Finally got it up and running again! :D

Had to erase and format all partitions (cache, userdata, asdf, APD, ADF and persist). I also took the oldest software version I could find.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] zman2107:
Glad you got it going.[emoji3]
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] brookman:
I'm happy that the device is running again. Unfortunately the Tango related functions are broken now. All Tango apps crash or run into errors when trying to open them.

I have already tried to uninstall Tango core and re-install it from the play store or different sources as APK without luck.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] crpalmer:
Most likely would be that some of your firmware (stored on other partitions) was updated and doesn't match the version that you are running. I would try doing a full ota to get back to a sane state.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] brookman:
Thanks for the reply.

I have erased the following partitions before the install: system, recovery, cache, userdata, asdf ,ADF, APD, asusfw, persist, boot, mdtp, misc. Could there be more (hidden) partitions?

How do I perform a "full ota"? I have erased and formatted the partitions above and then installed a ZIP from the sdcard in recovery mode.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] crpalmer:
I thought that you said that you installed an older version (hence my guess that you had newer firmware on a partition than the software).

I still say rma it and not bother, but if you want to try to fix it you could probably install the .zip for the first released version (I would assume that has all the partitions in it) and then each update after that to try to make sure it is consistent. Otherwise, I'm not sure. It's unlikely that your failed boots broke any hardware so it sounds like software.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] Omicronics:
I would like to throw in my words in here for a moment. At this point since Tango is dead I can say this, I have the User Keys asus device with all the cool secret features. Apart from that what I want to point out is, Asus actually gave me an app on the phone that allows me to do stuff like disable SE Linux (but its locked) and I can also dump logs etc. Im just wondering if anyone has a method of dumping the system img im all ears and I can post it here if anyones curious to mess with it.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] HipKat:
I haven't looked, and I'm sure you have but VZW doesn't post the firmware for each device? Every other carrier I've had -Sprint, US Cellular- all did
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] Codename_Falcon:
Has anyone achieved root on the GSM variant?
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] christiebunny:
I'm thinking on selling my U11 [since it refuses to work with verizon :( ], and buying an unlocked AR off amazon or swappa, Has there been any progress with root/recovery/etc?
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] k0o0oky:
anyone found bootloader unlocker for this model zs571kl

or just rooting it to build custom recoveries and roms

is there a different when I unlocked zenfone ar unlocked sim card and unlocked bootloader

because i had bought it from amazon thanks to make my cellphone dream this year to become a AR

they sell to me my zs571kl as unlocked cellphone and while i did access to bootloader it says locked and no way to root it with pc or kingroot , oneclickroot , tr tool and kingoroot apk
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] Slack3r:
I haven't heard anything about root, but according to the official forums the bootloader unlock tool should arrive mid-December, so I'd expect we'll see more action around then.

https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-186959-1-1.html

Looking forward to what we can do with this phone rooted.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] k0o0oky:
what's the different between unlocking bootloader

And the device bought as unlocked ?

What they did mean about unlocked device for sell
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] zman2107:
The bought unlocked is sim/carrier unlocked to use phone on any carrier. Bootloader unlock let's us install a custom recovery roms ect.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] dantegl36:
Version WW-14.1600.1711.36 allows bootloader unlock tool

Just got this update. Per the Asus site, it allows using the boot loader unlock tool.

And the unlock tool V9.0.0.35 is available on the Asus site.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] zman2107:
Is this for the ar . I can only find one for the max on there site.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] Skyboundfox907:
Yep, it's for the AR. My phone updated through FOTA but the update can also be downloaded on the ASUS Zenfone AR Support page.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] vital21:
Here is the link for downloading Unlock tool.

https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ZenFone-AR-ZS571KL/HelpDesk_Download/

But I'm a bit worried about the definition provided for it. ASUS says that we will not receive any updates after unlocking bootloader... seems not a good deal for me :(
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] HipKat:
Those aren't for the VZW version
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] tecnicopascoal:
Dont worry you just will need reflash the stock recovery of your device to make a manual update an later you reflash twrp
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] vital21:
Are u sure that official software ( for example Tango ) will perform at the same level after unlocking?
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] tecnicopascoal:
Well I think now I can bought my own Zenfone AR. Just waiting to the first release of the TWRP to flash SuperSU by chainfire, BusyBox by YDS and Xposed by revo89

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Yes, all will work good with ZenUI you just cannot clean the system partition. The max you can do with ZenUI is disable(freeze) some apps like youtube and.other then will not change the functionality of the system. Except google calendar and gmail then can not be frozen in ZenUI

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https://m.imgur.com/a/mbznd
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] tecnicopascoal:
Vital see the ss I upload, you can disable safetly all thats apps then you device you be very stable. Not so stable is free com.asus.powersaver but If you use AccuBattery you can disable fine the "com.asus.powrsaver" and all your system will be stable.

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In my zenfone deluxe is impossible make downgrade on twrp, but I flash stock recovery on fastboot and that run lile mint, the only problem is then I need update my device with stock recovery the device is formated
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] vital21:
What is that app on screenshots? Is it Titanium Backup?

P.S. I'm worried not about the stability< but about actual performance. For example when unlocking SONY Bootloader, you will lose the official camera performance.....I hope ASUS is not the same
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] tecnicopascoal:
No, official in ZenUI Asus app cam on his device stay like DummyService like Foreground right to open so fast, but the version and7.0 of ZenUI isn't so good like in MM.

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If you have problem of performance try make kernel more aggressive, that only will be if your processor be stressed of hard multitasking. That will not happen if you use the ASUS Mobile Manager on rooted device.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] tecnicopascoal:
[MENTION=7002639]vital21[/MENTION] can you maket benchmark before root and benchmark with root and with kernel performance
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] vital21:
I still do not use UNLOCK tool, and i'm not sure if I need to. The process is not revertable, I mean if anything will go wrong I could not step back...
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] tecnicopascoal:
I am just waiting the TWRP to bought this.device. I do not use an android without root and busybox.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] vital21:
let us know if you will find it
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] Hyacin:
Yeah, this has me a little concerned too. Though if this update was any indication of the kind of support and updates we can expect, we won't be losing much ... but if I go and unlock, there is no way to re-lock, no one picks up development of this, and then they go and release an 8.0 ROM next week or something, I will be very, very upset, lol ...

I'm not sure how much of it is a standard "cover their asses" and how much of it is a "give us a means of getting these complaining AR owners off our support forums" ...

If we had a working 3rd party ROM I'd unlock in a heart beat without a second thought - but for now, especially as I do not have the means or knowledge to contribute to development at this point, unlocking seems like it will bring no gains.
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] chadrockey:
Is anyone working on or know anyone working on TWRP for the Zenfone AR now that it's unlocked? I've tried using the TWRP script but the different model name (msm-3.18) causes the script to break.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66030554&postcount=11
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] tecnicopascoal:
Understand people, you just not will receive automatic updates. You can update an device any moment, jusy put on sdcard and flash with stock recovery

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I think the most identical TWRP you can try is of ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] vital21:
Bad news here...

I've installed an Unlock_tool and flash twrp recovery image.

After doing so...device stucked on ASUS logo.

I tried to revert back to stock recovery, but it doesnt help. Also after trying to "fastboot oem reset-dev_info" it shows as bootloader:LOCKED

Any ideas?
[Asus ZenFone AR Guides, News, & Discussion] NothingNew2share:
Take off back, pull middle plug above battery, usual vol-up + power acesses all common functions. let boot after desired implementation. When told cover open or screen with blank circle, reconnect plug and main screen instantly appears. was given 5 stuck in bootloop that a VZW trashed. also a simple phone to get going if frp'd.

My opinion, not the best product however, I'm never really happy and change hardware often from bordem
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edcarsky:
Hi guys i need help, i am not active in this forum for such a long time, now i may needing your assistance please.

I have my son Galaxy Tab3 7" - SM-T210 model, i tried to reset, format, load new OS, load new CWM and even kernel, tru flashable and even Odin everything, but still not working.

The OS, i haven't check again the current used OS (details to be follow) still not changing, whatever i do, whatever i change, it return the way it where.

Is there anyone can advise me how to fix this part, my point is, i need to change OS, but for whatever reason i think the OS is read-only, anything you did, when you reboot the device, it return the current OS, nothing change.

Any advise, please... thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edcarsky:
no one? anyone?

This is also kind of strange to me, i've done many flashing in many devices, but this is the first time i've encountered this kind of i dont know a joke to me.

i know how to flash cwm, kernel, OS tru flashable or even via Odin, but this is odd to me, please advise.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beastobadness:
I have to say that I have never heard of that variant of the tab3 7"...is it region specific?

Are you sure the model is the SM-T20?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edcarsky:
Ooops! my mistake, SM-T210.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edcarsky:
someone technician told me though he did not see the device in actual, i tried all method in flashing OS, but still nothing happened, it could be an internal memory error, is that possible... advise guys.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] cgrimm9:
Android O release scheduled for the week of 8/21, "most likely on the 21st itself."
[Moto X Q&A] YedanyXD:
What are you trying to do? Dowgrade to kk?

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[Moto X Q&A] xXAmartyAXx:
I tried with the version on my dad's phone which was 5.1 still doesn't work. I had a backup in twrp and when I restore with that it says unable to wipe psg and phone doesn't boot.
[Moto X Q&A] YedanyXD:
Do you have bootloader unlocked? Downgrade to kk or reinstall stock 5.1 by cmd
[Moto X Q&A] xXAmartyAXx:
Boot loader unlocked

First tried to install kk accidentally then installed 5.1 by cmd but it is stuck in boot loader unlocked screen
[Xperia SP General] lucasgta95:
According to the experience of you guys, it's a good idea to not use gapps?

What's the advantages and disvantages?

We get more free ram or performance boost?

I think it would be a good idea if everyone put your experiences here, AOSP, LineageOS or another rom, don't hang back...

Thank you :)