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[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Xda user 101:
Ok got it thanks for telling.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] dimenfer:
Nice Guide

Well, I did it just to test and, it works without any problems, thanks for the guide (already pressed the Thanks Button)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] abhi9029:
After trying this my mobile gone into RED STATE. what is the procedure to get out of this?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] izza124:
begin to flash partition xbl

target didn't report max-download-size

sending 'xbl' (2803 KB)...

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

finished. total time: 0.004s

done

--------------------------------

--------------------------------

begin to flash partition xblbak

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending 'xblbak' (2803 KB)...

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

finished. total time: 0.004s

done

--------------------------------

--------------------------------

begin to flash partition tz

target didn't report max-download-size

sending 'tz' (1916 KB)...

can somebody help me
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] vishnu09:
Hi,

I have the Indian version and I have downloaded all the files but getting error

begin to flash partition cmnlib

target didn't report max-download-size

sending 'cmnlib' (212 KB)...

FAILED (command write failed (No error))

finished. total time: 0.020s

done

The device is showing with 'Fastboot devices' cmd but not with 'adb devices'. And my boot loader is not unlocked because I soft bricked the device. I have enabled the USB debugging on my device. How do I flash it back to stock? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Make sure that the entire directory structure does not contain any spaces or spacial characters.

To achive this, you can try coping the extracted folder on desktop. Try different USB port while doing this if possible.

If possible, use Asus cable.

BUT mostly the error is due to space in directory or parent directory.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] SonOfSparda:
[MENTION=8756262]AVinaSh_S[/MENTION] Hey, followed your guide to go back to Stock ROM. I unlocked using Unofficial Method. With your guide, I was able to get to 334 by flashing the 334_Stock_AFT.zip and then I downloaded 340 update from official Asus site to upgrade to 340. But sadly I don't get OTA Updates in anyway and I'm unable to upgrade to Pie.

I downloaded the Pie update (084) initially and kept it in Internal storage, System detected but when it restarts, it just takes me to stock recovery! It doesn't update. So I tried with 050 Pie update and same thing happens, it takes me to stock recovery that's all. Kindly, provide any solution to upgrade to Pie.

Also would be awesome if you can upload fastboot firmwares for Pie and Q too.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Hi .. to fix OTA updates -->

1. downgrade to .334 with AFT file.

2. During setup -- when it is checking for updates -- do not skip it at all.

3. Update to 340.

4. Update to latest Pie.

5. Unlock and setup -- do not skip check for updates.

6. Flash TWRP and decrypt if needed.

Unlock method is same for Orea and Pie. TWRP you can use -- twrp-3.4.0-0-KudProject-X00T.img.

Everytime you reset and check for updates -- do not skip the "check for updates" screen. If that says it is taking too long then also press back button and let it check for updates.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] SonOfSparda:
Thanks, I'm gonna try this and let you know :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] SonOfSparda:
I've tried the above procedure, I didn't skip checking for updates but unfortunately no OTA notification. Is there anyway to flash Pie firmware through zip? As it's failing for me..

[MENTION=8756262]AVinaSh_S[/MENTION] Found a way to get to Stock Pie even faster, will post a small guide once I test all things :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] SonOfSparda:
For the people who are not getting any OTAs or unable to flash Pie Firmware, here is a quicker way to get to Latest Pie:

• Flash the 334_Stock_AFT.zip from OP as usual by following the guide there.

• After it boots, skip directly to the Home Screen, no need to connect to Internet or even Setup anything.

• Download the Android 10 to 9 Downgrade Firmware from HERE.

• Go to stock recovery and choose "Update from external SD card", then choose the downgrade zip file.

• After it completes, boot it and you get to Pie 060 build.

• Now you can download the Latest Pie 084 Build (As of writing this post) from HERE.

• Keep the file directly in Internal Storage and restart.

• Now it should show an Update Notification and click on it to update. Now you have the latest Pie :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Simran62:
hey man i just flashed the stock rom via twrp and now im not getting the updates, android version is 8.1
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Onthaarab:
remove password protection

Hi kind Sirs, can you inform me how to remove password protection from a bootloop device? i can only get to Asus logo, and the device would restart, searched the thread but i did not find any solution. I am planning to flash stock, and i don't mind if i lose all data in this phone. Thanks Sir!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] DarkLord007:
What is the latest stable stock version for max pro m1? Can i flash it using this guide? My phone is on stock with bootloader unlocked and rooted.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Smarty_009:
I guess UL-ASUS_X00T-WW-16.2017.2007.084-user.zip is what you need to flash and it's Android 9 stable. Download this from Asus official website and flash using this guide or AFT or fastboot mode.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Abutre79:
My device is now on fastboot mode and it doens't goes along it
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Smarty_009:
Sorry... Didn't get your problem. What's your problem exactly can you please explain in detail
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] vizal96:
Hi guys. Successfully flashed stock rom using this process, but after setting up device WIFI not working , torch icon in qs tile is greyed out and Camera is also not working.. Please help!!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Quell Foxtrot:
I have the same issue ! my device is hangs like hell , settings crashes every time i open it and wifi does not work

What i did was flash stock firmware 340 as given in the instructions and update it

so when i reached android 9 these problems showed up
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] beitme:
My phone: X00TDB (ZB602KL)

I had used your firmware to reset my phone and then upgraded manually to Android 10. Android 10 was buggy, so I reverted back to Android 9 with the following downgrading firmware titled "Version MaxProM1_downgrade_to_9":

FILE: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZB601KL/UL-ASUS_X00T-WW-16.2017.1912.060.999-user.zip

SITE: https://www.asus.com/supportonly/ZenFone Max Pro(M1)(ZB602KL)/HelpDesk_BIOS/

With your firmware as well as the Android 10 upgrade, my phone was registering as an X00TD model (ZB601KL). But after I downgraded back to Android 9, my phone registers correctly as an X00TDB model (ZB602KL).
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] vizal96:
Yup same when I update to android 9 it happens.. Do you have any solution?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Pankaj12325:
Will this remove all my data and apps?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Backup everything major -- whatsapp chat , SMS, files on internal storage etc.

This will reset device to complete out of factory status -- No data + No Apps + No updates ( you will be reset to oreo build)

You will then have to do updates manually / OTA.

Proceed only if you are ok to do the setup again.

Most details in OP.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] vizal96:
Can someone help resolving this issue? I'm not able to find any solution yet. It only happens after upgrading to android 9 via OTA from android 8
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] HatchetEgg:
Hi guys,

I thought I make a post of my experience with this,

I had a lot of trouble getting this to work on Windows, even after checking drivers, USB cable, making sure there were no spaces or special characters in the parent directory or in the pathname, using different USB ports and nothing worked.

However, I did manage to get it to work in the end! Of course, this was achieved without Windows ;) rather I used the Linux script instead that's contained in the folder "flash_all.sh" although it has taken about 2 to 3 minutes to show the terminal window and I was greeted with a lot of failed flashing processes, So I thought I was unsuccessful but once the script finished to my surprise it did flash it completely!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ThinkingTwice:
First of all I wish to thank [MENTION=8756262]AVinaSh_S[/MENTION] for the brilliant effort to help us revert to stock rom, and for answering all of our questions!

Believe it or not HatchetEgg I was going to ask the same exact question! So what you are saying is the flash_all.sh script works in the same manner on Linux as the flashall_AFT.cmd for Windows users?

Also as a means of clarification, when reverting back to the stock rom after unlocking the bootloader officially, we have to download the updates manually from the Asus support page and install them from our internal storage?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ThinkingTwice:
Update: I successfully flashed a later version of the Asus fastboot firmware (version 0.82, thanks to @renda-l), with everything going back to stock.

However, and this goes for all linux users, I had trouble running the flash_all.sh script. I was getting an unexpected "(" syntax error, or an unresponsive terminal when running:

sudo sh flash_all.sh

I managed to make it work after rendering the script executable and then running the following command:

chmod +x flash_all.sh
./flash_all.sh

The issue being that I had no information whatsoever displayed on either the device or terminal, and decided to disconnect the phone and kill the process after 7 minutes. Thankfully, the script seemed to have already finished by then, but for future users with the same issue, DO NOT disconnect the phone before at least a good 10-15 minutes, otherwise it might get bricked.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] welfer777:
How can i unbrick my phone with it?

:confused::confused:
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] starlord143:
I am thinking of exchanging my phone online and buy a new phone but since my phone is rooted and running custom rom I don't think it is eligible for exchange. (correct me if I'm wrong and also reply if you were in a similar situation). which version should I flash? v334 or v337? is it a fail proof process? what are the things I should be aware of?

Note : I have 6GB indian variant

---------- Post added at 05:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:54 AM ----------

read op
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
I believe the courier guy which comes for collecting the exchange phone basically checks for two things :

1) Cosmetic defect &

2) Valid and matching IMEI number

P.S.- I have exchanged BL unlocked phone although it was running stock rooted ROM.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] starlord143:
I know that I can handle him but what if someone else figures out once he (delivery guy) submits the device? plus once you reboot asus bL unlocked phone it shows a warning message and asks you to press the power button to continue.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
Once the exchange happens and he takes the device, the transaction cannot be reversed. Also, the phone is presented in power on condition so the warning message is not shown
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] divyam2k3:
Getting stuck on Asus logo

hey! i installed fastboot rom 087 and 082 on my phone to go back to stock rom.The installation is done completely fine but after that the phone gets stuck on the asus logo forever. i've tried installing this 2-3 times and have already reinstalled my ADB drivers. Please help me :(
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] jampce:
Please help. I'm trying to return the original rom. I used rom 340 from the link here. The installation will proceed successfully. When turned on, the update will pop up on Pie. When I download, the update will be installed, but after the reboot, only the Asus logo will boot. When I want to update manually from recovery, it shows bitmap 7 error and the phone does not boot into the system. Please help .. It makes the same mistake even if I try to flash a newer rom than 340 via Adb. Please excuse my English

Now I'm trying 337 rom. Everything OK. Download FOTA for oreo, then FOTA 340 rom. Everything is okay. Offers FOTA Pie rom and after installation bootloop Asus logo
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Anubis86:
Again Unlocking bootloader

Can we again unlock bootloader and install custom rom afterwards if we change our mind?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] rkjha:
Yes any time
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] IamX00T:
@AVinaSh_S

I don't know how to thank you enough! For about the past week, my phone had lost all sounds during phone calls. I've tried everything - flashing the edited stock Roms in TWRP, flashing the stock recovery and flashing the original stock Roms, flashing other custom Roms, allowing the phone to install the stock Fota updates - everything, but nothing worked. Then I came across your guide and followed the instructions and boom - my phone has started working properly again.

The firmware you have linked (334) is different from the one available from the Asus site - your firmware has the flash_AFT.cmd file, along with other files, while the Asus firmware doesn't have this stuff. I had thought that the file downloaded from the Asus site should contain everything needed to bring the phone back to working condition, but your firmware file seems to have some extra stuff that solved the problem. Can you state what other things you have added to your firmware file?

My bootloader is now locked, so I'll have to unlock it again and then install LOS or some other custom Rom.

Thanks again. :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] IamX00T:
@AVinaSh_S Can you explain what extra things you included in the firmware file you have given, which are not present in the firmware files on the Asus website? Or does it have something to do with flashing from fastboot as against flashing from recovery?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
The AFT files are used by service center to flash the factory version.

Recovery version on Asus site are for OTA updates.

So basically these are two separate packages for separate things.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] IamX00T:
Okay, so the files on the Asus site are not the full package, just updates. So does Asus offer a full version anywhere on its site? And how did you get the AFT version, did you download it from somewhere or make it yourself? Just asking. :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] The_Wardday:
Same issue with me any solution?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] vkg.vish:
can you provide AFT file for asus zenfone max pro M2, unable to find on the internet OR this method for max pro M1 will work on max pro M2 X01BD with same AFT file ?? my device got bricked unofficially but able to boot it. But when I boot it says "your device is corrupt and cannot be trusted". Please HELP ASAP !!!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
The file will not work on M2.

Kindly check on internet or 4pda site for the firmware.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ThinkingTwice:
Hello everyone! Recently I reverted from the latest Android 10 version (438) using these fastboot stock roms.

The issue is, I have successfully flashed both fastboot roms provided in the OP (334 and 337) yet afterwards I am unable to apply any of the manual recovery updates (340; 82; 87) that I drop in the internal storage without getting an error.

Does anyone have any idea why this is? And is there another method to apply the Asus updates (I unlocked the bootloader officially so OTAs are no longer available)?

EDIT: Strangely, I redownloaded the 340 recovery update from the official Asus support website and it worked! (I think it might have to do with the fact that there are two different ZB602KL threads on their website, which makes it very confusing).
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Aakash Vidiyala:
Thanks man! The guide works like a charm :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] epxilon:
Registered here in XDA just to say thank you! My phone variant is zb602kl. I just ran the .cmd and waited for my phone to restart. Everything is good now.

I rolled back to stock rom because of the safetynet check :3 I can't install my bank's app.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Great to see that 84k+ users had benefits due to this small effort I made more than 2 years ago to save some devices getting back to normal and being used for little more time.

We all should prolong our device life to save some money and also help the environment along the way. XDA is a great place to help each other do that.

Thank you all for testing the steps and giving feedback to help each other.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Adzbrakan:
pls help, my device is bootlooped, and cannot connect and cannot be detected by any PC's. What do I have to do?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Press and hold the power button for 30 secs which will turn off the device. Then volume up and power button for fastboot or volume down and power button for recovery.

If you have recovery, try reset from there. Else follow this guide to get stock from using fastboot mode.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Adzbrakan:
I already tried to reset from there, multiple times, a year ago. Not worked.

Can I try this guide in this thread without PC?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Without pc it won't be possible unfortunately.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] iamNMS:
Sir I did all the process and using 334 aft but my WiFi hotspot not working,WiFi Mac address unavailable and IP address unavailable,so my WiFi and hotspot not turning on any solution
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Share your device veriant (zb601kl or zb602kl with RAM) and system (windows 7/10 etc) used, that might be helpful to recall if I seen in past issues reported.

One suggestion could be, retry the method again on currently locked stock firmware or try WW-15.2016.1810.337 AndroidHost and see if you still have issues.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] priyanshhgupta:
Thanksss a lot!!! priyansh

Thankss a lot !!!!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] End Argument:
for me it keeps giving (write protected)

know any way to help me, my device only boots in fastboot mode and was not incriminated it was on arrow A12.

(sorry my english)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ricashey:
Hello did you officially unlock bootloader? Thank you...
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ricashey:
Hello did you officially unlock bootloader? Thank you..
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ricashey:
Hello did unlock with official asus unlock tool? Thank you..
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] loominatrx:
What SKU is this using? ZB601KL or ZB602KL?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] End Argument:
Z

ZB602KL
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] floydianfanatic:
I did it... black screen. What can I do?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] floydianfanatic:
Now is working! But is not possible to update, not by OTA neither downloading the latest version from Asus
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] floydianfanatic:
My version is the one with NFC, but is not working, any help?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] floydianfanatic:
Sensors not working
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ashjas:
Hi @AVinaSh_S ,

I have officially unlocked bootloader, and need to go back to stock.

I am a little bit confused about the above quoted point in the OP.

The asus website does not provide any latest update files, so what should i do about this step?

Secondly, i have these questions :

- will this method relock my bootloader? (i am absolutely fine with relock, as i need to claim exchange of this device against a new phone :))

- And does it matter on what stock ROM i previously was before i unlocked my bootloader officially (Though i am sure i was on whatever the latest asus OTA update version was, before it stopped supporting this device.)?

Thanks.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
It won't matter which stock version you were on.

Flash the stock firmware with the steps and you would be with factory version of stock rom with locked bootloader.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ashjas:
Thanks, went ahead to flash the ROM attached in OP. Confirm that this relocks the bootloader even if it was officially unlocked!

This clears some rumours that officially unlocked cant be relocked.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] afrin101:
hey just wanted to understand

i have booted to fastboot and then i created a new folder on the desktop and renamed it stock and then opened it and tried running the flashall_aft command in admin but nothing pops up a splashscreen of cmd open for a second and closes.

Ignore never mind fixed this
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Please check if adb is working .. the below 3 commands should work via windows cmd/shell..

adb devices

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

output of the screenshot is in first post.

Check and share the results .. I will try to help out.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] sarthak.pathak.777:
Bro can you make an unlock bootloader file also cause by licking with your methord the old methord doesnt work ??
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] DarkLord007:
Maybe flash the latest frimware by fastboot and try again.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] spunxhoe:
Had the same issue..

Make sure that you do not have spaces in the path to the folder of the rom..

eg:"C:\Users\My Home\Desktop" will not work because of the space in the path

I worked with D:\ROM and it was successful
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Viv3kgz:
Yes..I have checked those. I used the adb reboot bootloader command to go to the fastboot mod and there wer no issues.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
Did you check the spaces in directory/folder names as suggested by [MENTION=4816784]spunxhoe[/MENTION]

Do you see any error or just a blank screen. Do check fastboot devices and share the error if shown on the window.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Viv3kgz:
Yes....and tried it and it worked like a charm [MENTION=4816784]spunxhoe[/MENTION] ..just finished setting up my device. Im downloading the update as i type. Thank yu guys for your assistance ?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
The method re-tested on latest firmware -

WW-15.2016.1805.311

:good::good: without issues.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] kuhaku111:
After unlock officialy

Can i enable/receive ota update after back and relock stock fw? Or must manualy update every time?

Thanks before :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] jide1:
no, only manually