yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] akshmau5:
Well, each to his own eh!

The restoring messages and TiBu becoming the default app is the android restriction. It automatically swiches back once it's done.

With the rest like whatsapp - the signature changes after a complete factory reset, so i take backup of the older version (I am always one version behind with whatsapp), restore the usual way and then update from playstore. Assigned a new signature and everything works again.

Or you can just download the app from the playstore and restore the app data; similar for other apps which have push notifications maybe.

But it's again an android limitation, for better security.

3 apps that can't be restored - well some troubleshooting here and there is customary for tinkeres and custom ROM fans like us. Anyways it's better than anything available without root IMO.

Though you can check out the alternatives as well.

I am so dependent on it, that I have no idea how other things would work for the no. of purposes that i use it. There was this one bug which is solved for some, of scheduling backups.

But you really do try what works for you! In the end, it's the matter of least effort and smoothness and it should make your life easier (technology principle). :)

Good luck. :svetius:
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] hk96:
Which version of titanium backup are u using ? Are u using paid version or a cracked version. Cracked versions are prone to have bugs and its not ethical. Try using swift backup.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] akshmau5:
In regards to your previous post, we actually agree on the custom rom part.

Except for our device, me too have had the best experiences on them rather than stock.

The days of Touchwiz (eew) and skins with all the lag & bloatware, no updates and planned obsolescence. Props to our whole android community man.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Pasarireng:
oops sorry I never intend to turn this thread into OOT...LOL...

Guys, please forget what I experienced (which perhaps Out Of this thread topic) about Titanium.

Let's go back to the OP's topic here.

For OP/moderator please do what you think you should do with my post if you think it's OOT or aything.

Apologize sir !
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
After the longest wait .. Asus finally released the full firmware package.

Will test for an hour and start upload :good:

Thank you all the users to wait patiently.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Rashidul Islam.bd:
Thanks in advance, dear. I was really waiting for your response.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Ameya11:
Thanks alot ! Eagerly waiting for it! I just hate this 331 firmware alot, you're a life saver!:cool:
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] viclanigan:
Looking forward bro, thanks by the way for all your effort and time.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] AVinaSh_S:
WW-15.2016.1810.334 ( 02nd November )

Stock ROM file - 334_Stock_TWRP.zip now avaliable after the longest wait.

MD5 Checksum - 7dec97b0575cee270f126fd0d1406336

Changelog - https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77982827&postcount=363

Security Patch level - October

Hit Thanks! if you find this useful :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Rommaster94:
https://xdaforums.com/asus-zenfone-max-pro-m1/how-to/faq-fota-updates-t3859964
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] abubin:
Thanks bro! Updated and it is working.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
I am not sure what the problem is with updates since v331 but it seems my phone gets stuck at zenfone logo (four bouncing coloured dots) whenever i update. Followed the instructions as it is and even skipped the optional de-bloating part but it just refuses to boot fully. TWRP is 3.2.3.0 and since i am able to mount internal sd in TWRP (with size indication not being 0MB) i can assume that data is unecrypted.

:confused::confused::confused:
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] abubin:
No, the decrypt is for the kernel. You must do the decrypt before you apply magisk.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
I think you misunderstood me, i flash the decrypt file before flashing Magisk. I was talking about not flashing debloat module
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] abubin:
Oh..then it should work fine. Cause I did not do the debloat as well. I use Lucky Patcher to remove system apps that I don't need.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] viclanigan:
Did u try flash magisk only after first boot? Did u try force reboot when stuck on boot animation?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
Flashed Magisk without booting to system

Tried force reboot but it goes stuck at zenfone logo
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] jacobsindico1028:
the 334 update lowered my Geekbench compute rating from 4000 to 2000 with custom kernel btw 331 w/ custom kernel = 4500 avg.

334 w/ custome kernel = 2400 avg.

UPDATE: after doing some stuff I got my phone to get 4100 ratings in computing
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] simpang:
Wat stuff n which kernel?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] singhyar:
update 334

The update 334 on my rooted decice is succcessful.

Singhyar:

Avinash ji Gr8 job once more
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] viclanigan:
Try not to flash magisk along with rom, do reboot after flashing rom and decrypt zip, after performing first setup, reboot to twrp and flash magisk, see if it works.

Please share what did u've done to tweak it if u don't mind, so anyone with same problem can do ur procedure.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] jacobsindico1028:
I use DarkOne kernel since I have a J7 device and the stock kernel doesn't seem to be letting me change the big CPU governors. Anyway I simply just reinstalled everything, disabled "Apply on boot" in Kernel Adiutor before reinstalling then the rest was just trial and error repeating the same install process till I got it working
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Ak-64:
Deleted!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] akshmau5:
Can be it for only for 6gb version?!

One thing you can try is switching back to older version of twrp 3.2.2.

Also don't wipe the dalvik & cache before or after the flashing. (Well your data is unencrypted) so that's not an issue.

You got Dolby atmos by any chance?

Man your issue has scared me to go for it!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] viclanigan:
How is that possible? I can't see any relation between magisk and twrp existence in recovery partition, also i have had tried that method so many times and never loose twrp. It's just, after flashing rom and decrypt, i never boot directly to system, i reboot to recovery first then reboot to system.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Akash10053:
Hi Sir ,

I'm Using Redwolf Recovery on My Asus Zenfone max Pro m1 & my phone Variant is 6gb .

May I eligible to flash 334 via my recovery .

Please Help and Guide me for flashing. And Also Guide When to flash the debloat zip.

Thanks In Advance ..
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Ak-64:
I misread it, btw even if he flashes magisk just after flashing the ROM it won't cause any problem. I do that!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
I think this maybe a problem for 6GB although I may be wrong.

I did juggle between various versions of TWRP in v331 but that was also a disaster ! No wiping of daivik/cache and no Dolby atmos since I use V4A.

The only thing left to test is to not flash Magisk with ROM update itself although it worked fine in earlier versions of update. Also maybe I could delete all Magisk modules before update (?).

There is something in /data which is preventing boot. I admit i am just guessing here because system files are overwritten during update. Also I have a habit of modifying files through text editor (so much for systemless!) but that shouldn't be a problem after ROM update :confused:
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] MJorgeAbad:
Hi Sir AviNash, seems like someone is experiencing bootloop after they flash the 334 update. What's with it? I already downloaded your ROM 334 update but I did not flash it now since some are experiencing bootloop, maybe.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] viclanigan:
Backup ur system, data, boot, vendor and modem firmware partitions, so if u facing bootloop flashing 334 u could restore ur previous rom via twrp.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] singhyar:
I have followed the steps as per first post and nothing lost no bootloop and i m back to normal with new update.

Boot into twrp

No wiping or any thing

Flash rom

Falsh decrypt

Flash magisk

No wipe

Reboot system.

And all in order.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
Don't worry, this has nothing to do with Avinash or his modified ROM else everyone would have experienced bootloop. It is something with my partitions or modification which is preventing boot to system. However, take a nandroid backup before flashing just to be doubly cautious.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] MJorgeAbad:
Thanks mate! :)

Alright mate! Noted on this. Thanks for your suggestion. Have a Nice Day Bro! :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] I Shubham:
Thanks for your hard work but I have not tried this. As i have a noob level question

What if there there are 4 ota updates but i flashed forth update and not the first three. Does the modification made in the first three updates will get apply by only flashing forth update OR i have to flash all the four updates
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Rommaster94:
Which twrp version you used for flashing??
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] akshmau5:
For the last part you are right. We have to do the text editing stuff again eh!

Well, magisk and it's modules too shouldn't be a problem.

Maybe something with Twrp or 6gb version then.

If you figure out the issue or how did you go the process do keep me posted!

Hehe... (systemless part). As long as you're passing safetynet you can tinker all you want.

I always fail! :laugh:
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] rkmiks:
Since last version 331 and on 334 , I get beautified images on selfie camera .. even if the beauty is set to off. Any solutions for this ? Also I was getting a lot of battery drain even after factory reset...so reverted back to build 327.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Shefeak Seedh:
Hey I have 331 rooted. Can I uninstall magisk and flash modified 334 OTA via twrp.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
Sad part, I don't even remember all the editing stuff I did. ! Just remembered editing Google Phone app for enabling dark theme and did that.

I will keep on trying various TWRPs and restoring backups partition-wise till I figure it out or tire myself out !

Why does safety net fail for you ? Xposed ?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] viclanigan:
Nope, u need to relock BL and flash stock recovery for that. In other word, u need to get your phone back to default/factory state.

From twrp u can only flash the full ROM.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
Magisk uninstall not required, read OP and flash full modified TWRP ROM
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] T Karthik:
After flashing modified stock ROM zipfile Paytm app is crashing when I open the app,after 1 min the app will open.does any one have the same issue.please tell me how to solve the issue
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] singhyar:
Twrp 3.2.3.0

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If u have magisk install Hide root for this app.. U can try this for other apps that does not like root...(this amount to by pass security restrictions of an app)

Singhyar
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ayudoc:
Asus have miserably failed to deliver in this update too.. After this update the CPU temperature has risen by average 3 degree with considerable battery drain. Lost 9 % battery in 30 min just on offline audio playback. Haven't yet tested extensively though. None the least, thanks to the extreme efforts of Avinash to provide us with the update.Shall test it overnight and shall update with details.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] abubin:
I do not think .334 is as bad as .331. Most of the battery drain issues are due to some funky stuffs installed in the phone. The firmware is working fine on my phone for few days. I would suggest you do a full reset of your phone. It should be back to running without drain.

Also this firmware is the BEST option you have to update your firmware if you want to keep TWRP and root. Do not blame the OP if you do kernel mod and other stuffs that may cause your phone to bootloop or fail. I have used the patched firmware from OP since few firmware revision and there are no problems at all. Cause I do not flash things like kernel or install other things that might modify the phone integrity apart from rooting it and patching camera2api.

Those who want to OTA please leave this thread immediately. This is not the place if you want to OTA. There are other sites for you if you want to OTA as you need to unroot the phone and then remove TWRP and so on. And I do not understand why would you want to TWRP/root the phone and then go back to unroot then OTA then root again. Not to mention the lock/unlock of bootloader which will always reset the phone.

Also take note this is FULL ROM flashing for those with TWRP/root. That means regardless you are coming from what version, you can just flash it in full without going through the various incremental version upgrade. However, please do double confirm as sometimes there are incremental full flashing needed especially if there are Android version upgrade.

Speaking of which...ASUS..when are we getting Pie? LOL....
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ayudoc:
This is in comparison with .327 version. Actually I never went for .331 . Thanks for your suggestions. Have already done full reset before and after update. Secondly, I have removed all bloatware, disabled google play services, Google play store, Google service framework. No games , no bloatware No funky stuff as you may say :) . Battery has drained at the rate of 7% per hour over night even in sleep mode ( no data, no wifi, no Bluetooth, airplane mode. ) Checked and confirmed cpu was in total sleep mode. Lost some more serious battery since screen on and on net ( 7 % in 30 min ) Investigating more in depth. Shall update. Have a great day.

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Kindly dont misunderstand. This is no-where related to the OP I have been following him and using his updates since the very beginning ( I am extremely thankfull to him for all his efforts) This all is specifically related to this update by Asus and Asus alone. I neither have modified the kernel part or anything bro. I have been using android since the days of Dell Streak Android version 1.6 . Hence I very well understand the consequences of tampering with the core of the device. :) Using Dell streak 5 with 4.0.4 even as yet.;) But thanks for everything . Let's stick up to the issue at hand . I am investigating and shall update :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] qaiyum:
So after flashing this via twrp! Do I get ota updates from ASUS?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] akshmau5:
Yes. Xposed!

So did you get the update running?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] abubin:
I am sorry but my post does not aim specifically at you. Only the first paragraph is for you. The rest is for general public.

Anyway, I think you have done a lot of testing. Could it be possible that your battery is already in bad condition? That is why it drains no matter what you do. If all else fails, maybe you can consider changing the battery. Just a suggestion.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
Ah yes, but only after factory reset from TWRP and then flashing the ROM
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] ayudoc:
After flashing this via twrp, when we check for update, we surely get a notification of a update, can even download it, but it shall not get installed as far as my knowledge is concerned ( never needed to try :) thanks to all the efforts of our OP Avinash ji ) Because once on unlocked bootloader and twrp, there is bound to be a signature mismatch. Hence instead of going that way it shall always be better to go the twrp way. ( Details elaborated by OP on the 1st page

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Thanks for the suggestion. Suspected that too. Had a battery benchmarking test for the same , found it in best of condition.

As my testing proceeds , I am quiet near to the result. It is definately related to something in the update by Asus. That much I can tell till now. Lets see. Shall update soon. :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Full House:
Hi brother thank you for sharing and congratulations for your work thankfully there are people like you on this earth that God bless you.

Successful update for me and solved battery problems I find that Asus has optimized the battery for this update we have better results than the 327 more than a week ago that I have not recharged the phone there is 50% with more than 5h of screen on.

:good:
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] CaptianXLAB:
I used my lock screen password to "Enhance Data Encryption" which asks me the password before android can even start, and now I can decrypt data and access internal storage in TWRP using that same lock screen password.

Do I still need to flash decrypt.zip or can I just enter that password in TWRP after flashing the updated stock ROM and magisk?
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] akshmau5:
Wow! That's some news.

If you can access internal storage and mount data and system then ideally you don't have to flash decrypt.zip, but this support wasn't yet there for our device.

How did you got it working?! Lol. Which twrp version!?

To be on the safer side do take a full backup of your phone along with internal storage just in case it berserk decides one day to not decrypt.

Encryption is of course great for security, but can be a PIA once in a while!!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] CaptianXLAB:
Wow am I actually the first one to do this? xD

I don't remember which version. I flashed TWRP after attempting this on RWRP which didn't work at all.

In settings, disable all accessibility services, set the password again (pin in my case) in lock screen and security, and it'll ask you if you want enhanced encryption and security that'll ask you for the pin/password even before android starts.

Agree to that, enter the password in TWRP when it asks you for it, it'll still say "decrypt taking too long, killing process" but then suddenly say "mounted successfully" or something (sorry lol I did this many days ago and forgot what everything exactly was)

Then I was able to take a full proper backup of everything (all partitions). I thought people tried this already, see everything in internal storage, etc. Can't say much about system because I didn't pay attention to that after I could see internal storage NOT 0MB, but if internal storage worked, system should also work.

I didn't try restoring yet because this is my primary phone and I can't deal with it being messed up with my daily work and all, I won't have so much time.

Take note, that if you enable ANY accessibility service, this feature is disabled automatically and god knows what the default encryption key is on this phone. I'm quite sure it's auto generated and isn't static whatsoever.

In my opinion, encryption is more "PIA" than it is useful. Wish there was an option to just disable it completely for us root users.

EDIT: The feature is called "Secure Start-up" and it is available on PIN type screen lock. Haven't tried other kinds of passwords yet but hope this comes in handy. Let me know if this worked for you :)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] akshmau5:
The decrypt.zip is to disable the encryption!

But yeah you have to flash everytime while updating.

I have no idea how you got it work apart from the steps you mentioned. Maybe something is different, it doesn't make sense.

I am still wondering how did you get your device to boot from recovery without decrypt.zip...

:confused:

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Edit - Oh ****! Do flash decrypt.zip AFTER flashing the updated rom - answer to your earlier post.
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] CaptianXLAB:
I haven't updated yet, flashed nothing yet either.

And yes I did use decrypt.zip when I was unlocking bootloader and installing magisk.

All I did was use those steps to access internal storage and take a full backup of it. Nothing more (yet)
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] Tianhe:
Hmm, if you get it working after updating FW through TWRP, without flashing decrypt.zip, then it will be some sort of a revolution. No expectations or pressure on you mate but waiting for update on this (fingers crossed) :D
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Guides, News, & Discussio] CaptianXLAB:
I can't really believe that no one knew how to access their internal storage with a custom recovery on this phone due to all the encryption stuff, after all these months since the phone released.

And, I understand the most basic logic behind how these things work, but I have no idea how it works in this specific case.

Does the encryption change each time you flash a new ROM or something? Even if it's encrypted with the user defined password?

"Flashing" a ROM basically means recreating an image of the data into the storage area where it's supposed to be. (lol I could be wrong, I'm just a kid)

If the "flashing" happens, how can the encryption of the entire storage change? Does it change every time some specific change is detected to the system partition?

Now, I don't know what to expect if I don't flash decrypt.zip and things DON'T work the way we're hoping they will.

Will I get a boot loop? Get a "No OS Detected" message or something?

And I have no idea what to expect if it works, either.

Will it just start working as if nothing changed? The same "Enter your password/PIN to start android" and voila - everything works perfectly fine? (lol probably yes)

As far as my thought goes, it should work. The main thread by OP says "WITHOUT LOSING DATA", so there's nothing "revolutionary" about it. If it ends up not working, the only extra thing we'd have to do is swipe and flash a zip file. (Which would take less or equal time to entering your pin/password at the recovery startup :P )

I've got some busy days ahead, can't afford dealing with fixing something scratching my head if it all doesn't work as I think it should. So, I won't try this anytime too soon.

Feel free to try it, just let me know if it worked (or not?)