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[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
what's the consiquences of bootloader being unlocked? Is there will be a problem? like in warranty, etc.?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
If unlocked unofficially you can get warranty by relocking it but if you have done it officially there is no going back!
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
ok, so it's better to use the unofficial method to unlock. if the bootloader is unlocked, what will be the consiquences? is it OK to stay it unlocked? if ever I revert to stock rom, is it ok that the bootloder is unlocked?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Yes it's totally ok you can experiment with different rom then revert back to actual ROM whenever you feel like "am done experimenting"
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
OK. now I clear my mind. hahahaha!! thanks bro. :good:
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] vjbenn:
sorry mate cant help you, sold my phone month ago. even I'd change to usb port 2.0 + usb cable, problem persist.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] watatara.102:
if you not going to root your phone or playing with rom, I would suggest you to lock your phone back.

the is reason, if your phone stolen, attacker can boot to bootloader, change to custom recovery, and then remove pin/pattern/password to access your phone

tl;dr your phone is not secure
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
ok. so thats the consiquence. thank you sir.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
one last question sir. If ever I unlock my bootloader while i'm in stock rom, will I receive an update and able to install it?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] watatara.102:
if you mean update by OTA, then the answer is no.

you will receive OTA but do not install it or else your phone will probably going to bootloop

You still can flash update firmware uploaded by Asus
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
I think i will not unlock this for the meantime. thank you again sir.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] carabaothai:
i don't understand the difference.

Do you mean that i can update by flashing the firmware downloaded on the asus website, directly flash with twrp, no need to unroot ....?

But cannot install OTA downloaded directly on my phone by FOTA ?

If i just want to install the new firmware v192 must i also relock or just install the modified firmware ?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] watatara.102:
fota size about ~300-500mb

full firmware from asus website about ~1.5gb

if you have unlocked phone and want to update, you have to use full firmware (~1.5gb+/- from asus website)

you have to edit something first on the firmware.zip and then you can flash using custom recovery
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Viral sadhu:
invelid zip file format! error comming
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Turn off zip file verification
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Viral sadhu:
already turn off also try from 7zip for zip but not working :(
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] carabaothai:
Thanks but..must i lock the phone also or just flash and my phone will work and be rooted.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Viral sadhu:
solved this

but "red state" error coming when i relock bootloader
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] watatara.102:
you don't have to lock your phone if you going to flash firmware.zip using twrp

you will lose your root if you flash, so yeah... better unroot first and flash update
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] carabaothai:
Thanks. Flash then root again .....so all data will be lost again ;) ...Backup before.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
doesn't work for me. it stays in unlocked status.

Before, I unlocked my phone in unofficial method. please hel me to relock my phone...
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] vishalwsalt:
I have tried to downgrade my zenfone max pro m2 from pie due to screen flashing bug. my phone got hardbricked. no screen no light , doesn't turns on, i have tried to flash stock rom through QFIL. but there are no Programmer emmc and patch0.xml files in any firmware. I have onl used the phone 2 days guyz. itz my new phone. can anyone help me out plzzzz.. .... ...

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I have tried to downgrade my asus zenfone max pro m2 phone from pie to oreo but my phone got hardbricked. i have tried to flash through QFIL . but there are no programmer emmc and patch0.xml files in any firmware i have downloaded. is there any way to flash stock rom and bring my phones life back. can anyone plz help me to find out. plzz ... . . .. . . .
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] watatara.102:
Not even boot?

have you try press vol up/down+power button?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] vishalwsalt:
yes bro i tried. it doesn't turns on, it detects as qualcomm 9008 driver. i have downloaded 3 firmwares, aka stock roms but none of them have that files asked by qfil tool, that emc.mbn nd patch0.xml files, i dont know what they are, can u help me?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Praveen Pannu:
Join this group, might be helpful.
[MENTION=7291477]zenfonemax[/MENTION]ProM2Official
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
how to resolve the "red alert" error after executing relock_bl.cmd ?? please someone help me.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] vishalwsalt:
thnx broooo :)
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
This is caused because You have changed system partition

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What were you doing tell me I think I can help
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
I just follow the instructions in first post. And I didn't change any system partition. I just follow the procedure, but no luck.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Did you use TWRP?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
I use PBRP to flash the Stock ROM sir.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] legacy07:
Plz read the guide properly. You are not supposed to use pbrp
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
hmmmm what will I use? the Unofficial TWRP? I thought it was the same.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
No please use TWRP THAT'S why you are getting errors
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
The unoffical one?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Yes!
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
finally, I successfully relocked and unroot my device. I just want to clarify, will I get updates and install updates via OTA again? just like when i bought the phone for the first day?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kickyvivi:
Yep
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
Thank you sir. you helped me a lot. :good:
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Adi.s:
While installing zip it's showing error 6.

When I compressed in zip format and flashed it. It says invalid zip format.

Whats wrong.......???:eek:

Ur process is not working in latest march update.

I have followed each and every step. Tried different recovery..... Etc.

No solution
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kickyvivi:
You extracted the zip to a folder, then edited it, then compreseed that FOLDER. DONT COMPRESS THE FOLDER, compress the components of that folder to a zip file and flash it.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Adi.s:
I have done that but the problem remain.

It always tell invalid zip format or error 6.

Is there any fastboot rom .plz help me.

:)Update--- ? Developer helped me with the script.

But now I am in red state.

Can I bypass red state but every time I try to lock bootloader it just appears.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] anagramgenius:
You don't have to compress the zip. Drag and drop the updater-script to a convenient folder. Edit it, and save. Then drag back the edited updater-script to the zip file and overwrite. (Make sure you keep a copy of original zip file).
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Adi.s:
Tell me the solution for red State. How to lock bootloader.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
For red State means you have somehow not restored system properly

Happened because you didn't use TWRP as your recovery , unlock bootloader again flash twrp in recovery flash the firmware and it will be ok when you relock, If that's what were you doing already considering the problems with zip file of firmware it should be edited properly and not corrupted while you werr editing
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Adi.s:
I have used orangefox recovery. Will I be able to install ota uodates.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Of stock ROM?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Adi.s:
Yes stock rom OTA
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Please only use stock recovery for that purpose no other recovery is recommended for that purpose
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Ok here's what I had in my mind let's say I love some Custom ROM I flashed it (along with recovery obviously) , my question is can I relock my bootloader in this condition ? Umm I am expecting reply to be "No red State will appear" but can't be do anything about it coz everytime i reboot that unlocked bootloader warning just pisses me off
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Japaneese:
firmware zip

hello!

I tried to reroot and rerock but failed. When I tried to flash the firmware zip by TWRP, a error massage appeared as below

*******************

Checking for Digest file...

Skipping Digest check: no Digest file found

E3004: This package is for "ASUS_X01BD" devices; this is a "X01BD"

*******************

And I found a line that is

E3004: This package is for "ASUS_X01BD" devices; in updater-script where is in firmware zip META-INF > com > google > android.

If I wewrite the line from ASUS_X01BD to X01BD, can I flash the zip?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
You need to remove those line from updater script they start with assert
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Japaneese:
Thank you for quick answer. But I don't know from where to where to remove with accuracy...

************

containprop(getprop("ro.product.device")) || abort("E3004: This package is for "ASUS_X01BD" devices; this is a "" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "".");

************

Whould you please tell me?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
All lines before

ui_print("Target: Android/sdm660_64/sdm660_64:X.X.X/XXXX/XX.20XX.XXXX.XXX-20XXXXXX:user/release-keys");
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dhairy:
[MENTION=9137453]#ArtFuL[/MENTION] if you used my relock.sh at least mention that.....
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] legacy07:
No it isn't yours. It's added from m1 in the final build
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Japaneese:
Relock was done:good:

I overlooked the word "above".

Now I know that I just lack understanding of English...

Thank you for your persevering explain.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
is it possble to relock the bootloader even i'm in custom rom and i'm in twrp? to get rid of annoying warning message?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Aye welcome !!
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sdsahu101:
I am getting error 6 message any help please.

I am on custom rom
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sdsahu101:
This is the error
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] icecold4u:
zip error when flashing the asus downloaded file

First Im in Europe , first time newbie I successfully unlocked the Max Pro M2 using the unlocker program found on ASUS website then rooted phone with TWRP Magisk 18.1. I have a Widows 8.1 64 laptop.

before rooting my phone I updated to android 8.1.0 and my

current build number is OPM1.WW_Phone-15.2016.192.192-20190226.

Model number AUS_X01BDA ZB631KL

I went to ASUS website of my country and downloaded file VERSION WW-15.2016.1902.192 LABELED AS UL-ASUS_X01BD-WW-15.2016.1902.192-user.ZIP

I extracted file like instructed and removed the first 3 lines before

ui_print("Target: Android/sdm660_64/sdm660_64:X.X.X/XXXX/XX.20XX.XXXX.XXX-20XXXXXX:user/release-keys")

I used winrar 5.2 64bit to rezip and copied via usb cable to 64 GB sd card on phone when I booted into twrp with the vol dwn and pwer button used option then install > flash the updated ASUS_X01BD-WW-15.2016.1902.192-user.ZIP file I got a zip error.

I tried a 2nd time downloaded firmware again moded then checked size and filename all ok used winrar to check zip file came out OK, but again trying to install the updated ASUS_X01BD-WW-15.2016.1902.192-user.ZIP file get zip error.

What have I done wrong I used note++ to mod the scriptfile saved it defaults

What format of zip do I need how do I check file that its functional besides trying to flash it is their a adb command

what is the difference stockrecover.img compared to the zip file received from ASUS.

Thanks

icecold4u
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
how to extract recovery image from OTA file?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] legacy07:
There is no recovery image in OTA
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
Where can I find the recovery that comes in OTA file? I cant update my device because the version of the stock recovery in unlocker folder is different from the stock firmware that I will flash.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayn148:
It's in the guide. But any idea how to update the stock recovery?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
i dont know how. sorry mate. :(
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] legacy07:
Stock recovery doesn't have any version. It just shows the current rom build number as it's version.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
what about this sir?

this is my stock rom build now:

and this is my current stock recovery version provided by your relock method:

I think this is the reason why it keeps error while updating to pie. its just my guess.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] anagramgenius:
If you have set any phone lock like PIN, Password or Pattern lock, disable it and reboot the phone. The recovery should update itself. Again reboot to recovery and check out its version.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
I haven't set any lock. I dont know why I am getting the old version in the recovery.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] anagramgenius:
The provided recovery in OP is v177. It showed me the same version when I flashed the stock rom of v186. But after I removed the screen lock and rebooted to system, I got an update message which I don't remember exactly. Then I booted back to stock recovery. The recovery was updated to v186.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] yakub234go:
Flash TWRP recovery & sideload the stock firmware using adb sideload method.

You will get your stock firmware & recovery back.

You'll need to edit the updater script of the stock firmware to sideload it via TWRP.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
You mean that I will flash the stock firmware just like a normal custom rom?

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I don't get it. What do you mean "removed the screen lock and reboot the system"? sorry but I don't get it... :(
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] anagramgenius:
Settings > Security & location > Screen lock. Set it to None. And restart you phone to system.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
FINALLY.

I updated my phone. thanks sir [MENTION=5795078]anagramgenius[/MENTION] & [MENTION=4251771]yakub234go[/MENTION]. You are a BIG help to me. :D
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] iamwhitedevil:
can i use latest pie firmware for relocking

i am currently on custom rom arrow pie. Because of water spillage i want to claim warranty. so can i use asus firmware version Version WW-16.2017.1903.064 for relocking my device or should i try with first released version only? please help me .

thanks

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how you did that? did you used latest pie firmware ? if you can please explain.

thanks
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] legacy07:
You can use any version except beta pie
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] iamwhitedevil:
thanks machanz...
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
yeah I just downloaded the latest firmware from asus. then i edited the updater inside on it. then flash through twrp.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] iamwhitedevil:
While installing wipe dalvik, cache, system, data is enough or vendor too?

Can I use this method to update my rooted phone via twrp?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] iamwhitedevil:
Just like clean flash?

Which was your previous rom?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
I came from .192 the Oreo stock.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] iamwhitedevil:
OK cool... Do we need to clean vendor too?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kayamokid:
no sir. I just flash the Pie rom.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tathagata Nandi:
I just wanted to know... will this restore my warranty!!? ??
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Yes
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sareen279:
I've bought this phone 3 months ago... Haven't done anything with it, just going on with official updates. Had slept one night with earphones on and the battery discharged totally... Now getting this warning whenever I restart my phone... What could have gone wrong?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Karthik kollapureddy:
Should we in stock ROM ..?? I'm getting error 7 .
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] legacy07:
Unlock bootloader flash stock ROM and relock bootloader. If you don't have any idea about this, take it to service centre
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] legacy07:
Yes, to relock, you must be in stock rom+recovery
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sdsahu101:
Or use fastboot rom to relock.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Karthik kollapureddy:
Can you pls give me link of stock ROM and recovery

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What's that ,sir

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I tried flashall AFT but it's not running in my FASTBOOT mode

I'm on havoc ROM with TWRP RECOVERY
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] watatara.102:
if you want stock rom recovery, go to asus website and download full firmware from there
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] radityacorp92:
unlock
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Karthik kollapureddy:
How to install that ..??
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] watatara.102:
read first page of this thread
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Karthik kollapureddy:
How to know correct frimware
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] manivenkat9991:
Just disconnect vpn and go to official asus firmware page and download it.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Karthik kollapureddy:
I'm not using vpn
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Karthik kollapureddy:
Help me with this

I had updated the script eventhough it should like this.
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Karthik kollapureddy:
Help me with this problem.. Pls

I had updated the script eventhough it is showing this.

I'm on havoc os
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] savage1o1:
wondering

can i update my ROOTED max pro m2 oreo to pie without relocking the bootloader?
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] navtey:
Uncheck the zip verification

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You will need stock recovery
[Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Guides, News, & Discussion] savage1o1:
tnx

meaning i have to relock my device and flash back the stock recovery via adb?
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] tedpoley:
Hi!

I can't find the download link to the ROM. Would really want to try it! Thanks for your excellent work!
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Ricky Divjakovski:
Its uploading, sorry my wifi is extremely slow
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] tedpoley:
Thanks a lot for replying!
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Ricky Divjakovski:
It will be up soon :)
[Android Stick & Console AMLogic based Computers] Ricky Divjakovski:
Download is not available!