[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emilienicole:
I made a huge mistake with my Asus Zenphone 5Q (ZC600KL) and I'm freaking out. I rooted my phone and I accidentally deleted - like actually deleted - some google apps that I shouldn't have. So I thought oh hey no big deal I'll just reset the phone in TWRP. I ended up completely wiping my OS. So I went to the Asus website and downloaded the stock firmware for my device just to find out when I try to install it in TWRP I get an error that prevents me from installing it. I double checked and it is the correct firmware that I downloaded but in TWRP installer it says "Updater process ended with Error 7" and it also says "E3004: This package is for "ASUS_X017D_2" devices; this is a "wt89199"". So I tried looking for the WT89199 stock firmware online and there is next to nothing other than literally ONE google drive link that isn't even working which doesn't even make sense. The asus website doesn't seem to have this stock firmware.

I feel really hopeless I've never messed up this bad before and I feel like I've looked everywhere and I just can't find any solutions this time. This is pretty much my last resort. If anyone knows how where I can get the right firmware or fix TWRP so I can install the firmware from the ASUS website, I would be so grateful. I'm completely out of options..

UPDATE: I think I may have found a solution with the right firmware but I still can't boot it up. Here is the link to the files ( https :// mshare.io /file/2fSAy4 - remove the spaces I'm new so I can't post links ) if someone more experienced could look at them and determine how I should go about getting it on my device. Right now I have no OS and can only access TWRP. Anyone know what to do with this?[/B]

UPDATE - SOLUTION: THANK GOD IN THE HEAVENS I'VE FIGURED IT OUT. MY PHONE IS FIXED. Someone please pin this or save it or something because I've seen a few other people with this issue and no resolved answers anywhere so if you are struggling with this issue, HERE IS THE SOLUTION for the ASUS Zenphone 5Q ZC600KL. If you're a dumbass like me and accidentally wiped your OS like I did and you were lucky enough to have TWRP and fastboot still available, you still have a fighting chance. Go to https :// mshare.io /file/2fSAy4 (remove the spaces) and download the file. I already scanned it and there are no viruses but feel free to also do so yourself. Next, you are going to want to extract the file into its own folder. Plug your device into your computer via USB cable and start your device up into fastboot mode. Now, inside the folder you just extracted is a file called "SOP_to_flash_Images_by_fastboot_v1.1-en". Open that and it has instructions for both Windows and Linux operating systems to flash these files onto your device.

Side note: if you get an error that says something like "target didn't report max-download-size sending 'modem' fastboot mode..." etc etc after executing "flashall_AFT.cmd 1", try plugging your usb cable into a different port. I had this issue and switched ports and everything worked smoothly after and all the files will automatically flash onto your device.

If there are any mods that can add the download file directly to this post in case it ends up getting taken down in the future, this would be so incredibly helpful because there are currently no solutions to this issue other than this post. There really isn't much recovery info out there at all about the Asus Zenphone 5Q so I hope this will be a first step!