yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Then it won't work on active slot l, you'll have to flash twrp img on inactive slot. Also, if you accidentally flash it on active, just flash stock boot img on that slot to remove twrp and boot into zenui.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AnAn.:
Yes i have already done it. But installing in the inactive slot does not start twrp, it restarts the recovery boot several times, without entering TWRP, and returns to fastboot mode. I have followed the tutorial step by step several times, it doesn't work.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Prasansrini29:
Can you please tell me what are the steps you followed to flash stock again? I'm stuck with soft brick.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AnAn.:
CAUTION, STOP, is your smartphone 5Z or 5? THIS IS FOR 5Z ZS620KL. You have Zenfone 5 on your devices, Zenfone 5 is one, and Zenfone 5Z is another. If your smartphone is Zenfone 5 (T00F / T00J) you are on the wrong thread.

If your smartphone is Zenfone 5Z ZS620KL, please do as follows:

Download the raw firmware from [GUIDE][ZS620KL][Update 29.08.2019] 5Z How to unlock root up/downgrade and unbrick by isthisadagger (Here on XDA developers), unzip it and run the file "update_image.bat" with your smartphone in fastboot mode (Let it work), this way you will go back to a previous version. Now you can update to the official version you want (asus official downloads the version you want, put it on your SD card and when the system detects it tells you to update and working).

For example this:

WW 80.30.96.111

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid...86940962570682

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Og...XPOrg_7q9/view

https://mega.nz/#F!2fIgmAoa!2q4ra3R1Cp0fyKZDYdVMwg
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Smurgledorfcc:
For some reason when I follow the directions my phone bootloops instead of booting into TWRP after flashing the boot.img. Do I need to disable verity in slots a and b or just the slot where my stock rom is? Trying to upgrade to BlissRom but not sure there is a way without TWRP.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Yes flash vbmeta on both slots.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Smurgledorfcc:
Should I use the command

fastboot -w

before flashing vbmeta on each slot as well or just initially?

Edit: Tried the command

fastboot -w

on each slot and flashed vbmeta on each slot as well, then tried to flash the TWRP boot.img on slot b, opposite of my Stock slot. Still had a bootloop. Let the bootloop run for a few minutes instead of trying to shutdown and boot back into fastboot mode like I have been but instead eventually it booted itself back into the stock rom on slot a, so that seemed odd...
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
I'd recommend you redo the process from step 1 (including flashing dfe and doing fastboot -w). Follow it word by word and it should all work. :)

Also, if your inactive slot is on p vendor, then you need to flash pie vbmeta on it. Similarly, flash q vbmeta on slot which has q vendor.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Boot into twrp. Wipe system, data, internal. Flash full firmware of 87. Reboot. You'll boot into latest zenui.

Note: You'll be encrypted and will also lose internal so take a backup.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zif_Zif:
Please reup Pie attachment files: vbmeta, dfe etc.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
View attachment 5041567

View attachment 5041571

View attachment 5041573

There you go :)
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] infernalMan:
Hi all sorry for noob question just starting to flash custom rom after long time because of my 5Z mic got random error.

1. What magisk does for?

2. Can i boot in to slot a & b independently i.e slot a for custom rom & b for stock rom?

3. If i want to flash stock official asus rom via TWRP can i flash .zip file from asus web?

Thanks.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
1. Magisk gives root privileges, which means that you have complete control over the device. Read about magisk modules and root on Google, pretty sure there will be some great articles.

2. Theoretically yes, but practically you will end up messing up your internal storage. So until you partition data for both slots (which is hard and tricky), I won't recommend this.

3. Yes you can flash full firmware in new twrp (the one released in Feb/March).
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] infernalMan:
Thanks for ur response.

More questions, so if i switch to slot a (from b with stock rom) and perform full wipe on twrp, this means only slot a got wiped?

Or slot b will also wiped out?

Will my data on slot b still exists?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
There's only one data partition, so wiping from any slot will completely wipe all data. However there're 2 system partitions, so you can boot into slot B system even if you wipe system in slot A.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] batchmate:
Unable to unlock bootloader

Sorry if this is a noob question.

I have zenfone 5z running on firmware WW-100.10.107.92 . I'm trying to unlock bootloader using the tool available from Asus website-Unlock Device App for android Q V9.1.0.12 . But the unlock doesn't happen with network error. Attaching the screenshot.

Anyway to resolve this issue or any other way to unlock ?

I have enabled usb debugging already and i don't see "oem unlock" in developer options. Also "fastboot oem unlock" doesn't work either in bootloader. Please help
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Yeah this is a known issue which only Asus can fix. There's an unofficial unlock available in telegram group here: https://t.me/ASUSZenfone5ZGroup/342067
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] aamirtlb:
I am unable to unlock my bootloader I'm on Android 10 latest ..it's showing error "an unknown error occurred which may be network connection issue please wait and try again"
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Asus provided an unlock tool few days ago: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS620KL/UnlockTool_9.2.0.0_200807_fulldpi_Draco.apk

Try unlocking with this
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] patria o muerte:
Hi all,

i need your help please. I'm trying to flash boot.img but fastboot returns the "cannot get boot partition size". Why?

Actual sw: UL-Z01R-WW-90.11.162.111

Thanks
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Can you send screenshot of your terminal? Also, if it is fastboot issue, then try this: Download latest platform tools from Google. Copy adb.exe, fastboot.exe, AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll from platform tools to C:\Windows and you’re good to go. You should be able to run adb and fastboot from the command line now.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] patria o muerte:
Thanks.

I tried in 2 different pcs with different os (W7 and W10) but still return the same error.

Ps: i saw a strange thing:

In points 1,2,3 I am with the bootloader 90.11.162.111 but when I reboot as in point 4 the bootloader has changed to 80.30.96.111.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
I'd recommend you upgrade to the latest Q firmware (official download link: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS620KL/UL-Z01R-WW-100.10.107.92-user.zip)

Or just flash fbrom: https://broad-bread-4cee.reignz.workers.dev/[up_vnROM.net]_WW__ZS620KL_100.10.107.87_MR13_20200520_release-user.raw.zip
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Vicky Sehrawat:
when I am using command fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img then I am getting the error unknown option -- disable-verity please help
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Download platform tools from here: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools#downloads
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] iSKGtm:
fastboot: error: cannot get boot partition size

in flash twrp (boot.img)...

Or it gets stuck in "Android" boot screen and restart loop.

Already tried 10x.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Hmm never seen that error 🤔

Try using latest platform tools and device drivers

SDK Platform Tools release notes | Android Studio | Android Developers

Android SDK Platform-Tools is a component for the Android SDK.

developer.android.com

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS620KL/ASUS_Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows.zip
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryder.:
Hi. I'm on latest stock firmware (.110). I'm planning to switch to custom rom for the first time for this device, choosing evolution x. I have to follow just the first guide right? Do i need to flash DFE? Where can i download it? And when i have to flash it exactly following the guide? I guess i need it if i want encryption
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Hi, we moved to OSS Vendor for all A11 based ROMs. Since it is decrypted by default, you don't need to flash dfe. The guide has been updated aptly as well, just follow it and you'll be good to go :)
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryder.:
Oh, so dfe is for decryption? I was wrong. Ok. Thanks. However I would like the encryption, or it is useless?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Some corporate apps require encryption, but in general it doesn't matter. We're working on fbe, but I'm not sure when will it be done.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] 0shivaay0:
View attachment 5247003whent I reboot in recovery mode after flashing boot.img this error start to come and reboots again and again. Please help me to solve this issue.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Which boot img are you flashing?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] 0shivaay0:
It got resolved. The problem was coming because of my window setting. Thanks
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Athakuri700:
My phone stuck in this mode, The phone doesn't turn off nor it reboots to recovery. It stucks here, also the phone doesn't show on Laptop, I have installed the USB driver tough.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Try using latest platform tools, and check if phone is detected using 'fastboot devices' in cmd. Also, install Asus5z drivers from Asus' official website.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] uda_han:
Hi, i have question about step 10 and 11

My Active slot is A then change to B using step 3

1. In step 10 the TWRP Permanent is flash in slot B then change to slot A to flash OSS_Fastboot (repeat step 8)

2. Step 11 --> in what slot should i flash the ROM ? Is ist A or B ?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
You can flash rom on any slot if you flash oss vendor and abl on both slots.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] uda_han:
Noted, thank you for the quick reply.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Rizduan:
hi and hello.may i ask some questions?why after i install lineage os , i cant't install another custom rom?i mean if i install lineage os , and then flash stock rom.After flash stock rom, i want to install another custom rom it give me bootloop,but if i install lineage os again it works.but if i try to flash another custom rom except stock rom and lineage os it will now work. please help me @AryanAA
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
I think LOS packs the firmware files that's why, are you sure you followed all the steps mentioned in this guide while coming from zenui?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] ghost_dog333:
Hi there,

I'm new to this Asus 5Z, used to flash my old HTC One M7 until unofficial LOS 17.1 but decided to change to a more powerful smartphone.

I tried (really tried hard) to follow your tutorial. My computer is W7 with adb & fastboot working (installed latest platform-tool), unlocked BL thanks to Asus apk, did all the things without issues until the step 10. When I flashed the rom (latest LOSMicro-G 18.1), twrp remains flashing and never stops.

And I did something stupid... rebooted to bootloader, as fastboot wasn't working (no device detected) i rebooted twrp, but adb wasn't working neither. And I... formated data, and wrongly rebooted to bootloader, thinking that I was going to try again.

I'm now stucked into bootloader (fastboot mode), it's impossible to power off the phone, I don't have twrp anymore and the phone isn't recognized by fastboot devices comand. On my computer, I removed android and asus drivers, tried to install them again, but I still have a yellow warning and a code 10 error.

So I'm unable to communicate with the phone and flash anything.

Can someone help me ?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
What is the code 10 error? Also, did you try hard rebooting back to fastboot? (long press vol+powerup for 15-20sec). You can try edl as a last resort. Folks over at https://t.me/ASUSZenfone5ZGroup might be able to guide you better.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] amitrahi04:
Tried flashing stock firmware, stuck in the boot loop. then decided to install a custom ROM.

Now cannot go past the second step(disable verity), keep getting this same error. Tried various versions of adb but nothing worked.

I unlocked the bootloader using the unofficial method, used the toolkit found here in zenfone 5z forum.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Remy_X1:
But I dont know how to flash DFE

and how long is first boot take ,mine take me 20minutes is normal?
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
just flash in twrp normally on active slot. 1st boot doesn't take more than a couple minutes generally.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] pankajpadra:
I am getting this error

what to do?

wiping userdata...

CreateProcess failed: The system cannot find the file specified. (2)

error: Cannot generate image for userdata
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] yashya23:
Hey can you help me where I can find abl.zip as it is unavailable on the gdrive link .My phone is running Android 10 and I'm not able to boot my device after multiple attempt please rescue me
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] AryanAA:
Hi, please find tha abl zip below:
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] yashya23:
I'm still not able to boot my device 😭.I tried everything every guide every video but it's bootlooping everytime. Please help 🙏🥺.
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] MrBluie_:
You cannot boot even in Android 10?

If so, put your phone is fastboot (power + vol up) and run this script (flashall_AFT.cmd) until complete, do not disconnect!
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak0n:
In twrp and normal android it asks for password but I didn't put a password. How fix it?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] BEZcuz:
my att 8525 will not turn on. every time i try to turn it on it goes to the startup pages then it turns itself off and finally flashes red lights @ me. can ne one tell me wats going on?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Pontoon:
Sounds like it needs charged.

Do you get the orange light when charging which turns green when it's done (these colours might be specific to Vario II on T-Mobile)

Have you been charging it fully?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Israt:
I need best kernal for pocophone f1 miui 10
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] mody uth:
+1
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Twisted Prime:
Stop asking for the best ROMs/Kernels (for battery, for performance or any other criteria), it doesn't exist. If there was one true best ROM/Kernel, do you think there would be other ROMs or Kernels?

There's only subjectively best and that's different for everyone. Everyone has different usage patterns & preferences, so when asking for the best, you get the best for them, not the best for you. The only way you'll find the best one for you is by trying them yourself.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] RubenPCA:
The best kernel is twister :V :highfive:
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] lawong:
i will vote for franco's , simply stable enough.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] GuestK00460:
SHADOW-performance

DISRUPT VIP-power

FRANKO-balance

SPHINX-battery

EXTREME-overclock
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] DankMemz:
How to fix porting error [1001 twrp error 7]?
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] leakcim90:
So, 4 month ago I crash the LCD of redmi 4x. So yesterday I decided buy and replace LCD, but I still have the same problem.

After replace LCD on phone, if I don't plug it, nothing happing if I power up, so I plug it to PC or to charge, it just reboot every 5 seconds, last second the light of the charge turn on for 1 second and reboot, cant go fastboot. If i remove battery and plug with vol -, it goes fastboot but with blank screen. I don't remember if I flashed any wrong rom or no.... I tried to flash mi tool with stock rom, still happen the same.. I didn't try fastboot_edl yet.

What it can be? Any hardware dead? Battery? Have it happen to someone? Any way to repair or should my phone be in the trash?

I appreciate any help!

Thanks
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] nowFabio:
Try test point!
[Treble-Enabled Device Questions and Answers] TechnoStone:
We don't have any custom ROMs with Treble Enabled, any ways to build vendor.img from /system partition files? I already can treblize my fs with TWRP. I know, that some guys have built vendor.img for their phones and ROMs. Can I do same things?
[Treble-Enabled Device Questions and Answers] Elvaa:
You can use vendor recovered from thread Treble partition enable. BTW can you early mount vendor? I can't because failed to read fstab from dt
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
blu_spark r10 release (unified)

All right crew!

New build is up :highfive:

This kernel is unified, should be good on OP7/Pro (I only can test on Pro).

So keep this in mind if there's anything wonky. Check out the 7 Pro thread, some stuff is already discussed there.

blu_spark_r10 release

Keep in mind: I will give no active support for custom ROMs (including OOS based ones).

I am only interested on debugging stuff in stock and stable OOS (with logs and reproducible steps to replicate the issue).

Don't spam this thread with LOS or other ROMs stuff like "this don't work, my app doesn't open, etc" or debugging features.

Also don't go spam and bug reporting on ROM threads if using this.

No mirrors please

If you like my work, donations are always welcome.

Don't forget to hit thanks and rate the thread nicely, it's free :)
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] edwardeutsch:
Will try this soon! Thank you for your work
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Leoguov:
Finally u r here!!!!
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
So how's it rolling, all good?

Sent from my blu_spark'd Oneplus
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] kodrnusa:
Waiting for the device to come... Then I will flash your kernel... Can't wait :)
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] edwardeutsch:
Yes, all good! "Battery life" and performance are great. Zero heat up while playing heavy games. Keep up the good work!
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
blu_spark r14 release (unified)

All right crew!

New build is up :highfive:

This kernel is unified, should be good on OP7/Pro (I only can test on Pro).

blu_spark_r14 release

Keep in mind: I will give no active support for custom ROMs (including OOS based ones).

I am only interested on debugging stuff in stock and stable OOS (with logs and reproducible steps to replicate the issue).

Don't spam this thread with LOS or other ROMs stuff like "this don't work, my app doesn't open, etc" or debugging features.

Also don't go spam and bug reporting on ROM threads if using this.

No mirrors please

If you like my work, donations are always welcome.

Don't forget to hit thanks and rate the thread nicely, it's free :)
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] nexuspur:
Has the kernel something todo with the signal strength/mechanism of a device or is this a rom setting?
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
Depends strength of what in particular?

If you're talking about 4g/gsm, nope.

Sent from my blu_spark'd OnePlus
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] nexuspur:
Flashed kernel an hour ago. Will see how it goes. Thanks for your work :D
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] pushpendrayadav:
Hi,

Thanks for excellent battery friendly Kernal.
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Valeriuz:
Stock settings?
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
blu_spark r16 release (unified)

All right crew!

New build is up :highfive:

This kernel is unified, should be good on OP7/Pro (I only can test on Pro).

blu_spark_r16 release

Keep in mind: I will give no active support for custom ROMs (including OOS based ones).

I am only interested on debugging stuff in stock and stable OOS (with logs and reproducible steps to replicate the issue).

Don't spam this thread with LOS or other ROMs stuff like "this don't work, my app doesn't open, etc" or debugging features.

Also don't go spam and bug reporting on ROM threads if using this.

No mirrors please

If you like my work, donations are always welcome.

Don't forget to hit thanks and rate the thread nicely, it's free :)
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Deleted member 5408779:
Lol, I get the same SOT with stock kernel.:D

Edit: [MENTION=3873953]eng.stk[/MENTION] the update works great for me on my OP7.

Thanks
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] carlsmad:
I cant set the minimum cpu frequency. It goes back to stock which is the same as the maximum cpu frequency(1785MHz on little cores)
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
I can set it just fine.

1785 is not the default min, if you cant change it and its locked to that max value you have something else derping and locking it.

Sent from my blu_spark'd Oneplus
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] carlsmad:
Okay sir. Thanks. I think I'll just format my phone again.
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Deleted member 5408779:
[MENTION=3873953]eng.stk[/MENTION] Portrait mode isn't working with your kernel.
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
Works fine in 7pro OOS 9.5.9 with stock camera app, used it yesterday actually several times.

Multimedia driver stack, including camera, is totally stock in blu_spark.

edit: also OP7 is behind in ROM versions, they updated camera stuff on latest OOS 9.5.9 sourcedrop, so you may have to stay with previous kernel build until they update OP7 ROM with matching binaries.
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] carlsmad:
Nightsight is also not working on gcam mod when I use this kernel but when I go back to stock, it works.
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
I don't give support to any mods., only stock stuff.

What version of kernel? Read what I said about ROM versions, try an earlier build before latest OOS 9.5.9 sourcedrop (r14 for instance).

Sent from my blu_spark'd Oneplus
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] carlsmad:
sorry for that. I used the latest, r16, on regular op7.
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] :
Yes true Story didn't think about that. I don't even understand why they don't update both phones at the same time. It's almost the same hardware and shouldn't be so hard to do that :confused:

Will try previous version and report. I guess v14 should be fine? Or should i go for v10?

Edit: v14 works great!
[OnePlus 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] eng.stk:
There you go.

Yeah well they could, but since they don't there's little I can do, because there's ROM stuff that needs updating.

Guess you guys are stuck until new updates for this device.

Also keep this a reminder for next versions, you may not be able to run latest kernel build when there's hw related updates.

Sent from my blu_spark'd Oneplus