[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clamarc:
Hi,

I tried to perform some procedures to restore my device, but after all the commands the bootloader screen does not

return so I can load the ROM. Follow the commands I executed so that someone can help me!

thank you

Clamarc

Commands:

STEP 1 - Connected in Cloverview mode:

xfstk-dldr-solo.exe

--fwdnx sec-dnx_fwr.bin

--softfuse soft_fuse.bin

--gpflags 0x80000305

--fwimage sec-ifwi-prod.bin

--osdnx sec-dnx_osr.bin

--osimage droidboot.img.POS_sign.bin

STEP 2 - cell phone connected with the POWER and VOL + keys (bootloader, however the droidboot screen, that

of the little robot, has not yet appeared) even so, on this black screen, I executed the commands below:

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot oem backup_config

...

OKAY [ 0.800s]

finished. total time: 0.800s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot oem start_partitioning

...

(bootloader) Start partitioning

OKAY [ 0.644s]

finished. total time: 0.644s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash /tmp/partition.tbl partition.tbl

target reported max download size of 1321888426 bytes

sending '/tmp/partition.tbl' (1 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.496s]

writing '/tmp/partition.tbl'...

OKAY [ 0.952s]

finished. total time: 1.450s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot oem partition /tmp/partition.tbl

...

OKAY [ 0.826s]

finished. total time: 0.828s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot erase system

erasing 'system'...

OKAY [ 41.152s]

finished. total time: 41.154s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot erase cache

erasing 'cache'...

OKAY [ 30.844s]

finished. total time: 30.846s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot erase spare

erasing 'spare'...

FAILED (remote: unable to format) only one that failed!

finished. total time: 0.796s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot erase data

erasing 'data'...

OKAY [ 59.440s]

finished. total time: 59.440s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot erase userdata

erasing 'userdata'...

OKAY [ 50.928s]

finished. total time: 50.930s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot erase APD

erasing 'APD'...

OKAY [ 19.942s]

finished. total time: 19.944s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot erase ADF

erasing 'ADF'...

OKAY [ 16.134s]

finished. total time: 16.134s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot oem stop_partitioning

...

(bootloader) Stop partitioning

OKAY [ 0.648s]

finished. total time: 0.648s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash dnx sec-dnx_fwr.bin

target reported max download size of 1320531285 bytes

sending 'dnx' (96 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.496s]

writing 'dnx'...

OKAY [ 0.664s]

finished. total time: 1.162s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash ifwi sec-ifwi-prod.bin

target reported max download size of 1320531285 bytes

sending 'ifwi' (1983 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.680s]

writing 'ifwi'...

OKAY [ 0.876s]

finished. total time: 1.558s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash boot boot_sign.bin

target reported max download size of 1320531285 bytes

sending 'boot' (9193 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.388s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) secure device

(bootloader) signed image

OKAY [ 1.882s]

finished. total time: 3.270s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash recovery recovery_sign.bin

target reported max download size of 1320531285 bytes

sending 'recovery' (11067 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.522s]

writing 'recovery'...

(bootloader) secure device

(bootloader) signed image

OKAY [ 2.088s]

finished. total time: 3.614s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash fastboot droidboot_sign.bin

target reported max download size of 1320531285 bytes

sending 'fastboot' (13269 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.734s]

writing 'fastboot'...

(bootloader) secure device

(bootloader) signed image

OKAY [ 2.376s]

finished. total time: 4.112s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash splashscreen splash_sign.bin

target reported max download size of 1320531285 bytes

sending 'splashscreen' (5814 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.036s]

writing 'splashscreen'...

(bootloader) secure device

(bootloader) signed image

OKAY [ 1.476s]

finished. total time: 2.514s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash APD APD.img

target reported max download size of 1320531285 bytes

sending 'APD' (139132 KB)...

OKAY [ 13.892s]

writing 'APD'...

OKAY [ 7.064s]

finished. total time: 20.956s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash system system.img

target reported max download size of 1320531285 bytes

sending 'system' (1201100 KB)...

OKAY [118.116s]

writing 'system'...

OKAY [ 43.494s]

finished. total time: 161.612s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot reboot-bootloader

rebooting into bootloader...

OKAY [ 0.360s]

finished. total time: 0.362s

STEP 3 - Cell phone restarted again with the POWRE and Vol + keys (bootloader, but also

without the robot screen appearing, remains in black screen)

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash fastboot fastboot.img

target reported max download size of 1320760661 bytes

sending 'fastboot' (13481 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.828s]

writing 'fastboot'...

(bootloader) secure device

(bootloader) signed image

OKAY [ 2.404s]

finished. total time: 4.234s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot reboot-bootloader

rebooting into bootloader...

OKAY [ 0.330s]

finished. total time: 0.330s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash boot boot.img

target reported max download size of 1320834389 bytes

sending 'boot' (9569 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.404s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) secure device

(bootloader) signed image

OKAY [ 1.910s]

finished. total time: 3.316s

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

target reported max download size of 1320834389 bytes

sending 'recovery' (12381 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.648s]

writing 'recovery'...

(bootloader) secure device

(bootloader) signed image

OKAY [ 2.248s]

finished. total time: 3.900s

NOTE: This 3rd step, would not be to restore the droidboot to when I connect with the POWER and Vol + keys?!

This did not happen, when I turn on the POWER and VOL + keys, the droidboot CONTINUES NOT TO APPEAR!

In the 4th step (just below), I tried just to see if it would work, because, according to research, to run the

commands of the next step, the droidboot screen would have to be working for me to be able to choose the

connection function via adb.

What could be wrong in the previous steps that made the boot screen not look like it to me until now?

Another observation, I did NOT disconnect the cell phone from the PC at any time, so my question is:

The phone is still connected in CLOVERVIEW mode! ?? ... the commands were all correct, so it is okay to be still

in cloverview, correct?

STEP 4 - Attempt to load the ROM

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

C:\Users\Desktop\Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG Debrick>adb sideload UL-ASUS_T00F-WW-2.21.40.30-user.zip

loading: 'UL-ASUS_T00F-WW-2.21.40.30-user.zip'

error: device not found

NOTE 2: This must be happening because of the blessed droidboot screen that I can't load even though I did

all the steps above to recover the phone! ??

How do I get this blessed boot back so I can load the ROM and save my phone!?

Thak you

Clamarc