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[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Maybe it's strange, from Android 7 onwards, I didn't have the Bluetooth option when sending files, even last night! Now, after rebooting the device, I checked and it was there! How is it possible ?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
apparently old devs did that to save power and prevent overheating etc. but it ended up being worse. captain had a problem and cores were not turning back on...

latest build sets all cores online all the time. you can dirty flash it, should work.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
@str4610 since ur daily driving this phone wanted to ask you... which version of the pixelmaster do u use? did u compare the different options and find the best one? pixelmaster definitely takes better photos than stock camera app of these custom roms.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
So should I download the new version, wipe data cache and install the new version? Do I need to reinstall core gapps?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
To use the camera, I use the phone's own program, maybe I use B612 to take a selfie, do you suggest I use Pixel Master?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
if you wipe data you would have to set everything up again.

i didn't do dirty flashes much but iirc you can just wipe cache-dalvik and flash the new rom.

if that doesn't work then wipe cache-dalvik-system and flash rom+gapps

take a backup just in case :) its always a good practice to backup.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
well yeah. pixelmaster takes better photos.

currently i have version 2 as it was the stock camera app of these phones but don't know if 3 or 4 are better or not...

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[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Thanks for the offer. I will install from version 2 and test it with higher versions and let you know the result
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
A kernel file has been added to the Google ROM download page, should I install it too?

asus Pixel Master has been updated to version 8! Testing all of them is very time-consuming. It seems that the latest version is suitable for use. what is your opinion?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
latest version is meant for new devices and might have compatibility issues.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
The last time I used Asus apps was in its own ROM and Android 6

In the description written for Android 8 and above. Well, we are using Android 11 now. However, I will install from version 2 and also several versions such as 4, 6, and 8, and then I will inform you.

Regarding the kernel, what should I install separately?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
i included the info about it in the first post. if you don't have any problems you don't need it.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
I'm sorry for not paying attention and asking too many questions.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
About Pixel Master Camera Version 8 was crashing and closing. Versions 6.5.4 could not be installed. The version 2 that you linked was crashing when previewed ، This version seems to be without problems com.asus.camera_2.0.60.3_160329-1520060021_minAPI19(nodpi).I am testing other versions and in the meantime the Wi-Fi of the phone was disconnected once . It was on but there was a cross mark and I had to turn it off and on.

However, I will keep you updated
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
do you save photos to sd card? i think i remember a problem like that with pixelmaster. might need to install it as a system app. if you don't see a big difference in image quality you can ignore it tho. if the stock camera app is good enough for you that's fine.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
The features of Pixel are more than the default program, this cannot be ignored. Yes, I put the memory card as the storage location. I don't know how to install it as a system program. The versions that I installed were the latest and one before them, for example 8.2 and 8.1 . However, I did not see any particular problem with the version I wrote in the previous post . Yes, I use the phone camera very little. However, I don't think anyone will respond to better suggestions to improve the level of efficiency and quality. And me too because of the passage of time I had forgotten to use specific programs for asus. Your suggestion was a good reminder.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
i still use asus file manager for example. even on my daily driver poco x3 pro that's my file manager app. i like the wifi file transfer feature and the user interface.

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using the 2.6.0.58_210707 btw
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
pixelmaster 2 should be fine as long as you don't save to the sd card. it can preview the photos just fine if you save to internal memory. its not a huge deal.

you can try flashable options but those are meant for the older versions of android. try em at your own risk https://androidfilehost.com/?w=search&s=PixelMaster&type=files might work, might break something... having a backup would be nice as always ^^

i'm fine with not being able to use sdcard with camera app. tho its not my daily driver :)
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
after some more testing i noticed that twrp versions above 3.2.x can't decrypt data if you have encryption enabled(imo you shouldnt on such an old device tho. might decrease the performance.) also newer twrp versions don't leave enough space for encryption footer. you can't even encrypt the device even if you wanted to if you had formatted data with new twrp.

encryption works but if you don't have a password before encrypting the device it still asks a password when you boot. you might lose your data, encrypt at your own risk.

edit:did more testing.

this info is based on my own testing with zenfone selfie(z00t), other devices might be different, i can't be sure...

if you want to use encryption, use twrp version 3.2.3-0

if you had formatted your data with newer versions before, format data with 3.2.3-0 to leave enough space for encryption footer.

make sure you have a password/pin/pattern lock before encrypting the device.

make sure you don't disable secure startup when changing your password.

if you encrypt the phone without a password or if you disable the secure startup you will lose your data.

i still advise against using encryption on this device tho. if you want, just be careful.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
I installed this version com.asus.camera_2.0.60.3_160329-1520060021_minAPI19(nodpi).apk

Then Google Play updated it to version version 2.0.66.0_160616

that you sent. Yes, after inserting the internal memory to save,The program seems to work well. Thanks for the tips.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] jimjack12:
I can confirm the good functioning of the rom on z00ld ze550kl.

Basic functions are all working and no bootloop.

I wonder even out of 4000 views of the discussion, is there no other user who can give any other feedback?

However, I can say with certainty that the Arrowos rom is about 10% smoother.

Thanks so much for the great job
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
why am i wasting money for this phone? lol :D

replaced the cracked screen...
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Congratulations, with a new ROM and a new LCD you can use it as a second phone, it's worth the money because it's a good phone.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
well it's worth spending $10 for the screen, but my phone has other issues as well. that's why i'm not sure...

power button is not working, charging speeds are slow and the battery is quite old.

i modified the system so this phone just turns on when you plug a charger, no off-mode charging. that mostly solves the power button problem. don't know if the slow charging is due to old battery or the replaced charging board but these problems are making this phone hard to use. its just a decent backup device for now. it was a good device in 2015 standards, 3gb ram and 8core cpu on a mid-range device? sure. but now its quite old ^^

i'm just glad that i can access to the fastboot and recovery without power button lol. otherwise it would be a brick without power button repair.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
You are really lucky that you can go to bootloader without power key.

I also had the problem of slow charging and rapid battery discharge, which was solved by replacing the battery.

Definitely worth spending $10.

Yes, it was very smart in its time and compared to the phones of that time. Of course, it is still enough for me as a first phone with daily use. And I am satisfied. Thanks to you for having an up-to-date and flawless operating system. However, in the screen protector, I select the analog clock when charging, and after disconnecting and connecting the charger once, it returns to the digital clock, and this is strange. Of course, it is not a problem. I just wanted you to know.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
you mean this?

it might be a bug with the clock app itself and not the rom. you can try other options like google clock? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.deskclock&hl=en_US

i don't use screensavers at all so i didn't notice a problem. even if i were to uıse it i'd use the digital lol. this device doesn't have an amoled display so why would i keep the whole screen lit up and slow the charging speed? amoled displays don't turn on the black pixels at all so the power consumption is lower.

edit, tested...

for me, when i set it to analog and plug the charger in&out, it shows digital in the settings but when i charge again it shows the analog clock. so its just a display issue and works properly.

guess it registers the last option you pick and works fine but when you go into the setting tab again it displays digital. might be an oversight from android itself, lineageos or crdroid... doesn't affect the functionality for me.

i'm not changing the lineage/crdroid files just adapting this device source and fixing stuff when i can. and previous devs did the most of that. i wouldn't attempt building this rom without their work and files. its just too much work to start from the beginning. i couldn't even do it at my current level, i'd have to research and learn much more before being able to make a rom for this device ^^

if it happens on this phone probably happens on all the crdroid android 11 roms across all the devices. and potentially lineageos too
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Thank you for following up, I didn't look at it as a problem, so I didn't expect it to be solved. I just wanted you to be informed.

You have worked hard for this device and ROM until now.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] WiraHy:
How to modify the system? I want to try it later. Thanks to providing updates to this device
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
you want it to turn on when you plug a charger? that's a simple one.

unzip and put healthd.rc file in the system/etc/init folder

you might need to set chmod. i just set it to 755 cuz there's a button on the twrp file manager :D it's easy.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
btw you can try disabling system tracing, not sure if it slows things down or affects the performance at all but disabling shouldn't hurt anything and its reversible anyways.

to disable:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.traceur

to bring it back:

adb shell pm install-existing com.android.traceur

you can report back if you see any positive or negative effects
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
my slow charging speeds were caused by the charging port replacement, confirmed. found an original part for $5, now it's charging rapidly :) 10w is not rapid/fast by today's standards but that previous board was horrible. it was like 1/5 the speed and if you were gaming while charging your battery would actually go down :D now its back to normal.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
It's the same for me when downloading a file, watching a video or playing a game while charging, the battery drains.

I am happy to hear that you are slowly giving new life to the phone, first the LCD and now the charging socket.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
i won't be able to find these parts in the future so... fixing it while i can. i bought the last display for sub $10 now all the other sellers are asking $20-25+ even for just the display without frame. so you would have to spend some extra for the glue as well and the process is more time consuming. i probably wouldn't pay that much. but found it cheap :)

why don't you get a new phone btw? i'm glad this is not my daily driver lol :D is it really enough for you? after all this time :) its not unusable but missing a lot of modern features, fast charging is a game changer. even 33w is a huge jump.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Yes, I know, and I'm eager to get a new phone, but I went through bankruptcy a few years ago and still have more financially viable options to spend than a phone. Although only for calling and SMS and sometimes I use it for surfing the web and listening to music, and this device is still responsive.And thanks to you I am up to date in terms of Android version. And that's enough for now.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
For a while, I used this phone to do call-of-duty mobile, although sometimes I had lags, but overall it was not bad, I think with Android 7.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] o_chiemi:
Hello! I'm currently using a ZE550KL phone with crDroid (A10). Can I just dirty flash this A11 ROM and still keep my data and stuff? Or should I start from scratch and reset/wipe everything? Thanks!

Custom recovery: TWRP 3.7.0_9-0

Rooted with Magisk 26.1
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Hi, I'm not sure, but I think you should do a clean wipe, make a backup of the data Make the flash dirty, maybe it will work, and if it doesn't, you have a backup of the data and do a complete reset.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] betelgeuse1031:
Hi guys,

I have zenfone laser 2 selfie ZD551KL and zenfone laser 2 6.0 ZE601KL, does this custom rom can be installed on both of the phones?

Sorry guys, I am not good at installing custom rom. Can someone please guide me with steps?

And by the way, both the phones are stock rom android 6 and rooted.

Thank you.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
zenfone selfie is my test device and don't have any known major issues. just the ui crash i mentioned in the first post which is minor.

i don't know about ze601kl tho, it would boot, most functions would work... but ZE60xKL devices had speaker problems with the previous roms and i didn't have any testers while i was developing this rom. so the speaker might not work. you need to test it. if it doesn't work then you're out of luck, for the foreseeable future atleast... i'm not daily driving linux :) already back to windows. so i won't be releasing a new update anytime soon. i could try building a permissive build to see if the old patch would work or not https://xdaforums.com/t/patch-9-0-ze60xkl-speaker-patch-is-available.3927464/

hopefully it just works? but i wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't. just take your backups so you can go back if it doesn't.

installing the rom is simple, you can find tutorials on youtube... if your bootloader is not unlocked you can check this post https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-unoff...tloader-without-asus-unlock-app-root.3405850/
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] ccln106:
I have zenfone laser ZE601KL.

ZE60xKL speaker not working.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] betelgeuse1031:
That's good for Zenfone selfie ZD551KL.

Thats not good for ZE601KL.:cry:

Do you mean you have flashed the latest crDroid and the speaker does not work?

I have read some posts mention that there are sound patches for ZE601KL but it's for android version up to 9. ZE601KL has quite good dual speakers. I hope someone can bring the custom android 11 with sound fix for Zenfone ZE601KL.:cry:
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] ccln106:
Yes
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] 4wank:
zuud / Z00T with NikGapps basic>wrp-3.7.0_9-0-Z00T > non root > success install :) thk bro
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] Chaplin0906:
Does this also apply to zenfone 2 laser ze550kl with s410 processor?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
not just this but all the roms should work with both 410 and 615 variants.

just make sure that you have the marshmallow firmware and unlocked bootloader.

what rom were you using? stock rom? lollipop?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] Chaplin0906:
I'm using the latest version of Marshmallow WW_21.40.1220.2196, I'm sure my steps are correct and I have unlocked the bootloader, the system has successfully flashed in, but it always boot loops, or is there any steps that must be done? Could you please tell me the detailed steps

這正常嗎？

它可以進入啟動屏幕，但立即卡住並重新啟動

It can get to the boot screen but immediately gets stuck and reboots

I need help
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] bezerox:
hello sir, do you use ZD551KL or Z00T device version? can you help me to unlock bootloader of my zenfone selfie? because official unlock app cannot be used anymore and the thread or post that mention is adviced to be "MUST be rooted" and to root you must unlock bootloader to flash custom recovery or boot or system img. can you please tell me a clue? I'm really stuck right now.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
zd551kl is z00t.

unofficial unlock method: https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-unoff...tloader-without-asus-unlock-app-root.3405850/
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] bezerox:
ty for quick response

but to unlock, needed rooted phone and to be rooted the phone need bootloader to be unlocked. im still confusing about it. there is options to get root by flashing pre-rooted system img but the link has expired. do i need downgrade to LP from MM? my phone in MM firmware right now. sorry for oot.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
can you just try rooting with magisk? backup the stock boot.img first just in case.

install the magisk as an app and patch the boot.img flash it from the fastboot.

i don't know if its been like that for all the devices but i actually used custom roms and twrp with locked bootloader and didn't have an issue. its weird but my device acted as it was unlocked even when it was locked. here's an old screenshot of mine

i had custom nougat rom installed when i took this ss.

i eventually unlocked it anyways, using the unofficial method and i can't lock it back to try it.

i can't help you if it doesn't work tho. i dont have the backups of those old files, system images etc.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] bezerox:
i think i found the problem, my partition table show 0 after flashing recovery or boot img

i don't know how to fix this, have you ever experienced this?

i'm on latest MM 21.40.0.2214.

EDIT: IT WORKS NOW AFTER REBOOT > OPEN MAGISK > DIRECT PATCHED OPTION (RECOMMENDED) SHOWS > REBOOT > AND NOW ITS ROOTED.

Thank You for your help.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] betelgeuse1031:
@zenfone selfie

Thanks for your effort you have put into this rom. I have successfully installed the rom on my ZD551KL. I think everything works fine although I haven't truly test it out.

But there are a few things I would like to let you know.

1. During the installation, I used the NikGapps-crDroid-op6-arm64-13-20230616-signed. It booted into OS but I could not get pass setting up the phone. I am not sure why. I saw there was error/message popped up for a split second and then disappeared. I could not get what that was. May be that's why i could not finish setting up the phone.

Then I use the NikGapps-basic-arm64-11-20231007-signed and it works, I can finish set up the phone.

However after booted into the OS, the screen flickers about 1 - 2 seconds for like every 10 seconds. Its more prominent around the edge of screen and less at the center. I am not sure is that because of the LCD problem since the LCD is quite old and has dead pixels. Or is it the rom? or the nikgapps?

2. I found that the UI is quite laggy. I read that turn off the blur fix the UI lag. But it is turned off by default correct? I don't know where the turn on/off blur is located in setting, so I don't know whether the blur setting is on or off.

3. Another issue is that, although not really an issue, the speaker sounds like its going to break when I crank it to max volume and I have turned off the Audiofx. I remember on stock rom the speaker sounds nice even at max volume.

On the other hand, I have not try to install the rom to ZE601KL since you mentioned that the speakers are not working/most probably not working. I wanted to test it out if you can help find the patch to make the speakers work.

Thank you.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] o_chiemi:
Installed this ROM on ZE550KL, but the problem is my laptop (ASUS, Windows 10) now can't detect the device via USB. No notification appears on the notification pane upon connecting the USB. It's just charging but not showing up on Device Manager at all. Already updated the drivers on my laptop. Tried different USB cables but to no avail. Other phones show up just fine. Can use ADB wirelessly, but not fastboot which I need.

Edit: Based on this, there seems to be missing data from the phone itself. Can you please update this ROM to include the missing drivers? Thank you so much!
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] NinjaCoool:
Currently on crDroid 10, is the performance better on crDroid 11? Will mainly use this device as backup phone for hotspot. Thanks!
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Version 11 has better performance. Everything including the hotspot works without problems.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] macdat:
Have been sniffing around my registry for another reason and stumbled on the reg key ... HKLM\init\BootVars\RequireCertmod ....

It has a value of 1

I really am just guessing but would setting it to 0 allow uncertified ROMS to be installed ?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] jamonda:
I don't know what this key do, but it certainly has nothing to do with ROM flashing.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] sumitescp:
nope nothing to do with registry
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] crystal_clear:
talking about registry tweaks

can someone point me in the direction of the tweak for gps info within a picture and IMPORTANTLY method & software required to make the tweak... cheers mark
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] gpvecchi:
Betas, DP, etc. sometimes have more updated modem, kernel and bootloader.

Would it worth to flash bootloader?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Curiousn00b:
AFAIK, it provides no benefit for you while being booted into the OS.