First of all, I wanted to apologize if I'm posting at a wrong section but please do move this thread if necessary.
Second, I know some of you have already read a bunch of problems regarding to this model of zenfone 5 but I'm still hoping that one day someone can help us A500KL users. I've spent sleepless nights browsing the internet for solutions. I've been through different websites like taiwanese, chinese, russian and many more but still can't seem to find any guides or solution to my problem.
The thing is, one day after booting my phone and making it to home screen a few seconds later it's restarting on it's own. restarted and same thing happened over and over again. I didn't mind losing my files so i went to recovery to do a factory reset hoping it will resolve the problem. But the moment I press enter, a bunch of errors saying E:failed to mount...... (invalid argument) showed up. It failed wiping to factory reset. i tried wiping cache but still gets a bunch of those error. I know little about flashing so I came to a place where they said that i have to download the stock firmware from asus website with the same version and same SKU. so i did that and stored the stock rom on my external SD card (can't save in internal since I can't boot to homescreen anymore. Just ending up in Asus logo loading forever.) but still no luck. I Searched some more and found a guide about flashing using AFT. I tried but still no luck, says it needs a .raw firmware. unfortunately anywhere i go there is no .raw firmware for my phone. so I explore some more and came across about bootloader. but recently i found out that my bootloader is locked. Neither can I flash using sideload.
My phone is not rooted, no custom recovery installed, no option to install update from ADB and can't install from recovery. BUT still able to go to recovery, boot until asus logo, when charging battery icon still shows. still vibrates when powered.
I really hope someone out there can help me with my current problem. I still think this can be done cause i don't think theres a problem with the hardware. Been searching for days and I really need to recover my phone. Oh and not to mention there are 2 more of this phone on my relatives and all of them have the same problem. So please help us A500KL users. Sorry for the long message, I'm just so desperate to recover my phone. God Bless
hi bro
well firstly bootloader unlock is NOT needed for sideloading stock firmware.i'm giving you the link to one of my tutorials,follow the procedure carefully.note one thing that do NOT download the firmware whose link is given in tutorial,instead use kitkat firmware of your phone(download from asus support page)....use only kitkat firmware pls.coz my experience says that flashing lollipop directly gives errors.http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-5/help/bootlooped-bricked-returning-to-stock-t3358662
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hi bro
well firstly bootloader unlock is NOT needed for sideloading stock firmware.i'm giving you the link to one of my tutorials,follow the procedure carefully.note one thing that do NOT download the firmware whose link is given in tutorial,instead use kitkat firmware of your phone(download from asus support page)....use only kitkat firmware pls.coz my experience says that flashing lollipop directly gives errors.http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-5/help/bootlooped-bricked-returning-to-stock-t3358662
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That method only work for A500/501 cg models. Not A500KL .It will not work. I already came across this problem. There is NO RAW FIRMWARE FOR ZENFONE 5 LTE
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That method only work for A500/501 cg models. Not A500KL .It will not work. I already came across this problem. There is NO RAW FIRMWARE FOR ZENFONE 5 LTE
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but when did i say that you need raw firmware??
what we are doing is flashing fastboot,recovery and then sideloading the zip firmware which is available on asus website...
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hi bro
well firstly bootloader unlock is NOT needed for sideloading stock firmware.i'm giving you the link to one of my tutorials,follow the procedure carefully.note one thing that do NOT download the firmware whose link is given in tutorial,instead use kitkat firmware of your phone(download from asus support page)....use only kitkat firmware pls.coz my experience says that flashing lollipop directly gives errors.http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-5/help/bootlooped-bricked-returning-to-stock-t3358662
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Hello bro.. your tutorial is well said but unfortunately Zenfone 5 LTE is different. Yes i do have a firmware downloaded at the official asus website and it doesn't contain any recovery.img and fastboot.img there's only boot.img inside. and yes its only kitkat. its WW 11.4.6.94
Lastly, zenfone 5 LTE doesn't have "apply update from ADB" option in recovery by default so sideloading is not really possible. I can only depend on fastboot with locked bootloader. so yeah that makes things difficult.
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but when did i say that you need raw firmware??
what we are doing is flashing fastboot,recovery and then sideloading the zip firmware which is available on asus website...
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You din't get what i mean.... His system partition is MESSED UP. The partition also contains fastboot and recovery partition. Flashing fastboot and recovery WILL FAIL. He will have to find AND RAW FIRMWARE NOT A ZIP FIRMWARE FROM ASUS.
I already searched for Raw firmware for zenfone 5 lte. There is no raw firmware for that model. Using that guide requires the raw firmware. In the process that tool will use the RAW firnware to fix the partition table.
Hopes that clears everything up
Hi Bazerald,
My 18-month old A500KL has exactly the same problem as you had described - startup never get pass the Asus logo screen, got a bunch of "E: failed to mount ....." error messages in Recovery. I was told by the Asus Service Centre technician that the problem was caused by a broken ROM and to revive the phone, a replacement of the mother board was required and they were charging megabuck for the job. I ended up taking my phone back without fixing and here I am browsing in this forum hoping to find an alternative solution.
Since I know everything else on my A500KL is still working except the internal ROM, what I am hoping to do is to find if there is a way to load the stock firmware onto an external SD card and boot up the phone from there, in other words, I would like to swap the internal and external memory. I can find a few discussions on this topic for the Samsung Galaxy, but I have yet to find a viable solution for our A500KL.
Any member has any suggestion on this idea?
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You din't get what i mean.... His system partition is MESSED UP. The partition also contains fastboot and recovery partition. Flashing fastboot and recovery WILL FAIL. He will have to find AND RAW FIRMWARE NOT A ZIP FIRMWARE FROM ASUS.
I already searched for Raw firmware for zenfone 5 lte. There is no raw firmware for that model. Using that guide requires the raw firmware. In the process that tool will use the RAW firnware to fix the partition table.
Hopes that clears everything up
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hi friend
i'm really sorry,i just somehow missed the line saying that he has system error..
thanks for noting
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Since I know everything else on my A500KL is still working except the internal ROM, what I am hoping to do is to find if there is a way to load the stock firmware onto an external SD card and boot up the phone from there, in other words, I would like to swap the internal and external memory. I can find a few discussions on this topic for the Samsung Galaxy, but I have yet to find a viable solution for our A500KL.
Any member has any suggestion on this idea?
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I agree, I was hoping for the same thing here since xda is very popular for fixing tons of problems. I guess we'll just have to wait for THE ONE who can help us.. since A500KL doesn't seem have a raw firmware I'll be very happy if anyone can spend a time and make a raw firmware for us (if it's possible). Recovering the 3 A500KL here will be very rewarding.
Also, I'm trying to not depend too much on the raw firmawre cause the main reason is the messed up partition. Still searching for a way to fix it manually and getting some ideas on how it is done on other phones.
Unless you guys found a RAW firmware for the LTE model. It's preety much hopeless. Sorry........
does anyone know if repartitioning the messed up partition of A500KL manually is possible?
I got the same problem a few months ago. I searched through the Internet and found that many many people having such problem, I concluded that it is the quality of the chips (usually 15 months of usage), not software problem alone (the phone just died suddenly, I did nothing at all!!). This was the first time I had hardware failure in phones (in the past 20 years!). I WILL NEVER BUY ASUS phone again.
Ok guys, give me a sec and i'll find the firmware. Theres one on the website thats a revert firmware that will fix it. I had the same issue with mine. This firmware will revert it back to Kitkat. Yes.. Its DOES have the stock Recovery,Boot.img and System.img files.
This is the firmware your looking for Version WW_11.4.6.94 (Downgrade Version)
http://www.asus.com/us/support/Download/39/1/0/6/8/
ONLY FLASH THAT VERSION! Only Version WW_11.4.6.94 (Downgrade Version) (WorldWide) Version..
Only the Downgrade Versions have the complete files needed to repair a bad flash or root attempt.
Follow the directions Vaib posted on the previous page, but use the firmware file above.
Should fix the software,recovery and partition issue. Also, the bootloader unlock provided by Asus is hit and miss.
I've used it to root,but alot of the files are interlinked. So you run the risk of another app not working when trying to debloat the rom. As of now there is no Alternate non Stock Rom for the A500KL. Note: After flashing the WW firmware you phone will be recognized as an Asus "T00P". This is normal and doesnt cause any issues.
If all else fails, go here for more info on the A500KL. http://www.asus-zenfone.com/search/label/Zenfone 5 LTE
Good Luck. Happy Flashing
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Ok guys, give me a sec and i'll find the firmware. Theres one on the website thats a revert firmware that will fix it. I had the same issue with mine. This firmware will revert it back to Kitkat. Yes.. Its DOES have the stock Recovery,Boot.img and System.img files.
This is the firmware your looking for Version WW_11.4.6.94 (Downgrade Version)
http://www.asus.com/us/support/Download/39/1/0/6/8/
ONLY FLASH THAT VERSION! Only Version WW_11.4.6.94 (Downgrade Version) (WorldWide) Version..
Only the Downgrade Versions have the complete files needed to repair a bad flash or root attempt.
Follow the directions Vaib posted on the previous page, but use the firmware file above.
Should fix the software,recovery and partition issue. Also, the bootloader unlock provided by Asus is hit and miss.
I've used it to root,but alot of the files are interlinked. So you run the risk of another app not working when trying to debloat the rom. As of now there is no Alternate non Stock Rom for the A500KL. Note: After flashing the WW firmware you phone will be recognized as an Asus "T00P". This is normal and doesnt cause any issues.
If all else fails, go here for more info on the A500KL. http://www.asus-zenfone.com/search/label/Zenfone 5 LTE
Good Luck. Happy Flashing
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Tabasco , WW_11.4.6.94 (Downgrade Version) did not have recovery.img and fastboot.img inside as well.
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Tabasco , WW_11.4.6.94 (Downgrade Version) did not have recovery.img and fastboot.img inside as well.
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It should have, unless i accidentally linked to the wrong one. Let me see what happened.
The downgrade version should have recovery and fast-boot. It kicks it from L to KK. Since the fast-boot and recovery aren't compatible from L to KK, it should flash it. When i boot looped mine trying to a flash an alternate recovery i re-flashed using the downgrade version to fix it. I guess possibility that it could be in another WW Version, but im pretty sure i remember flashing the first WW Downgrade. I'm going to look at WW_11.4.6.71 and see if it in there.
OK, WW_11.4.6.71 has a script to install recovery. So the recovery.img is in the firmware somewhere. Try WW_11.4.6.71 instead and see if that fixes it for you.
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It should have, unless i accidentally linked to the wrong one. Let me see what happened.
The downgrade version should have recovery and fast-boot. It kicks it from L to KK. Since the fast-boot and recovery aren't compatible from L to KK, it should flash it. When i boot looped mine trying to a flash an alternate recovery i re-flashed using the downgrade version to fix it. I guess possibility that it could be in another WW Version, but im pretty sure i remember flashing the first WW Downgrade. I'm going to look at WW_11.4.6.71 and see if it in there.
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thanks for tried to check , i downloaded WW-11.4.6.107 it did not have it either.
due to my super slow internet speed ,it took me abt 3 hours to downloaded 1 firmware....... i wish to download all to check but...... poor me..
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thanks for tried to check , i downloaded WW-11.4.6.107 it did not have it either.
due to my super slow internet speed ,it took me abt 3 hours to downloaded 1 firmware....... i wish to download all to check but...... poor me..
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OK, WW_11.4.6.71 has a script to install recovery. So the recovery.img is in the firmware somewhere. Try WW_11.4.6.71 instead and see if that fixes it for you.
The recovery isnt exactly named recovery.img, there's a script that refers to installing the recovery from another location. So i'd try flashing the downgrade version after getting the phone into fastboot. And unfortunately it can be difficult to tell if the phone is actually in fastboot.
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OK, WW_11.4.6.71 has a script to install recovery. So the recovery.img is in the firmware somewhere. Try WW_11.4.6.71 instead and see if that fixes it for you.
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ok thanks , will try it later on.
Wow.
You people really didn't read the comments section throughly.
Trying normal or downgrade firmware will not work.
This procedure requires a RAW firmware.
And using the offline update tool provided by @dgadelha.
If any of you found a RAW firmware for the A500KL model.
You can easily adapt the script from his Offline update tool.
It will repartition the device.
AGAIN. trying normal firmware is not going to fix the problem
@Bazerald (i think that your a500kl is WW) Try: with stock recovery try wipe the phone (data, cache), flash the firmware downloadable from asus site UL-ASUS_T00P-WW-11.4.6.94-user, (not the downgrade version), if not success, try UL-ASUS_T00P-WW-12.4.5.22
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Hi guys!
I have use this Zenfone 5 LTE variant (ASUS_T00P or A500KL variant) for about a year unrooted until recently the phone failed/bricked due to unknown reason.
The last stable version that I used before the phone failed was KitKat 4.4.2 (UL-ASUS_T00P-WW-11.4.6.94-user).
After a visit to Asus service center, they re-flashed my phone with Lollipop 5.0 (LRX21M.WW_Phone-12.4.5.58-20151013 044030443_201501281349).
When I tried to root the phone with the common Zenfone 5 Lollipop Rootkit available on the Internet, it failed due to some restriction in writing some flash part inside the phone.
Again, one more weird thing with this phone is when I tried the power button+volume up button, it won't bring me to fastboot mode.
Instead, the button combo will bring up a yellow text saying that my phone now is in CSC mode.
In recovery mode, I couldn't find the "apply update from adb" menu too.
Even in the .zip firmware file downloaded from Asus site, I couldn't find the fastboot.img and recovery.img
So, herein lies my questions.
1. What will happen to the failed root process? Will it corrupt my current Lollipop file system in near future?
2. Does anyone know what is CSC mode?
3. Can anyone confirm whether I can root this phone or not with the current setup? I really need to root this phone ASAP as I want to try to recover all my lost photos inside the internal storage with help from other software.
4. Can I still sideload from adb incase the phone brick again since I don't want to visit and pay Asus technician just to re-flash my firmware. I totally can do that myself provided they gave me the option in the 1st place.
p/s: anyhow, I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone due to above reason.
I have the same issues with this model. I hope someone will be able to help us.
Same problem to me can't do anything .
CSC mode - locked bootloader.
UnlockBootloader in oficial site Asus (section Utilites)
http://www.asus.com/Phone/ZenFone_5_A500KL/HelpDesk_Download/
TWRP recovery for a500kl too.
As far as I know the very first version of Lollipop on this device, WW 12.4.5.22, is rootable. I had no luck with the latest versions of firmware, so you probably won´t be able to root your current one. If you get back to this version using the downgrade version on the Asus website, you can use Kingroot to root the device. After you install Kingroot, reboot the phone, otherwise it will not be able to root it for some reason. I bought this phone because my lumia 710 decided to give up on life and it´s mainboard died. I needed some not very expensive phone with pretty good specs and big enough RAM for a low amount of money and so far it´s been working flawlessly
Did you manage to root? I have the same version on lollipop and have managed to root it and install TWRP.
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Did you manage to root? I have the same version on lollipop and have managed to root it and install TWRP.
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How did you do it?
Follow this thread if you have any questions ask.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-5/help/installing-custom-recovery-zenfone-5-t3365120
Ok thanks
I'm trying to flash CM 12.1 to my ZE551KL. I have the most recent nightly and the gapps zips. I tried to flash the ROM and kept getting a signature not verified error that I forget the exact wording of. I researched a bit and concluded that I need to unlock the boot loader. So here's where the problem starts. Asus makes a boot loader that will work on my phone but requires firmware 1.16.40.763. My phone won't update past 1.15 something. And that's odd to me since I just got it yesterday.
I tried to use the Asus boot unlocker anyway but nothing happened because my phone won't update to firmware 1.16.40.763. I saw a firmware update to 1.16.40.763 on the Asus website for the Z00T. I have the Z00TD. Will the Z00T firmware brick my phone or work on my phone? My thought it that if it works I can run the boot unlocker that requires 1.16.40.763 and then with the boot loader unlocked I should stop receiving the signature invalid error when I try to flash CM12.1. Does that sound about right? This is my first time flashing CM myself.
Thank you for your help and thoughts.
You should only flash a ROM that's made specifically for your device.
It's actually a good thing for you that it did not flash.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Unofficial_Ports#Asus - Zenfone 2 Laser is not in the cyanogenmod list.
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I'm trying to flash CM 12.1 to my ZE551KL. I have the most recent nightly and the gapps zips. I tried to flash the ROM and kept getting a signature not verified error that I forget the exact wording of. I researched a bit and concluded that I need to unlock the boot loader. So here's where the problem starts. Asus makes a boot loader that will work on my phone but requires firmware 1.16.40.763. My phone won't update past 1.15 something. And that's odd to me since I just got it yesterday.
I tried to use the Asus boot unlocker anyway but nothing happened because my phone won't update to firmware 1.16.40.763. I saw a firmware update to 1.16.40.763 on the Asus website for the Z00T. I have the Z00TD. Will the Z00T firmware brick my phone or work on my phone? My thought it that if it works I can run the boot unlocker that requires 1.16.40.763 and then with the boot loader unlocked I should stop receiving the signature invalid error when I try to flash CM12.1. Does that sound about right? This is my first time flashing CM myself.
Thank you for your help and thoughts.
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Where did you download the CM-12 ROM? Are you sure it's for the ZE551KL?
I'm on the same firmware and the bootloader unlock apk does work, though it leaves no indication after the phone restarts. My guess is that you're phone is bootloader unlocked just fine, but you're trying to flash a rom that wasn't built for ZE551KL (Z00TD).
I'm assuming all of you have already rooted your device and was wondering if you can point me to the files needed so that I can root my Z00TD (ZE551KL)..just got this phone yesterday and switched from a lgg3. Have been looking everywhere and can't seem to find the files needed for thiss specific device..thanks
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I'm assuming all of you have already rooted your device and was wondering if you can point me to the files needed so that I can root my Z00TD (ZE551KL)..just got this phone yesterday and switched from a lgg3. Have been looking everywhere and can't seem to find the files needed for thiss specific device..thanks
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HampTheToker wrote up a nice tutorial fro the ZE551KL:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65264766&postcount=7
Hi M3 users,
I'm a long time lurker and reader on XDA. Now it's time to give something back or at least participate
Following my recent M3 purchase a dugg a bit deeper into this topic and tried to get us the stock recovery for our devices.
I'm not really a dev. I just used the information I found here and in the russian forum where greatslon (thank you guy) is posting his work.
If you find an error in the process please let me know. The files have not been tested in any way. I have no idea if this would even work (encryption and so on).
So I managed to extract the recovery.img file from the chinese rom. This method will also work for the LTE variant.
Maybe @greatslon or @somboons can share their view on the topic or maybe @somboons can even use it in his tool.
Resources
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=780572&st=120
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teammt.gmanrainy.huaweifirmwarefinder
Tools used
Huawei Firmware Finder (Team MT)
Huawei Update Extractor
Download
M3_BTV-W09C233B019_recovery.zip
Process
1. Start firmware finder (did use the android version)
2. Change device to BTV-W09C233
3. Downloaded the firmware B019 for BTV-W09C233 (no firmware for other variants present ATM)
4. Extracted and copied update.app to SD card
5. copy to PC
6. Extract recovery.img and recovery2.img using Huawei Update Extractor
Best regards,
Benjamin
Don't quite understand what's this for. First of all, recovery should be the same version as your ROM. I don't know if their mismatch will immediately lead to some malfunction, but some people on 4pda said they should match. Second - stock recovery's functions are limited to factory reset (wiping data, cache, etc.) and installing OTA updates. Without changing OEMINFO (and it's still unconfirmed), you won't be able to install any OTA except those, intented for your model and region, so again there's no need to install a higher version of recovery than your ROM is. But anyway, thank you for the extraction instruction.
P.S. I think there's no need to flash both recovery and recovery2. Recovery2 can be successfully replaced with TWRP and this combination is really great, cause you can launch TWRP by holding Volume Up button only.
And the only reason why you should keep recovery original is that it doesn't really wipe /data - it also creates some files there like custom.bin, containing your regional settings.
Hi Slavon,
Thanks for your highly appreciated comment. @somboons was looking for a stock recovery so I thought this might help.
Your given information are really helpful. I did not know that you could flash TWRP in recovery2 and replace erecovery Handy information.
I'm pretty new to the Huawei structure so always glad to learn something.
EDIT
A lot of good information can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/dual-recovery-honor-7-t3308398
Thank you very much,
sselpeelsxx
Giving Back
Benjamin,
I've also been a long time XDA lurker. Most of the devices I have owned were mainstream and thus already had a very active XDA developer community; Even if root had yet to be achieved, there would be hundreds of messages on the topic.
It seems the Mediapad M3 is just getting started. I am a developer of over 20 years, but very little android experience. However, I have recently spent a considerable amount of time (about 50-100 hours) working with the low level ADB protocol source code. And I have rooted and flashed no less than 50 devices, everything from cell phones to Android TV devices to routers.
I'm going to take this device on as my first real dev effort in this arena.
I have a few goals:
1. Get working backups for people that soft-brick or need to revert (including myself).
2. Recompile TWRP for the M3 to confirm greatslon's work, and better understand the process.
3. Release a stock rom that's pre-rooted and cleaned up (not that there was a lot of bloat on my device).
4. Release a custom rom that's not MIUI (perhaps based of CyanogenMod).
Since I have virtually no experience, I am sure these goals are quite lofty and will take some time. But hey, you got to have a plan, and I don't have anything else to work on right now.
Let me know if you want to work on anything together, or if you need any help with anything development related.
- 0D0A
Hey hey 0D0A,
I totally agree with you regarding the backups, I think once the first OTA update is pushed for the EU and US devices we have a good and safe way to go back.
Especially the US owners are struggling with greatslons TWRP version, that's the first thing we should tackle after the backup topic is cleared
I will contact you regarding possible work
Best regards,
Benjamin
can flash twrp via fastboot but get error saying and no recovery
hi, first thanks greatslon for doing the work on m3.
i seem to have succeeded in getting stuck and can't get it to boot into your custom twrp. adb on linux was working fine, but no longer. ditto for fastboot just get "waiting for devices" now. i switched to win10 and installed the hisuite app so i can use fastboot but still no adb. so i have tried to flash recovery and recovery2 but when i try to boot recovery i get error "Func NO: 11 (recovery image) ERROR NO: 2 (load failed)."
i then downloaded your custom rom and tried to flash the boot for that still no luck. i can't use adb so i am not sure how to just flash the custom rom with fastboot without being able to get into any recovery.
i did have this all rooted and working with your twrp but kept having issues with dpi and there was an ota update (b003) which wouldn't apply. so i tried to restore backup and it wen't south from there. basically now can't do much other than see the unlock "can't be trusted" page and bootloader.
any suggestions?
Desperately need stock recovery img, not sure exactly what when wrong, but it is stuck in a horrible boot loop. Tried Benjamin's recovery files and they seem to remove twrp and put it somewhat back to normal, but can only access the emui recovery and that fails to load the files. Put twrp back and tried greatslon's ROMs, they load but goes back to boot loop. Wipe and format everything, install my original backup through twrp recovery, it says it works, but again, back to boot loop... at this point I think I'm dead... any ideas, any word on the official recovery img? anything? Help!!
What device do you have? And what version were you on?
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What device do you have? And what version were you on?
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I have the M3, BTV-W09, not sure what version, MM6.0 EMUI 4.1
Anyone have any other ideas on horrendous boot loop?
sselpeelsxx said:
Hey hey 0D0A,
I totally agree with you regarding the backups, I think once the first OTA update is pushed for the EU and US devices we have a good and safe way to go back.
Especially the US owners are struggling with greatslons TWRP version, that's the first thing we should tackle after the backup topic is cleared
I will contact you regarding possible work
Best regards,
Benjamin
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Hello, I am unlocked, TWRPed, and rooted, but am trying to reverse all of that. My build number is BTV-W09C128B002. Is it safe to download the stock recovery from the OP for my device? Or do I really need the C128 version?
Hello and sorry for the late response, you would need the matching version for your C128 device.
I may be able to extract recovery from an update, I have to look into this tomorrow.
Regards
sselpeelsxx said:
Hello and sorry for the late response, you would need the matching version for your C128 device.
I may be able to extract recovery from an update, I have to look into this tomorrow.
Regards
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Thanks! I have been able to use the Huawei Extractor to extract a recovery.img from OTA updates, but have been afraid to try flashing it. It has been recommended to hold off on trying that since that recovery.img is from an OTA and not a FULL update. Any thoughts?
Chicken & egg situation caused by system & recovery SKU mismatch from the factory
Hi All,
I've been stuck on this for 2 days now and I thought maybe it would be quicker for someone here to point me in the right direction.
This thread isn't for my model of phone but it does help explain my problem in the most clear way.
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-14962-1-1.html
This is what I have:
Asus Zenfone Max ZC550KL
- Z010D
- 8916
- 410
- 2GB
- CN Recovery
- WW System
The phone is stuck on android 5.0.2 and never received the OTA updates. or it did, but failed. I think the reason the phone has so many issues with updates is because the supplier of the phone side loaded the WW system image on top of a CN recovery. Apparently this is a no no.
So now I'm trying to fix the problem but I seem to be trapped in a chicken and egg type situation. I need to change the recovery firmware from CN to WW. To change the recovery firmware I first need to unlock the boot loader. When I try to install the unlock boot loader apk through adb it says "[INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]". To unlock the boot loader I need to first update android. But I can't update android over OTA because that isn't working. I also can't update the firmware by copying the latest version from asus (8916-13.8.26.110) to the SD card because android doesn't notify me that it has found this update in the root directory. I can't even update the firmware by pushing it through adb. It says something like 'Can't install WW firmware on a CN phone'. Lastly I have also tried using the ASUS flash tool but that was unable to extract the firmware.zip. Apparently I need a raw firmware zip for aft to work but those are hard to come by.
I'm thinking my only option would be to either find an Asus boot loader unlocker that works on android 5.0.2 and the Z010D. Anyone know if this exists?
or force the normal asus boot loader unlocker to install on android 5.0.2. Anyone know if this is possible?
or find a raw firmware zip for the z010d to flash using AFT. Anyone seen this?
Any other suggestions?
Edit: I figured it out. Follow the instructions for using AFT here https://ainotech.com/how-to-flash-firmware-asus-zenfone-max-zc550kl-root-custom-twrp-recovery/
I used AFT v0.34 because the newer versions either couldn't see my phone or couldn't handle the zip file.
I also flashed the old v12 firmware they have listed because I couldn't find a newer version in raw format. (AFT requires raw zips). But it doesn't really matter if it's an old version because once AFT has flashed the WW recovery, you can freely update to whatever WW version you want using traditional methods. I didn't even manage to get that version running because of boot loops. But the recovery works perfectly. From there it was simply a matter of downloading the v13 zip from the asus website and flashing it from the recovery menu.
Hi,
Two weeks ago I unlocked and rooted my mi a1 (which was running android pie v10.0.3.0.) with magisk. When I saw the January update was released, I wanted to unroot the phone and I uninstalled magisk. However, the phone rebooted and there was only “no command” screen.
Now I wanted to flash the stock rom to save my phone by flashing the stock rom again, but as you may know, Xiaomi hasn’t released the official android pie firmware on its website. And I can’t go back to Oreo firmware due to anti rollback protection.
I found several v10.0.3.0 firmwares on the internet and downloaded them. However this time I’m having trouble while flashing the stock rom via Mi Flash Tool. When I wanted to flash the firmware, Mi Flash Tools gave error “can not found file flash_all_lock.bat” or any other bats. When I checked the firmware files, there were _Flash_lock.bat, _Flash_.bat, _Flash_erase_userdata_lock.bat and _Flash_erase_userdata_lock.bat files.
Any ideas how I can sort this problem out? Any immediate assistance will be much appreciated.
Thanks
finxminx said:
Hi,
Two weeks ago I unlocked and rooted my mi a1 (which was running android pie v10.0.3.0.) with magisk. When I saw the January update was released, I wanted to unroot the phone and I uninstalled magisk. However, the phone rebooted and there was only “no command” screen.
Now I wanted to flash the stock rom to save my phone by flashing the stock rom again, but as you may know, Xiaomi hasn’t released the official android pie firmware on its website. And I can’t go back to Oreo firmware due to anti rollback protection.
I found several v10.0.3.0 firmwares on the internet and downloaded them. However this time I’m having trouble while flashing the stock rom via Mi Flash Tool. When I wanted to flash the firmware, Mi Flash Tools gave error “can not found file flash_all_lock.bat” or any other bats. When I checked the firmware files, there were “_Flash_lock.bat”, “_Flash_.bat”, “_Flash_erase_userdata_lock.bat” and “_Flash_erase_userdata_lock.bat” files.
Any ideas how I can sort this problem out? Any immediate assistance will be much appreciated.
Thanks
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what about deleting those underscores before each word, i think they shouldn't be there.
kuartito said:
what about deleting those underscores before each word, i think they shouldn't be there.
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I tried but no success. Maybe I'm doing wrong to use mi flash tool. Maybe I should just try to use bat files through fastboot, I don't know. I haven't found any information on the forum or google if I can do it like that.
finxminx said:
I tried but no success. Maybe I'm doing wrong to use mi flash tool. Maybe I should just try to use bat files through fastboot, I don't know. I haven't found any information on the forum or google if I can do it like that.
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i'm by no means an expert and my advice has no value at all, but i don't see why you wouldn't give flashing from fastboot a try.
1: Those firmware are not meant for miflash, flash using twrp
2: Don't use the script that locks if you wanna avoid trouble.
What directory did you select in miflash?
JakobSWE said:
1: Those firmware are not meant for miflash, flash using twrp
2: Don't use the script that locks if you wanna avoid trouble.
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I downloaded 3 copies of 10.0.3.0 firmware from different places and each one claimed those firmwares were for fastboot, not twrp. I attached the folder's screenshot.
henk_j said:
What directory did you select in miflash?
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I attached the screenshot of the directory.
finxminx said:
Hi,
Two weeks ago I unlocked and rooted my mi a1 (which was running android pie v10.0.3.0.) with magisk. When I saw the January update was released, I wanted to unroot the phone and I uninstalled magisk. However, the phone rebooted and there was only “no command” screen.
Now I wanted to flash the stock rom to save my phone by flashing the stock rom again, but as you may know, Xiaomi hasn’t released the official android pie firmware on its website. And I can’t go back to Oreo firmware due to anti rollback protection.
I found several v10.0.3.0 firmwares on the internet and downloaded them. However this time I’m having trouble while flashing the stock rom via Mi Flash Tool. When I wanted to flash the firmware, Mi Flash Tools gave error “can not found file flash_all_lock.bat” or any other bats. When I checked the firmware files, there were _Flash_lock.bat, _Flash_.bat, _Flash_erase_userdata_lock.bat and _Flash_erase_userdata_lock.bat files.
Any ideas how I can sort this problem out? Any immediate assistance will be much appreciated.
Thanks
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flash this official pie rom
http://bigota.d.miui.com/V10.0.4.0....0.PDHMIXM_20190104.0000.00_9.0_2cee840c96.tgz
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Stuck in Loading Screen after Update Magisk
I have the same problem here,, This morning i got nontification from Magisk to update to the new version,, and update done, Magisk start reboot,,, when reboot,, i always stuck on Loading Screen. I check from TWRP my Internal Storage cannot detect by Pc,, So i think i cannot doing Flashing by TWRP,, I'm wipe out all data to clear this mess,, so i start to do a flashing with MIFlash, i'm download the custom rom and start flashing.. and i got this message "cannot found file flash_all_lock.bat"
Sorry for my Bad english.. cus i'm still young