Unable to flash stock rom, request signature from server failed - Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers

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Hi, I could really use some help. I have the ZE552KL.
I unlocked the bootloader with the official apk from the asus website. I installed twrp successfully. This a brand new phone, it had Android 7.0 installed. I want to install Lineage 8.1.0. I wiped wiped data, cache, dalvik/art cache and system, then went to flash this stock oreo rom with twrp. I quickly realized that's not how you flash that rom. So now I have no OS and anything I try to install does not work.
I followed this guide trying to flash a stock rom back with the ASUS flash tool. Everytime I try it fails to "request signature from server" ?!?!? I've tried installing Lineage from TWRP but that does not work. I believe I need to come from a stock rom.
I'm thinking I'm having problems because I used the official unlocked bootloader? I tried the unofficial but was getting the permission denied error and I was fed up with it. What can I do to get back to a stock rom?
edit: downloaded firmware fromt he asus website and flashed via sd card.

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Can't boot to recovery.

Phone is Lenovo A6000, not plus. I installed multiple TWRPs, 3.1.0 and 2.9 something.
I even installed CWM, still couldn't boot to the recovery.
Now, I know how to flash with fastboot, and I know how to boot. Booting doesn't work at all, it says "booting" and never finishes.
Flashing says "okay" and I reboot, do a reboot to recovery, and I get put into bootloader/fastboot.
Any help? I just bought the phone today, no one messed with it.
Edit: Nevermind. CWM installed. How do I install TWRP, so it works? Also, forgot to mention that the phone has the latest stock rom, 4.4.4.
Edit#2: While trying to install "TWRP-3.1.0-Lenovo-A6000.img",
I got an error.
"Can't open /tmp/update.zip (bad)"
"Installation aborted."
Edit#3: Same error with multiple TWRP images.
First of all the twrp 3.1.0 is meant for nougat roms. Since you are flashing that recovery on KitKat rom which it won't support. So first try updating phone to stock lollipop. Then flash twrp 2.8. then take a complete backup(most important) and save it on SD card. After that flash any rom you want. If you are flashing marshmallow or nougat rom then after flashing rom flash 3.1.0 twrp.
I have long ago (10 minutes after last edit) fixed the problem already by flashing stock firmware through some weird software, and then started updating to latest lollipop firmware, and then installed TWRP 3.1 and then installed RR android version 7.1.2. But, thank you for trying to help. I hereby ask a moderator to close the thread because the problem was resolved. Thank you.

x720 partial unlocked bootloader? [SOLVED]

So I got my 6GB/64GB x720 yesterday. It had Google Play Store already installed (ordered it from HonorBuy) and asked me to install a 7MB OTA, so it seems it had a recent version of EUI on it. My idea was to put LineageOS 14.1 on it or if it wasn't stable enough for me, at least a debloated and rooted stock. So searched XDA and followed this HowTo. No Errors, flashboot oem device-info said, bootloader unlocked, perfekt. Installed TWRP, downloaded recent LineageOS and followed the guides to flash (wipe, ...). Unfortunately flashing never finished, I always had a full progress-bar and it stayed there without doing anything (ok, the device got hot). Thinking of a broken download, I redownloaded the ROM but same problem. So I started downloading other ROMs from XDA: Resurection Remix and OmniROM. Flashing-process went thru, but couldn't flash gapps and ROMs didn't boot at all. I was always only getting to the LeEco-Bootlogo with the chinese writings. So next thought was, maybe for some reason I can't install Lineage-based ROMs, let's figure out later and get a debloated stock ROM. So I downloaded MAURO V2.2_Free and gave it another try. Looked more promising, as the bootlogo was a little different, no more chinese writing but english. Unfortunately this was all I could see of MAURO as I only got a bootloop... so again reflashed MAURO and this time a single line in TWRP-output came to my eye "boot.img could not be written". I checked flashboot oem device-info after every flash and it always told me, bootloader is unlocked, but there seems to be something else that I'm missing that obviously still keeps the bootloader locked. I wiped the phone several times, even sdcard... nothing helped. The only method that worked for me to get a working rom running was by this guide, manualy flashing every bit of stock ROM with flashboot. With MAURO-ROM, I also tried to flash boot.img manually with flashboot, but that didn't work, either.
Anyone of you experienced the same? What am I missing? Or is this some new protection implemented by LeEco for the most recent devices? Any help really appreciated!
regards
CDFS
I have the same phone from Honorbuy, I flashed twrp using the tool by Mauronofrio and from the twrp wiped all and flashed the custom rom, all went ok, no errors at all! Glad to see you have solved anyway!
Thanks for the answer... no, it's not solved for me... still a lot of bloat on the phone I can't get rid of. Do you have a link for the tool you mentioned? Could be worth a try...
Hi! I've used this tool installing it on a Windows 7 64 system:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/development/tool-tool-one-mauronofrio-t3580611
Then turned ON the (original LeEco stock rom) usb debug option by the rom's developer options, then downloaded the LineageOS 14.1 by Team Superluminal in the phone's internal SD (the only SD it have!) + Arm64 nano Gapps, then with the tool gave a reboot in sideload mode. Then flashed the twrp recovery by the tool, restarted in recovery mode then executed a backup of ALL the "backupable" stuff (all the original rom and data and efs), then in wipe/advanced options I wiped dalvik, system, cache, data. Then in Advanced/file manager I wiped all the SD files with a dot ( . ) at the beginning of their names, then flashed the custom rom + gapps, reboot system, wait some minutes, done!
No luck with this tool, it doesn't even find my device. Any other ideas? I've read something for the x727, where they had to flash a 19s bootloader first, but I don't want to fiddle with flashing files that are not 100% meant for the x720...
CDFS
Solved! As I could install TWRP I just went the next step and installed SuperSU (rooted the phone) in order to at least debloat stock rom. During the installation of SuperSU I saw, that SuperSU obviously patches somehow the bootloader. After checking that SuperSU worked in the ROM, I was curious if this could be the missing part I was searching for. I tried to install a LineageOS-based ROM and BINGO! it just went straight through! From my previous phones I was used to just install TWRP, wipe anything and flash desired ROM. This seems to be different on this device... so the proper procedure to be able to flash any ROMs is: Install TWRP, root stock ROM, reboot so SuperSU is fully functional, then go back into TWRP, wipe, flash what you want.
CDFS
I hate to say it, but it's still not solved. After testing Resurrection Remix, I wanted to test turbos ROMs, so went to TWRP, wiped and flashed... and got the same behaviour as before, ROM not booting. Also installing SuperSU via TWRP again didn't help, so brought back the phone to stock 023S manualy with the guide by Presterin, installed TWRP again and also SuperSU. No Errors, but flashing a different ROM didn't worked. So for now I'm back to stock, rooted it and tried to debloat it by myself. The only difference between the successful flashing and the failed was the stock version: I had the 026S-update when I rooted the phone and successfuly could flash another ROM. My guess would be that LeEco changed something in the bootloader, but I have no chance to verify this. Anyone from the devs maybe who could look into this? If you need dumos, logs or anything like that, I would be happy to help.
CDFS
This seems unrelated to bootloader.
Anyway:
1. Make sure you got the latest firmware, if not sure:
1.1. Download latest OFFICIAL ROM
1.2. Rename the rom to a 'update.zip' and place it on phone's root directory.
1.3. Reboot to fastboot and flash STOCK RECOVERY
1.4. Reboot to recovery and flash, also check wipe data.
DO NOT FLASH STOCK ROM WITH TWRP! THIS WILL NOT WORK!
That's it, you should have the latest firmware now.
After booting to stock rom, reboot a few times is recommended.
2. Download latest OFFICIAL TWRP
2.1. Flash TWRP with fastboot.
2.2. Reboot to TWRP.
2.3. Download any custom rom of your choice.
2.4. Wipe.
2.5 Flash.
Done.
You can try to flash a stock, old rom using the "Qfil/FlashOne" way as suggested by Tryzex (read his thread and other related threads), then once you have got a stable, full working phone, you can (hopefully!) wait for a LeEco OTA automatic update that can "repair" the file system/partition structure (also bootloader I hope!).
Btw, to debloat it isn't necessary to root the phone, you can keep the phone unrooted & debloated using the file manager embedded in twrp recovery to delete/replace any file/app you want. I'm sorry I can't help you better, cheers and... good luck!
PS
I see now the post from Voron00, it's a good hint!
@voron00 thx for the steps described. I'm using the most recent, official TWRP (3.1.1). Latest Official Stock seems to be 023S on their site, even though there is a 026S update. However, I did this 026S-update and rooted again, but was to cusious if flashing would work now... so I tried flashing turbos MIUI... guess what? It worked. So for whatever reason I seem to have trouble when flashing from a 023S, but no problems when flashing from 026S. I don't quite understand why you think that my problem is not related to the bootloader? As mentioned in the OP, I could see in the logs that while flashing, some roms had thrown errors regarding writing the bootpartition.
CDFS
Seems as I found the culprit, somehow. At least I could flash two other ROMs without any problems. Obviously I mixed and partly missinterpreted some steps found in different threads and howtos. I had "rm -rf for formating" ticked all the time in TWRP. My flashing procedure is now as follows:
1. in TWRP settings check that "rm -rf instead of format" is NOT ticked
2. wipe Cache, System and Data
3. repair filesystem for Cache, System and Data and check that no errors occur
4. in TWRP settings tick "rm -rf instead of format"
5. flash ROM
6. wipe Dalvik
CDFS
"rm -rf" clears all the files and directories without formatting the partition. If your partition is damaged you need a real format to obtain a reliable partition (if the "disk" isn't faulty). Perhaps in your case a real format was required to solve the problem! I always used the real format and assumed other users even so. I see you finally solved the problem!

My oneplus 5 does not recognize rom stock!!

I'm using the xxxNolimits rom 5.1.3. When I try to do the procedure to update the version of the oxygen I can not. I downloaded the rom from the site of oneplus, 5.1.4, I make the flash in the TWRP blu spark latest version and when I reboot the message "no OS installed"
I do not know what to do, my oneplus only recognizes the custom rom if I try to go back to the stock it does not recognize. It's like I'm not flashing anything. MA does not appear any error during the flashing of the stock rom by twrp
Have you wiped data? You can't upgrade from xXx to stock OOS without wiping data. Try wiping data, system, flashing OOS, rebooting and if it starts, reboot back to recovery and flash kernel ?

flashing firmware zip fails every time

I am currently using a OnePlus 5 which used to run on a stock based rom, xxxNoLimits v3.1
Since the dev ended the support I wanted to revert back to pure OOS, so I downlaoded the newest 5.1.5 zip and followed the instructions using the newest blu_spark twrp recovery but right after pressing the "flash" button I kept getting error 7, so I download the zip from a mirror link and I have also tried the newest version of codeworkx twrp, still error 7. Then I tried flashing the original stock recovery in order to flash the zip but it instantly threw me back to the zip selection menu, flashing the zip via adb sideload kept quitting at exactly 47%. At this point I was pretty frustrated, I flashed twrp codeworkx again and wiped EVERYTHING, which includes the system, data, cache, dalvik partitions and then I also did a format on the data partition, the point was that now I would have a clean phone only running twrp and I thought I could easily flash the newest zip now without any problems, NOPE, still error 7!!! Now I am stuck here, the stock recovery doesnt let me flash anything and I've tried 4 different versions of twrp recoverys and every single one gives me the same error, I even dug up an older version of OOS, I think it which I had running for a few weeks without any probles so I knew that the zip was not corrupted but same error
Now I had given up and wanted to restore the backup I did just in case anything goes wrong, well, restoring the backup fails when it tries to restore the data partition, so I unchecked everything except system, system image and recovery but it didnt work, now I am sitting here with my phone telling me that there's no OS installed. any advice?
Use Unbrick Tool and Restore
Hey,
You can Flash your Mobile using the Unbrick tool at - https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=204903
Use the Latest file which I guess comes with OOS 5.1.3 - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962339331458999196
If you try to Go to Open Beta ROM First Flash Open Beta 12--> Open Beta 13 --> Open Beta 17
freaky2xd said:
I am currently using a OnePlus 5 which used to run on a stock based rom, xxxNoLimits v3.1
Since the dev ended the support I wanted to revert back to pure OOS, so I downlaoded the newest 5.1.5 zip and followed the instructions using the newest blu_spark twrp recovery but right after pressing the "flash" button I kept getting error 7, so I download the zip from a mirror link and I have also tried the newest version of codeworkx twrp, still error 7. Then I tried flashing the original stock recovery in order to flash the zip but it instantly threw me back to the zip selection menu, flashing the zip via adb sideload kept quitting at exactly 47%. At this point I was pretty frustrated, I flashed twrp codeworkx again and wiped EVERYTHING, which includes the system, data, cache, dalvik partitions and then I also did a format on the data partition, the point was that now I would have a clean phone only running twrp and I thought I could easily flash the newest zip now without any problems, NOPE, still error 7!!! Now I am stuck here, the stock recovery doesnt let me flash anything and I've tried 4 different versions of twrp recoverys and every single one gives me the same error, I even dug up an older version of OOS, I think it which I had running for a few weeks without any probles so I knew that the zip was not corrupted but same error
Now I had given up and wanted to restore the backup I did just in case anything goes wrong, well, restoring the backup fails when it tries to restore the data partition, so I unchecked everything except system, system image and recovery but it didnt work, now I am sitting here with my phone telling me that there's no OS installed. any advice?
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Flashing newest oos doesn't always work l have had this sometime l have had to go back 3 oos versions then flash them in order to flash the latest release.
freaky2xd said:
I am currently using a OnePlus 5 which used to run on a stock based rom, xxxNoLimits v3.1
Since the dev ended the support I wanted to revert back to pure OOS, so I downlaoded the newest 5.1.5 zip and followed the instructions using the newest blu_spark twrp recovery but right after pressing the "flash" button I kept getting error 7, so I download the zip from a mirror link and I have also tried the newest version of codeworkx twrp, still error 7. Then I tried flashing the original stock recovery in order to flash the zip but it instantly threw me back to the zip selection menu, flashing the zip via adb sideload kept quitting at exactly 47%. At this point I was pretty frustrated, I flashed twrp codeworkx again and wiped EVERYTHING, which includes the system, data, cache, dalvik partitions and then I also did a format on the data partition, the point was that now I would have a clean phone only running twrp and I thought I could easily flash the newest zip now without any problems, NOPE, still error 7!!! Now I am stuck here, the stock recovery doesnt let me flash anything and I've tried 4 different versions of twrp recoverys and every single one gives me the same error, I even dug up an older version of OOS, I think it which I had running for a few weeks without any probles so I knew that the zip was not corrupted but same error
Now I had given up and wanted to restore the backup I did just in case anything goes wrong, well, restoring the backup fails when it tries to restore the data partition, so I unchecked everything except system, system image and recovery but it didnt work, now I am sitting here with my phone telling me that there's no OS installed. any advice?
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Hi ! Do you have some news about it ? I have the same issue since Monday...
I've tried like anything i've found and even more, but nothing did the job ...
The only way to have my OP5 working is downgrade to an old version running Android 7.1.1

Can't install any ROM.

Hi,
I used Lineage OS 17.1 Lavender on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 7. I used their recovery to install the ROM and open gapps. Recently I downloaded the Brave Browser and I wanted to enable rewards. I than googled, that Brave doesn't allow rewards on rooted phones. I decided to wipe the entire phone, since I don't use the root functionality and to re-flash Lineage OS 17.1. I factory reseted the phone and wiped everything, just like I did, when I installed Lineage for the first time. I clicked on "Yes" when prompted that the ISO couldn't be verified, and waited for the flash. After a while I was "greeted" with Updater process ended with Error 7. I did some research and found out that it is something to do with the updater file verification and that I should try and delete some lines. I did that, but the error persisted. I than decided to try another ROM. I used Pixel Experience since it was working on my device before. Unfortunatly I had no luck. Same error message. I than tried to flash TWRP with fastboot, which worked. Wiped my device, just like they say it in all the guides (Dalvik, Data, Cache) and tried to flash Lineage (still no luck), than PixelExperience (still no luck) and Magisk worked. After I flashed Magisk I tried Lineage and Pixel once again, but still the same error.
If you know, how to fix that error I will be so glad. Is it possible that my device is bricked and beyond recovery? Thank you in advance.
update your tvvrp
Which firmware do you have installed? Use stable to maximum compatibility, on some ROMs if you have latest you gonna get that error. Also, use the latest TWRP or Orange Fox.
As Tatoh said, this error occurs when you have old firmware flashed on your RN7, some roms require specific version but usually flashing latest stable will give you best compatibility, here you have xda links to latest xiaomi firmware files: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-7/development/firmware-xiaomi-redmi-note-7-t3925871

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