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HTC Desire memory issues

Hi there,
I have a HTC Desire, and its telling me I have low space, so I have deleted everything that I can, including old messages..
Now I am trying to get into my gallery to delete photos/videos and it comes up saying:
Your phone is low on storage space. Please free some space before using this application
I also tried accessing the gallery through camera, and it tells me the same thing
Removed battery for ten seconds then restarted no help
I dont understand what I can do next.
When I restart the phone (which I have like 10 times), it comes up saying it cant identify my time zone... The phone has not been dropped and is in a very protected case
Can someone please help me? Its my partners phone I have borrowed and I'm scared I have broken it!!!
thanks in advance
Becc

Beccz89 said:
Hi there,
I have a HTC Desire, and its telling me I have low space, so I have deleted everything that I can, including old messages..
Now I am trying to get into my gallery to delete photos/videos and it comes up saying:
Your phone is low on storage space. Please free some space before using this application
I also tried accessing the gallery through camera, and it tells me the same thing
Removed battery for ten seconds then restarted no help
I dont understand what I can do next.
When I restart the phone (which I have like 10 times), it comes up saying it cant identify my time zone... The phone has not been dropped and is in a very protected case
Can someone please help me? Its my partners phone I have borrowed and I'm scared I have broken it!!!
thanks in advance
Becc
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Have you moved your apps to the SD card?

If u have ext partition then in android terminal type
a2sd reinstall
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reaper7881 said:
If u have ext partition then in android terminal type
a2sd reinstall
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I think this is someone with a completely stock phone

shankly1985 said:
I think this is someone with a completely stock phone
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Yes it is lol
I have moved the apps to the memory card

Beccz89 said:
Hi there,
I have a HTC Desire, and its telling me I have low space, so I have deleted everything that I can, including old messages..
Now I am trying to get into my gallery to delete photos/videos and it comes up saying:
Your phone is low on storage space. Please free some space before using this application
I also tried accessing the gallery through camera, and it tells me the same thing
Removed battery for ten seconds then restarted no help
I dont understand what I can do next.
When I restart the phone (which I have like 10 times), it comes up saying it cant identify my time zone... The phone has not been dropped and is in a very protected case
Can someone please help me? Its my partners phone I have borrowed and I'm scared I have broken it!!!
thanks in advance
Becc
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Hello there welcome to xda
What you are getting is the biggest problem the HTC desire has is very little install space, Your better of rooting your phone and installing starburst ROM witch will give you 2GB internal memory.
If you dont want to root try install Quick App cache, this wil remove alot of unwanted data.
Read into Rooting
Always backup
Install custom rom

shankly1985 said:
Hello there welcome to xda
What you are getting is the biggest problem the HTC desire has is very little install space, Your better of rooting your phone and installing starburst ROM witch will give you 2GB internal memory.
If you dont want to root try install Quick App cache, this wil remove alot of unwanted data.
Read into Rooting
Always backup
Install custom rom
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Do I find "Quick App cache" in the market?

Beccz89 said:
Do I find "Quick App cache" in the market?
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Yes you do need root for it to clean everything for you, but you can clean each app one at a time with out root theres a good chance that you'll have your browser or another app using alot of MB without you even knowing about it. DONT DELETE APP DATA UNLESS YOU WANT TO.

I think I will wait for my partner to have a go with it, so I dont mess it up!
Do you that that will fix it?

Could you post your system info? you'll find it in settings, about phone, software information.
Or you could look here your self
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
Its so you can download the stock rom you have now, just incase you ever need to go back to stock. this is only if your think about rooting.

Beccz89 said:
I think I will wait for my partner to have a go with it, so I dont mess it up!
Do you that that will fix it?
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To tell you the Truth, it will free some space but you will be back wanting to free up space again and again
Thats why its best to Root your phone, dont just rush into it have a very good read on this site even watch youtube lots of video's on there showing you have to do it.
Once you feel you know what your doing you'll be fine Always remember to Backup, download your Stock ROM from shipped roms. then pick a custom from from the dev part of this site

Android version: 2.2
Baseband version: 32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14
Kernel version: 2.6.32.15-g5d39305
[email protected]#1
Build number: 2.26.841.2 CL258170 release-keys
Software number: 2.26.841.2
Browser version: WebKit 3.1

Beccz89 said:
Android version: 2.2
Baseband version: 32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14
Kernel version: 2.6.32.15-g5d39305
[email protected]#1
Build number: 2.26.841.2 CL258170 release-keys
Software number: 2.26.841.2
Browser version: WebKit 3.1
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Your phone with Telstra?

shankly1985 said:
Your phone with Telstra?
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Yeah it is

Beccz89 said:
Yeah it is
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Ok your all good then
http://shipped-roms.com/download.php?category=android&model=Bravo&file=RUU_Bravo_Froyo_Telstra_WWE_2.26.841.2_Radio_32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14_release_150162_signed.exe
Download this and keep it saved to your PC, its just for future incase you ever need it
If you ever root your phone and you end up not wanting root you can install this and it will make your phone back to stock unrooted.

Running out of memory is the main reason why I rooted and S-Offed my Desire.
If you have done those, there are plenty options of solving the running out of memory problem.
A2SD+, A2SD + custom NAND partition, Data2Ext, etc.
Beside those you will be also get these as bonuses:
1. Faster and smoother Desire
2. Longer battery life
3. Various UI from various ROMs (Sense, New-Sense, Plain, MIUI, etc.)
4. DSP manager witch doesn't come with the stock ROM
5. Overclock, underclock, under voltage, etc. settings
6. UOT skins
7. Adblock to block unwanted ads
8. Flashing addiction
etc.

OK...you have got your original signed ROM just in case you need it in the future.
Now it is time to root.
Download Android H-Boot driver for your PC and Unrevoked software.
Learn how to root and flash ROMs (no S-Off first nor Nand partition modification, learn more and do those later)

What is it that is eating up my memory...?
I'm NOT asking for more memory for installing apps - I just want to get the same amount of free memory back that I got after a fresh factoryreset and reinstalling and using all programs the first time...
I'm running stock HTC 2.3.3.
Just four days ago I reset my phone and installed 29 apps ran all of them so that they were all ready to use exg Google goggles isn't ready to use before you have answered a few questions...
And I had 29,19 Mb left!!! Brilliant!!! :-D
Today I had to remove a 3,28 MB program because I were below 15 mb and at this moment there is only 16,29 Mb left.
All programs that I can move to sd is moved, all cache is cleared using "1 tap cleaner" (is the a better app for this...)
Why is it that I have lost 13 mb???
Please help because I really would like to find the cause of this...
Installed apps:
1 tap cleaner free
Adobe flash 10.3
Angry birds
Bubble
cardiotrainer
chrome to phone
convert - unit converter
documents to go
dropbox
es file explorer
facebook for android
gmail
goggles
google sky map
handcent sms
flashlight
maps
my perfect egg timer
my tracks
notes (htc widget)
rockplayer lite
shazam
smooth calender
tv2 nyhederne (danish news station app)
Tv2 superliga (dansih football)
tv guide
valg2011
Dmi (danish weather)
youtube
(By the way right after the reset before I installed any apps it said 125 Mb free memory for install)

Well, space is eaten by apps' data (not only cache), crash logs et cetera. For example, when i first install DEX (Romanian dictionary app) it "eats" some 1.26 MB after being moved to SD. When i first run it, it creates another ~5MB of data. If you remove said data, it will just be created again on next run, so don't try that as it's useless.

Yes I know that programs "creates" more mb but that was also what I tried to write when I said that all programs were running one time when I still had 29 mb left...?
So what is it then...?

Just a few questions about a few problems.

OK I have a Virgin Mobile USA Wildifire S. I have it s-off and rooted. Now what files can I delete so my phone can run safely so I can free up space? I removed most of the bloatware but I still don't have enough space.
Why is my contact storage taking up over 20mb. I don't have that many contacts and FB is set to only sync with my current contacts in the phone.
For some reason I'm constantly getting force closes for just about everything when I open it the first time. I tried fixing the permissions but after that nothing will run everything forces closes all the time.
Can anybody help me with these problems?

ScottPomroy said:
I removed most of the bloatware but I still don't have enough space.
Why is my contact storage taking up over 20mb. I don't have that many contacts and FB is set to only sync with my current contacts in the phone.
For some reason I'm constantly getting force closes for just about everything when I open it the first time.
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What did you remove? List them?
Does your contacts have photos?
In ClockWorkMod did you clear the partition cache and dalvik cache after removing the apks??

Tera Tike said:
What did you remove? List them?
Does your contacts have photos?
In ClockWorkMod did you clear the partition cache and dalvik cache after removing the apks??
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I can't remember everything I removed. But it was all that dumb software like games and stuff that come with the phone.
My contacts have photos but on my old phone the storage was never above 5mb and I had more contacts on that phone.
No but I will try that.
I did download an experimental ROM....... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367701] ...........this worked great until I noticed my mms wasn't working so I made a backup of that until the problem could be fixed.
So I reverted back to where I had these problems listed above and I will now try your third recommendation.
Anybody know what to do to fix mms issues?

try backing your contacts onto your Google account........I had the same problem with the contacts storage.....backed my phone contacts to the Google account and voila!!!!it took only 3 MB

csoulr666 said:
try backing your contacts onto your Google account........I had the same problem with the contacts storage.....backed my phone contacts to the Google account and voila!!!!it took only 3 MB
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Been done a long long long time ago when I first got an android. LOL

inconsistency in battery usage stats
Guys, I came across this bug on my wfs-
the battery usage statistics of my phone (settings>about phone>battery>battery use>) "d h m s on battery" gets reset when i restart the phone.
Pls test this on your phone. I noticed the issue after 2.3.5 upgrade:
1. fully charge your phone (required).
2. wait for 5-10 minutes and check the battery stats.
3. uncheck Fast Boot from Settings>Power (required).
4. turn off the phone and switch it on again.
5. check the battery stats -" d h m s on battery" again.
Does it retain its value from step 2. or is it reset?
Once the battery level comes down to 88-85%, it functions normally and the stats persists after a restart (shows same data as in step 2).
I did factory reset but its not resolved.
Can anyone tell me whether its a hardware issue or OS related?
Mine is virgin WFS updated to 2.3.5 via FOTA.

I would imagine that It's connected to changing the fastboot option. But I can't replicate right now.
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Can you explain a bit.
How can I resolve this?
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ScottPomroy said:
OK I have a Virgin Mobile USA Wildifire S. I have it s-off and rooted. Now what files can I delete so my phone can run safely so I can free up space? I removed most of the bloatware but I still don't have enough space.
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Any skins you don't use would be high on the list of things to axe. they suck up over a meg a piece.
also, if you haven't already, forcing apps to the SD will free space nicely.
in a terminal emulator do this (case sensitive)
su
pm setInstallLocation 2
now semi-everything will be movable to SD.

What I need to ask is, does it happen right after you check fastboot, or do you have to reboot to get the reset.
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Just the reboot resets the stats.
Chk the screenshot, the graph starts from 90% cos I rebooted at that point.
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sourabh1510 said:
Just the reboot resets the stats.
Chk the screenshot, the graph starts from 90% cos I rebooted at that point.
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all android phone is like this afaik

alexyie said:
all android phone is like this afaik
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have you tested it on your phone?
coz it ws working fine on 2.3.3

[Q] Space after official 2.3 upgrade

A question to those who have upgraded to 2.3 using HTC's official upgrade.
Does the phone have less internal memory available after the update?
I mean I'm already a bit squeezed for space, will this only be worse if i upgrade to 2.3?

yes, but depending on what apps you install, apps2sd is better, moving more of *some* apps.

rootSU said:
yes, but depending on what apps you install, apps2sd is better, moving more of *some* apps.
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I don't quite understand what you are suggestion.
Obviously I move everything to sd if i can - but noticeably Googles own bloatware (like the market) can't and refuse to budge.
I'm just worried I'd end up with even less internal space.

Kermode said:
I don't quite understand what you are suggestion.
Obviously I move everything to sd if i can - but noticeably Googles own bloatware (like the market) can't and refuse to budge.
I'm just worried I'd end up with even less internal space.
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A quick lesson.
The *main* partitions on the NAND memory are:
/system (where the ROM and all its apps go)
/cache (where market downloads are stored whilst downloading)
/data (where all user apps, data and settings are stored - this is refered to as "Internal Storage"
What is in /system/app (google maps etc) is NOT counting towards your "Internal storage" in /data. It is irrelevant if you can move them or not.
"move to sd" in Android is better in 2.3 than 2.2.
In 2.2, "move to sd" moves /data/app/whatever.apk to /sdcard/.android_secure, making more space available in /data
in 2.3, "move to sd" moves the same as above AND ALSO /data/data/whatever/lib.
However, NOT ALL apps have /lib. So yes, after 2.3, it takes more of the space up in /data with settings storage etc, but depending on what apps you have, you will compensate by being able to move app libs as well as the apks.
Hope this clarifies.

Ah, thanks rootSU - that does clarify it.
So what HTC's program does is making a larger "system" partition?
Do you know where the phone stores received/sent SMS messages? Do they go "data"?

No system stays the same size at 250MB. It just stores more information in /data.
Sms is /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
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rootSU said:
No system stays the same size at 250MB. It just stores more information in /data.
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Hm, I read somewhere they said they had to repartition the internal memory which is why it couldn't be an over the air update.
rootSU said:
Sms is /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
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Thanks. So I guess its really a bad idea to save your messages if it keeps eating away of your memory.

Kermode said:
Hm, I read somewhere they said they had to repartition the internal memory which is why it couldn't be an over the air update.
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Nope. They had to remove stuff to make it fit. They were not entirely happy with their finished product so released it as a dev-only release
Kermode said:
Thanks. So I guess its really a bad idea to save your messages if it keeps eating away of your memory.
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SMS are really small. I personally back all my sms up to gmail (Label) using sms backup+

rootSU said:
Nope. They had to remove stuff to make it fit.
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Really? I know they removed things, but I made note of the repartitioning comment because, hence why I asked if there was less memory available.
rootSU said:
They were not entirely happy with their finished product so released it as a dev-only release
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What I heard was that it was necessary to run a program on the PC and they thought most people couldn't figure it out.
Do you think there is a reason to upgrade or not to upgrade to this?
(i'm not going to root eiter way)

I did upgrade to the official 2.3 and the result was that the phone got slower. With 2.2 I was able to watch 720p videos on youtube (using the browser, not the app) and sometimes even 1080p. But after the upgrade 720p got very laggy. So, just skip upgrading and root your phone. There are plenty of awesome roms over here!

Kermode said:
Really? I know they removed things, but I made note of the repartitioning comment because, hence why I asked if there was less memory available.
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There was a comment in a thread asking why they couldn't repartition in the update. Someone replied it wasnt possible and I said that it probably would be but there was no way it would be done. Not sure if thats what you're refering to, but they definitely did not repartiton the NAND. They removed apps and wallpapers to get it to fit in the 250MB /system partition
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What I heard was that it was necessary to run a program on the PC and they thought most people couldn't figure it out.
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Its called an RUU. Rom Upgrade utility. Many of tehse are available for HTC phones. You can get full ROM's in RUU format or parts of in OTA updates. They usually release both, but they simply didnt other with OTA for this they didnt want to release it. They only continued due to pressure from the consumer base.
Kermode said:
Do you think there is a reason to upgrade or not to upgrade to this?
(i'm not going to root eiter way)
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Generally 2.3 GB is a faster and better OS than 2.2. That said, I rooted at 2.1 and have not had a stock sense ROM since my first 2.2 ROM nearly a year and a half ago (if not longer, I forget). I'm not really in a position to comment on how good stock 2.3 is or if you are likely to have video playback issues as mentioned above. I can only really talk to you about root, which you said you will not do.

Metro pcs LG Optimus L70

There really needs to be a category for this device.
I have a friend with this device and this morning her was prompted for an ota update. As he has very little space left on internal storage he wants to know what the update in tails before downloading.
Anyone know whats going to come with this update I searched everywhere to no avail.

Dethkid2008 said:
There really needs to be a category for this device.
I have a friend with this device and this morning her was prompted for an ota update. As he has very little space left on internal storage he wants to know what the update in tails before downloading.
Anyone know whats going to come with this update I searched everywhere to no avail.
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I tried to Update and it said not enough free space, so when i finally cleared out enough free space it says there is no update, Has you friend updated his phone yet? and if so what is the build number or software version? Maybe it updated very fast or something but I dont know..

RueZeroXIII said:
I tried to Update and it said not enough free space, so when i finally cleared out enough free space it says there is no update, Has you friend updated his phone yet? and if so what is the build number or software version? Maybe it updated very fast or something but I dont know..
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No I also cleared the space and its still says theres not enough space

How to stop Popup ads on zenfone 2

Hi
I got a Zenfone 2 from gearbest. I keep getting popup ads randomly appearing. Has anyone else had this problem? How can I remove these pesky ads?
Thanks

Wipe & install rom from scratch
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keikkio said:
Wipe & install rom from scratch
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I tried doing this through recovery . But it's the same after wipe and clean install.
Thanks

What ads exactly? Have you tried uninstalling all the unneeded bloatware the phone comes with?
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yrtrnc said:
Hi
I got a Zenfone 2 from gearbest. I keep getting popup ads randomly appearing. Has anyone else had this problem? How can I remove these pesky ads?
Thanks
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Please go through this;
https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2015/11/04/trojanized-adware/

nishuksd said:
Please go through this;
https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2015/11/04/trojanized-adware/
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Ok. This seems like the problem.
Any ideas on remedies?
Thanks
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yrtrnc said:
Ok. This seems like the problem.
Any ideas on remedies?
Thanks
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I cannot confirm whether your device is infected by that mentioned kind of malware.. Can I know which country you belong to?
And if your device is infected, presently there is nothing we can do. Lookout clearly said that for a normal user it's better to replace the device with a new one. And for an advanced user who know well about root/system files, can try removing those malware from root level...
Everyone is at risk, dont worry.. Someone will come up with a solution..

nishuksd said:
I cannot confirm whether your device is infected by that mentioned kind of malware.. Can I know which country you belong to?
And if your device is infected, presently there is nothing we can do. Lookout clearly said that for a normal user it's better to replace the device with a new one. And for an advanced user who know well about root/system files, can try removing those malware from root level...
Everyone is at risk, dont worry.. Someone will come up with a solution..
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Hello
There must be a way to clear the phone completely. A full wipe somehow and start fresh?
If I knew what the files were I'd delete them from root folders. No problems there.
Thanks
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yrtrnc said:
Hello
There must be a way to clear the phone completely. A full wipe somehow and start fresh?
If I knew what the files were I'd delete them from root folders. No problems there.
Thanks
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These malwares will not be removed even on full wipe/factory reset or anything. And as I told presently there is no way to remove it. But dont be sure that your device is infected by that one, may be it's something else.., so first you've to check other things, find out if its because of any application installed in your phone!
Remove those suspicious apps, and then check it out..

I removed many apps. But no success.
Any idea on how the malware reinstall itself after a clean wipe?
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the malware doesnt reinstall itself.. it simply hides in the system partition which isn't affected my clean wipes.
the only way to remove it is to wipe and restore the system partition.
You could try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/asus-zenfone-2-flashing-recovery-mode-t3096596
under 3.1) Rooting Zenfone 2
use method 1
that will flash a clean image to your system partition, albeit with root and its caveats like "DO NOT TAKE OTAs, flash manually"

google is the real criminal...
hi guys..first of all install addons detector from playstore..use it ..it will show you all apps with adv.addons…delete those apps….second go to apps..google..yes..google…that is the main culprit..delete all your stored history…caches..cookies etc…third always browse the web in incongnito mode/do not track mode.whenever there is a pop up on your mobile..see the ad closely ..u will see :i:..press it..it will take you to its source..(google)..follow instructions…and you will be fine !! and last but not least…bless me..!!

nishuksd said:
These malwares will not be removed even on full wipe/factory reset or anything. And as I told presently there is no way to remove it. But dont be sure that your device is infected by that one, may be it's something else.., so first you've to check other things, find out if its because of any application installed in your phone!
Remove those suspicious apps, and then check it out..
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what does it mean.. i think wiping out entire partition will sort the issue. re partition you device. or wipe and reflash every partition with fastboot commands

The problem is Gearbest. They do this on almost every freaking phone they sell, and in the case of ZF2, they even make it in a way that you are unable to even update the ROM (it gives error everytime). They do this more notoriously on Xiaomi devices, they just come loaded with adware with no chance of getting rid of it, at least for regular smartphone users.
Anyway, i bought mine last month and the way i did it was this:
Convert the SKU from CN to WW (search here the thread on how to do it)
Flash phone with Asus Flash Tool, i used the oldest available LL build, from 05/2015
Reboot to recovery, connect to PC and update to latest LL build via ADB
Reboot to recovery again and update to the first MM build via ADB
Boot the phone normally, put latest MM firmware zip file on internal storage or sdcard and update via update notification.
There you go, a ZE551ML updated to latest official MM firmware, with WW SKU.

JBolho said:
The problem is Gearbest. They do this on almost every freaking phone they sell, and in the case of ZF2, they even make it in a way that you are unable to even update the ROM (it gives error everytime). They do this more notoriously on Xiaomi devices, they just come loaded with adware with no chance of getting rid of it, at least for regular smartphone users.
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Then, GTFO Gearbest and never buy anything from this ****ing company, again, ever.
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