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[Q] Cursor added to touchscreen after chainfire auto-root

I've had my Note II for a couple months, but I just rooted it yesterday using the chainfire auto-root (method 2 from this page). After the root, wherever I touch the screen, I get a quarter-inch diameter white spot that follows my finger across the screen. It's not a huge deal, but I find it annoying. Has anyone else seen this? Is there some way to turn it off?

Should be in settings and developer options somewhere
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Uncheck "show touches"

Thanks! I was looking for a setting like that under "display". I should've thought of the developer options.

gyromite7 said:
I've had my Note II for a couple months, but I just rooted it yesterday using the chainfire auto-root (method 2 from this page). After the root, wherever I touch the screen, I get a quarter-inch diameter white spot that follows my finger across the screen. It's not a huge deal, but I find it annoying. Has anyone else seen this? Is there some way to turn it off?
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Did u have samsung keis and drivers installed? Cuz I wanna root that way.
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I didn't have Keis, but I did install the USB drivers. I'm still not sure that it was really necessary. Without a driver loaded, Odin just wouldn't connect to your phone, so you could try without it. One tip on something that stumped me for a while: I had to pull the battery and put it back before I could get my phone to boot in download mode.

Kies has issues with usb debugging... not quite sure the specifics but I know the compatible issues are true and i think it has to do with the gn2s root folders communicating "properly" with the cpu through USB (or atleast with all present options available for rooting, may be fix someday)
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So yes, for now those drivers are essential
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gyromite7 said:
I didn't have Keis, but I did install the USB drivers. I'm still not sure that it was really necessary. Without a driver loaded, Odin just wouldn't connect to your phone, so you could try without it. One tip on something that stumped me for a while: I had to pull the battery and put it back before I could get my phone to boot in download mode.
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Was going to root with that same option. But it says "light blue" on the 2nd option from that same thread and also is that the only file I download? The one thay says 7100 thing?
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Galaxysm said:
Was going to root with that same option. But it says "light blue" on the 2nd option from that same thread and also is that the only file I download? The one thay says 7100 thing?
Sent From Land Of Ooo.
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The 2nd option on that tgread is exactly what I used... yes it is the only file you will be odin flashing but again make sure you download the usb drivers as well... another tip I can say is that, at least for when with my attempt is, after your connected in download mode (com port is light blue) and pda is checked with the cf auto root file loaded, I hit start, but after my phone was flashed and restarting, Odin still said the device was in reset for maybe 2 minutes before it says Pass... just wait to unplug your device until it says Pass and dont unplug if it says Reset
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PhxDroid86 said:
The 2nd option on that tgread is exactly what I used... yes it is the only file you will be odin flashing but again make sure you download the usb drivers as well... another tip I can say is that, at least for when with my attempt is, after your connected in download mode (com port is light blue) and pda is checked with the cf auto root file loaded, I hit start, but after my phone was flashed and restarting, Odin still said the device was in reset for maybe 2 minutes before it says Pass... just wait to unplug your device until it says Pass and dont unplug if it says Reset
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Where do I get the usb drivers from? I tried again and it only stays yellow it doesnt change or anything.
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I don't recall where I grabbed them from, but one of the threads here has a link to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956.

[Q] Bricked, computer won't recognize phone in Download mode, won't boot, no recovery

Hello all,
I have flashed ROMs via recovery and Odin plenty of times. I would say I generally know what I am doing and I flash ROMs on the regular. This is my second Samsung device and have been rooting/flashing for almost two years, so not a noob.
I was stuck in a bootloop on my Note and it wouldn't even let me boot into recovery, so I decided to Odin and back to stock and try again... I got the one-click, phone recognized, yellow COM box popped up, hit start, walked away for 10-15 minutes. Come back and there has barely been any progress at all... I could barely see the green progress bar. I figured something is wrong because I've done this before and it only takes a minute at most. What I did next is what I think messed me up...I pulled my phone and closed the Odin dialogue box and tried to redo it. Problem is, nothing I could do would get me the Yellow COM box. The phone goes into download mode but Odin doesn't seem to want to recognize it. I've tried EVERYTHING. When I boot the phone normally, I get the Samsung error screen saying there was an issue with a firmware upgrade and I should try Kies. I download Kies and attempt to upgrade firmware that way, but I get to the last step where it says "Upgrade Firmware" or something like that on the button but the button remains greyed out and I can't click it... I have tried everything. I downloaded the toolkit and installed drivers but each time I do that, the driver install freezes my PC at the end of the install. Same thing happens if I try to get the drivers from the Samsung site directly, the computer freezes. I have rebooted a million times and tried every USB port there is. I have had the computer try to "set up" the deivce while it's in download mode a few times but usually hangs at the end (probably bc drivers not properly installing). Once or twice it setup fine, but still Odin won't recognize. I think the driver thing is moot because it was recognizing the device before this mess just fine and it recognizes and accesses my wife's S2 just fine.
I am at my wit's end. Did I destroy my phone???? Is there nothing I can do to salvage it?
I just aged about five years in the last 2 hours. Please someone help!!!

Longshot, but try installing the toolkit on a different system and try again. I've had drivers from different systems mixed up and it worked fine when installed on a fresh system. Probably not your problem, but worth a try before trying to warranty your phone. Good Luck.

Also try a different usb cable.
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RTC88 said:
Also try a different usb cable.
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TMPOOLE said:
Longshot, but try installing the toolkit on a different system and try again. I've had drivers from different systems mixed up and it worked fine when installed on a fresh system. Probably not your problem, but worth a try before trying to warranty your phone. Good Luck.
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Different cable didn't work.
I'll try a different system but I'm not holding out hope.
Will warranty work if in Odin mode the phone says that I have a custom ROM and custom recovery installed???

Am I out of luck here? I always thought that if it boots up, it's not completely bricked. Shouldn't a PC see it if I get the drivers installed???
If no computer sees it and the Download/Odin screen shows Root and custom ROM/Recovery so no warranty replacement, what are my options?

mikelav456 said:
Am I out of luck here? I always thought that if it boots up, it's not completely bricked. Shouldn't a PC see it if I get the drivers installed???
If no computer sees it and the Download/Odin screen shows Root and custom ROM/Recovery so no warranty replacement, what are my options?
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You say it finds your wife's phone just fine and she has the same model? Have you tried installing the drivers manually through the driver update in device manager?
As to other options, if you're paying for the additional insurance Sprint offers, and are willing to pay the $200 deductable (as opposed to the $500 replacement cost) you could always turn it on and drop it in a bucket of water. They won't be able to pull root/rom info from the unit at that point. Otherwise I think it's a matter of luck as to what kind of techs work in the store you go to. I've heard stories about those who were sticklers and those who didn't care (the latter tend to those who root their own phones). All you can do is ask, hypothetically of course.
Wish I could be more help. Good luck.

Please help!!! Does anyone have any other advice?

DreamingWolf said:
You say it finds your wife's phone just fine and she has the same model? Have you tried installing the drivers manually through the driver update in device manager?
As to other options, if you're paying for the additional insurance Sprint offers, and are willing to pay the $200 deductable (as opposed to the $500 replacement cost) you could always turn it on and drop it in a bucket of water. They won't be able to pull root/rom info from the unit at that point. Otherwise I think it's a matter of luck as to what kind of techs work in the store you go to. I've heard stories about those who were sticklers and those who didn't care (the latter tend to those who root their own phones). All you can do is ask, hypothetically of course.
Wish I could be more help. Good luck.
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Appreciate your help. Wife's phone is a different model, but also Samsung.
I do not have the Sprint insurance unfortunately. I will probably try to go through the Samsung warranty, but not holding my breath....

mikelav456 said:
Appreciate your help. Wife's phone is a different model, but also Samsung.
I do not have the Sprint insurance unfortunately. I will probably try to go through the Samsung warranty, but not holding my breath....
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If you can get the drivers to extract (I know it crashes when you try to install) you could still try the manual update method for your phone's drivers. (can't count how many times I've had to do that for peripherals and my win7 laptop that isn't certified for win7)

Did you try completely uninstalling the drivers before you tried to reinstall them?

DreamingWolf said:
If you can get the drivers to extract (I know it crashes when you try to install) you could still try the manual update method for your phone's drivers. (can't count how many times I've had to do that for peripherals and my win7 laptop that isn't certified for win7)
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Not sure how to do this. I'll look into it.
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Did you try completely uninstalling the drivers before you tried to reinstall them?
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Yes. I'm going to try a different computer tonight.

I had the same problem.forgot what I did though. It was something like a oneclick selfextracting installer to install factory rom.older than ljc. let me look and ill try to find it for u..
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try this.http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=228 same idea just different modem. read through and make sure you understand what garwin is saying. If you dont have anything special on your internal sd card I would use the wipe all as the no data restore didnt work for me some reason. also download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 as it will hook you up with the right drivers.

johntheman_692003 said:
I had the same problem.forgot what I did though. It was something like a oneclick selfextracting installer to install factory rom.older than ljc. let me look and ill try to find it for u..
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try this.http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=228 same idea just different modem. read through and make sure you understand what garwin is saying. If you dont have anything special on your internal sd card I would use the wipe all as the no data restore didnt work for me some reason. also download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 as it will hook you up with the right drivers.
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Thanks but this is exactly what I tried first and continue to try... The problem is I unplugged the phone while the one-click was doing its thing because it wasn't progressing. The phone still goes into to Download mode but the one-click no longer 'sees' the phone when I plug it in, so I can't try again...

mikelav456 said:
Thanks but this is exactly what I tried first and continue to try... The problem is I unplugged the phone while the one-click was doing its thing because it wasn't progressing. The phone still goes into to Download mode but the one-click no longer 'sees' the phone when I plug it in, so I can't try again...
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You said the computer doesnt recognize it right? If it did I would recommend flashing a custom recovery then going from there.
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You said the computer doesnt recognize it right? If it did I would recommend flashing a custom recovery then going from there.
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If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?

mikelav456 said:
If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?
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I would download the tool kit and reinstall the drivers from their. I had the exact same problem months ago. took hours of trying to flash different stuff to get it to work. make sure that you try to unplug then replug in the cord and I think you must use a cord that is made for your phone. Mine wont work unless I use the one supplied with it which is weird but I read somewhere that the prongs are longer or something.open the oneclick oden then plug the phone in and let it sit for a min or 2

johntheman_692003 said:
I would download the tool kit and reinstall the drivers from their. I had the exact same problem months ago. took hours of trying to flash different stuff to get it to work. make sure that you try to unplug then replug in the cord and I think you must use a cord that is made for your phone. Mine wont work unless I use the one supplied with it which is weird but I read somewhere that the prongs are longer or something.open the oneclick oden then plug the phone in and let it sit for a min or 2
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I'm going to try tonight on a different computer.
So you think I should do the following:
1. install drivers
2. open odin one-click
3. put phone in download mode
4. plug phone in
5. even though yellow COM thing should pop up right away let it sit for a while
6. flash one-click back to stock
I'll give it a shot after work.

mikelav456 said:
If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?
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I have actually had this happen before. I couldnt get anything to work even the one click. So what I did was use the toolkit to flash a custom recovery with the stock kernel. Then when it rebooted I held the volume up home, and power buttons. Go into recovery and nandriod back to my previous rom and it worked. But my pc did recognize my device.
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Avatar said:
I have actually had this happen before. I couldnt get anything to work even the one click. So what I did was use the toolkit to flash a custom recovery with the stock kernel. Then when it rebooted I held the volume up home, and power buttons. Go into recovery and nandriod back to my previous rom and it worked. But my pc did recognize my device.
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I didn't know you could flash a recovery to the phone without booting to Android. The toolkit says boot to android as pre-req for installing recovery. If I could get to recovery I could fix this. I'll give it all a shot again tonight.

mikelav456 said:
I didn't know you could flash a recovery to the phone without booting to Android. The toolkit says boot to android as pre-req for installing recovery. If I could get to recovery I could fix this. I'll give it all a shot again tonight.
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Never mind I miss understood. Good luck with the pc switching
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freegee g pro edition

just did the freegee unlock and phone will not power on
what happened?
i even got an popup congratulating me that i was unlocked

What version g pro you have?
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att version
e980

Clutchz said:
att version
e980
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Try posting your issue in the actual thread in original android development
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Only your recovery and possibly boot partitions are touched, so worst case you can always get to download mode. However if the phone won't turn on at all its something not directly related. What happened before you rebooted into this state?
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i was doing the freegee thing and it had finished i went to home and hit reboot and nothing it stayed there

FreeGee has been updated and I unlocked my phone without any issues.

Clutchz said:
just did the freegee unlock and phone will not power on
what happened?
i even got an popup congratulating me that i was unlocked
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Mine's doing it too man. Installed the app. Phone is rooted but stock recovery. Let it do its unlock thing and said yes to disable LGE security. Then tried to reboot using the volume and home keys to get to recovery and it gave a "Secure booting failed. Cause: Device Unlocked so boot success!!" message. Then LG logo again then AT&T animation and that's as far as it gets. No recovery menu, no normal boot. Just AT&T.
You get yours figured out yet? We gonna have to LGNPST back to stock?
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wahida76 said:
FreeGee has been updated and I unlocked my phone without any issues.
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SO how do you get to recovery then? I tried to 2 button into recovery and am now unable to boot the phone.

the computer detects something by this name: Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM17) and the screen stays black on the LG

lessthanzach said:
Mine's doing it too man. Installed the app. Phone is rooted but stock recovery. Let it do its unlock thing and said yes to disable LGE security. Then tried to reboot using the volume and home keys to get to recovery and it gave a "Secure booting failed. Cause: Device Unlocked so boot success!!" message. Then LG logo again then AT&T animation and that's as far as it gets. No recovery menu, no normal boot. Just AT&T.
You get yours figured out yet? We gonna have to LGNPST back to stock?
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SO how do you get to recovery then? I tried to 2 button into recovery and am now unable to boot the phone.
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I used a reboot app to boot recovery
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Clutchz said:
the computer detects something by this name: Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM17) and the screen stays black on the LG
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Your phone hard bricked and flashing might work

wahida76 said:
I used a reboot app to boot recovery
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Your phone hard bricked and flashing might work
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the flash tools dont detect the phone

Clutchz said:
the flash tools dont detect the phone
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I am really sorry to say this but if that is the case then your hard brick can't be fixed your option is warranty.

oh well i'll go to att tomorrow thanks guys

Clutchz said:
oh well i'll go to att tomorrow thanks guys
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If you bought the phone within the last 14 days then you can return it if not you can call at&t and speak to warranty and they will send you a warranty replacement your other option is to ask if they have a local warranty center they can try to flash it or exchange it.

Clutchz said:
oh well i'll go to att tomorrow thanks guys
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Are you sure you were putting it into download mode? You take out the battery. Then put battery back in the phone. THen I believe you hold the volume down key and plug the phone into the computer. Then LGNPST should recognize the phone after you change the COM port to I believe 41 or 42
Edit: You hold BOTH volume keys while plugging the phone into the computer. It needs to be completely off when you do this.
Edit 2: Here's the guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660
Switch it under device manager to COM port 41. Now flash tools should recognize it.
I'm honestly bummed that I'm now going to have to re-setup everything again. I just had to flash my phone 2 weeks ago to get rid of 2nd Init recovery to install the value pack. Now I get to do it again, then run the update, then re-root, and put my 200+ apps back on, lol. FML. I guess this just isn't the phone the tinker with. Never had any of these issues on my S1, S2, S3, HTC One, One X, Note, etc. Oh well.

Tried it didn't work thanks for the help anyways guys i have a 90 day no questions asked with Costco so i'll take advantage of that any way to export text and call logs? Too much to ask right?

Clutchz said:
Tried it didn't work thanks for the help anyways guys i have a 90 day no questions asked with Costco so i'll take advantage of that any way to export text and call logs? Too much to ask right?
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If you're on a windows 8 machine it will not detect your phone with them drivers, you need a win 7 os. I had same issue before
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turilo said:
If you're on a windows 8 machine it will not detect your phone with them drivers, you need a win 7 os. I had same issue before
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no dice tried it on both even xp i'm gonna give up on it i'll return it its easier

Clutchz said:
Tried it didn't work thanks for the help anyways guys i have a 90 day no questions asked with Costco so i'll take advantage of that any way to export text and call logs? Too much to ask right?
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Hey do you remember what version of freegee you installed? I think somehow you might have gotten version 1.0.6 instead of 1.1.0. Ive been through everything and the only thing that could have bricked you was using and older version of freegee. I didn't post on xda till Google showed the updated 1.1.0 version was live but maybe somehow you got an older on?
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Bootloader NOT UNLOCKED
I was wrong the bootloader is still Locked the developer of the App corrected his app info and this shows that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43813711&postcount=14

[Q] My phone got stuck on the Samsung screen. Help!!

I have been using this phone for 2 yrs. I rooted this phone a week ago.
My phone was working just fine until yesterday, when it rebooted and got stuck on the Samsung logo.
I can only get into the recovery mode but not downlaod mode.
So, I factory reseted the phone but still it wont get pass the Samsung logo.
Someone plz help me. Thanks.

absrd said:
I have been using this phone for 2 yrs. I rooted this phone a week ago.
My phone was working just fine until yesterday, when it rebooted and got stuck on the Samsung logo.
I can only get into the recovery mode but not downlaod mode.
So, I factory reseted the phone but still it wont get pass the Samsung logo.
Someone plz help me. Thanks.
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It's probably a hard or soft brick phone don't worry surf the Internet for a jig or jtag
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It may be hard or soft bricked just surf internet for a USB jig or jtag ?
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@absrd
Did you happen to make a backup in recovery? Which recovery are you using?
jrc2

No fastbook/recovery (NOT ROOTED)

I have been up and down all the sites and recovery methods.
ISSUE:
In an attempt to root my Zenfone 2 (2.19.40.22 Lollipop) the tool I was using seemed to get stuck looking for my device. This was after installing a fastboot, or an attempt I believe. After a minute or so I noticed the phone screen was constantly showing the USB Logo.
I can turn on my phone and use it no problem. HOWEVER, I cannot POWER + VOL UP, to enter the bootloader. It just goes back to that USB Logo with the White Bar under it. And I have to power off and ON my phone again to get back to normal operation.
As you can imagine this makes it rather difficult to flash anything or use the ADB Tools whatsoever. Is there anything I can do to get that back, or am I doomed with a phone that can never be rooted?
[The tool that started this whole issue was the TWRPRecovery-Install]

Twrp tool only installs twrp recovery which you need an unlocked boot loader to install, so it should have never been used, can you use adb from the phone in normal operation? Can you get into recovery at all? Sometimes you can boot to recovery from adb shell when phone is in normal boot. Most of the solutions I can think of requires root but if you figure out how to get to recovery you can sideload a full update file to restore everything
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And I am not sure if it will work now, but there is a one click root tool for this phone you could try it, but if you have an unusable bootloader it may not work, let me do some research for other options, may not find anything but we'll see
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Start here
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/w70w7r1a65840/Zenfone_2
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Thanks for the info. I clearly followed the wrong guide. I did try the One Click Tool but again it goes straight to the USB logo. Its odd, if it was broken or deleted your imagine there would be a way to fix or reinstall it.

JetPKFR said:
Thanks for the info. I clearly followed the wrong guide. I did try the One Click Tool but again it goes straight to the USB logo. Its odd, if it was broken or deleted your imagine there would be a way to fix or reinstall it.
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That is generally considered bricked... Only ASUS can fix for now....