Bootloop - Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers

Help! Ran fastboot to root and am now stuck in a bootloop.
Not sure what to do
Phone is stuck where four colored dots jump over each other
Computer doesn't recognize any fastboot or adb devices

Hi @Medicstud007
Please reboot to the bootloader (Hold Power and Volume Down while powering on the phone)
Use the volume keys and choose recovery
At the No Command screen hold power and while holding power press and hold volume up for about 5 seconds, let go of volume up and power and it should take you to recovery.
At the top it will give you the Build number Example: NDE63X
Go https://developers.google.com/android/ota and download the OTA that matches your build number
Copy the zip file to the same folder ADB is in
Choose Update from ADB in recovery
Open command prompt on your pc
enter
Code:
adb sideload name_of_ota.zip
Replace name_of_ota with the correct file name.
This will take a few minutes and will fix the bootloop. Data still intact.
Optional: re-root using the SR3 download in the OP of the SuperSU thread here.

how long have you waited ?
have you powered down during the process ?
the device should look like it boot looping and rebooting twice during the process, if your re-rooting after "ADB SIDELOAD OTA_FILE.zip" it will take awhile to finish the process and make the first boot.
failing this attempt to boot into recovery and perform a factory reset and start over if adb / fastboot allows

Just hold down power till it reboots that should do it easy as that

After waiting 15 minutes I got angry and pressed enter on the keyboard and the % started increasing 84% now
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Thanks dude! Your tutorial fixed my Google Pixel Sailfish bootloop too.

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I cant do anything (Like brick but it is not)

Hi everybody
yesterday I installed a 4.2.2 rom and after that I flashed gapps. then I restart the phone and this message appear:
Unfortunately,the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped
I press OK but it will apear repeatedly and I cant do anything with the phone.
I tried to go to bootloader. So I bring out the battery and insert it again. Then I hold volume down+power button but it doesnt work and phone start again.
Please help me about this
To go in bootloader, first press the volume down button, then you can press the power button once. Then push another rom to your sdcard using adb:
adb push Romname.zip /sdcard/
Where romname.zip is the name of the zip of the rom.
Hope this helps
Sent from my HTC "Marvellous" WFS
Guitarfreak12 said:
To go in bootloader, first press the volume down button, then you can press the power button once. Then push another rom to your sdcard using adb:
adb push Romname.zip /sdcard/
Where romname.zip is the name of the zip of the rom.
Hope this helps
Sent from my HTC "Marvellous" WFS
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tnx bro but it wasnt worked
Are you sure you can't get into the boot loader? Flashing a ROM shouldn't have wiped out your bootloader and recovery.
Volume down + power on.
Go to recovery.
Use recovery to flash a working ROM from a zip file on your SD card.
Preferably the backup you made of your stock ROM before you tried flashing anything different.
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If you can't get into your recovery mode, then you can still flash using ADB and fastboot. I don't see how your bootloader could be wiped out.
Open a command prompt where your ADB/fastboot is located.
adb reboot-bootloader
(go into fastboot)
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>
where <recovery.img> is the file of your working recovery image. Only do this if your current recovery is inoperable.

Error message in Recovery Mode

HI..
i first tried to root my asus Zenfone 2 .. installed a custom rom 12.1 for cynogen mod and first there was no network for sim .. then somehow fixing all this i wiped out my data without backup in recovery mode .. and when i tried to install the stock rom .., my phone is giving error message whenever i enter recovery mode.
(also i have tried hard reset like volume up +power button when in theres a error message in recovey mode ) It doesnt work for me or maybe i am not doing it the right way.
Basically i think its BRICKED +an error message in recovery mode .
Will it ever work again ?also please tell me how to get my phone work ..will be really greatful .
Please HELP !
How to Enter "Recovery Mode" on Asus Zenfone 2
Turn Off your Zenfone 2
Hold Power button + Volume up
When the phone is vibrating release the Power button
Then the Display change like this
You can select "Normal Boot" or "Recovery Mode" by pressing Volume Up/Down, to enter Recovery choose "Recovery Mode"
Then you will see sleep Android Robot, Press Power button and Volume up, after one second release the Volume up
You will see Asus Zenfone 2 Recovery Mode
after that follow these steps and BOOM BAM !! I DID IT
Download and Install ADB and drivers on your PC.
Download the latest Stock ROM from the Asus website by visiting the following links. If your device got bricked after a recent OTA software update, wait a few days while Asus uploads the latest Stock ROM. On the page below, select Android as the OS and then expand the Firmware section. For non WW devices, please check your regional Asus website for the download details.
Zenfone ZE551ML Stock ROM
Zenfone ZE550ML Stock ROM
Copy the downloaded Stock ROM to the folder where you installed ADB (Generally C://adb)
In power off state, press and hold the Volume Up key and then press and hold the Power Key till the phone vibrates. Release the power key at vibration, but keep pressing the Volume Up key. Wait for the phone to boot into fastboot mode.
In the fastboot mode, keep pressing the Volume Down key till you see Recovery Mode. Press Power Key to select it.
In recovery mode, select Apply update from ADB.
Connect your phone to the PC and open the ADB folder. Right click while holding down the shift key and choose Open command window here.
Pass the following command in ADB. Replace file.zip with the name of Stock ROM zip (eg: UL-Z00A-WW-2.19.40.22-user.zip) downloaded in step 2.
adb sideload file.zip
Wait for the process to complete as it will take a couple of minutes.
Reboot the phone when it is all done and hopefully your Zenfone 2 will be boot up fine, alive and working again.
no recovery menu - phone restarts everytime i try to enter recovery
actually i rooted my zenfone 2 and there was an OTA and i tried to install it without un-rooting my phone. the phone would not turn on and it gets stuck in the boot animation.
then, i tried installing TWRP but i did not unlock the bootloader and now i am not able to enter in recovery mode either, everytime i try to get in the recovery menu the phone restarts and goes to fastboot menu.
please help.
dip_anker said:
actually i rooted my zenfone 2 and there was an OTA and i tried to install it without un-rooting my phone. the phone would not turn on and it gets stuck in the boot animation.
then, i tried installing TWRP but i did not unlock the bootloader and now i am not able to enter in recovery mode either, everytime i try to get in the recovery menu the phone restarts and goes to fastboot menu.
please help.
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Does the zenfone2 have a fastboot mode to flash the firmware manually because flashing Ota updates bricks if you never unrooted you phone. So you should just flash the firmware you were already on then unroot then flash the Ota update
DROID_4_UsEr said:
Does the zenfone2 have a fastboot mode to flash the firmware manually because flashing Ota updates bricks if you never unrooted you phone. So you should just flash the firmware you were already on then unroot then flash the Ota update
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adb is not able to detect my phone. is there any other way to flash the phone ?
and i am just a bit curious to know if its possible to directly flash the phone with CM12.1 without having to go through all those steps (installing the older version and unrooting and installing the OTA) ?
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and how can i flash the original rom when adb doesn't detect my phone ??

Stuck on "erasing" during factory reset, can't boot into recovery.

So I decided to do a factory reset, erase all data. During the process, it got stuck on "erasing". Left it overnight, for NINE HOURS, still stuck.
I can boot into fastboot mode, but I CAN'T GO INTO RECOVERY MODE. When I select "recovery mode" (by choosing the option with volume keys and then selecting with power button), it just boots back into the "erasing" dialog.
I've installed the driver from Intel, but I can't get ADB to recognize my device. Does it have to be in recovery mode to recognize the device, or should it recognize in just fastboot mode?
Kind of at a loss here. Honestly, this kind of sounds like the dreaded Nexus 7 brick problem from earlier this year.
P.S. am I using the correct vocabulary here? Fastboot is the menu where you choose the boot method, and recovery mode is where you can choose to restore to factory settings or flash a new image?
EDIT: IT FIXED ITSELF. I just had to let it sit for like 15 hours. It's ridiculous that it took that long.
xlaxplaya said:
So I decided to do a factory reset, erase all data. During the process, it got stuck on "erasing". Left it overnight, for NINE HOURS, still stuck.
I can boot into fastboot mode, but I CAN'T GO INTO RECOVERY MODE. When I select "recovery mode" (by choosing the option with volume keys and then selecting with power button), it just boots back into the "erasing" dialog.
I've installed the driver from Intel, but I can't get ADB to recognize my device. Does it have to be in recovery mode to recognize the device, or should it recognize in just fastboot mode?
Kind of at a loss here. Honestly, this kind of sounds like the dreaded Nexus 7 brick problem from earlier this year.
P.S. am I using the correct vocabulary here? Fastboot is the menu where you choose the boot method, and recovery mode is where you can choose to restore to factory settings or flash a new image?
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Same thing happened for me. Had to wait 14 hours and it finally completed.
LiquidPlacidity said:
Same thing happened for me. Had to wait 14 hours and it finally completed.
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Haha whaaaat? 14? That's crazy. I might try it though, I'm running out of options. I'm trying to clear the bootloader cache and reflash the firmware via fastboot, but I keep getting "FAILED" messages that say I don't have permission. I can't do **** with this phone right now.
xlaxplaya said:
So I decided to do a factory reset, erase all data. During the process, it got stuck on "erasing". Left it overnight, for NINE HOURS, still stuck.
I can boot into fastboot mode, but I CAN'T GO INTO RECOVERY MODE. When I select "recovery mode" (by choosing the option with volume keys and then selecting with power button), it just boots back into the "erasing" dialog.
I've installed the driver from Intel, but I can't get ADB to recognize my device. Does it have to be in recovery mode to recognize the device, or should it recognize in just fastboot mode?
Kind of at a loss here. Honestly, this kind of sounds like the dreaded Nexus 7 brick problem from earlier this year.
P.S. am I using the correct vocabulary here? Fastboot is the menu where you choose the boot method, and recovery mode is where you can choose to restore to factory settings or flash a new image?
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The same happened to me. In htcmania (an Spanish web like xda) there's a tutorial that worked for me:
ht tp://w ww.htcmania. com/showthread. php?t=1028393 (erase the spaces)
You don't have to follow all the steps. Just run the indicated cwm bat, wipe cache and reboot. It worked for me and without losing any data. I hope it helps you. If you have any question about the language, send me a message.
The solution for the OP and me was to simply wait it out. As LiquidPlacidity said, it can take over 12 hours for this to complete, it seems to take longer the more data you have on the device. OP messaged me saying it took them 12 hours, as LiquidPlacidity said it took them 14 hours, and for me it took a total of 22 hours to complete. My device was nearly full, but this is unforgivable on the part of Asus, they really need to fix this.
This happened to me I flashed recovery.img stock firmware recovery I downgraded to unlock bootloader then tried it again and it done it in 10mins
Just an update for anybody that finds this thread: I just had to let it sit for a stupidly long time. Like, maybe fifteen hours. I found somebody else that had to let it sit for 22 hours.
Any update to this problem !
xlaxplaya said:
Just an update for anybody that finds this thread: I just had to let it sit for a stupidly long time. Like, maybe fifteen hours. I found somebody else that had to let it sit for 22 hours.
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I bought an Asus phone same like you and the same problem is happening ! USB debugging < I satule you
Solution found !
I've found a solution for this problem
All you need to find is a same device which is normal or BUY a new one ! OR BEG,Borrow, or steal from a friend
Find a asus zenfone 2 from a friend and enable usb debugging
Download intel driver
Just google it
Download Abd driver installer from the link bellow
Just google it
Just enable the usb debugging mode from the phone which you found
Open the adb driver intaller and fetch the abd driver directly from the installer for your asus phone
After that, download the following adb interface
Google it like " Abd interface for asus fastboot"
Then, extract the file , hold shift and right click the folder you will see a option in cmd option
Click that and a cmd window will be opened
Turn off your phone
Hold volume up and power button
After the phone vibrates realease from power button and keep holding volume up button
Boot loader will open and press volume up until you see "continue in fastboot mode"
Keep it the mode and connect your device to pc
It will directly intstall usb driver and adb driver after that
Just go back to your pc and type "fastboot format cache" and the process will continue
You will know when the process is over from the cmd in your pc
After that reboot your phone and you will still see the error
Click power and volume up button and the recovery mode will apear
Just wipe your data and every thing is going to be ALRIGHT
It is turning off after 10 minutes, how can I make it to 15 hours if it is turning off.. ?
have the same problem with my device too... i removed my battery once because i couldnt boot into recovery mode without turning it off...but its still in the erasing screen...will removing the battery cause any problem?
It's actually helps
xlaxplaya said:
So I decided to do a factory reset, erase all data. During the process, it got stuck on "erasing". Left it overnight, for NINE HOURS, still stuck.
I can boot into fastboot mode, but I CAN'T GO INTO RECOVERY MODE. When I select "recovery mode" (by choosing the option with volume keys and then selecting with power button), it just boots back into the "erasing" dialog.
I've installed the driver from Intel, but I can't get ADB to recognize my device. Does it have to be in recovery mode to recognize the device, or should it recognize in just fastboot mode?
Kind of at a loss here. Honestly, this kind of sounds like the dreaded Nexus 7 brick problem from earlier this year.
P.S. am I using the correct vocabulary here? Fastboot is the menu where you choose the boot method, and recovery mode is where you can choose to restore to factory settings or flash a new image?
EDIT: IT FIXED ITSELF. I just had to let it sit for like 15 hours. It's ridiculous that it took that long.
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Same happened to me, but i found the way to fix it quickly. First of all i have find out that to properly wipe zenfone 2 , you have to firs wipe it from android software by going to Settings - Backup & reset - Factory data reset, and then wipe it from recovery menu and it will wipe it with normal speed it still will take 10-15 minutes but it's not 22 damn hours!!!
SO, The thing is that you still can get in fastboot mode and if you'll connect device to PC it will detect it. To get in fastboot you have to turn off your device(to do that you need to hold button "volume up" + "power" button, hold them untill phone is turned off,while you doing that the phone must be disconnectet from PC or it woun't turn off) then you press and hold "volume up" button and press and hold "power" button untill you feel the double vibrating and then you gonna let go the "power" button but still hold "volume up" button and then the menu will apear on the screen, you are in fastboot mode.
At this moment i'm sure that you have all Android (and official asus)drivers installed and all platfom-tools installed so i'm not gonna tell how to install it and i'm expecting that you know how to use platform-tools.
So... you go to cmd and from there to adb(usualy you do it by typing: cd c:\adb ) make sure that fastboot.exe is in adb folder, if not then download fastboot.exe and copy it in adb folder, then you type : ' fastboot devices' to see if PC deteced device you'll get 'F4AZFG04X560 fastboot' and it means that device is detected, then you type :
- ' fastboot format cache' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase userdata -w' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase system' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase recovery' wait till it's done
By doing all of these commands you're kind of doing factory reset by yourself.
Then you put recovery.img(recovery.img from OTA "older" than you had... if you had 165 then you take 164 or 139, or even OTA 97, it worked for me fine) and last firmware, for zenfone2 (from official asus site) in folder with adb and rename firware to 'update.zip' then run cmd from this folder and you can check if PC detected your device, by using command ' fastboot devices' and you'll see something like 'F4AZFG04X560 fastdoot' than you type command: ' fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' than you'll see :
" C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.684s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.506s]
finished. total time: 1.193s'
then you choose recovery menu, by pressing "volume down" button, then phone boots it recovery mode and you see little droidbot "error", then you press and hold "power" button and press "volume up" button apears recovery menu, choose "apply update from adb", device is still connected to PC(if not, connect it), type in adb : ' adb sideload update.zip' wait till it's done(about 20-30 mitutes you'll see load in cmd)when it's done choose reboot in recovery menu... that's all.
P.S. sorry for my English it's not my native language.
The erasing has already started.
Now what should i do to make it quick?
It is really really bad. It is taking very long time.
Please advice
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I spent too much money on this useless phone. There are so many companies who give quality phones with quick os updates.
agriz said:
The erasing has already started.
Now what should i do to make it quick?
It is really really bad. It is taking very long time.
Please advice
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I spent too much money on this useless phone. There are so many companies who give quality phones with quick os updates.
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Turn off device and follow by steps o described
what i do when the phone stuck on erasing :
1. At least wait for 30 minutes and make sure you have 60%+ battery before resetting or erasing the phone.
2. Turn off by pressing power till the phone turn off
3. Go to recovery mode by pressing volume + and power button together, and then select recovery by pressing volume + or volume -, the press power button to confirm it.
4. Done. It will continue erasing, but it just take 1-2 minutes then the phone will reboot.
I'm just sharing what i have done when this happen. If something happen to your phone, don't blame me
Testerov23 said:
Same happened to me, but i found the way to fix it quickly. First of all i have find out that to properly wipe zenfone 2 , you have to firs wipe it from android software by going to Settings - Backup & reset - Factory data reset, and then wipe it from recovery menu and it will wipe it with normal speed it still will take 10-15 minutes but it's not 22 damn hours!!!
SO, The thing is that you still can get in fastboot mode and if you'll connect device to PC it will detect it. To get in fastboot you have to turn off your device(to do that you need to hold button "volume up" + "power" button, hold them untill phone is turned off,while you doing that the phone must be disconnectet from PC or it woun't turn off) then you press and hold "volume up" button and press and hold "power" button untill you feel the double vibrating and then you gonna let go the "power" button but still hold "volume up" button and then the menu will apear on the screen, you are in fastboot mode.
At this moment i'm sure that you have all Android (and official asus)drivers installed and all platfom-tools installed so i'm not gonna tell how to install it and i'm expecting that you know how to use platform-tools.
So... you go to cmd and from there to adb(usualy you do it by typing: cd c:\adb ) make sure that fastboot.exe is in adb folder, if not then download fastboot.exe and copy it in adb folder, then you type : ' fastboot devices' to see if PC deteced device you'll get 'F4AZFG04X560 fastboot' and it means that device is detected, then you type :
- ' fastboot format cache' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase userdata -w' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase system' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase recovery' wait till it's done
By doing all of these commands you're kind of doing factory reset by yourself.
Then you put recovery.img(recovery.img from OTA "older" than you had... if you had 165 then you take 164 or 139, or even OTA 97, it worked for me fine) and last firmware, for zenfone2 (from official asus site) in folder with adb and rename firware to 'update.zip' then run cmd from this folder and you can check if PC detected your device, by using command ' fastboot devices' and you'll see something like 'F4AZFG04X560 fastdoot' than you type command: ' fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' than you'll see :
" C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.684s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.506s]
finished. total time: 1.193s'
then you choose recovery menu, by pressing "volume down" button, then phone boots it recovery mode and you see little droidbot "error", then you press and hold "power" button and press "volume up" button apears recovery menu, choose "apply update from adb", device is still connected to PC(if not, connect it), type in adb : ' adb sideload update.zip' wait till it's done(about 20-30 mitutes you'll see load in cmd)when it's done choose reboot in recovery menu... that's all.
P.S. sorry for my English it's not my native language.
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Hi, im having different issue than what was originally posted, but thought to give it a try the steps you described.
my problem is that my son forgot his pin code on the phone and has not a secondary method to unlock it, so i knew that i can just do a hard reset thru recovery mode and will be ok. but when i access to recovery mode only shows 3 options -reboot system -update via adb and -update via sd card. and is not showing the wipe/erase data option.
so i tried to follow your steps here all was good until writing on command
'fastboot erase recovery'
this is what i get back :
erasing 'recovery' ...
FAILED (remote: unable to format)
finished. total time : 0.891s
what can i do? either to continue with your steps or to do the hard reset on the phone?
thanks for any response
xlaxplaya said:
So I decided to do a factory reset, erase all data. During the process, it got stuck on "erasing". Left it overnight, for NINE HOURS, still stuck.
I can boot into fastboot mode, but I CAN'T GO INTO RECOVERY MODE. When I select "recovery mode" (by choosing the option with volume keys and then selecting with power button), it just boots back into the "erasing" dialog.
I've installed the driver from Intel, but I can't get ADB to recognize my device. Does it have to be in recovery mode to recognize the device, or should it recognize in just fastboot mode?
Kind of at a loss here. Honestly, this kind of sounds like the dreaded Nexus 7 brick problem from earlier this year.
P.S. am I using the correct vocabulary here? Fastboot is the menu where you choose the boot method, and recovery mode is where you can choose to restore to factory settings or flash a new image?
EDIT: IT FIXED ITSELF. I just had to let it sit for like 15 hours. It's ridiculous that it took that long.
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Guys? My phone didn't fix itself. It has been 29 HOURS. And nothing is happening.
domrocks1337 said:
Guys? My phone didn't fix itself. It has been 29 HOURS. And nothing is happening.
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Somebody else said it took 22 hours. So as ridiculous as it sounds, I think you should keep waiting. Try not to interrupt the process by restarting, we're not sure if it picks up where it left off.
If you don't have a backup phone or can't stand waiting, I would check to see if it's still under warranty and maybe do an RMA. You could just buy a phone with a 30 day return policy and just return it if this phone finally starts working again.
Hi
I have the same problem. It has been 28 Hours!
I can't access to Recovery Mode
Testerov23 said:
Same happened to me, but i found the way to fix it quickly. First of all i have find out that to properly wipe zenfone 2 , you have to firs wipe it from android software by going to Settings - Backup & reset - Factory data reset, and then wipe it from recovery menu and it will wipe it with normal speed it still will take 10-15 minutes but it's not 22 damn hours!!!
SO, The thing is that you still can get in fastboot mode and if you'll connect device to PC it will detect it. To get in fastboot you have to turn off your device(to do that you need to hold button "volume up" + "power" button, hold them untill phone is turned off,while you doing that the phone must be disconnectet from PC or it woun't turn off) then you press and hold "volume up" button and press and hold "power" button untill you feel the double vibrating and then you gonna let go the "power" button but still hold "volume up" button and then the menu will apear on the screen, you are in fastboot mode.
At this moment i'm sure that you have all Android (and official asus)drivers installed and all platfom-tools installed so i'm not gonna tell how to install it and i'm expecting that you know how to use platform-tools.
So... you go to cmd and from there to adb(usualy you do it by typing: cd c:\adb ) make sure that fastboot.exe is in adb folder, if not then download fastboot.exe and copy it in adb folder, then you type : ' fastboot devices' to see if PC deteced device you'll get 'F4AZFG04X560 fastboot' and it means that device is detected, then you type :
- ' fastboot format cache' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase userdata -w' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase system' wait till it's done
- 'fastboot erase recovery' wait till it's done
By doing all of these commands you're kind of doing factory reset by yourself.
Then you put recovery.img(recovery.img from OTA "older" than you had... if you had 165 then you take 164 or 139, or even OTA 97, it worked for me fine) and last firmware, for zenfone2 (from official asus site) in folder with adb and rename firware to 'update.zip' then run cmd from this folder and you can check if PC detected your device, by using command ' fastboot devices' and you'll see something like 'F4AZFG04X560 fastdoot' than you type command: ' fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' than you'll see :
" C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.684s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.506s]
finished. total time: 1.193s'
then you choose recovery menu, by pressing "volume down" button, then phone boots it recovery mode and you see little droidbot "error", then you press and hold "power" button and press "volume up" button apears recovery menu, choose "apply update from adb", device is still connected to PC(if not, connect it), type in adb : ' adb sideload update.zip' wait till it's done(about 20-30 mitutes you'll see load in cmd)when it's done choose reboot in recovery menu... that's all.
P.S. sorry for my English it's not my native language.
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I'm into the multi hour format thing of hell, i wonder why u must have to erase system and recovery, shouldnt it be enough to format userdata and cache? why do u do everything else? , in any case where do u get the official recovery? i dont wanna mod the phone, i wanna get OTA updates in the future.

Trying to install TWRP but the phone keeps overwriting it

Trying to install TWRP v3. Phone is unlocked (not rooted yet as not necessary atm). I'm able to sucesfully push the .img to the sdcard via adb and install via "fastboot flash recover twrp.img" but the moment I reboot the phone and try to access recovery to get into TWRP, all I get is a little icon of an android mascot lying down with his belly open. No TWRP.
I know the phone will auto-overwrite custom recovery's if the correct combination of hardware buttons are not pressed after the first TWRP install (as TWRP needs to patch the default recovery the first time to stop the phone from constantly trying to overwrite TWRP every time) but so far i've not been able to find out what it is (i.e. not the usual vol +- and power all at the same time. Its gotta be something else?).
Edit: Delete his post. I figured it out. Turns out it isn't a good idea to execute "fastboot reboot" immediately after TWRP installation
Don't restart the Phone!
Flash Recovery and the do the following:
Use the volume keys to scroll and power key to select the Reboot Bootloader option. Once the phone has booted back into the bootloader you can use the volume keys to scroll and the power key to boot into your newly flashed recovery. It's now safe to disconnect your usb cable.

Rooting build number NDE63V

Can you root using Boot-to-Root with build version NDE63V? I tried and was stuck in a permanent boot. If not do I need to flash an old factory image first? Thanks in advance
john7760 said:
Can you root using Boot-to-Root with build version NDE63V? I tried and was stuck in a permanent boot. If not do I need to flash an old factory image first? Thanks in advance
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What command did you use in fastboot? Was it fastboot flash boot-to-root? Or fastboot boot boot-to-root?
Never use fastboot flash boot-to-root.img as you will bootloop.
ALWAYS use fastboot boot boot-to-root.img to root. Make sure you have downloaded the correct img from Chainfire's post.
xocomaox said:
Never use fastboot flash boot-to-root.img as you will bootloop.
ALWAYS use fastboot boot boot-to-root.img to root. Make sure you have downloaded the correct img from Chainfire's post.
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I'll give that a try I may have inadvertently done just that. Many thanks
xocomaox said:
Never use fastboot flash boot-to-root.img as you will bootloop.
ALWAYS use fastboot boot boot-to-root.img to root. Make sure you have downloaded the correct img from Chainfire's post.
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How long did it take for your first boot? Seems like it is taking forever but don't want to cut it off short
john7760 said:
How long did it take for your first boot? Seems like it is taking forever but don't want to cut it off short
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It will take a few minutes vs the normal time.
You may be screwed up, however, and will have to follow the adb sideload procedure (THIS WILL NOT ERASE DATA) to right yourself before trying to root again:
Please reboot to the bootloader (Hold Power and Volume Down while powering on the phone)
Use the volume keys and choose recovery
At the No Command screen hold power and while holding power press and hold volume up for about 5 seconds, let go of volume up and power and it should take you to recovery.
At the top it will give you the Build number Example: NDE63X
Go https://developers.google.com/android/ota and download the OTA that matches your build number
Copy the zip file to the same folder ADB is in
Choose Update from ADB in recovery
Open command prompt on your pc
enter
adb sideload name_of_ota.zip
Replace name_of_ota with the correct file name.
And make sure your ADB is up to date with the Android SDK Manager!
xocomaox said:
It will take a few minutes vs the normal time.
You may be screwed up, however, and will have to follow the adb sideload procedure (THIS WILL NOT ERASE DATA) to right yourself before trying to root again:
Please reboot to the bootloader (Hold Power and Volume Down while powering on the phone)
Use the volume keys and choose recovery
At the No Command screen hold power and while holding power press and hold volume up for about 5 seconds, let go of volume up and power and it should take you to recovery.
At the top it will give you the Build number Example: NDE63X
Go https://developers.google.com/android/ota and download the OTA that matches your build number
Copy the zip file to the same folder ADB is in
Choose Update from ADB in recovery
Open command prompt on your pc
enter
adb sideload name_of_ota.zip
Replace name_of_ota with the correct file name.
And make sure your ADB is up to date with the Android SDK Manager!
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Thanks for the help. I tried like 30 times to get it to start the recovery menu to sideload the OTA file without any luck. I gave up flashed stock image and relocked bootloader. Maybe one day I'll try again or if anyones in the Allentown, PA area hit me up

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