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MicroPizza

my phone is in some deep stuff...

alright, so this is a string of multiple problems which may seem like there is an obvious answer, but it has lead to me wanting to pull my hair out for days now. i have the 2gig Z00A, ZE155ML model.

i had cm13 installed, and it worked great. one day my data stops working but i can call and text, and i learn it may be b/c of cm13, so i try to go and flash the stock rom to see if this fixed it. however, i have TWRP, so it wouldn't let me just flash the stock rom. i tried to sideload it but whenever i went to the sideload part in twrp on my phone, my device wasn't considered being plugged in on my PC- as in, i exit out of sideload, and then it was recognized.

i tried then to flash the images separately in fastboot, however, it says the access was denied and i couldn't go back to stock recovery. now i am stuck on the white asus screen when i try to reboot my phone (unlocked bootloader) and trying to boot into recovery yields an "updating system... error!" and won't let me access recovery, even after reinstalling TWRP.

now i can't do anything with adb, the phone won't be recognized by my computer when i directly boot to bootloader, and it's bricked (i left it charging,all night, and it was still on the white asus screen)

...so does anyone know what i can do here, or am i royally screwed??

Posted Feb 17, 2016, 12:34 PM UTC

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dc6253•

Did you backup your device prior to flashing CM13 with TWRP?

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MicroPizzaOPZenfone 2 ZE551ML 2GB•

uhh its stupid but im not sure, most likely not b/c i didn't have that much space when i first did it, but i for sure have a backup from before the bootloop started that i can probably load onto my sd with a card reader, but like i said i can't even get into recovery ;-;

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dc6253•

Flash TWRP again via fastboot and flash the backup again

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techbeast34Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 4GB•

Same exact thing happened when I switched to stock to send back to Asus. In recovery, press the power and volume up buttons at the same time a few times to get into the recovery menu. You should be able to sideload an update via adb that way. Also, if a package says it fails in flashing in fastboot with the error "access denied," it's lying. The package does flash.

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MicroPizzaOPZenfone 2 ZE551ML 2GB•

the dead android error logo shows up, and pressing the two buttons does nothing. and if i could flash the stock recovery back i definitely would but the nature of the bootloop doesnt let my PC recognize my phone, but it charges

edit ok, i got into the recovery mode after a bit of messing around, but i still cant access my phone from adb, but my pc knows it's plugged in. i'm going to factory reset it right now and hopefully after that hopefully i can boot

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smartgidZenfone 2 ZE551ML 4GB•

Maybe try to find a way to refresh CyanogenMod? I am on CM13 with the 4GB model and sometimes when turning on data it doesn't connect until I hit airplane mode twice.

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MicroPizzaOPZenfone 2 ZE551ML 2GB•

actually, i refreshed it entirely, and the data worked during the setup and then after it just did the exclamation point next to LTE. but now i cant even refresh it again b/c of the recovery just showing error.

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smartgidZenfone 2 ZE551ML 4GB•

I meant reflash haha didn't even noticed I type that. For me I see the exclamation point for a few seconds and it usually takes a while to connect but it always does. Check your APN settings?

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