How to Flash ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser

A ROM in terms of the Android OS is the OS interface, including apps and firmware that have been loaded into the read-only memory of the device. Users can change this firmware and interface by changing or updating the ROM. This process is called ‘flashing a ROM’. During flashing, users load the new ROM in a manner similar to installing manual updates to the device. This installation is done through a recovery. Today ASUS Zenfone Blog will teach you How to Flash ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser.

 
Preparing tools :

1. ASUS USB Driver ( Download Here )
2. ADB Fastboot Tool (Download Here)
3. Asus Zenfone 2 Laser Firmware (Stock ROM Here / Firmware ZE500KL / Firmware ZE550KL) -> Choose OS Android > Firmware and rename to file.zip

Steps:

1. Turn off your zenfone 2 Laser
2. Go to recovery mode (Tutorial Here)
3. Select apply update from ADB 
4. Connect your Zenfone 2 Laser with USB Cable to your PC/laptop
5. Open command prompt in Windows (in the same folder where ADB is located)
6. Check connection by type adb devices if connection successful will be a list of zenfone 2 laser device
7. Type adb sideload file.zip (file.zip=adjust the filename, asus zenfone firmware that you download earlier)
8. Wait until the process is complete
9. Zenfone 2 will flash to clean thoroughly

ASUS Zenfone GO ZC500TG Specifications and Antutu Benchmark Score

Back in August, ASUS launched their cheap Zenfone Go. Zenfone Go ZC500TG powered with Mediatek MT6580 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, became the first Zenfone series which use Mediatek Chipset.

Asus Zenfone Go equipped with 8MP Main Camera with 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash and 2MP Front camera. 5 Inch Display size IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors and 720 x 1280 pixels resolution with 294 ppi pixel density.

With Android Lollipop OS 5.1 out of the box and 2 GB RAM, 8/16GB Internal storage and Li-Po 2070 mAh battery.

Specifications

ASUS Zenfone GO ZC500TG
Platform	Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
Color	Black/White/Red
Dimensions	144.5 x 71 x 9.98 ~ mm (LxWxH)
Weight	135 g (with battery)
CPU	MediaTek MT6580 Quad-Core 1.3GHz
Memory	2 GB
Storage	8GB/16GB eMMC Flash
Memory Slot	MicroSD card (up to 64 GB)
Connectivity Technology	WLAN 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth V4.0
	Dual Micro SIM card
	Dual SIM Dual Stand By
Network Standard	Data Rate
	DC-HSPA+
	UL 5.76 / DL 42 Mbps
	2G
	EDGE/GSM
	850MHz/900MHz/1800MHz/1900MHz
	3G
	WCDMA
	850MHz/900MHz/1900MHz/2100MHz
Navigation	GPS, AGPS
Display	5inches, HD 1280x720,IPS
Battery	2070 mAh Li-Polymer
Camera	Front 2 Mega-Pixel, Fix Focus
	Rear 8 Mega-Pixel, Auto Focus, F2.0 Aperture
Sensor	Accelerator/E-Compass/Proximity/Ambient Light Sensor

Unboxing

Zenfone Go Box

Removable Battery Zenfone Go

CPU-Z, Antutu Benchmark, and SS

How to Enter Recovery Mode, Wipe Cache and Wipe Data on ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser

 

Zenfone 2 Laser Recovery Mode

What is recovery?  In Android, recovery refers to the dedicated, bootable partition that has the recovery console installed.  A combination of key presses (or instructions from a command line) will boot your phone to recovery, where you can find tools to help repair (recover) your installation as well as install official OS updates. 

Today Asus Zenfone Blog will teach you How to Enter Recovery Mode, Wipe Data via recovery and Wipe Cache on ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser and Zenfone Selfie.

Entering Recovery Mode

1. Turn off your zenfone 2 laser/selfie
   
2. After Completely turn off Press Volume Down + Power, and there will be Recovery Mode

3. Power button to choose and Volume up/down to move highlight
   

Wipe Data

1. Enter Recovery Mode
2. Choose wipe data/factory reset
3. This action will remove all data from your device

Wipe Cache

1. Enter Recovery Mode
2. Choose Wipe cache partition
3. This action will remove phone cache

[Unboxing] Review ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser

Today Asus Zenfone Blog will review one of the new Zenfone variant, ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser. On The market there are two tipes of Zenfone 2 Laser. The first one is ZE550KL which have 5.5" screen and 3000mAH Battery and ZE500KL which have 5" screen and 2400 mAH Battery. In this post we will review the ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser ZE500KL.

ZE500KL equipped with 5" display and 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density). With Android OS v5.0.2 (Lollipop) out of the box, and come with Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Chipset, Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM and Adreno 306 GPU.

Unboxing

Interface

Zenfone 2 laser come with ASUS ZenUI with a lot customization including Themes

Zenfone 2 laser with Android 5.0.2 out from the box

Zenfone 2 laser also support touch gesture like his brother ASUS Zenfone 2

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser ZE500KL Free RAM and Free Storage

Benchmarking

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser ZE500KL Antutu Benchmark

Camera

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser main Camera and Front Camera Features

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser Camera

ASUS Vivowatch, fitness watch unboxing and specifications

VivoWatch is all about wellness: steps, calories, heart rate, sleep quality and even UV level. With the exception of caller ID (with vibration alert), you won't be getting any notifications from your phone. In other words, the VivoWatch is less of a smartphone companion and more of a fitness wearable.
The VivoWatch can pair with both iOS plus Android, and costs just under $150 in Taiwan

ASUS VivoPulse Technology, Built-in heart rate sensor works in real time to help you exercise more efficiently, track calories burned, and measure your sleep quality more precisely. Aerobic heart rate indicator, Convenient LED indicator informs you if you are performing aerobic exercise or are overexerting yourself. Sleep tracking, Learn about your sleep patterns and quality to feel your best. Happiness Index (HI), An easy-to-understand rating of overall wellbeing based on your amount of exercise and sleep quality.

The pulse of life: A watch to care for you and your family

1. Know your heart - Continuously and accurately monitor your heart rate and track your activity.
2. Exercise smarter - A convenient LED indicator shows when you are effectively burning calories
3. Look after your family - Stay up-to-date with the wellness of loved ones.
4. Built-in heart rate sensor
5. 10-day battery life
6. IP67 water resistance

ASUS Vivowatch Specifications 

ASUS Vivowatch
Display	128 x 128 resolution
	Low power consumption
	Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Sensor	3-axis accelerometer
	Optical heart rate sensor with ASUS VivoPulse technology
	UV sensor
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.0
Sync	Automatic sync with ASUS HiVivo app
Power Consumption	Up to 10 day battery life (normal operation)
Charging time	1–2 hours
Water resistance	IP67
Strap Size	22 mm (standard)
Weight	50g

Asus Vivowach Unboxing 

ASUS ZenEar: Unboxing and First Impressions

The ASUS ZenEar is in-ear headphones made in collaboration with 1More, a Chinese company that specializes in mobile phone accessories. Complete details about the headphones are not yet available but ASUS has already revealed its price NT345 (10.61 US $) for the ZenEar.

Zen series, as the Zen series inside a very valuable product, this time to introduce to you is very Getting headphones for pop music, ZenEar!

ZenEar is a very suitable for listening to pop music, headphones, containing three different sizes of earbud headphones set, you can do the replacement and adjustment for the comfort of the users themselves brought up, in terms of design, but also with the many Headphones will adopt the philosophy, unlike conventional headphones, ZenEar will make sleeves and headphone body slightly angled design makes it easier enough ear headphones

Here is ASUS ZenEar unboxing courtesy from https://www.iwaishin.com/asus-zenear/

Conclusion:
As an inexpensive ear headphones, ZenEar be worth while to start a full style, for those on a budget, and if they are not too concerned about the details of the music, just enjoy the music, ZenEar will be a good choice for you.

The ASUS ZenEar and ZenEar S are in-ear headphones made in collaboration with 1More, a Chinese company that specializes in mobile phone accessories. Complete details about the headphones are not yet available but ASUS has already revealed its price NT345 (~Php500) for the ZenEar - See more at: http://www.yugatech.com/toys-gadgets/asus-unveils-zenear-and-zenear-s-headphones/#sthash.3x2U973V.dpuf

The ASUS ZenEar and ZenEar S are in-ear headphones made in collaboration with 1More, a Chinese company that specializes in mobile phone accessories. Complete details about the headphones are not yet available but ASUS has already revealed its price NT345 (~Php500) for the ZenEar - See more at: http://www.yugatech.com/toys-gadgets/asus-unveils-zenear-and-zenear-s-headphones/#sthash.3x2U973V.dpuf

[ROM] [5.1.1] [UNOFFICIAL] Euphoria-OS 1.1 ASUS Zenfone 2 Z00A

Installation Instructions:

Installing Euphoria-OS for the first time, or coming from another ROM:
- Make sure you're running a proper working custom recovery (TWRP tutorial here)
- Copy Gapps and ROM ZIP to your SDCard
- Boot into Recovery
- DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET
- Flash Euphoria-OS zip from SDCard
- Flash Gapps zip from SDCard
- Reboot

Upgrading from an earlier version:
- Copy the ROM ZIP to your SDCard
- Boot into Recovery
- Flash the ROM zip from SDCard
- Reboot

Features:

Under The Hood
AOSP Based
Theme Chooser
Customize Quick Settings
Delta Updates
Disabled tether checking
IME selector notification control
Advanced reboot
Adb notification control
Adb over network
Long press back to kill
CPU info overlay
Status bar brightness control
Superuser built into privacy gaurd
Battery Icons options
Option to disable lock screen carrier label
Slim heads up options
Headsup - don't show if notification drawer is visible
HeadsUp: Swipe options
-left swipe dismiss
-right swipe put into background
-swipe down opens notification drawer and moves the notification into it
cLock widget
Notification weather panel
Disable battery saver bar color
Dialer - reverse number lookup

HSPA+ Icons
Statusbar clock and date customizations

Sound
AudioFX
Eleven
Increasing volume ringtones
Profiles
Increasing ring volume
Less frequent Notifications
Long Press Volume Keys to skip track
Disable volume adjust sound
Separate Ringtones & Notification volumes
Expanded Volume Panel

Navigation
Navigation bar options - Size & Hide
Left Handed nav bar in landscape
Double tap to wake
Double tap statusbar to sleep
Wake on charge
Keyboard cursor control
Quick settings quick pulldown
Long Press recent buttons to switch apps
Long press back to kill app
Customize clear all button location

Security
Privacy guard with advanced app opp control
Blacklist for calls and sms
Dialer
Forward lookup
Speed dial
Vibrate on answer

MMS
Updated to material theme
Pinch and zoom conversation screen
Custom vibration patterns
Quick reply
Delay message timer
Mms import & export

Download:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347792387

Known Issues

- Any CM bugs

Source&Credit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/development/rom-euphoria-os-1-1-t3172567

[Full Firmware] Zenfone C ZC451CG V4.11.40.128

 
How to OTA update ? (Go to settings>About>System Update>Check for Update)
How to update Manual ? Here

ZENFONE C ZC451CG  firmware: 
WW VERSION
Version WW_4.11.40.128

Description

ASUS ZenFone C=ZC451CG (Z007) software Image: V4.11.40.128 for WW SKU Improvement Item: 1. Fix the issue that can not receive multiple files from bluetooth after receiving the 1st file 2. Implement Android security patch for Stagefright Steps of Update: 1.Check software version of your device** 2.Download device software and Update SOP (From “Manual” Item) 3.Only apply to same SKU update, Example: WW->WW, CN->CN, 4.Software update cannot transfer the software SKU and downgrade the software version. 5.Wrong SKU may cause update failure, please update the same SKU version only.

File Size	935 (MBytes) 2015.09.03  update
Download from	Global

[ROM] CyanogenMod CM 12.1 for ASUS Zenfone 4 T00I/A400CG

Credit to X AnwarMov Jr. who bring this ROM to ASUS Zenfone 4 :)
Original Post: Here

Quickly, in this article, you are going to efficiently learn how to install cyanogenmod 12.1 Android on ASUS Zenfone 4. The entire process should work like a charm for you if you follow the procedure correctly. But DWYOR (Do it with your own Risk) I'm not responsible if you damaged your phone :)

Warning: When you install a custom ROM on your android device, it voids your warranty.


Bug: Tethering not Working

How to Install CyanogenMod 12.1 on ASUS Zenfone 4 :

1. Make sure your Zenfone 4 firmware is the latest 7.3.3
2. Unlock Bootloader, Unlock tool can be download here (Download) 
3. Extract Unlock bootloader tool > install apk> unlock
4. Download CyanogenMod 12.1 ROM Here (Download) 
5. Download ADB tools if you don't have it (Download) 
6. Download Intel usb driver if you don't have/install it (Download) 
7. Copy boot.img, system.img and recovery_TWRP.img place it to ADB folder
8. Turn off Zenfone 4
9. Enter Fastboot mode (Power + Volume up)
10. Connect Zenfone 4 to PC
11. At ADB Folder press shift+right click > open Command here
12. At command prompt type (press enter after each line and wait until finish) :
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery_TWRP.img
13. Factory Reset 
14. Done

Screenshots:

DWYOR

Credit to X AnwarMov Jr. who bring this ROM to ASUS Zenfone 4 :)
Original Post: Here OR Here

ASUS Zenfone Selfie ZD551KL Stock ROM

ASUS already upload stock ROM for ASUS Zenfone Selfie Series, You can download the ROM's via download links below :


How to Flash ? Tutorial Here

ASUS Zenfone Selfie ZD551KL