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[Q] Rooting Issues

Hello,
So I'm trying to unlock and root my tf700t now that my warranty is expired and hope for an ASUS update is diminishing. I downloaded the unlock app from the website and went through the procedure. It took a few weeks and several emails with ASUS support but I think it is unlocked. The reason I say I think its unlocked is whenever I reboot the device, I don't get the message that says its unlocked. The unlock app however says the device is unlocked. So is my device unlocked?
I operated under the assumption that it was and tried to install the twrp recovery using the minimal adb and fastboot exe file. My tablet is recognized by my PC and I put the tablet in fastboot. The error I get when I do that is a writing error. It says writing recovery.... FAILED <remote: <INVALID STATE>>. Does this mean that I am not unlocked or did I do something incorrectly? Any help would be appreciated. I've been working on this for a few weeks and really want to get it moving.

Never heard that before..... If your bootlaoder is unlocked it should say so when you boot up.
Did you run the tool again?
If in doubt call Asus support and check if they have it as unlocked in their database.
But my guess is, since the recovery flash did not take, it's not.

berndblb said:
Never heard that before..... If your bootlaoder is unlocked it should say so when you boot up.
Did you run the tool again?
If in doubt call Asus support and check if they have it as unlocked in their database.
But my guess is, since the recovery flash did not take, it's not.
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They contacted me today and told me that it is unlocked. Everytime I run the tool, It says the device is unlocked. When I do the power + Vol down, I get the three icons ( RCK, Wipe data, and an android). Ill try applying the recovery again later tonight.

Jkeeper18 said:
They contacted me today and told me that it is unlocked. Everytime I run the tool, It says the device is unlocked. When I do the power + Vol down, I get the three icons ( RCK, Wipe data, and an android). Ill try applying the recovery again later tonight.
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Sounds like you are all set. You run fast boot from a pc when connected over USB and on that screen with 3 icons If it fails you have a driver issue.

sbdags said:
Sounds like you are all set. You run fast boot from a pc when connected over USB and on that screen with 3 icons If it fails you have a driver issue.
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I attached a picture of the message I get from the minimal ADB tool. I'm also using the universal Drivers ( the ASUS Fastboot Interface). I tried the ASUS Android Bootloader Interface as well.

Jkeeper18 said:
I attached a picture of the message I get from the minimal ADB tool. I'm also using the universal Drivers ( the ASUS Fastboot Interface). I tried the ASUS Android Bootloader Interface as well.
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I suspect your bootloader ist not unlocked.
Post a screen shot of when you issue the command 'fastboot devices' please.

berndblb said:
I suspect your bootloader ist not unlocked.
Post a screen shot of when you issue the command 'fastboot devices' please.
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It says waiting for device. It stayed that way until i manually put it into fastboot. I've attached a screen shot of what it looks like when i did that. If my tablet isnt unlocked, how would I get it unlocked then? The unlock app ( both version) says the device is unlocked.

I am in the same boat - they think it is unlocked but it is not
The Asus v7 and v8 bootloaders both say "device is unlocked" but the fastbook info shows that it is not. I do not see any unlock inormation after the boot process starts. Also , the unlocker did not automatically restart my tablet. It also asked for my google credentials the first 5 times until the unlock said it worked. Now it does not ask that, it just says that it is unlocked. When I try to fastboot install the TWRP rom, it fails.
(remote - invalid state)
I called Asus and they have my tabler listed as unlocked. They are opening a case so that I can prove that it is unlocked.Then hopfully if they reset that setting, I can re-unlock it...
I was following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2571542
Is there any work around? Please help!
I want TWRP and CM 10.2 on this slow TF700T tablet.
Thanks!

Jkeeper18 said:
It says waiting for device. It stayed that way until i manually put it into fastboot. I've attached a screen shot of what it looks like when i did that. If my tablet isnt unlocked, how would I get it unlocked then? The unlock app ( both version) says the device is unlocked.
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Well you typed fastboot device not fastboot devices.

Did you 2-step verification enabled for Google by any chance?
I think Asus need to update their database so you get another chance ... Good luck
Sent from my XT894 using Tapatalk

berndblb said:
Did you 2-step verification enabled for Google by any chance?
I think Asus need to update their database so you get another chance ... Good luck
Sent from my XT894 using Tapatalk
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No, I did not have two-step verification. I hope Asus creates a case and actually looks into it and resets my device's status in their system. It sounds like that is my only option -- a very lengthy and painful one.

I disabled 2 step authentication since it interfered with the app. I would get invalid password errors until I disabled it and then the app worked.
Well you typed fastboot device not fastboot devices.
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I attached a picture of what happens when I type the command fastboot devices. It looks like my device is not unlocked and Im going to have to contact ASUS. Are there any other tools that would unlock the device?

Jkeeper18 said:
I disabled 2 step authentication since it interfered with the app. I would get invalid password errors until I disabled it and then the app worked.
I attached a picture of what happens when I type the command fastboot devices. It looks like my device is not unlocked and Im going to have to contact ASUS. Are there any other tools that would unlock the device?
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Are you sure your device gets recognized at all by your computer?
Usually the dialog just stays on "waiting for device" if the computer detects anything attached.
You have the necessary drivers installed?
Check in Device Manager (if you are running Windows) if there is a yellow triangle next to the entry for your tablet.
There is no other way to unlock. The bootloader is encrypted and only Asus has the key.

berndblb said:
Are you sure your device gets recognized at all by your computer?
Usually the dialog just stays on "waiting for device" if the computer detects anything attached.
You have the necessary drivers installed?
Check in Device Manager (if you are running Windows) if there is a yellow triangle next to the entry for your tablet.
There is no other way to unlock. The bootloader is encrypted and only Asus has the key.
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The device is recognized by the computer. It says waiting for device when i type in "fastboot device" instead of "fastboot devices". Theres no yellow triangle either. I've sent an email to ASUS and I'm waiting on their reply.

Jkeeper18 said:
The device is recognized by the computer. It says waiting for device when i type in "fastboot device" instead of "fastboot devices". Theres no yellow triangle either. I've sent an email to ASUS and I'm waiting on their reply.
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Fastboot device doesn't do anything.
I think you just need the right drivers. Let me see if I can dig them up from my collection. No point contacting Asus, they won't help you.
Try these, you need to unzip to same folder as fastboot and update device manager when in fastboot.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291675384

sbdags said:
Fastboot device doesn't do anything.
I think you just need the right drivers. Let me see if I can dig them up from my collection. No point contacting Asus, they won't help you.
Try these, you need to unzip to same folder as fastboot and update device manager when in fastboot.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291675384
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Sorry Im still new at this. Where is the fastboot folder?

Jkeeper18 said:
Sorry Im still new at this. Where is the fastboot folder?
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Where ever you are running fast boot from.
You must open a cmd window in the same directory or change to it using the CD command.

sbdags said:
Where ever you are running fast boot from.
You must open a cmd window in the same directory or change to it using the CD command.
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So I've been trying for the past couple of days to get root and flash a new rom but it doesnt seem to be working. I've contacted ASUS and they said my tablet is unlocked as of December 16th but they will contact Taiwan to see if something is wrong. Do i have any options if they say the same thing? Thanks again for all your help. I appreciate it.

Jkeeper18 said:
So I've been trying for the past couple of days to get root and flash a new rom but it doesnt seem to be working. I've contacted ASUS and they said my tablet is unlocked as of December 16th but they will contact Taiwan to see if something is wrong. Do i have any options if they say the same thing? Thanks again for all your help. I appreciate it.
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I have followed the TF700 forums for the last year pretty extensively and until about 2 weeks ago never read about anyone having this problem: Asus database having you unlocked, but it actually isn't. Since then I think I've read about 4 cases.
My best guess: It's a problem with the v8 Unlock app or the way their servers store/process the information they get from the Unlock Tool.
That you got to a support person willing to contact Taiwan is a big plus already. Other users just ran into a wall of: We do not support unlocking this device.
So stick with the person you contacted already. Take pictures of your boot process (to document that it does NOT say: This device is unlocked) and they always seem to ask for a screen shot of your About Tablet page with your SN number and MAC address.
Persistence seems to be the key. And luck to get someone at Asus willing to help....
There is no other way to unlock the bootloader. So you would be limited to rooting the tablet which would give you more freedom to tweak it and uninstall bloatware, but you still would have to deal with the slow stock rom.... :fingerscrossed:

Moto G XT1040 - bricked?

I unlocked my Moto G XT1040 bootloader and tried to load stock Kit Kat (because my wife didn't like Lollipop) using ADB.exe, but something went wrong. Now it boots to the "bootloader unlocked" warning screen and won't continue to boot after that. I can't run ADB commands against it because it's saying that no device was found. I assume that's because I need to turn on USB debugging, but I can't boot into the OS to do that.
I heard you could restore stock firmware using Odin, but I can't seem to find the stock XT1040 tar files that are needed to do that, and I don't know if Odin will be able to communicate with the phone, since ADB isn't recognizing any connected devices (the phone does say "USB connected" and in device manager it's recognized properly as a Motorola android device). I even tried using a different computer, but still can't send any commands to the phone.
Is it bricked beyond repair? It's fine if we have to stay with Lollipop - I'd just like to get it operational again.
Cheers

Hi
Try to flash it with fastboot... Opening your bootloader screen will put you in that mode on your phone...
Let us know

satanas17 said:
Hi
Try to flash it with fastboot... Opening your bootloader screen will put you in that mode on your phone...
Let us know
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Thank you! I'm a newbie so I assumed that if ADB said no devices were recognized, then certainly fastboot commands wouldn't work.
I actually ended up using mfastboot to restore the stock firmware and everything is working great. Thanks so much!

micheken said:
Thank you! I'm a newbie so I assumed that if ADB said no devices were recognized, then certainly fastboot commands wouldn't work.
I actually ended up using mfastboot to restore the stock firmware and everything is working great. Thanks so much!
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You're welcome, happy endings are always a pleasure...
Mark your topic as solved and hit the thanks button if you want...

Oneplus 3 stuck in fastboot mode with locked bootloader and no working recovery

Hi all android gurus, I have a little problem to which I wonder if there is a solution or not
I was given a oneplus 3 that I can keep if I can get it to work.
The guy had installed twrp and CM14.1
and then he doesn't know how but it's stuck in fastboot mode with locked bootloader.
trying to unlock via adb say it can't be done remotely.
All commands I tried say it's "not allowed remotely"
Windows device manager say it is an "android device"
Trying to boot to recovery or os doesn't work
both these options just give lines of text saying what don't work.
What do all you experts say, is there a way out of this, or should I throw the phone away?
He already bought a new phone so I guess it's mine to either fix or trash.

meonit said:
Hi all android gurus, I have a little problem to which I wonder if there is a solution or not
I was given a oneplus 3 that I can keep if I can get it to work.
The guy had installed twrp and CM14.1
and then he doesn't know how but it's stuck in fastboot mode with locked bootloader.
trying to unlock via adb say it can't be done remotely.
All commands I tried say it's "not allowed remotely"
Windows device manager say it is an "android device"
Trying to boot to recovery or os doesn't work
both these options just give lines of text saying what don't work.
What do all you experts say, is there a way out of this, or should I throw the phone away?
He already bought a new phone so I guess it's mine to either fix or trash.
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If its stuck in Fastboot, you can fastboot flash the stock firmware for your device.
I DO NOT GIVE HELP IN PM, KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE

Don't worry dude, There is always a way.
meonit said:
Hi all android gurus, I have a little problem to which I wonder if there is a solution or not
I was given a oneplus 3 that I can keep if I can get it to work.
The guy had installed twrp and CM14.1
and then he doesn't know how but it's stuck in fastboot mode with locked bootloader.
trying to unlock via adb say it can't be done remotely.
All commands I tried say it's "not allowed remotely"
Windows device manager say it is an "android device"
Trying to boot to recovery or os doesn't work
both these options just give lines of text saying what don't work.
What do all you experts say, is there a way out of this, or should I throw the phone away?
He already bought a new phone so I guess it's mine to either fix or trash.
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Try flashing a new recovery of your choice in Fastboot mode, but for flashing it first you have to unlock your Bootloader, which you can do it with the help of an Android-SDK package for your pc.

sanjeevikrishna said:
Try flashing a new recovery of your choice in Fastboot mode, but for flashing it first you have to unlock your Bootloader, which you can do it with the help of an Android-SDK package for your pc.
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when I try to unlock bootloader i am getting:
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)

meonit said:
when I try to unlock bootloader i am getting:
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)
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Not all bootloader can be unlocked, and the ones that can be unlocked can't all unlock via Fastboot.
I DO NOT GIVE HELP IN PM, KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE

need bootloop help please

So far I always found answers to all my questions here without ever asking. This forum is awsome! Thanks to everyone here doing good work!
My problem: I have the European version of the Honor View 10. I opened bootloader, I installed the Magisk correctly with the 15.4 version, worked all fine. (thank you topjohnwu)
Then MY mistake ... I wanted to install Xposed Installer. I was not concentrated that moment and took the wrong version! From my other Honor phone (android 6.0, version 89, arm64). Absolutely stupid!
Phone restarted ... bootloop ... and goes into eRecovery. I tried everything I could there, clear dalvik cache, factory reset. > no change!
Then I thought ok, connect to PC, safe mode ... adb ... but no success. adb devices brings no result. PC does not find my phone anymore. I hoped I could get into my phone by connecting with PC, but it seems I am unable. So I can not help myself this way.
Next try was to force the phone to update with SD card. I only found asian update software, but I already did not care. I want to save my phone. Update starts, but after 5% it stops, update fail.
Now I hope that someone here can help. I have no idea what else I could do. Best regards, Markus

mark_at said:
So far I always found answers to all my questions here without ever asking. This forum is awsome! Thanks to everyone here doing good work!
My problem: I have the European version of the Honor View 10. I opened bootloader, I installed the Magisk correctly with the 15.4 version, worked all fine. (thank you topjohnwu)
Then MY mistake ... I wanted to install Xposed Installer. I was not concentrated that moment and took the wrong version! From my other Honor phone (android 6.0, version 89, arm64). Absolutely stupid!
Phone restarted ... bootloop ... and goes into eRecovery. I tried everything I could there, clear dalvik cache, factory reset. > no change!
Then I thought ok, connect to PC, safe mode ... adb ... but no success. adb devices brings no result. PC does not find my phone anymore. I hoped I could get into my phone by connecting with PC, but it seems I am unable. So I can not help myself this way.
Next try was to force the phone to update with SD card. I only found asian update software, but I already did not care. I want to save my phone. Update starts, but after 5% it stops, update fail.
Now I hope that someone here can help. I have no idea what else I could do. Best regards, Markus
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Did you already try ro flash ramdisk and system sith stock images via fastboot?

alohahe3000 said:
Did you already try ro flash ramdisk and system sith stock images via fastboot?
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I would flash anything ... if I could! That is my problem at the moment and I can not solve it.
When I start phone I get into Huawei eRecovery after two tries to boot > does not help!
When I connect to PC > phone gets not detected! (during boot try it gets connected shortly ... but then gets disconnected after some seconds, in between I can not get into phone via PC)
So when I would want to use fastboot .... not possible because of that issue. I tried to connect in fastboot mode ... but no difference. Actually I do not understand why I can not connect to PC anymore!
The only way I can imagine now is flash or update something via SD card. I tried with asian update.zip, but it will only go to 5% .... and then ends.
But to be honest ... I am not very optimistic about finding any solution. I think only some very smart pro from this site might have an idea. But not sure if these guys read questions about bootloops.

mark_at said:
Next try was to force the phone to update with SD card.
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Try to flash via Fastboot the stock rom... do a full wipe and reboot.
here the link to the stock ROM:
https://mega.nz/#!W9hjiTgZ!_ZGq7V83bkWPF_Ue7_c41wVXNrQ_YjnsQUxRS0_MevU

Taobaibai said:
Try to flash via Fastboot the stock rom... do a full wipe and reboot.
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Thanks for the link. But how can I flash via fastboot when my phone is not detected from the PC? That is my main problem at the moment!
That is why I wrote about all things I had tried already. And being unable to connect to the computer is really worrying me!
"adb devices" will not find my phone!

mark_at said:
Thanks for the link. But how can I flash via fastboot when my phone is not detected from the PC? That is my main problem at the moment!
That is why I wrote about all things I had tried already. And being unable to connect to the computer is really worrying me!
"adb devices" will not find my phone!
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You have to boot into fastboot modus. When booting, push power and Volume down button. A white screen appears if device is connected with PC.
Then try "fastboot devices". If your device is displayed, you can flash with "fastboot flash" system image. Stock system.img download link can be found in AOSP thread, second post.

alohahe3000 said:
You have to boot into fastboot modus. When booting, push power and Volume down button. A white screen appears if device is connected with PC.
Then try "fastboot devices". If your device is displayed, you can flash with "fastboot flash" system image.
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Exactly
alohahe3000 said:
Stock system.img download link can be found in AOSP thread, second post.
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Or just use my link. I copied it from the AOSP Thread

I managed to get my phone displayed when I entered fastboot devices.
And I managed to flash the img!! Hurra !!
Thank you very very much to everyone here helping me ...
I thought that nothing would work because when I typed "abd devices" nothing happened. But when I typed "fastboot devices" the phone was there.

mark_at said:
I managed to get my phone displayed when I entered fastboot devices.
And I managed to flash the img!! Hurra !!
Thank you very very much to everyone here helping me ...
I thought that nothing would work because when I typed "abd devices" nothing happened. But when I typed "fastboot devices" the phone was there.
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It wasn't so difficult.
Viel Spaß mit dem Smartphone!!!

one more thing I have to add:
after flashing the system.img from the link above .... I have FRP lock .... that was not before.
does it mean I have to relock my bootloader and then unlock it once again? In some other thread I found that information.

mark_at said:
one more thing I have to add:
after flashing the system.img from the link above .... I have FRP lock .... that was not before.
does it mean I have to relock my bootloader and then unlock it once again? In some other thread I found that information.
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and now I relocked bootloader .... and guess what? bootloop again ... and I can not unlock it again, because I did not think about enable OEM unlock! It says necessary to unlock FRP before.
I am terribly sorry for being such an idiot!!

mark_at said:
and now I relocked bootloader .... and guess what? bootloop again ... and I can not unlock it again, because I did not think about enable OEM unlock! It says necessary to unlock FRP before.
I am terribly sorry for being such an idiot!!
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Never ever relock bootloader untill you have a backup plan. We have dload method till emui 7 buut not sure on EMUI 8 so can't suggest you anything at the moment. Someone played with EMUI 8 can guide you through it.

I understand that I was not allowed to relock bootloader! I feel awful and stupid about it ... believe me!

I was able to erase FRP with HCU client from DC Phoenix.
After that I was in phone again
And afterwards I could open the bootloader again.
Halleluja!!
Thanks for everyone's help here ...

Question Rog Phone 5 Brick

Hello to all,
I apologize in advance for this message.
I mistakenly bricked my phone,
It was running WW-18.0840.2201.226 (Android 11).
I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to use it again, but I'm sure I'll be able to use it again in the future.
The recovery mode does not work anymore. It remains stuck on the logo.
Concerning the device manager :
In Bootloader, nothing is detected
When I test the recovery mode, it detects 'Android Composite ADB interface'.
However, the ADB commands do not work (Unauthaurized)
This is a call for help, I don't know which tutorial to look at to help me.
Do I need to get a Deep Flash Cable to restore the phone?
Excuse my English, I'm French ^^'

Hi, I'm not sure, but I think you will have to delete this POST... It doesn't respect the forum rules... That said, you can follow this link for your problem. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...to-unlock-bootloader-to-modify-country-cn-to- ww.4353865/não lido

Hi Rico,
If I have to delete the post I will do it, it's not a problem.
Do you think I can put this post in the topic you gave me?
I had come across it in my research but I didn't know if it needed a Deep Flash Cable
I didn't know that my problem was similar to the one in the post because I don't have a 9008 mode
B.

Balmyr said:
Hi Rico,
If I have to delete the post I will do it, it's not a problem.
Do you think I can put this post in the topic you gave me?
I had come across it in my research but I didn't know if it needed a Deep Flash Cable
I didn't know that my problem was similar to the one in the post because I don't have a 9008 mode
B.
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There is nothing wrong with your post at all.
Do you have access to see and send Fastboot commands to the phone when on the bootloader screen? You need to get that right first and get your driver on your PC sorted. Forget ADB, that's not going to help you here.
Once you have sorted the above, doing a RAW flash following one of the guides you can find on this form with a rom version that matches your device should get you back on track.
At this stage you shouldn't need EDL or a deep flash cable before exploring the above option.
Good luck.

Hello Andrologic,
Thanks for your reply
I only have access to the Bootloader with 'Start / Restart Bootloader / Recovery Mode / Power Off'.
I bought a Deep Cable, this one detects me when I connect it to the pc, previously my other cables did not want it
So I can indeed use the Fastboot commands whereas before I couldn't

Andrologic said:
There is nothing wrong with your post at all.
Do you have access to see and send Fastboot commands to the phone when on the bootloader screen? You need to get that right first and get your driver on your PC sorted. Forget ADB, that's not going to help you here.
Once you have sorted the above, doing a RAW flash following one of the guides you can find on this form with a rom version that matches your device should get you back on track.
At this stage you shouldn't need EDL or a deep flash cable before exploring the above option.
Good luck.
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Thank you very much Andrologic!
The phone works like magic again, I can't believe it T_T
When I should do the updates, should I reflash the phone?
It doesn't offer me any new ones even though I'm on Android 11
B.

Balmyr said:
Thank you very much Andrologic!
The phone works like magic again, I can't believe it T_T
When I should do the updates, should I reflash the phone?
It doesn't offer me any new ones even though I'm on Android 11
B.
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Nice. No, I would suggest updating the conventional way, i.e download ROM for ASUS and let the device pick it up and flash it. If you have TWRP installed, you can flash from there too, but there is no need for that unless the first method is not working