Updating from Lollipop to MM on a imported ZenFone 2 - ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all - I've recently brought an Asus ZenFone 2 and want to upgrade it to MM so that I can use the root, unlock bootloader and install a custom rom on it using the tools in the development page.
However I am wary of updating the phone as the sellers website had this message:
Most of phones are supposed to sell in China (China version), such as ZTE, Letv, Asus, Oneplus.
1. About sealed original packing and firmware, We need to open the original box to check the phone and install the Multi-language and Google Play Store, Multi-language ROM not support OTA
2. Buyer can not restore to factory or root with other version firmware, which may cause date loss or dead of phone.
The firmware version is WW and recovery is also WW. When entering fastboot mode, the bootloader version is unknown and signing and secure_boot have a ? next to them. I am worried that upgrading it may brick the phone.
Is there a way I can update to MM? I may be worrying irrationally.
Thanks

IFWI version in bootloader is ?
Build number in settings about phone is ?

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[Q] From which country is my LG G3 ? 10L-EUR-XX

i want to update my phone to lollipop but seems like i never get the update no the phone, i am trying to figure out from where is my phone ?
in the software version it says 10L-EUR-xx
on the phone box it says NEU
can u help me understand from where is my phone ?
when i enter my IMEI on a website i cannot post the link because i am a new member
it says Model:LGD855
Latest Firmware85510L_00
why cant i get lollipop legit? without bricking my phone......
thanks in advance
The software version "10L-EUR-XX" means you have the European variant of the LG G3 D855 which means you can flash a Lollipop kdz as long as it is matches your phone. And if not, you can wait until your carrier releases the updated lollipop version. This means you won't run the risk of bricking your device if you just wait.

N5100 New MotherBoard from China, CSC CHN, Need Help Loading ROM

I have a Samsung Note 8 inch. Tablet. 2012 model.
N5100 INU version
The original Motherboard got corrupted so i installed a new motherboard Ordered it from China / AliExpress.
As soon as I installed the new MotherBoard everything works fine. /
UPDATED Info
It was with Custom Firmware / CHINA Official . but device Status was Custom, I did not try to load Chrome/ GoogleFrameWorkServices APK. On this firmware which came with the mother board, but i did see some info about that.
The issue is they ship with China Firmware
I need STOCK INU firmware on this. Or any English firmware.
I download the N5100 INU Firmware I allso tried ODIN
I also tried SmartSwitch
I also tried Kies UPDATE / Initialization nothing has been working.
ODIN gives "failed to write / complete error"
SmartSwitch unable to connect unsupported device
Kies same error
I also tried to update/ initialize but the issue is after download 2 or 3 hour of Firmware it goes to 0% and says "failed to update" try to use recovery mode from abother compbuter and ask for recovery CODE.
I know i am missing some thing very small.
I checked the Device is not ROOTED
I see ODIN mode
Binary: Samsung Official
Device Status Custom
Custom Binary Download: NO
Maybe it is locked or something.
IDK
2nd issue
When smart Switch Ask for model and serial
I had 2 or 3 times put the Indian MotherBoard Serial Number
And it had Failed.
Now i am trying to Do this with China MotherBoard Serial Number.
If this time it succeeds i will be happy to inform you.
But this will still only load the Official China FirmWARE for CSC CHN
Anyways After this Maybe i will try ODIN
Since once it will have china official firmware
then it will have India ODN firmware via ODIN
But I could also go into a bad State here..
If the china guys sent me the motherboard with custom firmware which will support all india sim cards and etc. And now if i complete this official china firmware. I might get locked out !!
Dam i dont know what will happen and how i will solve this.
The ONLY solution someone has suggested who bought this same mother board and did it.
Said that " you need to make IMG of the original Country Firmware built into the Odin file and you also need all the files BL / CSC / PD etc.
I want HELP thanks
UPDATE:
Ok entering the China MotherBoard Serial Number smartSwitch installed the original China firmware back.
And now the Device status became
Official too.
That's 1 step ahead or backward idk.
So now I need to install India firmware via ODIN.
I assume if i use SmartSwitch and put Indian motherboard serial and after 2 or 3 hours of download it will not upgrade since it will try to match the serial number.
Anyways I just tired ODIN and it does not work. Same error
Complete (write) operation failed.
Any help please
So FINAL:
I am stuck with Original Official CHN / China Samsung Firmware on this n5100 And I cant do anything
GOOGLE Youtube / GMAIL / Play Store / ETC.
Question:
Is there a way I can load a Multi CSC Firmware 1st which will load VIA ODIN and then Once this is LOADED
I can load INU INDIA firmware ?
I dont know what is the CLASH
Where is the CLASH and CONFLICT hapening for ODIN not working
Thanks Please REPLY HELP ASAP
SideQ
Is there any Custom Firmware which I can load and be happy
Marshmallow ? Nougat ?
All features working :
GPS /
Camera/
WIFI
SIM Card
Network
Bluetooth
No errors ?
Thank you
I will still prefer a Stock ROM
hello please help me...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8-0/help/n5100-motherboard-china-csc-chn-help-t3659722
Reply to this topic..
Some one on the Aliexpress site told in review of the mother board that he installed your
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/samsu...n5100-wifi-philz-touch-advanced-cwm-recovery/
and then ... Install
CivZ-FlexNote8.0_KK-Rev2.1-N5100_signed
I need to install INU n5100 Firmware and Change CSC to INU
installed this... i dont know what that will do or help but can u please reply to my POST up there.
Thanks

FLASH PIC-L29C432 approved firmware on PIC-LX9C432

Hi All,
mi brother has a Huawei Nova 2 Dual sim, model number PIC-LX9C432 having old firmware B130 and it has some "freeze" issues so i just wanted to updated the firmware and do a hard reset.
Checking embedded ota it says no update available, checking via firmware updater app the first firmware which passes the imei availability check is the B333 but the popup says "Firmware is approved for installation Models for installation: PIC-L29 8.0.0.333 (C432CUSTC432D1).
Simplest question ever:
Is it safe to install? shall i unlock the bootloader or since it's stock it will just work?
Thanks to anyone can help, i don't know huawei at all (always had only google or xiaomi devices).

Please help switching firmwares: TMO Android 9 to VZW Android 10

Getting a new-in-box Note10+ today from Swappa, so I assume it will be on some Android 9.0 TMO firmware. I need to get it onto the Verizon firmware.
SamFirm only gives the latest Android 10 firmwares. (It may be important to note that the VZW and XAA files both have the exact same filename: SM-N975U1_10_20200118102941_hj8esiossq_fac)
Is it safe to open the box > go straight into download mode > flash the newest VZW firmware via Odin?
Or are there other things I should do first? For example (in no particular order):
- the bootloader version of the phone out of the box, and the bootloader versions of the firmwares
- needing a first boot
- needing to update the software via settings before doing any flashing
- per this thread it may be necessary to first flash the XAA firmware while the verizon sim is in then do a first boot, THEN flash VZW firmware
- anything else I'm not aware of
Thank you. Also any other suggestions are welcomed. I don't want to turn this into an $800 brick and I've spent about 4 hours reading online to make sure I'm up to speed, so any feedback that's current as of today and specifically pertaining to my situation would be helpful.
You need to flash the unlocked software 1st before you flash the Verizon software. The Flash will fail if you don't. Also, the phone needs to be unlocked. Test it with the Sim card 1st.

[GUIDE] Flashing XQ-AT51 Firmware on XQ-AT52 Device

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any bricks/ issues you may encounter following this guide. Although, I will do my best to try to help you if something were to go wrong.
MAKE SURE OEM UNLOCK IS ENABLED UNDER DEV SETTINGS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING BELOW
Update 2: 3/11/2021 : I see maybe deleting the .ta files may help avoid soft bricking, feel free to try it I have not personally tested yet to see if it works.
Update#3 3/13/2021 : If you are following this guide recently make sure you update to Android 11 first! Do not do any updates after the first one to Android 11! Then the flashing should work just fine. Tested and verified this on Taiwan XQ-AT52 to 51 firmware
Hello, I've managed to successfully flash AT51 firmware on my AT52 without issue using Newflasher.
Step 1 download = the US firmware/ whatever region is needed for you and new flasher/ the sony xperia drivers needed to flash the firmware to your device. Extract it to your desktop. Install the Xperia driver from newflasher if you need to/ haven't yet. Newflasher needs to be extracted into the same folder where the firmware files are that you downloaded from Xperifirm. This step is crucial!
Step 2 : Power off your Xperia and put it in flash mode by pressing down on the volume and connecting it to your PC via usb. (Do not use the USB C cable that came with the phone use a different one if you have one) You'll know it is in flashmode if the notification LED turned green and the screen remains off.
Step 3 : Open newflasher.exe
Step 4: type n then press enter
Step 5: type n again and press enter
Step 6 : This is when you should get to the flashing stage. Press Y and enter to everything you are prompted to. type y for yes to. This for me resulted in a successful conversion over to AT51.
Step 7: Once everything is done and it says you are safe to disconnect your phone please do so and then press and hold your power button until the phone boots up.
At this point you should have a fully working AT51 firmware!
Bare with me as I"m working on getting developer access for androidfilehost and will upload the files asap. In the meantime you can download newflasher and the firmware files yourself using Xperifirm if you don't wanna wait for me to upload.
Xperifirm: https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...xperifirm-xperia-firmware-downloader-t2834142
Newflasher: https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...gress-newflasher-xperia-command-line-t3619426
Can you please help? I followed and i got a corrupted message and power off in 5 second.
I tried xperia companion, failed.
I tried to reflash newflasher with original firmware again, failed.
Please help.
tiunilohmu said:
Can you please help? I followed and i got a corrupted message and power off in 5 second.
I tried xperia companion, failed.
I tried to reflash newflasher with original firmware again, failed.
Please help.
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Can you tell me the model of your xperia phone? If you can still get it into flash mode when the notification LED turns green you may still be able to recover it.
Hi, I finally managed to restore it. I have to remove all the ta files to flash it, then it booted up.
Thanks for your respond.
my device is corrupted please help
blegs said:
my device is corrupted please help
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what did you do to corrupt it?
Lennyuk said:
what did you do to corrupt it?
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I have using newflasher
After using 3 time xperia companion it work normal again
Hi, I didn't find this thread until after I made an attempt at flashing the device. I followed the instructions from the link below and ended up with the device saying it's corrupted.
https://www.xperiablog.net/2018/01/...-firmware-for-xperia-xz-premium-xz1-and-more/
I tried redownloading newflasher as well as redownloading the firmware I wanted as well as a new cable and that did not help. I reflashed it with this procedure listed above and it did not help.
Xperia companion won't let me do anything because it says the device is locked even though the device was not locked and there doesn't appear to be a way to unlock it. edited to add that I did get xperia companion to repair it successfully
edit again to advise I succeeded only after doing n and enter a third time then hitting y and enter for the final flashing step and that was successful in getting it updated correctly
Would it work to unlock my phone
Thanks for the guide!
Can I ask few questions please?
First is do I need to have my bootloader unlocked? I enabled OEM unlock setting in developer settings but that is only one thing I did.
And the second one is could this flash unlock my phone?
I am in this situation where my AT51 won't work with other sims except for Vodafone. UK.
I stayed with them for 30 days, (required time frame to get your phone unlocked) requested unlock code and it has been more than 10 working days but still have not received the code.
So today I did some searching online and found the service code to check if my phone is locked to a network and to my surprise it says it's not. So I am guessing that they have limited my phone to using only their sim through some other means andnot buy locking my modem. But this is ofc just a guess.
I kept chatting with the customer support and he keeps saying wait for the code which I do not believe is going to come, they have to unlock it on their end. But I am not sure about that. I don't think they are sure either..
Basically I'll wait fem more days maybe they will unlock it but if they won't when I am thinking maybe my modem is not locked and I could unlock it by flashing different ROM?
Or do you think this won't work?
Sorry for a rambling post. Looking forward to your reply. Thanks!
Mazvydelis said:
Thanks for the guide!
Can I ask few questions please?
First is do I need to have my bootloader unlocked? I enabled OEM unlock setting in developer settings but that is only one thing I did.
And the second one is could this flash unlock my phone?
I am in this situation where my AT51 won't work with other sims except for Vodafone. UK.
I stayed with them for 30 days, (required time frame to get your phone unlocked) requested unlock code and it has been more than 10 working days but still have not received the code.
So today I did some searching online and found the service code to check if my phone is locked to a network and to my surprise it says it's not. So I am guessing that they have limited my phone to using only their sim through some other means andnot buy locking my modem. But this is ofc just a guess.
I kept chatting with the customer support and he keeps saying wait for the code which I do not believe is going to come, they have to unlock it on their end. But I am not sure about that. I don't think they are sure either..
Basically I'll wait fem more days maybe they will unlock it but if they won't when I am thinking maybe my modem is not locked and I could unlock it by flashing different ROM?
Or do you think this won't work?
Sorry for a rambling post. Looking forward to your reply. Thanks!
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You do not need the bootloader unlocked as you are flashing official firmware.
Anyone know if you can flash a XQ-AT52 to a XQ-AT51 and then back to the XQ-AT52 firmware?
Sent from my XQ-AT52 using Tapatalk
I know this thread is a few months old at this point but I'm really struggling to flash to XQ-AT51. I've successfully flashed from XQ-AT52 Hong Kong (my original firmware) to the Taiwan version which is slightly better because of the messaging compatibility but I really want to get the US version. I have tried at least 20 times over the course of a full day and I have not been able to flash the US firmware without getting an error saying "Your device is corrupt It can't be trusted and will not boot" every time. I have repaired it back to the Hong Kong firmware (back when that was the one I had) and to the Taiwan version once I had that installed. But I have never gotten the US firmware to take without the "Device is corrupt" error.
My phone is the Sony xperia 1 mark 2 running the then default XQ-AT52 Hong Kong, and now running the default XQ-AT52 Taiwan. I've been trying to flash to XQ-AT51 US. I've been using newflasher v39 and the US firmware downloaded for xperifirm v 5.5.0.
So I was able to flash from the hong kong version to the Taiwan version and back with no issues at all. But I'm still unable to flash to the US version without the "Your device is corrupt It can't be trusted and will not boot" error that seems to happen every single time I try to install the US firmware.
Can someone make me a favor and can upload the latest ftf of Android 10 for the Xperia 1ii Single SIM?
ProjectBlitz said:
So I was able to flash from the hong kong version to the Taiwan version and back with no issues at all. But I'm still unable to flash to the US version without the "Your device is corrupt It can't be trusted and will not boot" error that seems to happen every single time I try to install the US firmware.
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The 1 II has downgrade protection, so as long as the firmware version of the US version isn't the same or newer than the highest version you've ever used you're gonna get the corruption error.
What you could try is flashing the newer EU version and then flashing only the older US customisation image. That's what I did for a while since US firmware was older than EU firmware, and it worked. Not sure if it'll work with Android 11.
ProjectBlitz said:
I know this thread is a few months old at this point but I'm really struggling to flash to XQ-AT51. I've successfully flashed from XQ-AT52 Hong Kong (my original firmware) to the Taiwan version which is slightly better because of the messaging compatibility but I really want to get the US version. I have tried at least 20 times over the course of a full day and I have not been able to flash the US firmware without getting an error saying "Your device is corrupt It can't be trusted and will not boot" every time. I have repaired it back to the Hong Kong firmware (back when that was the one I had) and to the Taiwan version once I had that installed. But I have never gotten the US firmware to take without the "Device is corrupt" error.
My phone is the Sony xperia 1 mark 2 running the then default XQ-AT52 Hong Kong, and now running the default XQ-AT52 Taiwan. I've been trying to flash to XQ-AT51 US. I've been using newflasher v39 and the US firmware downloaded for xperifirm v 5.5.0.
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im in the us and was looking to the 256gb version (i think its taiwan). is the hong kong or taiwan version missing anything? or is the only reason to flash to US to get better coverage with us carriers?
GreeleyXda said:
im in the us and was looking to the 256gb version (i think its taiwan). is the hong kong or taiwan version missing anything? or is the only reason to flash to US to get better coverage with us carriers?
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It's for better coverage and for VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling support. Also if you get a HK one with Android 11 you will be unable to flash the US firmware, because it is still on Android 10; and the phone has anti-rollback protection.
it arrived on 10 still, but its bugging me to update.
THISISINSANE said:
It's for better coverage and for VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling support. Also if you get a HK one with Android 11 you will be unable to flash the US firmware, because it is still on Android 10; and the phone has anti-rollback protection.
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This isn't the case now since the US models have Android 11 too now
Can anyone confirm that this process has to be done using USB 2.x? I've read in a separate post that newflasher isn't compatible with USB 3.x, which is currently what all my computer use. Also, should I be using the newest version newflasher?
EDIT: Tried on USB 2.0 and it worked perfectly.

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