Phone: Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML
Long story short: I tried to install official firmware upgrade using TWRP
> Install
> .zip
. The installation was going on for a couple of minutes and then the screen blacked out. Since then, the phone does not boot.
So, I got bored of my Android 5
and decided to install a custom ROM
, but I had to upgrade official firmware before that.
At first, I dove into how to install custom ROM
tutorials, so I did the rooting first:
I downloaded a BootLoaderUnlocker
program from the official Asus website and unlocked the BL
. Then, I followed a tutorial for one-click-root
, and succeded. Then I installed TWRP
and flashed the Recovery
to the latest available img
for my phone and tried to install the Lineage OS 14.1
but got status 7
error, meaning something is incompatible.
This post states, that in order to install Lineage OS 14.1
I have to have a firmware at least MM 4.21.40.xx
which is Android 6
, so I went to the official Asus website and downloaded the Firmware upgrade. Since, I probably had the wrong BL at that point, I flashed the bootloader with TWRP for Z00A (Lollipop)
2.8.7.3
from here, which is the same website from which the post
suggest to download a BL for MM (Android 6). I thought, since I currently have the Lolipop, should install the BL for that, just to be sure. Then I started the firmware upgrade, which rebooted the phone into the BL
, I didn't think, and just pressed Normal Boot
and the phone booted as usual in the old Android. Then I tried to initiate the instalation again but couldn't (it's supposed to auto-detect the file in the storage root), so I got an idea to just boot the Recovery
, maybe it will continue. So, I did that, and the TWRP
showed up (I forgot about it already and thought that the instalation would just continue), so I just pressed Install
and chose the firmware upgrade zip
manualy. The installation was going on for a couple of minutes and then the screen blacked out.
Since then, the phone does not boot. If I try to, it vibrates like it is going to boot, but then nothing happens (not even a logo).
I even tried to disconnect the battery: removed all the screws, removed the back panel and manually disconnected it. When I put it back the phone vibrated like it was going to boot, but nothing happened again.
P.S. I tried to boot into the Recovery
, but that just does not work, and even did not work before the firmware upgrade (I googled, that I must press power and volume up and hold until the logo appears, but that doesn't happen).
upd: plugged into the charger, periodically shows the battery icon on the screen.