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Thursday, September 15, 2016

[Fixed] [Solved] Zenfone "Please install SIM1 card" or "Please install SIM2 card" error

  Author : Sangrattan     9 comments
September 15, 2016

Many of Zenfone users (including me) have been facing this "SIM card error" on their phones. It gets worse when we are in middle of something (during playing game, using internet or during calls) and signal drops. Then it reconnects and after some time, the error comes again. Its a very annoying and irritating problem. I searched internet for solutions but it didn't help. Some says to eject and insert SIM card, some says to upgrade or downgrade firmware. But it is neither a software issue nor a firmware bug. At last I got it solved by following method. I am sharing it with you.

STEP 1

Open back cover of your phone.

STEP 2

Remove battery if it is removable and it is necessary to remove it to see SIM card slot.

STEP 3

Remove SIM card from the SIM card slot which is showing error.

STEP 4

Now see following picture carefully and look for those two tiny bezels(metal stripes).

Press them lightly with your SIM card edge or with a toothpick. Don't press too much as it may harm your phone.

STEP 5

Now press whole SIM card slot with your thumb lightly, to bend it slightly downward.

STEP 6

Now insert your SIM card and power up your phone. Repeat steps again if problem still persists.If it helps please hit like on facebook button. Comment for feedback and queries.

This error is caused by loose SIM card in SIM slot. It gets loose when you eject or remove your SIM frequently or by tampered or SIM card with uneven edges. By following above method you can make it fit tight again.



Note: Do not press too much as it may damage your phone. Do not touch any other part of your SIM slot or battery. I have tested this method on my Zenfone 5 and it worked like a charm. Though it may damage your phone, so use this method on your own risk. I am not responsible for damaged devices and void warranties.


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Thursday, July 21, 2016

How to flash Asus Zenfone

  Author : Sangrattan     No comments
July 21, 2016

How to unbrick Asus Zenfone 5 or any Zenfone model?




         
 If you have Asus Zenfone and you want to flash it with custom rom or your zenfone is bricked(stuck on Asus logo) and you are tired and sick of searching internet for solution then here is the solution.
All variants of Asus zenfone come with a fair amount of RAM and internal memory, this is the reason that most of the zenfone owners try to do experiments on their phones and end up having troubles. There is nothing wrong in experimenting, because I am here to help you.
If you want to flash your phone with custom rom, stock rom, or your phone is bricked(stuck on boot, or in bootloop), then you need a couple of tools, firmware a working windows computer.

Required tools:
ADB drivers for your phone.
ADT tool with latest fastboot and adb.
Required PC:
Windows computer with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7,Windows 8 or Windows 10 and an USB data cable to connect your phone with PC.

Required firmware:
You must have required firmware either custom ROM or you can download stock firmware for your phone from Asus website.
For Zenfone 5 use 2.21.40.44 (kitkat) version. You can upgrade it to Lollipop after flashing.

Note:
Make sure that you download right SKU firmware meant if your previous version is WW then you have to download WW version, so for CHT, TW, and CN. If you don't know your SKU version then download CN if you are in China, download TW for Taiwan and download WW for any other country using English and Google products.

 Procedure:
1. Unzip the downloded adb drivers and adt tools.
2. Copy your firmware to two places without unzipping first in adt tools folder and second to your desktop.
3. Unzip the copy of firmware on your desktop and copy boot.img, fastboot.img and recovery.img to adt tools folder.
4. Now you need to boot your phone to bootloader(fastboot). To do so press and hold volume up button+power button until bootloader appears.
5. Now connect your phone to computer with an USB data cable.
6. Open adb drivers folder and install adb driver for your phone.
7. Now open adt tools folder, press and hold shift key then right click somewhere in it. Select Open command window here option. It will open a dos window(shell).
8. Now type fastboot flash fastboot fastboot.img and press enter.
9. Type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and press enter.
10. Type fastboot flash boot boot.img and press enter.
11. Eject data cable from your phone and navigate to reboot droidboot option pressing volume up and down keys. Select by pressing power key after that. Phone will reboot to bootloader again.
12. Now select recovery and phone will reboot to recovery showing android and a warning sign.
13. Unlock recovery by this combination in sequence. Press and hold volume down key+volume up key. This will show recovery options.
14. Now connect the phone to data cable and select apply update from ADB in recovery options.
15. Now type adb sideload filename.zip in the command window. Type firmware file name in place of firmware in above command.
16. This will sideload new firmware and your phone will restart on completion of the process.
Enjoy...

Still have problems? Hit 'like' on facebook and leave comment.

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