HOW-TO: Going back to Stock ROM/Recovery on Zenfone 3 ZE552KL/ZE520KL

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kyle_l88

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Sep 1, 2017 at 12:55 PM
Found this how-to guide and thought it might be nice to have it on site here in XDA. This is to go back to Stock ROM and Recovery. I know a lot of the roms right now are pretty experimental so here's a guide to go back to stock if you need a more solid daily driver for now. Anyway, onto the guide, but first, the sources:

Credit goes to Pedro Armindo over at: https://eusouandroid.co/instalacao-rom-original-zenfone-3-android-7-0-ou-6-0/
There's also a video here: Revert Zenfone 3 to Stock

HOW-TO: Go back to Stock Rom on ZE552KL/ZE520KL
Download the Original Rom
1. First things first, we need to download the original rom zip from ASUS for either Android 6.0 or 7.0. Go to the ASUS site and download the one that corresponds to your phone. The latest firmware for ZE552KL is WW-14.2020.1708.56:
2. Download the ROM, put it inside your SD (memory card) and put the SD in ZenFone. If you do not have a memory card, get one!

Install the Original Recovery
1. Download the original recovery for you ZenFone 3. Get the Recovery for the ROM you just downloaded eg. If you downloaded WW-14.2020.1708.56, donwload the corresponding recovery.
2. Download the RootKit zip file that includes fastboot and extract it somewhere: Zenfone 3 Rootkit
3. Copy the recovery.img and boot.img to that folder from the zip you downloaded in Step #1.
4. Turn off your ZenFone 3 and turn on MODE Download (Fast Boot), to do this hold Volume Up + Power Button for 3 seconds.
5. Plug your Zenfone 3 into the computer.
6. In the RootKit folder, hold Shift and right-click anywhere on the screen and select Open Command Window here.
7. The next command will install Recovery Original, type:
Code: 
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8. Now install the Original Boot, type:
Code: 
fastboot flash boot boot .img
9. After that, wait for the success message to hold the power off button until Zenfone 3 reboots;

Installing the Original ROM
1. Turn on Recovery Mode by holding Volume Down + Power Button
2. You will be in the original Recovery.
3. Navigate with the volume buttons to Install update from SD.
4. Select the ROM you downloaded and wait for the installation to finish.
5. Go back and do the wipes
Code: 
Wipe Data Factory Reset 
Wipe Cache Partition
5. Restart and the Original Zenfone 3 Rom will be installed.
 
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Sep 14, 2017 at 12:33 AM
when i do the <fastboot flash boot boot.img> and reset go into recovery it shuts down instantly can u help had to <fastboot flash recovery twrp.img> again
 
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Sep 28, 2017 at 1:32 AM
CLIIV3 said:
when i do the <fastboot flash boot boot.img> and reset go into recovery it shuts down instantly can u help had to <fastboot flash recovery twrp.img> again
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maybe a mismatched recovery/kernel version.
Which version of android are you running? Easiest way to test is just to flash a newer stock Rom. Since you have TWRP, do a full nandroid back up and then flash the latest nougat Rom and it should overwrite recovery. If recovery now works, extract the recovery partition, flash TWRP, restore your data backup and then restore your recovery backup.
 
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CLIIV3

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Sep 28, 2017 at 1:46 AM
got it done now just had to get the right rom for the phone and flashed it over on twrp but know it said it was rooted and then kinda just took itself off of it when doing root check its taking around 30secs to tell me unrooted when before it would tell me if it wqs or wasent in a few seconds
 
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UnKnOwN-1

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Oct 1, 2017 at 2:38 PM
I have done every thing correctly, in original recovery when i press "install update from sdcard" i get "Couldent mount /sdcard" and thats it. iam stuck.
(BTW there is no sd card installed, only internal memory)
how can i resolve this?
 
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Niteshakee

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Oct 9, 2017 at 3:59 PM
Hi,
I would like to revert to stock but i cannot find the original recovery for my ZE520KL (ASUS_Z017D) because on your mega link there is only the original recovery for the Z012D_WW_14.2020.1708.56

Could you add "Z017D_WW_14.2020.1708.56" or indicate which one to use please ?
 
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PedroArmindo

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Oct 12, 2017 at 12:58 AM
kyle_l88 said:
Found this how-to guide and thought it might be nice to have it on site here in XDA. This is to go back to Stock ROM and Recovery. I know a lot of the roms right now are pretty experimental so here's a guide to go back to stock if you need a more solid daily driver for now. Anyway, onto the guide, but first, the sources:

Credit goes to Pedro Armindo over at: https://eusouandroid.co/instalacao-rom-original-zenfone-3-android-7-0-ou-6-0/
There's also a video here: Revert Zenfone 3 to Stock

HOW-TO: Go back to Stock Rom on ZE552KL/ZE520KL
Download the Original Rom
1. First things first, we need to download the original rom zip from ASUS for either Android 6.0 or 7.0. Go to the ASUS site and download the one that corresponds to your phone. The latest firmware for ZE552KL is WW-14.2020.1708.56:
2. Download the ROM, put it inside your SD (memory card) and put the SD in ZenFone. If you do not have a memory card, get one!

Install the Original Recovery
1. Download the original recovery for you ZenFone 3. Get the Recovery for the ROM you just downloaded eg. If you downloaded WW-14.2020.1708.56, donwload the corresponding recovery.
2. Download the RootKit zip file that includes fastboot and extract it somewhere: Zenfone 3 Rootkit
3. Copy the recovery.img and boot.img to that folder from the zip you downloaded in Step #1.
4. Turn off your ZenFone 3 and turn on MODE Download (Fast Boot), to do this hold Volume Up + Power Button for 3 seconds.
5. Plug your Zenfone 3 into the computer.
6. In the RootKit folder, hold Shift and right-click anywhere on the screen and select Open Command Window here.
7. The next command will install Recovery Original, type:
Code: 
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8. Now install the Original Boot, type:
Code: 
fastboot flash boot boot .img
9. After that, wait for the success message to hold the power off button until Zenfone 3 reboots;

Installing the Original ROM
1. Turn on Recovery Mode by holding Volume Down + Power Button
2. You will be in the original Recovery.
3. Navigate with the volume buttons to Install update from SD.
4. Select the ROM you downloaded and wait for the installation to finish.
5. Go back and do the wipes
Code: 
Wipe Data Factory Reset 
Wipe Cache Partition
5. Restart and the Original Zenfone 3 Rom will be installed.
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Obrigado por dar meus créditos. Mas a pasta do MEGA com o Recovery esta offline. Você tem esses arquivos?

Thanks. But this folder on MEGA is offline. Do you have this files?
 
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jpeg725

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Nov 3, 2017 at 10:51 AM
I want to downgrade from latest stock to a previous version. Do I really need to install the recovery from the previous version?
 
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bibile

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Nov 19, 2017 at 11:25 AM
I've installed TWRP & donwgraded to Android 6.

Now I want to upgrade to 7.0 because it supports VOLTE... do I really need to rollback twrp to the original recovery?
 
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catalinrcd

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Nov 22, 2017 at 9:16 AM
Stock recovery not working.

I have changed the ROM to my Asus Zenfone 3 ZE552KL many times. Tried again this morning,and last night.Failed.

Long story,please be patience with me. :eek:

- I managed to get the latest ROM from: https://www.asus.com/ro/Phone/ZenFone-3-ZE552KL/HelpDesk_Download/ (actually i got it from the english version) and installed the latest using the stock recovery.
- Previously i had root on my phone by flashing with TWRP, SuperSu. With the latest firmware from the official Asus site, SuperSu is not working anymore. I tried different versions of Supersu (flash versions and app versions) nothing worked. I was unable to get root back on my phone. For me root is very important.
- If i try to install stock rom's using TWRP 3.02. i can't. TWRP 3.0.2 does not recognize my sd-card, i can only copy rom's into internal storage. NO stock rom (even the old ones from 2016) will install on twrp 3.02.
If i install TWRP 3.1.0 or TWRP 3.1.1 i can access sd-card and install all the rom's. Installing is successful but it will boot about 5 times until i get message "your device has failed verification and may not work properly . The device will shutdown in 10 seconds"

- The solution that i found 1 month ago, is to flash stock recovery, and install using stock recovery a stock rom from asus website. I tried to do this last night & this morning. Failed to do so. Reason: no stock recovery works anymore. You can find stock recoveries here : https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-88883-1-1.html I also tried to ask for help on that forum, but it won't let me post in that thread. :(
- I had an old stock recovery, but i lost it. I need a stock recovery that will work. After i flash the stock recovery it gets stuck at "powered by Android" it does not continue from there.

- I can flash back custom TWRP recovery, but even if i install official stock rom it wont boot. I need a working stock recovery, or any solution.

I am stuck . Please help me!
 
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