How to root Zenfone 3 5.5 Inch (ZC553KL)

[joelin139]

same waiting for root zc553kl :angel:

 

[fastmix]

Can anyone root this device on 7.1.1

 

[viniel04]

Is there any hope on this? Eh?

 

[kocari_66]

Have you done this job?

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Kök ... Asus Zenfone 3 Max ZC553KL pleaaaase

 

[Eva12345]

No root tool. Goodbye forever Asus Product.

 

[[email protected]]

What for

 

[alvians]

come on master....
up
up
up

 

[dwynez03]

Still waiting for this....

Any masters there?

 

[rHycH]

Bought a new phone. Not enough developers supporting ASUS.

Sent from my SM-G955F using XDA-Developers Legacy app

 

[fastmix]

That's not a bad idea if I could sell mine but with zenfone 4 out I would have to give it away, it's ridiculous that they are not even provinding a bootloader unlock tool.

 

[Devager]

we should spam their mailbox

 

[fabiouccelli]

Has anyone tested this?
Can someone take a step by step tutorial?:good:

Asus ZenFone 3 Max ZC553KL - Прошивка (in the website 4PDA)

In the page 6 => Download
twrp-3.1.1-0-X00D-20171020-5.img
WW_14.0200.1705.202_recovery.img
WW_14.0200.1705.202_boot.img
frp.zip

In the page 7 => instructions

A lot of actions, the main thing is to specify the path to the file in the command line
First of all, you need to enable debugging by USB (in the menu for developers)!

Unlocking the Boot Loader

1. Install the driver and Minimal ADB and Fastboot on the PC.

2. Open Minimal ADB and Fastboot and connect the phone to the PC in fastboot mode.

3. In the terminal window, write the command fastboot devices and press Enter.

Next, use the fastboot flash config frp.bin command and press Enter.

then the fastboot command reboot-bootloader and press Enter.

then the fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability command and press Enter.

then the fastboot oem unlock-go command and press Enter.

4. After the command is completed, restart the device.

Install twrp

1.Save the TWRP file to the PC desktop

2.Connect the phone to the PC in fastboot mode.

2. Open Minimal ADB and Fastboot and write a command fastboot devices and press Enter

then the command fastboot flash twrp.img and press Enter

3. Turn off and immediately turn on in recovery mode

4. Now you can boot into the system.

Installing root

1. Install TWRP.

2. Flip the sd file into the SuperSU file.

3. Go to TWRP (recovery mode), select Install, select the desired supersu.zip file, flash and restart the phone.

:fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed:

 

[MrCabana]

Has anyone tried the above method? Does it work?

Edit:
Found another thread that seems to work, link here.
Good luck y'all.