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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by vestmoria@linux.community to c/android@lemmy.world

Device: an ASUS X00PD, computer: Ubuntu 23.10 with ADB and fastboot installed.

I cannot even bootload the device: On the device I press power + volume up buttons to enter bootloader mode but the device stays there half a second. The device then turns itself down, restarts itself and cycles like that till the battery dies.

I don't want to go back to stock software, Id install anything that works for this particular device.

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[-] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What happens if you press Power + volume down? That should take you to recovery mode, which has a menu entry to boot into the bootloader.
Also, what happens if you just press power?

I had the exact same issue on a different phone, but it had a Mediatek chip. For those, there is a tool "SP flash tool" that can flash the stock ROM even if the phone can't enter fastboot mode. Once it's unbricked, you can install something else again.
There seems to be a tool like that for the Zenfone too.
WARNING I have no experience with this tool and don't know whether the following link (1st Duckduckgo result for "zenfone flash tool") is reputable:

https://androidmtk.com/download-asus-zenfone-flash-tool

If the tool isn't available for Linux, you could try it from a Windows VM with USB passthrough.

this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023
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