battery life is quite short IMO. i think i need to root my zf5 and then deleting the apps that rarely used by me. 1st time android user. before this used phone which can call & sms only

Yup same. Maybe the screen on time even lesser than my mom's Asus netbook Eee PC ==

seems like this guy managed to root zenfone 5.
https://twitter.com/shakalaca/

Anyway to solve the battery issue? Or any app can make it battery longer?

Root is the way.

Thanks for the heads up. Maybe i'll have to do a factory reset and see what happens. I hate to do all my app configuration all over again.

sorry to ask how you flash manually to WW version? how you check it?

Saw from zentalk:
http://www.asus.com/tw/zentalk/tw/forum/li...15&PageNumber=1

could not charge to 100%, always until 99%
line not stable, need to restart line only can get back the line
battery drop very fast when it only left 20%
wifi could not detect after channel 8

and etc...

Then after this fone allow to root please teach me how to make it save battery 😄

Any zf5 user using flip cover with glove mode on? I realize it can touch over the flip cover, I using nilkin flip cover now and it makes me accidentally call people ==
The glove mode is too strong haha

one reason i dont like about flipcase is taking the photo, very mafan with the flip cover hanging...prefer hard case

Agreed. In addition, with a flip cover, its practically not possible for 1 hand operation.

the flip cover can put the zf5 into S-View mode like in Samsung? now i only use black nillkin frosted back case =D

black color nillkin back case looks so elegant on zenfone 5 black...like darth vader..

This post has been edited by suntzulee: May 16 2014, 11:27 AM

Hahaha so nobody using flip casing is it haha
Okay my zf5 from 7am until now battery red line already. Consider fast or normal

All these issues mentioned i believe has to do with the firmware not being thoroughly tested before releasing to the public. There are various configurations of this model and with so many different setups (different apps etc.) that there may be compatibility issues with the firmware. Asus needs to do more thorough testing before releasing new firmware updates. I'd rather they take more time to release stable updates than for us to be guinea pigs.


Factory reset advice is an easy solution to offer but its a big hassle for us users IMO. I have been using a Sony Xperia ZL for 1.5 years. During this period, i have gone through numerous updates... from Adroid 4.1.2 to 4.3 and soon to be 4.4. Not ONCE did i need to do a factory reset after update to resolve issues associated with firmware updates.

Indeed! I'm using the black frosted nillkin back case, together with Start dark theme locker screen.

ah i regret not choose black. because b4 this all my hp were black so decided to change to white

1. Download the latest International firmware (ending with WW) for your respective Zenfone 5 model. Eg: TOOF_WW is for 2Ghz 2GB and TOOJ_WW is for the 1.6Ghz 1GB model.


2. Take note the date of existing firmware in the phone (Settings->About->Software Information). Eg: 20140430 for V0430 firmware.


3. Extract the -user.zip file from the downloaded _user.zip file.


4. Rename the -user.zip file to UL-ASUS_T00F-CN-yyyy.mm.dd.65432-user.zip where yyyy.mm.dd is any date newer than the existing firmware. If yours is an original Taiwan firmware, replace CN with TW. 65432 is just an arbitrary no, u can use 12345 instead.


5. Connect phone to PC. Copy the renamed -user.zip file to the root directory of the phone's Internal Storage.


6. Disconnect phone from PC.


7. There's an exclamation mark notification on the notification panel. Pull down and click to update.


8. Firmware update complete.




This post has been edited by dinkydong: May 16 2014, 11:38 AM

sure,

ZF5 Black High Spec