How to Root Asus Zenfone 5 KitKat

Root Zenfone 5 KitKat -  The Asus Zenfone 5 is one of the devices with Android 4.4 KitKat running on it out of the box, the Zenfone 5 eliminates that hassle for you by letting you use the latest and the greatest version of Android right away (something other manufacturers could learn from).

While Android KitKat has everything you need to get your tasks done, there are those of us out there that demand a bit more than what they get with a stock ROM. If you’re one of those users, you might want to root Zenfone 5 KitKat.

Rooting Zenfone 5, aka gaining administrative rights, opens up opportunities for you to customize your device to a much greater extent than that of an unrooted device. Not only can you use root required apps to change some of the functionality (ability to remove bloatware is up there with one of the big apps that require root), you can even flash a custom recovery to install a custom ROM on your device and change the entire OS, UI, and more.

Preparing Tools :

• Intel USB Driver for Android ( Download Here )
• ADB Fastboot Tool (Download Here)
• Recovery cwm.img (Download Here)
• Recovery kitkat.img (Download Here)
• Unlock bootloader for Zenfone 5 (Download Here)
• SuperSU.zip (Download Here)

Nb: - All tools you have downloaded is collected on Fastboot ADB Tool folder.
       - SuperSU.zip moved in internal storage.

Instruction Root ZenFone 5

1. Enable USB Debugging (Tutorial Here)
2. Go to Droidboot / Fastboot Mode (pressing power + volume up)
3. Connect your Zenfone with USB Cable to your PC/laptop
4. buka comand di folder platform-tools
5. Extract Fastboot ADB Tool.rar has been downloaded, then open the file Open.CMD (press shift + right click > Open)
6. Check connection by type adb devices if connection successful will be a list of Zenfone device.
7. Unlock bootloader, type:
   fastboot flash dnx dnx_fwr_ctp_a500cg.bin
   fastboot flash ifwi if.bin
   fastboot reboot-bootloader
8. Type: flash cwm recovery fastboot flash recovery CWM.img (cwm.img adjust the cwm recovery name which you have)
   wait for it to finish . . .
9. Select the Recovery menu and you will go into CWM Recovery.
10. Install SuperSU that you've downloaded (instal zip > from /sdcard > UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.02.zip)
11. Back to the start menu cwm recovery (power menegemen / what forget select reboot bootloader)
12. If appear USB logo do not panic (press power + volume up until appear Asus logo), loose power button but hold volume up. until entering droidboot.
13. Flash again KitKat recovery.
    type: fastboot flash recovery kitkat.img (kitkat.img adjust the kitkat recovery name which you have)
14. Relock bootloader, type:
    fastboot flash dnx dnx_fwr_ctp_a500cg.bin
    fastboot flash ifwi ifwi_ctp_a500cg.bin
    fastboot reboot-bootloader
15. Reboot Zenfone, and now your Zenfone KitKat has ROOTED

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