Help : Installing /e/OS without functioning USB data connection on Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 (X00TD)

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Hi all,

I have an ancient Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 that I abandoned a few years ago because I could not get it to talk to a computer via USB, and therefore could not use adb via USB (I tried changing cables, changing computers, changing OS (Win / Mac / Linux), installing and reinstalling drivers, changing the physical micro USB port). I figured I’d give it another shot now.

Is there a way to do this without USB communication with a computer? I can think of two possible options :

  1. Loading the files that are normally installed via adb on a microSD and from there to phone memory. I currently have copies of both recovery .img and A13 community build .zip on both microSD and phone internal memory. This has failed once when I attempted the following procedure :
    1. Reboot into recovery
    2. Tap “Apply update”
    3. Tap “Choose from internal storage” and select .zip
    4. Message : Signature verification failed. Install anyway? Tapped “Yes”
    5. Screen returns immediately to Recovery home screen without installing
    6. Reboot, back into recovery
    7. Tap “Choose from disk” and select .zip
    8. Same as step 4
    9. Error message :
      “E:Failed to chown(/storage/7000-8000, 0, 0): Operation not permitted
      E:public: 179_65 failed to create mount points: Operation not permitted”
    10. Screen returns immediately to Recovery home screen without installing
  2. ADB via network / wifi. I remember reading about this somewhere but I haven’t been able to find it again and can’t figure out how to enable it.

Other notes :

  • An option available in Recovery is to Apply update via ADB, but then it only allows ADB sideload and seems to wait for instructions via USB - don’t know how to make it work via network.
  • Developer options : ON
  • Root access : ADB only
  • Android Debugging : ON
  • ADB over network : ON
  • Local terminal : ON
  • Default USB configuration : File Transfer

Grateful for anyone’s advice on how to do this.

Thanks,

– o1vpr –

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This?

I guess your fails are due to a non compatible recovery and your difficulty will be to install that. Normal method would be by fastboot.

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Yes that’s the Key point, you must replace the stock recovery by a custom recovery using fastboot (through USB)…

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Looks like I won’t be able to do this then. Thank you both.