How to Root Zenfone 3 – Unlock Bootloader and Install Xposed

zenfone 3 root

In this post you will see how to unlock the bootloader of Zenfone 3 – 5.5 / 5.2 – ZE552KL / ZE520KL, root it and even install Xposed.

How to root Zenfone 3

To perform the rooting process you must first do the bootloader unlock, and all the processes done here will be using the same program called Zenfone 3 One Click Tool which can be downloaded below:

 

After downloading, extract all files into a folder and follow these steps:

1- Before anything else, you need to activate USB debugging on your cell phone, so go to Settings > Developer options > USB debugging and activate the option (those who do not have developer options have to activate it, going to Settings > About > Software Information and clicking 7 times on Build number until it appears on the screen that you have become a developer).

2- After completing the above steps, connect your Zenfone 3 to your computer with a USB cable and wait for the necessary drivers to be installed. After installing them, you will need to install the ADB Drivers. These drivers can be found in the files that were downloaded. Go to the folder zenfone3_clicktool, then in drivers and run adb-setup-1.4.3, a screen similar to the one shown below will open, just type y and press enter in all steps, and in the last step install the driver that will appear on the screen.

Adb drivers

3 – After installing, you will turn off the Zenfone 3, and turn it on in sleep mode. Fastboot, to do this is very simple, just press the volume up and power buttons together, which will go directly to the Fastboot part, after entering this part, connect your cell phone with a USB cable to the PC and enter the application Zenfone 3 One Click Tool, when you enter, type 2 to select the language, then type the word skip and press enter, and a menu similar to the one shown below will appear:

Zenfone 3 One Click Tool

To select the options, simply type the corresponding number and press enter.

4- Com o Zenfone 3 conectado em modo fastboot, iremos verificar se está tudo certo, digite a opção 1 e aperte entrer, se tudo tiver certo, irá aparecer um código na tela, que corresponde ao seu aparelho, se der falha ou não aparecer nada, verifique se está tudo conetado e os drivers estão instalados.

5- After checking, we will unlock the bootloader, select option 2 and click enter, then you will be asked for the version of your Zenfone 3 like the image below:

Unlock Bootloader

ATTENTION BEFORE PROCEEDING IT IS RECOMMENDED TO BACKUP YOUR DATA AS IT MAY BE LOST

Then type the letter corresponding to your version and press enter, if everything goes well when your cell phone starts up a different message will appear.

5- Now we will select the option 3) Flash Twrp, which is necessary to be able to install the root, the process is the same as above, select the version of your Zenfone 3, press enter and wait for it to install, after installing the cell phone will restart, restarting a screen full of written things will appear, then you will press the volume button up, entering a menu full of options, navigate the menu with the volume buttons until the option recovery and select with the power off button, the cell phone will restart then just wait for it to enter recovery.

6 – When entering the Twrp Recovery, if your Zenfone 3 has a password to turn on, it will ask for the password, it is the same, just draw it and wait a few seconds and it will enter the recovery, as soon as you enter the recovery and have the cell phone connected to the PC, the cell phone's internal memory will appear on the PC, you will use it to move the Supersu.zip (File to install the root), to find this file, go to the files you downloaded, look for the root folder, and inside it you will find the file, copy this file and paste it into the internal memory of your Zenfone3.

7- After copying, simply select the install option in Recovery, then look for the file you copied. SuperSU.zip, when you find it, select it, and a button will appear below saying SWIP TO INSTALL, pull this button all the way down and it will install the root, when installing just press reboot system.

8- Your phone will now be rooted and have an unlocked bootloader. If you want to install Xposed, the process is the same as for root, just move the Xposed file into the internal memory, select it and install it.

REMEMBERING THAT XPOSED ONLY WORKS IN VERSION 6.0 MARSHMALLOW, THERE IS NO VERSION OF XPOSED FOR ANDROID 7.0 YET, SO DO NOT INSTALL IT IF YOU HAVE ANDROID 7.0 NOUGAT, AS IT WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS

 

If you are unable to perform the procedures, watch the video below:

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