[Downgrade Firmware] Asus Zenfone 5 (A500CG/A501CG) CN_5.3.3.3 version-1

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How to upgrade/downgrade manually? Tutorial <a href="http://www.zenfone-blog.blogspot.in/2015/06/manual-update-method-zenfone-series-devices.html">HERE</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How to upgrade/downgrade through ADB Sideload? Tutorial <a href="http://www.zenfone-blog.blogspot.in/2015/06/how-to-flash-update-package-via-adb.html">HERE</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How to update through OTA? Go to Settings <b>-></b> About <b>-></b> Software Update <b>-></b> Check Updates.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71URnnDL494ai5uCqyOu9VavAndA2GZM2rt_AY21MsjavpFujZKQUVyvlIuixm1beUvqVnoctnIdaNcDw5X4j0fuy_nKpdX1YKEo8ufSSfo51WN1eMhB_wESFJAE6jttym3Rh-mMuuPjB/s1600/zenfone-5-downgrade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71URnnDL494ai5uCqyOu9VavAndA2GZM2rt_AY21MsjavpFujZKQUVyvlIuixm1beUvqVnoctnIdaNcDw5X4j0fuy_nKpdX1YKEo8ufSSfo51WN1eMhB_wESFJAE6jttym3Rh-mMuuPjB/s320/zenfone-5-downgrade.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asus Zenfone 5 (A500CG/A501CG) CN_5.3.3.3 Downgrade version-1.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;">Version</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;">CN_5.3.3.3 (Downgrade version-1)</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;"><br /></span></span></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-left: none; border: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 628px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; border-left: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="108"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; padding: 0cm;">Description</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background: white; border-left: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;">ASUS ZenFone 5(A500CG/A501CG) downgrade SOP (Downgrade from L to KK), V2.21.40.30 Only for CN SKU*<br /> Notice:</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;"><br /> 1. Please must to download the UL-ASUS_T00F-CN-5.3.3.3-user.zip/UL-ASUS_T00F-CN-5.2.2.2-user.zip to perform downgrade procedure.<br /> 2. Only apply to same SKU update, Example: WW->WW, CN->CN, TW->TW.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;"><br /> 3. Software update cannot transfer the software SKU and downgrade the software version.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;"><br /> 4. Downgrade image will only revert back to the KK version</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;"><br /> 5. After OTA downgrade, device will perform factory reset automatically.then reboot automatically to complete upgrade process<br /> 6. System upgrade may cause part of data missing, please buckup your important data before system upgrade</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0cm;"><br /> <br /> <br /> Downgrade Steps (From L to KK)<br /> 1. Download the downgrade tool: UL-ASUS_T00F-CN-5.3.3.3-user.zip/UL-ASUS_T00F-CN-5.2.2.2-user.zip<br /> 2. Using MTP connecting ZenFone5 with PC. (Enable MTP: Setting-->Storage-->press the USB icon on right corner--> Enable MTP)<br /> 3. Copy file UL-ASUS_T00F-CN-5.3.3.3-user.zip to the ZenFone5 internal storage.<br /> 4. Remove the USB cable, the device will pops up the system upgrade information.<br /> 5. After finished, device will auto reboot and perform factory reset.<br /> 6. Then copy file UL-ASUS_T00F-CN-5.2.2.2-user to the ZenFone5 internal storage again.<br /> 7. After downgraded, device will auto reboot and perform factory reset.<br /> 8. After finished, please go to Settings->About-> software information->Build number. The version should be V2.21.40.30</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="108"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; padding: 0cm;">File Size</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background: white; border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; font-family: inherit, serif; padding: 0cm;">631.92 MBytes</span></div></td> </tr><tr> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="108"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; padding: 0cm;">Download from</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td> <td style="background: white; border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit, serif;"><span style="color: #33b9ff; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/A500CG/UL-ASUS_T00F-CN-5.3.3.3-user.zip" target="_blank">Global</a></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

[Downgrade Firmware] Asus Zenfone 5 (A500CG/A501CG) CN_5.3.3.3 version-1

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