How To Flash TWRP/Philz Reovery On Asus Zenfone 5 (A500CG/A501CG - KitKat/Lollipop)
Custom Recovery for Zenfone 5: TWRP and Philz Touch recovery are some of the best custom recovery for Asus Zenfone 5. We need custom recovery to flash custom roms on our zenfone 5. You can follow the below steps to download and install TWRP/Philz custom recovery on your zenfone 5.
Download TWRP/Philz Auto Installer for Zenfone 5:
How to flash TWRP Custom Recovery on Zenfone 5 (Kitkat/Lollipop):
1. Download the above TWRP flashing tool.
2. Enable USB debugging in the developer settings.
3. Connect the phone to windows pc/laptop.
4. In the extracted files, double click TWRPRecovery-install.bat
How to flash Philz Custom Recovery on Zenfone 5 (Kitkat/Lollipop):
1. Download the above Philz flashing tool.
2. Enable USB debugging in the developer settings.
3. Connect the phone to windows pc/laptop.
4. In the extracted files, double click PhilzTouchRecovery-install.bat
How to flash Stock Recovery on Zenfone 5 (Kitkat/Lollipop):
1. If you want the OTA updates to install on your phone, your phone's recovery must be reverted back to original stock recovery. Or else, the update fails.
2. Enable USB debugging in the developer settings.
3. Connect the phone to windows pc/laptop.
4. In the extracted files, double click lockbootloader-forOTA.bat
Bottom Lines: Though there are other custom recovery alternatives for asus zenfone 5, TWRP and philz are the known and tested custom recoveries by zenfone 5 developers. If you want other or older versions of these custom recovery files, you can find them in this zenfone blog.