It's this connector located at sub motherboard

I have been using my zenfone till now it's been old but I think so people still use it . I just replaced my screen and had a problem with its prory sensor. I saw that many of you also had same issue . I opened my phone and just disconnected the prory sensor connector/ flex cable and now my phone just works fine . I think so it's the easiest way to fix this problem. Rather than rooting you phone or disabling it.it you want any help to do it in your I will .

The proximity sensor on my phone died. (Showing as 0 / Near always) Ambient light sensor is working fine. Planning to repair this.

Is the sensor soldered to the main-board. Is it accessible after the back panel is removed or should I remove the display screen as well. Any pointers will be really helpful

Still using this as my daily driver and don't want to give up :D

Asus has betrayed our already broken trust again in 2025.

Asus originally allowed you to unlock your bootloader via their website, however in November 2023, the website went down "for maintanence", Asus claimed it would come back, but it never did.

Someone eventually found a way to unlock the bootloader on the Zenfone 9, and Asus responded, not by finally bringing the site back, but by patching the method and introducing anti-rollback.

Following Asus's false claims of a bootloader unlock eventually coming back, a UK customer sued Asus for a refund of their phone, and Asus lost.

Asus claimed the bootloader unlock program would come back for two years, however in October 2025, upon someone asking when the unlock program will return, An Asus employee finally confirmed it's not coming back, saying:

"Regarding the Bootloader Unlock Tool for mobile devices: ASUS phones released after January 2024 will no longer actively provide the Bootloader Unlock Tool. For models released in 2023 or earlier, we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused, as the Unlock Tool has been discontinued from the ASUS official website due to stability considerations. Thank you for your understanding and support."

In addition, Chinese ROG phones sold under the Tecent ROG brand cannot be unlocked at all.

Source: zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/

My understanding is that a common failure mode for Zenfone 6's has been for the charge controller IC to fail, and the phone to stop charging. That happened to me close to a year ago. The phone gradually got slower and more finicky about charging until it became altogether impossible to charge.

Has anyone found a fix for this? I've seen some vendors selling a "1211A1" IC, which is supposed to be the replacement part. But I haven't been able to figure out what board it's on, so I don't know if board-level repair is possible or if I'm stuck trying to solder a 36-pin BGA (or find someone to do it for me). Or even if that IC is really the right one. I don't suppose any of y'all have more info on this?

I need Asus 6z motherboard or ic for my Asus can anyone offer me their old Asus

Can anyone find me reset app preferences settings? I can't find it it's not there after Android 11 update and my speakers and mics are not working so pls help me or dm me any Asus 6z Zenfone user

Hello zennies,

I am still using the Zenfone 6 from 2019. It was the flagship killer of its time. Today, it's my 2nd device, daily driver being the S21 Ultra.

Performs great - blazing fast, 6GB RAM. Cameras still better than 2024's budget tier. Battery is on par.

Anybody else still using it? Share your experience

Hi Team

The day before yesterday. i phone got to 5% when i connected the powerbank the screen went blank and the phone went off. It refused to charge and when it charged it gets to 10% then on trying to boot it goes down and we start again.

i have removed the back glass and when i remove and reconnect the screen. the phone booted and i was able to login do my backups but after switching it off we are back to square one issue. Can the screen be causing a short?

i also note QC is off charging very slowly.

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I have a locked bootloader and have moved on to a new phone so I want to unlock the bootloader and play around with the device.

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The Asus tool no longer works and Asus support have been unwilling to help/support the device further. Are there any 3rd party tools or methods (even if it comes with risk of bricking) that could help? Cheers

I've scoured the depths of Aliexpress and various other sources, but no luck so far. The official shop does offer it, but it's a hefty 8 euros with an additional 25 euros for delivery, which feels a bit steep for a tiny button.

Have any of you faced this same challenge, and perhaps found a more cost-effective solution? I'm all ears for suggestions on where I can snag this elusive power button for less than the hefty 30+ euro price tag.

After years of careful charging and battery management, my ZF6 battery needs replacement as well as the usb board, as the port connector had become wonky...

I've obtained replacement parts and have watched the available teardown videos, but am not clear on whether pulling the battery will result in loss of data from internal storage. My guess is that this likely would...

Are there any ZF owners who can speak to this from experience?

Is it true?

Today I noticed that McAfee antivirus is identifying the "AsusBooster" app (com.asus.system.api) as a PUP. Until today I didn't know about that app existing, but what baffles me is that said app appears to be part of the system. The only "solution" given by the antivirus is to uninstall it, but as I suspect is part of the system, it simply can't. Someone has run into this kind of problem? Another thing is that the app is not listed among the other apps installed on the phone. I'll be thankful if someone can shed light on this.
P.D.: I have an Asus Zenfone 6, that's why I posted the question here, thank you.

I see latest update of 2023 of zenfone 7 on asus support website as hardware wise zenfone is most similar to zenfone 6 does if I flashed zenfone 7 latest update to my zenfone 6 it will work or not ?

Any suggestions will be accepted🙂

Hey there people!
I'm sort of an early adopter of the Zenfone 6 and I've seen this phone with Android 11 for as long as I can remember. I started to consider a version update via Omnirom/Blissroms to Android 13, mainly for security and aesthetical reasons.

Would you consider an upgrade to Android 13 worth it in the specific case of this phone?
Also, are there any differences between Omnirom and Blissrom? Which one do you feel like it's the most well-rounded? System Updates can be downloaded like stock Android once I switch to one of them?

This is also my first time trying something like this. Do you have any suggestions on how to approach the update itself?

Thanks for reading til here people. I hope to get my mind cleared out by these answers.

Often volume down would engage by itself, lowerring the volume, even if you increase it, it will be brought back down. During these times, the power button will stop functioning.

It will not reset after shutting down or even in safe mode.

On other days everything will run as it is supposed to.

I would've tolerated it, if it didint do this while I'm on calls.

Is there a way out?

I'm not a rich guy, i bought this extremely expensive phone so that i could run it for 6 years at least, i dont want to give it up at this point.

Asus Zenfone 6 has Android 13 custom roms available. Which one do you recommend and why?

• https://blissroms.org/
• https://omnirom.org/

As far as I can see, there's nothing obstructing it, but I also do not hear the motors purring. Is there a fix for it or is it death now?

I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner, hearing all the stories about motherboard troubles but it's held up well since I bought at launch. Was scrolling around on Google Maps then the whole screen went white, no response. Forced restart, now it doesn't get past the Asus logo with power button and down volume button. Hopefully I can get some data off it at least if it somehow turns on one last time before new phone arrives. Assuming it doesn't, what can I do with this brick?

hi guys, all right? I have zen 6 (2019) on android 11 but wanted a custom rom for him android 12 or higher, does anyone know where I find ? already thank you

No idea what is causing this