HOW TO ROOT ASUS ZENFONE 2 LASER 5.5s (ZE550KL)-Asus Z00LD 5.0.2 LOLLIPOP

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Let me show you how to root your Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5s (ZE550KL) Lollipop version with just the use of one simple tool which I have tested myself.

If your device is with the marshmallow  firmware, please downgrade first to a lower version such as lollipop since the app won't be able to root your device.

Try to check from time to time if the developer of this app have included marshmallow devices already.

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No more downloading of prerooted system.img and boot.img to be flashed via fastboot from xda-developers.com tutorial or from asus zentalk forum, all you need is just one app.

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Here are the specs of Asus Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5s used in this tutorial.

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From your settings>about

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Software

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Hardware

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Why do wee need to root our phone in the first place? Well we have read it over and over the net that we can simply...

1. Customize our own ROM, or flash custom ROMS

2. Delete those bloatware apps that is eating too much of our RAM and at the same time speed up our device once we get rid of those unnecessary apps which are running in the background which can consume our battery life, and 

3. The most important part after rooting our device we can install our custom recovery like CWM or TWRP that would help us create a backup of our Stock ROM and be able to flash it back when things went wrong with our device.
4. Take note that rooting your device will void your warranty.

Disclaimer: I am not held responsible if you brick or destroy your device, do it at your own risk as I also did when I rooted mine.

Things needed:

1. Internet connection a MUST!

2. Kingroot download here or here

3. Root Checker (optional) download here

note: this does not work if in marshmallow as some members can not root their device as you need to downgrade to lollipop version.

Steps:

1. Simply download Kingroot app into your sdcard and install.

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2. Make sure you have turned "ON" on unknown sources on your settings>security for you to install the Kingroot app.

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3. Just tap on "Install Anyway" when asked when installing Kingroot app after you check the box.

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4.  Simply follow instructions that will pop up once you installed the Kingroot app and will check your device. Click on the Try it Button and tap "Try Root" as it will do the process of rooting. I tried to remake another screenshot of the process as I forgot to make a screenshot before to give you some idea.

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Tap the "Try it" button to continue.

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Wait as it checks your device.

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5. Below are sample screenshots when Kingroot is acquiring root for your device. Mine took less than 10minutes to root my device.

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6. Now you may download root checker app to check if your phone has root access.

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7. Congrats! You just rooted your phone!

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8. You may wish to change the Kingroot using SuperSu after rooting your phone, I will tackle this one on another post.

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9. So there you have it, no more downloading of files and drivers to root your asus zenfone 2 laser 5.5s ZE550KL ASUS_Z00LD.

10. You may also refer to this tutorial using kingroot here while I just made my own screenshots when rooting mine.

11. If you would like to check some bloatwares removed during some upgrades to marshmallow visit this post here.

Bloatware Removed:
Omlet
Data Transfer
Photo Frame
ASUS Backup
Dr. Safety
What's Next
Party Link
Remote Link
PC Link
Yahoo Shopping
EZ Ding
TripAdvisor
Zinio
iReader
Dr.eye
Google+
Puffin Browser
Mirror
Google settings (Integrated in ASUS Settings)
Asus Email
Asus Calendar
Asus Messaging

note: I'm still downloading the marshmallow update that I want to make a back up first from my current stock rom (lollipop) before I upgrade. For marshmallow users you may wish to root your device but you will no longer receive OTA updates once you root your device but will do it manually.

Next post...How to replace the Kingroot with SuperSu tutorial (here).

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