Android 6.0

[Rajat Pai]

When is Asus releasing Android 6.0 for Zenfone 2 in India? Any idea?

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[B. Diddy]

I've been suspecting that ASUS won't release 6.0 for the Zenfone 2 variants that have the Atom processor. The chatter on the ZenTalk forums has mostly been negative. Some people have mentioned being beta testers, but beta testing for this long is usually a bad sign.

 

[ccontard]

Yet the (Atom-powered) Zoom officially has M (not a beta), so now I'm confused

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[anon(123479)]

I hope they don't run in the fields like BLU Products..........

 

[B. Diddy]

Yet the (Atom-powered) Zoom officially has M (not a beta), so now I'm confused

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Hmm, good point. Maybe they just don't like us.:'(

 

[SYTH3R]

Android M has been released for Zenfone Zoom, you can check Zentalk Forum for the info on the same :
ZenTalk

 

[ccontard]

We finally got the love yesterday! I manually loaded the update on mine (since OTA seems to be flaky for folks right now) and like what I see so far. Very snappy (even a bit more so than before), less bloat, and the system settings are somewhat better in my opinion...so far, so good.

 

[ccontard]

Added bonus: The M update includes the September security patch.

 

[Blaize19]

Installing now... Kinda shocked we actually got it.

 

[Blaize19]

Well poo. Got the September security patch, but no M. Is this what people are talking about with update problems?

 

[Blaize19]

Now manually downloading and updating.

 

[ratpakk2]

I only got the security update this morning. I also went ahead and downloaded the update off of the ASUS website. So far so good. I hope the doze mode will improve battery life.

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[gtt1]

So I got an update today but am still on 5.0 so assume it was just a security patch mentioned.

Screenshot of my about page attached. Model is ASUS_Z00AD is this model one that is being updated?

 

[Blaize19]

Yes. ZE551ML = Z00AD. It's not seeming very different, thus far, but I'm home sick so it's not like it's had much chance to Doze...

It does undo some settings, including the ones in the camera app, and I had to update Play Services. Also had to uninstall/reinstall Chrome cause it didn't work after the update. Otherwise pretty smooth sailing.

ETA: The lowest setting on the brightness slider is not as dim as it was pre update.

Also ETA: The ability to have a guest mode or add a user appears to have vanished, although it's still there on my Nexus 5.

 

[ccontard]

Yeah, they specifically disabled multi-user for whatever reason. What that is, I have no idea. Doze seems to be pretty decent so far, though I don't like the "battery-draining app" notifications. Yeah, Google App is persistent, Asus. That's why it works so well. The notification management seems good, at least.

I have noticed that battery management is much better overall, though. It seems to drain more slowly under active use, which is really nice.

 

[ccontard]

So I got an update today but am still on 5.0 so assume it was just a security patch mentioned.

Screenshot of my about page attached. Model is ASUS_Z00AD is this model one that is being updated?

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It seems like OTA M updates may be suspended, but the manual method still works. At least the security update is pushing (my wife just got it yesterday...she hasn't asked for the M update yet).

 

[gtt1]

Now manually downloading and updating.

Anyway to get info on how to do a manual update? Would hate to screw it up.

Great if someone has a youtube or step by step method.

 

[Blaize19]

Anyway to get info on how to do a manual update? Would hate to screw it up.

Great if someone has a youtube or step by step method.

Go here on your phone:

http://www.asus.com/zentalk/ph/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=98381&page=1&extra=#pid452836

and download the update. Follow the instructions there, as well, but make sure to restart your phone after you download it as this was what forced mine to recognize that the update was there.

 

[Rajat Pai]

Finally got the update!

 

[OhAlfie]

Wowzers.

Sooo...we no longer can move apps to the SD card, I'm losing my Asus email box (which worked fine for me) and various other things are disappearing. So how is updating to this a "win"? Seems like a step back.