As shown in several posts ¹ Asus took the (distasteful) decision to deprive the community from the long-term Zenfone support it deserved. Not only did it stopped providing support *but* also unpublished files which used to be available (!)
Hosting didn't incurred any cost for the company and was the only way for many of us to keep their phone working, to benefit from Android upgrades, to fight against obsolescence and electronic waste. This broke a promise for all who thought buying Asus would get them a working hardware as long as it's not mechanically broken.
This year, Android 7 will start showing many problem (especially regarding SSL) and many users will look more seriously in Android 8 upgrades: So bad this is the year Asus choosed to obstruct this move.
While some may hope the company revert, it'd be desirable for the community to start sharing the public files collected here and there over the years for the various models: It may not guarantee file integrity but in most cases it'll better than nothing.
We may start with individual requests or listing / public-sharing repository according to what fits best the forum/moderators guidelines.
I think such an effort, responding to such an important problem of Zenfone users would deserve to be pinned but if not, I kindly requesting moderators to keep this post open instead of quickly marking it read-only.
thx
NB: I'm looking for the (two) [WW] firmwares needed for the upgrade of a ZC520TL and a ZC553KL from Android 7.0 to Android 8
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- https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/zenfone-8/firmware-missing-on-website/m-p/380677
- https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/zenfone-9/cannot-download-firmware-33-0804-2060-165/m-p/386765
- https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/zenfone-7/cannot-find-any-firmware-download-link/m-p/381003
- https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/zenfone-8/where-are-firmware-updates-where-is-bootloader-unlock/m-p/3959...
