remote: Security device, flash function is disabled

[Dima Gusyatiner]

Steps taken:

• Bought Zenfone 5 (A500_KL).

  It comes with all shitty Asus apps, so I decided to upgrade to Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and Root (to remove all Asus shit later).

• OS upgrade went fine.

  I used official downloads (asus.com/Phone/ZenFone_5_A500KL/HelpDesk_Download).

  

• When trying to Root phone (using this tutorial: ibtimes.co.uk/how-root-zenfone-5-android-5-0-lollipop-v3-23-40-52-one-click-tool-1505424)

  I get this error:

  

  '
  '
  ' Connect your device with your computer and prepare to ROOT
  '
  ' !!! DO NOT DISCONNECT USB CABLE WHILE ROOTING !!!
  '
  '
  Press any key to continue . . .
  '
  '
  ' Rooting, please be patient ..
  '
  '
  target reported max download size of 661651456 bytes
  sending '/system/bin/resize2fs' (6 KB)...
  OKAY [  0.006s]
  writing '/system/bin/resize2fs'...
  FAILED (remote: Security device, flash function is disabled.)
  finished. total time: 0.015s
  target reported max download size of 661651456 bytes
  sending '/system/bin/tune2fs' (1386 KB)...
  OKAY [  0.048s]
  writing '/system/bin/tune2fs'...
  FAILED (remote: Security device, flash function is disabled.)
  finished. total time: 0.069s
  target reported max download size of 661651456 bytes
  sending '/system/bin/partlink' (2940 KB)...
  OKAY [  0.098s]
  writing '/system/bin/partlink'...
  FAILED (remote: Security device, flash function is disabled.)
  finished. total time: 0.123s
  ...
  FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
  finished. total time: 170.146s
  < waiting for device >

Search on Google (and in this forum) yields nothing useful.

Anybody can help with the issue please?