Asus Zenfone 2 (ASUS_Z00MD) and Android Fastboot

I originally rooted this phone 6 years ago. Two days ago, I booted into recovery mode and erased partitions, which ultimately caused the device to be stuck in Fastboot mode!!!. Oh no! I brickie phonie!!!

NOT! Here is how I got it back to working order.

Turned off device and removed SDcard

Plugged SDcard into PC

On PC visited cyanogenmod page at https://cyanogenmodroms.com/z00l/

Downloaded Cyanogenmod from https://cyanogenmodroms.com/link/cm-14-1-20161225-nightly-z00l-zip/

Copied the downloaded zip file to the SDcard

Put SDcard back into Asus Zenfone and turned on back into Fastboot

I already have Android Studio, so I have C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools

Opened Command shell as administrator and USB connected the Asus Zenfone to PC

In command shell "cd C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools"

Confirm USB connection to Asus Zenfone with "fastboot devices"

Downloaded TWRP from https://dl.twrp.me/Z00L/twrp-3.0.2-4-Z00L.img

Moved the IMG file to the /platform-tools folder and renamed to twrp.img

In command shell: "fastboot boot twrp.img"

From TWRP screen on phone, select [install] and navigate to the ZIP file on the SDcard

Voila. Now this phone has no Google Play Services and thus no Google Play, but I want that. I code and install my own apps.

One can also root this device following this https://lineageosroms.com/Z00L/