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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by SeaJ@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Update from Asus

The service team reply misunderstood the situation. Unlock tool is unavailable at this moment but we are allowing the possibility to unlock, please stay tuned.

**TL;DR

  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.
  • As per the company’s technical support team, Zenfone 10 and Zenfone 9 users won’t be able to root their phones.
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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The problem with companies trying to stop this is the fact that there will be at least one person/team who will find a way to bypass this.

No amount of corporate software devs/engineers can stop the might of a determined team on the internet from achieving their goals when it comes to this kinda stuff.

[–] ddkman@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

This is just simply not the case. There are multiple phones that have no known bootloader bypass to this day. Sk17i springs immediately to mind.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

The updated response from Asus:

The service team reply misunderstood the situation. Unlock tool is unavailable at this moment but we are allowing the possibility to unlock, please stay tuned.

So the server is down and will be back up. But that is not exactly the most reassuring response. It kind of seems like they are planning on removing it later or majorly altering it.

[–] ryannathans@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Buy motorola edge 30

Put lineage on it

???

Profit

[–] i_am_hungry@meganice.online 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

What phone should I buy that is not complete trash and I can do what I want with? My Samsung phone is almost dying and I really don't want another Samsung, or Asus.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Xiaomi flagships are easily rootable. If not anything else, you can install Xiaomi.eu roms

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[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

OK. Pixels forever it is.

[–] totallynotfbi@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I used to own a ZenFone, and Asus's technical support was awful. I guess I'm glad I don't use one now

[–] CamileBlah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have been thinking about getting the ZenFone 10 as well. I have seen a lot of similar posts here and on various google searches. In the XDA forum for the phone there also a topic about not being able to unlock the bootloader/root, but there is a bit more info on the reasoning.

"A moderator in the Asus ZenTalk forum posted that they are working on a new release of the unlock tool and that it should be available in Q3 2023."

https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/unlocking-the-bootloader.4607595/

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Very cool. But they removed it for now, so I'll assume it's permanent until proven otherwise. Not very cool.

[–] bappity@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

welp, no chance I'm ever considering their phones in future

[–] edgerunnergit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

One less potential customer here then

[–] transistor@lemdro.id 4 points 2 years ago

This is sad to see. Replying from Lineage OS on Asus.

[–] KitsuneHaiku@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 years ago

Are they going to increase their abysmal security update support time?

[–] Ervan88@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

What the lame, user already buy they product but user can't modify it like apple did....

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