Technology @lemmy.world SeaJ @lemm.ee 2y ago

ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated

www.androidauthority.com ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones

ASUS is reportedly telling customers they can no longer unlock the bootloader on their phones, including the Zenfone 9 and Zenfone 10.

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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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Android @lemmy.world Margot Robbie @lemmy.world 2y ago

ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones

www.androidauthority.com /asus-unlock-bootloader-tool-removed-3352783/

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Why do so many phone manufacturers hate letting you unlock their bootloaders? Every Google phone lets you do this, and they probably have the most secure Androids of them all.
- Google shouldn't be our shining light on phone rules lol
  
  pixels are by far the best to degoogled your phone and to have privacy/security/freedom actually
  
  they go above and beyond letting you unlock your bootloader
  
  Oneplus? Bootloader is easily unlocked and it can be debloated easily after root
  
  OnePlus does not do a good job keeping up with security updates, though.
  
  Sure, a custom ROM can fix some of that (for security issues that are part of Android), but the bigger problem is that there are hardware-specific security issues that can't be patched in a timely manner unless the vendor bothers to do so.
  
  This 100%
  
  Rooting is a terrible security risk and there's no point in doing it. You won't see the popular roms like GrapheneOS, /e/, or CalyxOS supporting it.
  
  Lol this is the technology page and you're going to try to make the argument to not root(/jailbreak) a phone?.. Genuinely lold
  
  Yes...? You can have custom roms without sacrificing security. There's genuinely no reason to root anymore.
  
  Can't tell if troll or not
  
  Can you use English words to explain why you think this is wrong, or are you just wasting internet bandwidth
  
  Beepboop robot didn't understand
  
  See why GrapheneOS only supports pixels
- Probably because they know their OS is a duct-taped piece of garbage which could fall to pieces if you look at it wrong while unlocked.

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