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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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[–] GrodanBoll@feddit.nu 8 points 1 year ago

Don't these phones only have 2 years of security updates? I believe samsung S23 is a better choice as a small phone as it has 5 years of security updates.

[–] ryannathans@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Buy motorola edge 30

Put lineage on it

???

Profit

[–] bappity@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] i_am_hungry@meganice.online 6 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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[–] totallynotfbi@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

OK. Pixels forever it is.

[–] edgerunnergit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

One less potential customer here then

[–] transistor@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] KitsuneHaiku@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

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

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