ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones
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.
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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- ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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
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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.
17 0 ReplyGoogle shouldn't be our shining light on phone rules lol
8 0 Replypixels 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
5 0 ReplyOneplus? Bootloader is easily unlocked and it can be debloated easily after root
3 1 ReplyThis 100%
1 0 ReplyRooting 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.
2 5 ReplyLol this is the technology page and you're going to try to make the argument to not root(/jailbreak) a phone?.. Genuinely lold
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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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