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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SeaJ@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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[-] mojo@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Zuberi@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Google shouldn't be our shining light on phone rules lol

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Sused 1 points 1 year ago

Oneplus? Bootloader is easily unlocked and it can be debloated easily after root

[-] Zuberi@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago
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