ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones
www.androidauthority.com
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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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.
    • z2k_@lemmy.nzEnglish
      62·
      1 year ago

      2 years of updates means you’ll quickly end up with a phone that’s waiting to be hacked

        • XLRV@lemmy.mlEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          Well it’s better but it’s still not enough imo.

          People shouldn’t be left behind on security just because they don’t have the latest phone, 4 years isn’t long at all.

          Now phones are powerful enough to last years, and could last even longer with replaceable batteries. This artificial limitation is anti-customer.

          So yeah at least there should be an way to root and install custom ROMs, they may not want to support phones longer officially but they shouldn’t limit the user if they want to do it themselves.

            • XLRV@lemmy.mlEnglish
              0·
              1 year ago

              They don’t have to support it 10 years, but they shouldn’t prevent people to keep their phones updated themselves with custom ROMs.

                • XLRV@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Yeah, you can use Open source roms.

                  Why being against freedom? Allowing ROMs and root won’t affect you if you don’t want to use them.

                  No need to be unpleasant too.