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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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.
  • XEAL@lemm.eeEnglish
    1341·
    1 year ago

    ASUS is apparently killing the posibility of me being a potential customer of their smartphones.

    • IDeserveToBeLoved@szmer.infoEnglish
      36·
      1 year ago

      Rooting users are only a small percentage of all users so they probably won’t even notice unfortunately.

      sent from rooted phone

        • brygphilomena@lemmy.worldEnglish
          172·
          1 year ago

          Samsung goes so hard with their proprietary apps and intrusive ads. The closest to vanilla I’ve gotten is a pixel phone.

          • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
            61·
            1 year ago

            Samsung unlocked is free to root, and they even provide the tools to do so. Most models supported in the free distros as well.

            • Hyacin@lemmy.caEnglish
              6·
              1 year ago

              Yeah, but then you break Knox, and can’t EVER fix it. The phone becomes instantly worthless for resale.

          • TwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            By vanilla I mean the most basic for consumers, not debloated factory default, which is what someone who roots their phone might want. The average customer is definitely not bothering with that,

    • Magiwarriorx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      ASUS annihilated the possibility I’d ever buy any ASUS product after the way they handled the 7800X3D/AM5 VoC issue. I had never really noticed, but a pretty big swathe of my tech came from them (laptop, monitor, and motherboard among others) but no more.

      • silentknyght@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s a big company. Lots of people in lots of departments doing lots of different things. Do you swear off Samsung memory or flash because of their practices around their TV’s or refrigerators?

        • Magiwarriorx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          If the refrigerant on my fridge leaked and they refused to fix it, I’d sure swear off their ACs too, yeah.

    • redfellowEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      While this sucks, realistically it’s not going to even affect their bottom line. The percentage of people rooting their phones is miniscule, and even less when you look at a single vendor.

      Doesn’t mean I still like the trend.