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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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.
  • ayayaEnglish
    34•1 year ago

    I was genuinely thinking about going with an ASUS phone next because of the unlockable bootloader, this really sucks to see.

    • deweydecibelEnglish
      21•1 year ago

      There are plenty of makers doing unlockable bootloaders. Honestly, just avoid Samsung.

      • kindenough
        9•1 year ago

        My EU S9+ (Exynos chip) is running a custom Android 13 rom without flaws. A lot of Samsung phones can be unlocked. Seems US models (Snapdragon) are the ones that can’t be unlocked, few exceptions. Most other countries have the Exynos chipset and are perfectly unlockable.

        • DopamineDeficientEnglish
          8•1 year ago

          i think this might be related to samsung knox and its efuse, once set not really being able to be undone and that stuff