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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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.
  • @JigglySacklesEnglish
    28•1 year ago

    Boo you whore. Asus really is just kicking itself in the dick the last 5 years or so.

    • @[email protected]English
      14•1 year ago

      No kidding, especially with their recent motherboards catching on fire, and then voiding users’ warranties for updating to the beta BIOS that fixes the issue, fiasco.

      They used to be such a good company; what happened?

      • @JigglySacklesEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I assume the same as most companies. Greed. They make greedier and greedier decisions and slowly burn away all the good will it took decades to build. I used to say “get an Asus and you’ll be fine”. Can’t trust the enough to do that anymore.

    • @onparoleEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      Yeah, don’t have one of these, but I was looking at one before settling on a Pixel 7 Pro instead. Have had some sketchy interactions with Asus regarding support and warranty in the past. Might be looking elsewhere in the future where ever Asus is an option. I really don’t like they changing promises retroactively.