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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by SeaJ@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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[–] Xperr7@kbin.social 108 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, fuck off. I'm not one to root my phone, but you own the damn thing. Once it's in your hands, the maker should have no right to tell you what to do with it.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Consumers seem to be too dumb for their own good.

[–] grue@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Regulators seem to be too captured for consumers' good.