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

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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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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[-] stefenauris@pawb.social 78 points 1 year ago

Well there goes any compelling reason to buy their phones lol

[-] ayaya@lemdro.id 32 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Aarrodri@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Same here. Well they lost a potential costumer.

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