ASUS is reportedly telling customers they can no longer unlock the bootloader on their phones, including the Zenfone 9 and Zenfone 10.

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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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
    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      pixels are by far the best to degoogled your phone and to have privacy/security/freedom actually

      they go above and beyond letting you unlock your bootloader

      • Sused@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Oneplus? Bootloader is easily unlocked and it can be debloated easily after root

        • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
          25·
          1 year ago

          Rooting is a terrible security risk and there’s no point in doing it. You won’t see the popular roms like GrapheneOS, /e/, or CalyxOS supporting it.

          • Zuberi@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Lol this is the technology page and you’re going to try to make the argument to not root(/jailbreak) a phone?.. Genuinely lold