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

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I don't understand how this move is even supposed to make them more money.

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[–] herrwoland@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

My guess is they're going to slow down the device on new android and block rooting so you can't install your own OS, also, probably doing a lot of spying on the users.

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