ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root Zenfones (Update: Maybe not?)
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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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.
  • Dizzy Devil DuckyEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    The problem with companies trying to stop this is the fact that there will be at least one person/team who will find a way to bypass this.

    No amount of corporate software devs/engineers can stop the might of a determined team on the internet from achieving their goals when it comes to this kinda stuff.

    Edit:

    Don’t know whether the bootloader locking is actually coming or not because I saw a different post saying it was a misunderstanding.

    • ddkmanEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      This is just simply not the case. There are multiple phones that have no known bootloader bypass to this day. Sk17i springs immediately to mind.

    • SeaJOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The updated response 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.

      So the server is down and will be back up. But that is not exactly the most reassuring response. It kind of seems like they are planning on removing it later or majorly altering it.