ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones
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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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.
  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
    171·
    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
      43·
      1 year ago

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

      • mammut@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        1 year ago

        OnePlus does not do a good job keeping up with security updates, though.

        Sure, a custom ROM can fix some of that (for security issues that are part of Android), but the bigger problem is that there are hardware-specific security issues that can’t be patched in a timely manner unless the vendor bothers to do so.

      • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
        413·
        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.