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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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.
  • CamileBlah@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have been thinking about getting the ZenFone 10 as well. I have seen a lot of similar posts here and on various google searches. In the XDA forum for the phone there also a topic about not being able to unlock the bootloader/root, but there is a bit more info on the reasoning.

    “A moderator in the Asus ZenTalk forum posted that they are working on a new release of the unlock tool and that it should be available in Q3 2023.”

    https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/unlocking-the-bootloader.4607595/

    • Fubber Nuckin'@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Very cool. But they removed it for now, so I’ll assume it’s permanent until proven otherwise. Not very cool.