ijeffMishaal Rahman: ASUS is NOT killing off bootloader unlocking for its phones
wingsfortheirsmilesDoesn’t exactly reflect well on Asus’ customer service but good to get confirmation at least (especially as someone who just bought a ZF10!)
ObiniceASUS sell phones?
newIdentityNot only that. They sell ✨G A M I N G✨ phones.
Never heard of their ROG phone lineup?
I’ve had the ROG 2, and now the ROG 6. Up there as my favorite phones ever. Even if you aren’t a phone gamer, it’s great for Android Phone power users too.
Surprisingly, though I didn’t originally buy with it in mind, the second side USB-C port quickly became one of my favorite features.
Asus ZenPhone? Have you been living under a rock these past few months lol
pgetsosYears*
They are making phones probably for a decade now
The zenphones seems pretty nice actually.
A bit too pricey for me though.
Hell yeah, if this is true then I might get a Zenfone 10
I’d personally wait until they actually follow through.
Same. Zenfone 9 still has no Roms available, unfortunatley
UHHH… it does. There are at least 3 in active development, plus official TWRP which is being constantly updated and one or two kernels including Kirisakura.
For real? That’s very good news, last time I checked on XDA there were none. What I would absolutely love would be an official Lineage port
Hell yeah! I imagine they’ll keep coming, soon as bootloader unlocking is available again.
I believe the chap who maintains LOS on the Zenfone 8 also owns a ZF9, so you may be in luck… Omni is rock solid though, usually better than LOS!
I’ll have to check out Omni, I’ve never used it!
true, but Mishaal is reliable I’d say. I can always get a motorola though. Otherwise, welp, I’d get an iPhone because I regret my Xiaomi
I’m thinking more in the sense of ASUS following through with commitment rather than doubting Mishaal :).
Yeah, this is the right approach. It’s true that ASUS dropped the ball when it comes to getting their bootloader unlock tool server back online as well as in keeping users updated on their progress. It’s also true that you should never really take what support staff says at face value, and that a response from a PR rep is always preferable over support staff.
However, there are times when even the PR reps aren’t aware of an internal policy change, or they aren’t allowed to communicate as such yet. I don’t think that’s the case here, though. The PR rep I’m in touch with is the same one who has been running the Zenfone developer program for years, so I trust them!
YⓄ乙 Hey bro, I cant open your website because of all the trackers embedded in it. can you please talk to your team and get some trackers removed ?
Claiming that they want to allow it is pretty worthless if it has been killed off for months with no fix (and no fix in sight)…
ASUS killed off bootloader unlocking back in May and has yet to fix that. If you try right now, you cannot unlock your ASUS phone. They may fix that in the future and are saying that's the case but as of right now, you can't.
Part of their Zenfone marketing is keeping “legacy” features like headphone jack and small form factor, they should allow unlocking. Hopefully they’ll follow through and allow you to modify the device that you purchased.
We really need to get Mishaal on to the Fediverse.
Yay, you’re here! Now you can x-post your own tweets here lol.
mintiefreshAll that’s left is to post onto Mastodon and move on from Twitter.
…I already post on Mastodon though 😅
androiddev.social/@MishaalRahman
I’m also on Threads: www.threads.net/@Mishaal_Rahman
Mishaal Rahman (@[email protected])
4.86K Posts, 45 Following, 3.76K Followers · The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on Android Faithful. Senior contributor to Android Authority, Android Police, and more.
Sweet! I shall follow :)
Do you want to post on bluesky too? Hah. Have invites to spare, DM if interested
Invites as in plural?? 👀
:)
Only for people I know, though
I’m already on Bluesky, but I stopped posting there because it seemed dead in comparison to Mastodon and Threads.
Gotta follow some more people
Never_Sm1leLet’s hope it’s not like Nokia situation. Promise BL unlock and only the Nokia 8 get it officially
aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]Hopefully they keep to their word. Could be another Nokia or Huawei situation here. I’m still upset about the Huawei one, just after I unlocked my phone it was stolen, and by the time I got a replacement the unlock service was taken down.
SkullHex2Wait now even Huawei and Nokia don’t allow bootloader unlocking? Choosing my next device is getting easier by the minute
Let’s hope it’s true, I don’t own one myself but if it isn’t I will galdly contribute to the shitstorm!
Nitter-mirror
mishaal is already on mastodon, so don’t link to that website once known as twitter
That’s good!