Asus no longer lets you unlock the bootloader of your Zenfone
Asus is moving away from enabling easy unlocking of its phones. According to several users who contacted technical support, unlocking the bootloader is disabled on the Zenfone 9 and will not work on the Zenfone 10 at all.
Unlocking the bootloader enables enthusiasts to modify the existing software at a lower level or install various third-party solutions. Asus was one of the companies promoting this action, but it appears it's now discontinuing its support.
We are yet to receive any official information on the matter, which might shed some light on why the company changed its stance.
Asus previously confirmed it would update the tool at least until Q3 2023 when the Zenfone 10 will be freely available on the market. While some users were disgruntled, others reported that the Telegram support team did not know anything about this issue.
The discrepancy in answers raises questions such as what sort of info is fed to the different support teams and which one has the correct information.
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- YUKI93
- 18 Aug 2023
- K1F
Sony might not give unlocked bootloader out of the box, but they still allow you to do it yourself in the first place. There's even tutorials for it on Sony's official Open Device website page. If this move translates to longer first-p...
- Zpy
- 16 Aug 2023
- 0fw
Honestly most updates have been making things worse, and most of what I do with root is bring back features android has taken away. If I could use a phone with Android 9 with updated security patches I'd take it over 13.
- Phone Critic
- 11 Aug 2023
- gIP
I dont have a Asus Phone, my Concern is, bootloader is mandatory for Phones (Huawei excluded), i want to Put Custom ROM and Features on my Phone and make him the best possible Thing to Play with it My POCO F4 has 51 Custom ROMs that are updated La...
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