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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SeaJ@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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  • ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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.
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[-] mojo@lemm.ee 16 points 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.org 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] mammut@lemmy.world -1 points 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.

[-] Zuberi@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago
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