Mishaal Rahman: ASUS is NOT killing off bootloader unlocking for its phones
"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."
Nitter mirror: https://nitter.net/MishaalRahman/status/1688935735716401152
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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.
We really need to get Mishaal on to the Fediverse.
Hi!
Yay, you're here! Now you can x-post your own tweets here lol.
All that's left is to post onto Mastodon and move on from Twitter.
...I already post on Mastodon though 😅
https://androiddev.social/@MishaalRahman
I'm also on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@Mishaal_Rahman
Do you want to post on bluesky too? Hah. Have invites to spare, DM if interested
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
Invites as in plural?? 👀
:)
Only for people I know, though
Sweet! I shall follow :)
And here he is all federated!
It is an interesting problem whether federation is better for people with tens of thousands of followers plus a formerly meaningful blue tick from a centralized source.
Oh younade Mishaal Rahman? Name all the changes coming in Android 15
Paging @[email protected]!
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)...
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.
Let's hope it's not like Nokia situation. Promise BL unlock and only the Nokia 8 get it officially
Doesn't exactly reflect well on Asus' customer service but good to get confirmation at least (especially as someone who just bought a ZF10!)
Oh thank fuck.
Also, please start posting the Mastodon links instead of Twitter. We can't leave Reddit for Lemmy and still go to Twitter.
ASUS sell phones?
Asus ZenPhone? Have you been living under a rock these past few months lol
Years*
They are making phones probably for a decade now
The zenphones seems pretty nice actually.
A bit too pricey for me though.
Not 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.
Let's hope it's true, I don't own one myself but if it isn't I will galdly contribute to the shitstorm!
mishaal is already on mastodon, so don't link to that website once known as twitter
Bro
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
For real? That's very good news, last time I checked on XDA there were none. What I would absolutely love is an official Lineage port, but those usually take a lot of time
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!
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 ?
That's good!