SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfoneswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1536arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1515arrow-down1external-linkASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfoneswww.androidauthority.comSeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square135fedilinkfile-text
TL;DR ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoWhy do so many phone manufacturers hate letting you unlock their bootloaders? Every Google phone lets you do this, and they probably have the most secure Androids of them all.
minus-squareZuberi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoGoogle shouldn’t be our shining light on phone rules lol
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agopixels 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
minus-squareSused@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoOneplus? Bootloader is easily unlocked and it can be debloated easily after root
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minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·2 years agoRooting is a terrible security risk and there’s no point in doing it. You won’t see the popular roms like GrapheneOS, /e/, or CalyxOS supporting it.
minus-squareZuberi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 years agoLol this is the technology page and you’re going to try to make the argument to not root(/jailbreak) a phone?.. Genuinely lold
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoYes…? You can have custom roms without sacrificing security. There’s genuinely no reason to root anymore.
minus-squareZuberi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 years agoCan’t tell if troll or not
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoCan you use English words to explain why you think this is wrong, or are you just wasting internet bandwidth
minus-squaremiserablegit@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoProbably because they know their OS is a duct-taped piece of garbage which could fall to pieces if you look at it wrong while unlocked.
Why do so many phone manufacturers hate letting you unlock their bootloaders? Every Google phone lets you do this, and they probably have the most secure Androids of them all.
Google shouldn’t be our shining light on phone rules lol
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
Oneplus? Bootloader is easily unlocked and it can be debloated easily after root
This 100%
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Rooting is a terrible security risk and there’s no point in doing it. You won’t see the popular roms like GrapheneOS, /e/, or CalyxOS supporting it.
Lol this is the technology page and you’re going to try to make the argument to not root(/jailbreak) a phone?.. Genuinely lold
Yes…? You can have custom roms without sacrificing security. There’s genuinely no reason to root anymore.
Can’t tell if troll or not
Can you use English words to explain why you think this is wrong, or are you just wasting internet bandwidth
Probably because they know their OS is a duct-taped piece of garbage which could fall to pieces if you look at it wrong while unlocked.