SeaJ to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfoneswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
arrow-up1480arrow-down1external-linkASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfoneswww.androidauthority.comSeaJ to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square135fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
TL;DR ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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@Zuberi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoGoogle shouldn’t be our shining light on phone rules lol
minus-square👁️👄👁️linkfedilinkEnglish5•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-square@Sused@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoOneplus? Bootloader is easily unlocked and it can be debloated easily after root
minus-square👁️👄👁️linkfedilinkEnglish-3•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-square@Zuberi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•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
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%
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