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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfone, Updated (www.androidauthority.com)

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

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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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.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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[-] godless@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Plenty of reasons.

System wide adblock
Advanced permission management
Backups and exports of system apps
Full uninstall of bloatware (instead of mere hiding them with adb)
Enabling screenshots system-wide

And a bunch of other stuff I need in order to have a fully functioning device.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Advanced permission management

Backups and exports of system apps

Two things previously possible in stock android (via appops & adb backups), but no longer possible to any realistic extent (particularly ADB backups, as most devs disable this for their apps). These are the main factors for me rooting personally

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Can't you remove bloatware with adb nowadays?

See https://www.makeuseof.com/uninstall-android-app-adb-system-apps-bloatware/

Also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18755739/

[-] godless@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

It doesn't remove them, it uninstalls the app from the current user profile, but they persist on system level. That's what I meant with the comment in brackets.

It's the best you can do if rooting is not an option, but I prefer a full removal.

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, I see. Would the app still run and consume resources? Or is it just sitting in whatever is a phone's equivalent of a hard disc?

[-] godless@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

It would just sit there and be dormant.

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