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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/android@lemdro.id

"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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[-] hypelightfly@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago

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)...

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 15 points 1 year ago

We really need to get Mishaal on to the Fediverse.

[-] MishaalRahman@lemdro.id 52 points 1 year ago
[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

Yay, you're here! Now you can x-post your own tweets here lol.

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

All that's left is to post onto Mastodon and move on from Twitter.

[-] MishaalRahman@lemdro.id 16 points 1 year ago
[-] natanael@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Do you want to post on bluesky too? Hah. Have invites to spare, DM if interested

[-] MishaalRahman@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago

I'm already on Bluesky, but I stopped posting there because it seemed dead in comparison to Mastodon and Threads.

[-] natanael@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Gotta follow some more people

[-] HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Invites as in plural?? 👀

:)

[-] natanael@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Only for people I know, though

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Sweet! I shall follow :)

[-] droidpenguin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

Doesn't exactly reflect well on Asus' customer service but good to get confirmation at least (especially as someone who just bought a ZF10!)

[-] Never_Sm1le@lemdro.id 10 points 1 year ago

Let's hope it's not like Nokia situation. Promise BL unlock and only the Nokia 8 get it officially

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Hopefully they keep to their word. Could be another Nokia or Huawei situation here. I'm still upset about the Huawei one, just after I unlocked my phone it was stolen, and by the time I got a replacement the unlock service was taken down.

[-] pearsche@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah, if this is true then I might get a Zenfone 10

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 22 points 1 year ago

I'd personally wait until they actually follow through.

[-] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same. Zenfone 9 still has no ROMs available, unfortunatley

[-] pearsche@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 13 points 1 year ago

I'm thinking more in the sense of ASUS following through with commitment rather than doubting Mishaal :).

[-] MishaalRahman@lemdro.id 12 points 1 year ago

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!

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

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 ?

[-] notenoughbutter@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Nitter-mirror

mishaal is already on mastodon, so don't link to that website once known as twitter

[-] Im28xwa@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Im28xwa@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

That's good!

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
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