You cant. They just shut down the server and removed the unlocker app from their site. Maybe, just maybe, they will release a "rewritten version" in the coming months according to some guy on xda who asked them.
This shit is the last asus product Im buying for a loong time if ever.
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Zak@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 2y
I had been considering buying a Zenfone. No longer.
Why does it need an app and a server? What's wrong with a toggle in dev settings and
fastboot oem unlock?camr_on@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
smh I was eyeballing the Zenfone
GillyGumbo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
They just cut their commercial division, right? Why on earth would you consider jumping into bed with a company that basically just made public that they won't support you soon?
Cris_Color@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
They're actually continuing both phone lines. The long term support isn't amazing but the zenphone line isn't going away and will continue to be supported
camr_on@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I like the form factor, the specs, and the price. Haven't really followed the news or the company much though
Anti_Weeb_Penguin@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
I hope the company goes bankrupt tbh
SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Afaik asus is the only one with an audio jack, and as we all know, a phone without an aux is an unusable piece of shit
Yttra@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
There's Sony's Xperia line, they're just prohibitively expensive in comparison
Anti_Weeb_Penguin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
The Poco X5 Pro also has an audio jack and custom ROMs, phones without ROMs are unusable tbh.
SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Nevähööd of such phone tbh
PlatinumSf@pawb.social · 4 pts · 2y
You weren't getting another Zen Phone anyway. They gutted the entire team because it didn't make money.
Cris_Color@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
That was a misunderstanding- the zenphone line will still be a thing, as will the rog phone line. Both are continuing and will be supported same as they would be previously. There was a post on one of the android lemmy communities, maybe both, with the official statement from Asus
PlatinumSf@pawb.social · 1 pts · 2y
Let's see how that goes for them with restructuring and reducing the team significantly. It might be branded a zenfone, but it isn't going to be the same as the last 2.
yoppa@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
wtf! I was actually thinking to buy zenfone 10 when it comes out because of the small form factor but now it looks like I gotta stick with my redmi k20 pro.
MargotRobbie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The answer to the Zenphone bootloader unlock article from a few days ago sure came to a conclusion faster than we think: it turns out they are actually ending bootloader unlock by shutting down Zenfones for consumers altogether. (Edit: just saw the release that says they are not ending production. Oops.)
Which goes back again to my point in that thread: Low level sources working inside a big company aren't reliable at all, not because of any bad intents, but because executive decision travels slowly inside big companies.
keyez@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
From other articles online that already have the direct links to the APKs I was just able to download the unlock APK for the zenfone 10 from an asus website.
Also would like a source on this as I can't find any corroborating information.
Bondrewd@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
There is no info on zenfone 8 and 9 as they conveniently left that out. There is no APK on the download page for zenfone 8 or 9, neither can you use the APK already downloaded. See one of the newest XDA threads on Zenfone 8.