Comment on ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones
boonhet@lemm.ee 10 months agoBut here is the thing why do I need to use a tool to connect to a server just to be allowed to unlock the bootloader
It’s been this way since I first flashed a custom ROM on my 2011 Xperia and I’ve never gotten it. It seems so useless. Either Huawei or Xiaomi wanted me to provide a REASON for unlocking.
I think Nexus phones were unlockable without making a request to a server. I might be wrong though. But I do miss the Nexus line.
Zak@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Pixel devices don’t require permission via a server. Unlocking is enables via developer settings on the device.
Doing it any other way is user-hostile.
royal_starfish@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Unless you get Verizon’ed that is