Unforgivable.
Related: All bootloaders should be unlockable if the device owner opts to do that. Manufacturers/carriers should not be involved in that process at all.
I got cucked. I believed asus and got a zenfone 10. Now i cant unlock it.
Be me, Verizon Pixel owner…
Are you fucking serious. You can’t unlock a pixel???
You can, just not if it’s locked to a specific carrier. Carriers often do that to prevent people from rooting their phone or removing Carrier identification to resell the phone. Stupid design either way
It may not be the case anymore but in the past you could go into Verizon and ask/tell them to unlock the phone once it was paid off and they would. I did it probably 12 years ago at this point but also haven’t had Verizon in 8+ years
It still is the case.
I mean…. that kinda makes sense. They don’t want someone to skip out on payments. There’s no excuse for ASUS though
That’s not how carrier phone payment plans work.
Bootloader locking is different than carrier lock.
Regardless, you owe whatever you signed for, phone, or no phone.
Same. 3?
I hate how newer phones are designed to act like they are still owned by the manufacturer.
Hope this does change again soon. Was hoping to get a zenfone 10 for black Friday but with this decision and S23s being around the same or at a lower price on some deals there’s no reason to go Asus.
One of the last phones designed for a human hand. Hope this comes to a good resolution.
Right? I have very large hands, and I still can’t use my S22+ with one hand.
I’ve been waiting to unlock my zenfone 9 for around 6 months now, still holding out hope for the unlock servi e to be available by the end if the year, but honestly not expecting anything to happen. It so sad too, as this phone is nearly perfect for me outside of not being unlockable (currently(?))
Please bring the fairphone 5 to the US for a good price
big L
I’ll just stick to my Lineage os device (moto-ocean)
Oof.
At this point, if people still decide to go ahead and buy a Zenphone even after all of this, then they deserve to get what’s coming for them
