• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    11 months ago

    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.

        • xuniL@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          11 months ago

          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

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            11 months ago

            I mean…. that kinda makes sense. They don’t want someone to skip out on payments. There’s no excuse for ASUS though

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              11 months ago

              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.

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    11 months ago

    One of the last phones designed for a human hand. Hope this comes to a good resolution.

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    11 months ago

    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(?))

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    11 months ago

    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