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[Asus Zenfone 10] jstys92:
It's just a random large version that I used. Initially the server was returning "SW VERSION LOW" so i tried putting in larger numbers to see if I could trick the server and this is what worked for me, but like I said it was a few months ago so it seems like they've since either broken the tokens the server is returning or the firmware for the rog7 isn't properly unlocking the bootloader.
[Asus Zenfone 10] TherionRO:
Yup it does reboot with whatever code as long as its long and it makes a bit of sense, sadly I wont be able to unlock the bootloader and from what I see Asus wont bring it back even tho they said they will.
[Asus Zenfone 10] jstys92:
Took another look at my rog7 and I can confirm the server is still sending back the same secrettoken as it was when the bootloader unlocked successfully. In that case, it could be a firmware issue? My device is running WW_33.0820.0810.188, if you have any way of rolling back to that maybe it could work for you?
[Asus Zenfone 10] TherionRO:
I think they have an older source code of the firmware on their website,but I though its impossible to downgrade without an unlocked bootloader right?
[Asus Zenfone 10] mvikrant97:
There is unofficial way to unlock bootloader Asus 9, 10 which is done by Chinese mobile developers.

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[Asus Zenfone 10] TherionRO:
I knew about this website before but I dont have an wechat account to contact them,cant I contact them in another way? And are they 100% safe,for me its not a problem to pay for my phone to get unlocked but I dont wanna get scammed.
[Asus Zenfone 10] mvikrant97:
Yes they are genuine because I got Asus Zenfone 9 unlocked from them which I no longer have. I was not able to contact them since Wechat has been banned in India so I would need to setup VPN to contat them back.
[Asus Zenfone 10] jstys92:
For some firmwares you could copy the OTA zip to the /sdcard/ and potentially rename it with a larger firmware version + reboot the phone and it would notify you that an update was available on bootup. Not sure if that'll work in this case or not.
[Asus Zenfone 10] TherionRO:
How much did you payed for their service? And I have the mullvad vpn purchased what country do I have to pick so I dont need an invitation code from someone else on wechat? Thank you for your answer.
[Asus Zenfone 10] TherionRO:
I checked their website and they took down all of the sources for all of the ROG phones,atleast I cant download anything from their support page for any of their rog phones anymore,damn. Can u check that chinese website the other guy mentioned? Do u know them?
[Asus Zenfone 10] mvikrant97:
I cannot discuss any payment related details due to forum rules.
[Asus Zenfone 10] TherionRO:
I understand,thanks anyways tho
[Asus Zenfone 10] jstys92:
I've seen the link posted many times, seems like a scam to me. Besides, unlocking the zenfone 9 isn't really novel, its possible that the firmware for that device doesn't thwart the mitmproxy workaround whereas clearly that seems to be the case on the rog7 / zenfone 10. I haven't seen any reports of anyone using third party unlock on zenfone 10 successfully and I'm assuming newer firmwares of the rog7 would have the same issue.
[Asus Zenfone 10] TherionRO:
Yup most likely its a firmware issue. God I wished I didnt updated my rog,such a dumb move from me. Do you think Asus will ever release the unlock tool officialy back again tho? Im really unpatient and my work domain really requires my phone to have an unlocked bootloader,basically im stuck on my older devices for the most time :(
[Asus Zenfone 10] jstys92:
I've attached the firmware zip that my phone is on, if you push it to /sdcard/ and reboot the phone it will prompt for a software update (at least it did for me). I didn't try running it so not sure if it will complete successfully or not.
[Asus Zenfone 10] TherionRO:
Thank you! Sadly I moved it to /sdcard/ , rebooted the phone and I got the popup in the notification panel with an update build was found,I clicked update and I selected it and after a minute it gave me another popup with "Update failed" , only that nothing else.
[Asus Zenfone 10] LinerFWZ:
On other technical forums, some users who do unofficial unlocking say that Zenfone9 has blocked unofficial unlocking methods since the 33.0804.2060.189 firmware version, and he advises those who need unofficial unlocking not to update to this firmware and later versions
[Asus Zenfone 10] jstys92:
Pretty much what I expected, do you have a link to the discussion for the curious? Have they had any success with zenfone 10? I've tried on an array of firmwares without any luck.
[Asus Zenfone 10] LinerFWZ:
That's a difficult Chinese platform to sign up for, but I can tell you that they haven't made much effective progress on the Zenfone 10
[Asus Zenfone 10] wkv2101:
Can you unlock the bootloader and flash a degoogled rom on this phone?
[Asus Zenfone 10] Jbrimb:
Seems like people are stuck at the bootloader unlocking step, becaue of Asus' lack of support for an official method like for their past phones... If you want a compact zenfone with roms only choices are Zenfones 9 and 8
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Someone posted pictures of Zenfone 10 and ROG 7 unlocked using Taiwanese 3rd party thingy on Telegram. So people have done it.
[Asus Zenfone 10] goip:
Hy Mr. Esja where can i get the 3rd party thing to unlock???? thanks
[Asus Zenfone 10] HawaiiFiveO:
What's the link to them? I'd like to check them out and maybe do an unlock.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
User xiaowei666777 sent me this link in August, but someone told me it doesn't work anymore: t.me/ae86zsd

I have not tried it myself since I don't use Telegram. Same user posted pictures on this forum showing rooted phones from Asus.

This is the link (hope it's allowed to be shared): t.me/ae86zsd
[Asus Zenfone 10] goip:
no answer from telegram .......t.me/ae86zsd.......:-((((
[Asus Zenfone 10] JustAStrangeName:
It seems so, but I wonder how.

Using mitmproxy to spoof the versions I do get my "secrettoken" value (which is the same every single time), but it silently fails (fw version: 33.0804.2060.204).

When I boot into the recovery, though, it says my recovery version is 32.2040.2040.23. Maybe that's useful?

I tried flashing an older firmware version (the one on the site) by renaming it as if it were newer, but it just fails.

I also tried 'adb sideload', but that unsurprisingly fails too ("insufficient permissions for device").

I was going to edit the metadata in the firmware to make it seem like it's newer than it actually is, but I have no idea what hashing algorithm they could've used.

Spoiler content hidden.

Edit: For any newbies like me looking here: Don't try to manually flash the older version with fastboot. It will brick your phone.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
New info. This guy is an Asus insider from Taiwan who sometimes tweets about internal Asus business

https://nitter.net/EdwardWu0231291

He has tweeted about the bootloader unlock vulnerability used by Chinese users to spoof the server response, which was apparently patched and the review process for new unlock tool is taking longer than expected due to regulatory reasons.

I don't have Twitter/X but someone can contact him for more info and solutions to this, and maybe news. Maybe ask him to talk to higher ups at Asus to sort this out.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Meowdib:
Most likely, this small phone will be discontinued because no one bought it. And no one is buying it because we can't unlock the bootloader.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Hunter_20:
In first place they should just provide a switch in the developer options menu to unlock bootloader. I don't get why a server should be needed for this.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
ROG 8 was just announced. Now the question is, will this impact the availibilty of the bootloader tool? Many people will want to root the ROG 8.
[Asus Zenfone 10] LinerFWZ:
I don't think this will change anything. The unlocking tool was disabled before Zenfone10 was released and it hasn't changed since Zenfone10 was released
[Asus Zenfone 10] mvikrant97:
Unlocking the bootloader and rooting

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[Asus Zenfone 10] cloneeye:
I am using Android 14 (Beta).

I'm trying the unofficial method, but it even reboots without unlocking.

So I'm going to try it after rolling back.

Can I rollback if I install version 13 RAW file?

Or should we seek official support?
[Asus Zenfone 10] zegoo:
Have the same question. How to rollback to Android 13?
[Asus Zenfone 10] jstys92:
FYI I've tried this method on multiple A13 firmwares on the Zenfone 10, including the factory shipped firmware and all of them just rebooted without unlocking.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
What worries me is that Asus specifically went in and patched all of the bootloader exploits immediately when the exploit was made public, indicating they don't want anyone unlocking the bootloaders again. So they clearly have co-workers who are aware of the bootloader question and are acting rapidly to shut it down.
[Asus Zenfone 10] cloneeye:
I was in the rog phone 7 beta so I requested that I want to end the beta so I rolled it back.

The problem is that when I later tried to downgrade to a different version, it became a brick.

The only way left is to try recovery in EDL mode.
[Asus Zenfone 10] jstys92:
Why would they leave the unlock server up and functional though? That's the part that confuses me about their plan for the future of unlocking.
[Asus Zenfone 10] 1ynxy:
I very much doubt they intend to offer an official process to unlock this, or other of their devices any time soon. In the almost half-year that I've had a Zenfone 10 I've messaged back-and-forth with Asus support numerous times- the only response I ever get is that there is no ETA, there is no indication of whether the tool is being worked on, is near completion, has met "regulatory approval", etc.

The most recent response, this morning, seemed to imply that it's very possible we won't get an unlock tool at all.

I'd be very happy to be proven wrong, but the lack of any public and official statement on the provision of this tool, or the ability to unlock Asus devices going forwards feels very telling.
[Asus Zenfone 10] JackHarley:
Can anyone speculate intelligently on the motivations behind the bootloader locking? Particularly with the talk of "regulatory approval"? I wasn't aware of any regulator that would care about whether a manufacturer allows their devices to be unlocked... Are Asus trying to release their phones into a new market where permitting bootloader locking would limit them?
[Asus Zenfone 10] lockywolf:
"locking" or "unlocking"?

I suspect that at least some countries won't certify an unlocked phone, claiming that "unlocked phones are vulnerable to malware".
[Asus Zenfone 10] jubilantLizard9:
I would suggest looking at the following link https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/hyperos.70344/#post-704262

This is how unlocking works for the newest series of Chinese phones. I suspect that Asus will be under the same restrictions soon, since they also sell their phones in China. Unlocking your phone would require submitting a valid ID to the government and waiting for their approval.

The reason they said that there "will be unlocking for 10 pro" is that they need time to implement this new ID verification system, and possibly don't want to care about it for the "older" 10 series.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Jbrimb:
Did asus update the tool ? I saw a rooted ROG phone 8 in this video
[Asus Zenfone 10] NisseGurra:
No, it gives 11003 error still
[Asus Zenfone 10] jubilantLizard9:
See a similar response in the OnePlus Ace 2 thread.

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Same story. Phones released August last year are rootable with no pain whatsoever, say, that OnePlus Ace 2 Pro with Android 13, whereas those that are released as early as November 2023, e.g., the same OnePlus Ace 2 Pro with Android 14 (or updated to 14), are not unlockable at all.

So, seemingly, lambasting Asus is a misunderstanding, it is the government which makes unlocking a problem, not the manufacturer.
[Asus Zenfone 10] MPK99:
I believe Google phones are the only way now. They even support GrapheneOS, a legendary custom rom with hardened security at the firmware level.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Where is the rooted ROG 8 in the video?
[Asus Zenfone 10] sunchau:
i want to know too
[Asus Zenfone 10] Jbrimb:
He shows root access with magisk at 0:35 and 9:02, also it's a Rog 8 pro pardon me. In the video he says he could finally get root access with 8gen3 to play with it
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Fascinating... He's Taiwanese though, maybe access to other tools or a developer unit?

I sent him a message and asked.
[Asus Zenfone 10] LinerFWZ:
He's from Chinese mainland, and this ROG8 he's holding is also the Tencent CN version.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
He runs a YouTube tech review channel from mainland China? That doesn't sound right. All of the comments are in traditional Chinese, not simplified Chinese used in mainland China.
[Asus Zenfone 10] LinerFWZ:
He had originally been using the Simplified Chinese website bilibili as his main platform of activity before opening a YOUTUBE channel, and in the early days he even copied bilibili's content directly onto youtube. Now they are running platforms like bilibili and youtube at the same time. They also have English channels on these platforms, though they are updated much slower than their Chinese channels.

Their channel on bilibili

Their English channel on Youtube

The video content of this ROG phone 8 is in Simplified Chinese, but youtube is dominated by Traditional Chinese users, so you'll see that the comment section is almost entirely in Traditional Chinese.

Also, looking at the ROG phone 8 in that video, the back of the phone has "Tencent Games" printed on it.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Okay, thanks! But the question remains, how did he manage to root this brand new device? Is it a special developer unit? The automatic video translation implies that he "finally" managed to root it with Magisk, but how did he unlock the bootloader in the first place?

China has some skilled Android devs, but why has no one figured it out so far? As we know, Asus patched all exploits for the newer firmware versions on all their phones. This is a completely new phone not even released on the market yet.
[Asus Zenfone 10] LinerFWZ:
Unfortunately, at the moment we don't know. They only said we did it, but not how. This video is a promotional video in cooperation with the manufacturer's side, so perhaps they did unlock the bootloader with official help in a way that is temporarily unattainable for normal users
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
It sounded like he got help from Asus in order to run the benchmarking tools.

Maybe an indication that the tool is out there but not ready for release yet? Coping.
[Asus Zenfone 10] jubilantLizard9:
It might be just that he received an already unlocked version, as journalists/reviewers/influencers often get versions slightly different from the the off-the-shelf ones.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
True but based on the review it sounds like he achieved unlock/root after receiving the unit (based on translation).

Very sad situation for everybody.
[Asus Zenfone 10] hrsh45:
lol, its still Asus' fault.

even a retard can communicate better than Asus.
[Asus Zenfone 10] captain_iglo:
I don't think anyone buys Zenfone anymore because of loocked bootloader
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Ok, some new info. Apparently a sketchy looking cracking tool called TFT Unlock is supposed to be able to bruteforce the bootloader on almost all Qualcomm devices. There are many threads and YouTube videos about this tool but I'm not about to download and test it myself at this time.

Anyone know more about this? Posting another XDA thread on the topic. There are YouTube videos of people unlocking ROG Phone 7 among many other things.

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[Asus Zenfone 10] danielk2555:
I asked the member who has the premium version of the tool if he has been able to unlock bootloaders of the ZF 9 or 10 - they said they haven't tried.

They help out for free by connecting remotely to the computers.

I don't have a Zenfone myself but it's a device I am thinking of buying if the bootloader can be unlocked...

Not sure if anyone who has a Zenfone 9 or 10 will volunteer to try their luck with the member who has the premium version of the tool

Seems like they have helped out a lot of other member with diffreent devices free of charge
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Not sure what I'm looking at here but apparently he's claiming to unlock the bootloader on a ROG Phone 7 well after the tool was deleted (april 2023)
[Asus Zenfone 10] danielk2555:
yeah. In his thread he has helped some other users unlock different phones free of charge.

He said he hasn't tried zenfone 9 or 10 as he doesn't have those devices.

If somebody is willing to try - he seems to be helpful and he can try free of charge
[Asus Zenfone 10] Voidseesaw:
I have a Zenfone 10 I'm not currently using that we can test with. I'll holler at him.
[Asus Zenfone 10] danielk2555:
hopefully you'll be able to get it unlocked
[Asus Zenfone 10] danielk2555:
and let us know how it goes
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Sounds exciting, let us know!
[Asus Zenfone 10] hrsh45:
i've sent you a pm, can you please login?
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
NEW INFO! Asus has finally responded to the bootloader question in threads regarding the new ROG Phone 8 on the Zentalk forums. I quote:

Furthermore

From Zentalk user "Mattias_ASUS" (https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/324541)

I think we can contact this person with our question and he will direct them to Asus leadership for further inquiry.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
People are now speculating a bootloader release in conjunction with the release of the upcoming Zenfone 11! This is very exciting.
[Asus Zenfone 10] danielk2555:
hope so.... but why would they not support the bootloader unlock of their older devices like ZF 9/10 ? If there are customers who use them outside China
[Asus Zenfone 10] 1ynxy:
This is not "new info". This is a variation of the same message we have received multiple times from multiple different Asus support locales. A member of Asus support is not likely to escalate this issue to any form of leadership & asking them for information is a dead-end.

Speculation on a bootloader release upon the next device is naively hopeful nonsense. We have to wait for a genuine announcement regarding the bootloader unlock tool progress, and hope that they don't decide to support only newer devices than those already released, if any.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Yup, we still don't know the details.
[Redmi Note 12 5G / Xiaomi Poco X5] dariovine:
Hello,

i purchased a Redmi note 12 Pro 5G from Aliexpress

I thought the device was a global version when instead it is a china version that came with a global rom.

The bootloader was unlocked and i was unable to use Google Wallet and my cards.

I then decided to reflash the global rom and lock the bootloader...but little i knew the phone was china so when the flash finished i got the message "this MIUI version can't be installed on this device"

result: i now have a soft bricked device.

At the moment i can only boot to Fastboot and MIUI recovery 5.0

My question is simple: is there any way to flash the original China rom with the locked bootloader? Maybe using sideload?

I tried the Mi Unlocking tool but i was unsucessful, probably because the vendor did it with his account?

I tried XiaomiMiTool V2 but it doesnt seem to find a valid rom

I tried Mi Flash Tool but im getting an error since the booloader is locked

If you guys have any idea on how i can get out of this situation please feel free to do so.

I spent hours trying to find a solution but im really stuck

Cheers!
[Redmi Note 12 5G / Xiaomi Poco X5] ShreyasTheRootMan:
Why not contact service center? Even though it is not global phone, they might be able to help.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] JoeWilcox:
I have 2 identical Fuzes, both have been upgraded to NATF's 2.2. One is working just fine, but one refuses to send email to a GMAIL account. I've checked the settings and it can get mail just fine, but can't send. Does anyone knoe of any problems with GMAIL and the Fuze?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] labbbby:
For my Gmail account to send emails, I had to:

In the email tab, select accounts ->accounts -> Menu, Options -> select Gmail -> edit account setup-> next,next,next -? Advanced Server Settings -> Require SSL for Incomming and Outgoing email checked.

I think that should fix your issues, the "Auto configuration" got everything fine except for that settings...
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] TeknoJnky:
double check the email account in question to see if pop3 access has been enabled, its in the gmail options (log in to your gmail account via pc and check it).
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] sph33r:
I had this problem yesterday and it could be the same.

Apparently there's a bug in WM6.1 that if the server doesn't answer once, it cycles to a blank server name. There's a fix out for it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2E-D2DD-44F2-86E5-1E53AAD7FB7A&displaylang=en

I orginally fixed the problem by deleting the account and re-making it but this is supposed to be a permanent fix.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] JoeWilcox:
Switching to SSL didn't help. I'm using IMAP vs POP but I'll check that.
[Google Pixel Fold] Birdsfan:
I have an AT&T Pixel fold, don't think that matters and I was attempting to take a screenshot of what my camera was looking at (it was nothing special just a QR code in Chrome). I received a message being "disabled by your admin"? I never recall seeing this before though I can't recall trying to screenshot something my camera was looking at. I'm running the latest 14 beta build but I don't think that has anything to do with it. I tried on my Pixel 4XL and got the same message. I rebooted my Fold in safe mode and tried again, same message. Am I missing something here? I do have work email on the phone (O365) but in safe mode that should be disabled...I'm confused.
[Google Pixel Fold] fred2546:
It must be a "feature!"

I just tried same thing on my Pixel 6 Pro and Google Fi is my carrier. Got the same message. Oh, if anyone is my "administrator" is it ME. Solely my phone.
[Google Pixel Fold] sawdoctor:
I remember 8

I remember on Samsung phones we were using an app called icebox to freeze apps. It worked by setting itself as the device owner rather than Samsung. Might be worth a look
[Google Pixel Fold] Birdsfan:
I just don't get it, why would there be any restriction in the camera app (I assume that's where it is)? Or any restriction at all on a Pixel? Certain app like banking, I understand why they don't want screenshots (don't agree).
[Google Pixel Fold] sawdoctor:
Maybe Google isn't the device owner and tmob is instead. Google assistant takes the screenshot and needs to be device owner to do it. This is just a guess btw
[Google Pixel Fold] Birdsfan:
It's from AT&T but I get what you're saying. I tried the same thing on my Pixel 4XL, bought that straight from Google exact same thing which initially led me to think it could be an O365 restriction from my company but after putting in safe mode that should have bypassed it I would think.