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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    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?

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      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?

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        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

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        I like the form factor, the specs, and the price. Haven’t really followed the news or the company much though

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    You weren’t getting another Zen Phone anyway. They gutted the entire team because it didn’t make money.

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      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

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        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.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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.