Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloader unlock tools

Re:Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloa... by jMyles on Saturday April 06, 2024 @09:41AM (#39952394)

> Long is gone the time where unlocking bootloaders and installing custom ROMs was the best path to follow.

...wha? I just installed GrapheneOS on my Pixel 8 Pro and it is, by a decent margin, the best custom ROM experience on a phone I've had to date.

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Re:Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloa... by npteljes on Saturday April 06, 2024 @10:21AM (#39952651)

I have it on my Pixel 7a, and it's a great experience, but I also don't need to run apps that check for phone "security" or integrity. This is the case OP is talking about.

https://grapheneos.org/usage#banking-apps

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Re:Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloa... by encom on Saturday April 06, 2024 @09:59AM (#39952492)

>GrapheneOS

This was not a project I expected to use Discord for support. Sad.

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Re:Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloa... by asdp9iujaspid on Saturday April 06, 2024 @10:31AM (#39952748)

https://grapheneos.org/contact#community

> Our chat rooms are bridged across Discord, Telegram and Matrix so you can choose your preferred platform.

> We have an official forum for longer form posts, which is publicly accessible and easier to search. We are using Flarum for our forum.

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/

If they mandated discord as a closed support community sure, but you can't be too upset by the mere affiliation with a discord channel when they also offer all the above

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Re:Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloa... by encom on Saturday April 06, 2024 @10:50AM (#39952895)

I'm just disappointed that they associate with Discord at all, given that it is the antithesis of privacy and Freedom.

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Re:Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloa... by pulpfictional on Saturday April 06, 2024 @11:12AM (#39952999)

The focus is security. Be disappointed in all the other free platforms that cannot provide adequate moderation or stability.

Do you happen to know a suitable alternative?

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Re:Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloa... by cqqxo4zV46cp on Saturday April 06, 2024 @11:56AM (#39953267)

I’m disappointed that you associate with Hacker News given the (presumably) myriad anti-Freedom anti-privacy startups Y Combinator has funded.

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Re:Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloa... by udev4096 on Saturday April 06, 2024 @02:23PM (#39954341)

If I remember correctly, their matrix channel was flooding with spam and abuse which was primarily coming from Calyx, which by the way is an terrible OS. Even a stock OS would perform marginally better in terms of security than CalyxOS

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