If you are concerned, you can download source codes, firmware and tools from the ASUS page, although the ideal is to take a walk through xda-developers where there will surely be advances with new ROMs cooked for Zenfone 9.
More good news from ASUSwho introduced us a few days ago to his new flagship the ASUS Zenfone 9 as one of the most advanced smartphones on the market todayincluding 5.9-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdargon 8+ Gen1 chipsetup to 16 GB of RAM, 4,300 mAh battery and a camera system with a 50 MP Sony IMX766 main sensor and 6-axis gimbal stabilizer.
If a few days ago from xda-developers they brought us the Zenfone 9 wallpapers so that we can use them on our mobiles, now it is ASUS itself that confirms that will probably become the most popular brand modding friendly of the mobile industrybecause they themselves are going to provide the Android developer community the necessary tools to create ROMs with the Zenfone 9.
ASUS becomes the most ‘modding friendly’ brand by providing the tools to create ROMs to the Android community.
It is not a new movement ASUS used to always allow the unlocking of the boot loader on their devices, although this time the Taipei-based firm goes a step further by posting on its Support website all what a developer needs to work with his last flagship phones:
- Kernel source code.
- Full firmware.
- unlock tool boot loader.
ASUS Zenfone 9 – Tools and Downloads
Obviously, ASUS itself warns that opening the bootloader of the Zenfone 9 will invalidate your warrantythis is also nothing new, although there will be many users who prefer the improvements of the scenes Android and its extended update support even if that means losing the warranty.
Another important detail is that unlocking the boot loader with ASUS official tool causes a reset of the terminal to its factory settingsso before doing so you must save all your data, images and files in a safe place from which you can restore them.
Now there is only keep an eye on the Zenfone 9 forums that have just been opened in xda-developers, and where for sure very soon we will start to see cooked ROMs, ports and other modifications for this new top of the range from ASUS… If there are still people who are interested in ROMs!