Asus ROG Phone | Bootloader unlocked? Rootable? Dev forecast? - Asus ROG Phone Questions & Answers

Hey all,
Like many of you in the enthusiast category with phones, with all the detrimental lock downs from varies companies, we've been eager to and most likely willing to jump onto that next device that will offer us an unlocked bootloader (US market/variant.)
The big question is if this phone will be bootloader unlocked? It's too early to tell I know, but it'd be good to keep tabs on this. Asus really has a good chance to separate themselves from the rest with this promising device.
If anyone has any info on the forecast of this phones future for customization, please share it here when it becomes available.. I'm sure many would love to hear all about it. We can compile it all here in a dedicated thread
Thanks and keep your fingers crossed!

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I found around internet this: (photo in attach)
TWRP: Link
Source: Asus.com

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Would you be able to flash the WW rom on a CN version device?
Or would you need something additional to be able to do so?

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Marco589 said:
I found around internet this: (photo in attach)
TWRP: Link
Source: Asus.com
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can you post the steps to unlock the bootloader and install the recovery
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I found this link
https://dianariyanto.com/twrp-recovery-asus-rog-phone-zs600kl/
if any body can help to download the files

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sintboy2020 said:
can you post the steps to unlock the bootloader and install the recovery
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I found this link
https://dianariyanto.com/twrp-recovery-asus-rog-phone-zs600kl/
if any body can help to download the files
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You can't flash TWRP without unlocking the bootloader first. Since Asus hasn't released the official unlocking tool yet for our device you would have to unlock it using other methods which isn't advisable to do that is if you are able to find an alternative method at the first place.
Chinese forum regarding Root

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in the ROG phone download section there is:
Unlock Device App: Unlock boot loader
I think that's it, what we want

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https://www.asus.com/tw/Phone/ROG-Phone/HelpDesk_Download/
Looks like the TW Asus site has an official 'unlock' executable, but whether it works on other regional versions is unknown.

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kgptzac said:
https://www.asus.com/tw/Phone/ROG-Phone/HelpDesk_Download/
Looks like the TW Asus site has an official 'unlock' executable, but whether it works on other regional versions is unknown.
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The one that I shared it's from the italian Asus.. it's an APK file

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Marco589 said:
in the ROG phone download section there is:
Unlock Device App: Unlock boot loader
I think that's it, what we want
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Yes it's already available on the Chinese download section. Personally i will not attempt to unlock yet because i need the warranty service. If you unlock you lose warranty and system update as stated by them. Anyway if any of you want to unlock and flash TWRP here is the link to download the TWRP for each system update make sure to choose your current system version. By the way i bare no responsibility for the TWRP files i simply found the link for the files and i don't know who compiled them.

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Rashad83 said:
Yes it's already available on the Chinese download section. Personally i will not attempt to unlock yet because i need the warranty service. If you unlock you lose warranty and system update as stated by them. Anyway if any of you want to unlock and flash TWRP here is the link to download the TWRP for each system update make sure to choose your current system version. By the way i bare no responsibility for the TWRP files i simply found the link for the files and i don't know who compiled them.
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I would do it as soon as I received the phone because unlocking the bootloader it means wiping the data and I wouldn't lose everything later on...

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The Unlock Device App is also on the US website
https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ROG-Phone/HelpDesk_Download/
Select Android for OS

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Tesla74 said:
The Unlock Device App is also on the US website
https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ROG-Phone/HelpDesk_Download/
Select Android for OS
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Did you try It?

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Marco589 said:
Did you try It?
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I don't have the phone yet.

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I imported from Taiwan which was the WW version, so i suppose will be unlockable in most countries.
As for root, shakalaca has uploaded TWRP to Mega(the link above) and has a modified version of Magisk which u can download from his custom channel posted in the Asus forum, using Magisk manager.
ＨＴＴＰＳ：//bit.ly/2NGVKqS
(sorry im a newbie so can't post full link so used JP 2byte fonts)
The regular Magisk will result in bootloop.
Also unlocking the phone seems to disable the OTA as usual, but also manual update(unless its done differently from the Zenfone 3, where u just place the ZIP in root directory).
Sideload works, and once u have TWRP, it shouldn't be a problem though.

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Max4D said:
I imported from Taiwan which was the WW version, so i suppose will be unlockable in most countries.
As for root, shakalaca has uploaded TWRP to Mega(the link above) and has a modified version of Magisk which u can download from his custom channel posted in the Asus forum, using Magisk manager.
ＨＴＴＰＳ：//bit.ly/2NGVKqS
(sorry im a newbie so can't post full link so used JP 2byte fonts)
The regular Magisk will result in bootloop.
Also unlocking the phone seems to disable the OTA as usual, but also manual update(unless its done differently from the Zenfone 3, where u just place the ZIP in root directory).
Sideload works, and once u have TWRP, it shouldn't be a problem though.
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so with TWRP I could flash the update without losing data ( as I i'm used to doing with oneplus) right?

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my twrp working
and i have chang my rom from cn to ww

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sofyan13 said:
my twrp working
and i have chang my rom from cn to ww
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What steps did you take to make the change, what are the differences?. Are there any disadvantages to the conversion?
One more thing where do you find the stock recovery?. I haven't found it in the stock rom zip file.

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Marco589 said:
so with TWRP I could flash the update without losing data ( as I i'm used to doing with oneplus) right?
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I haven't confirmed flashing from install on the ROG phone, since I updated using adb sideload before flashing TWRP.
But there is an option for sideload in TWRP so I assume its possible.

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Rashad83 said:
What steps did you take to make the change, what are the differences?. Are there any disadvantages to the conversion?
One more thing where do you find the stock recovery?. I haven't found it in the stock rom zip file.
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I have a Ww.raw ROM
I use this ROM normally and, very normal, like using ROM CN
it's hard to explain here
whatsapp me or contact my email
[email protected]

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hello guys so what the steep to do bootloader can some one show as thansk.