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Unfortunately, due to ASUS being based in China, we are unlikely to get a response until next week.

Even responses are late. Maybe Asus is using the snail mail for everything. They are going to sending floppy disks with the unlocker next month.

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ASUS isnt in China, its in Taiwan

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I know what you mean, but I don’t think the author meant that

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i mean, technically you’re correct in that Taiwan officially still is the Republic of China, officially still is in a civil war with the People’s Republic of China and still claims to be the rightful government of all of China.

But realistically noone will think of the ROC/Taiwan if we’re talking about China. Instead everyone will think of the PRC.

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If it looks like a country, functions like a country and behaves like a country, it’s probably a country.

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It’s because timezones. It’s already Saturday in Taiwan.

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They are going to sending floppy disks with the unlocker next month.

Nice, time to undust my USB floppy-disk reader.

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Or because anyone in China working normal hours already left for the weekend because they’re 12+ hours ahead of the US.

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Unfortunately, due to ASUS being based in China, we are unlikely to get a response until next week.

So, Taiwan is now China for Android Authority? Good to know, another one to ignore and not visit anymore…

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They have corrected the article.

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@nexusband @FragmentedChicken depending who you ask.

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Guys how do i sue asus? Also where would i sue? I bought the phone in ireland but live in sweden. I think if enough people sue they gotta do something about it right?

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I wonder what their motivation for disabling the unlock tool is. It seems unlikely that will increase profits and it’s likely to cost a handful of sales (I’m one of them).

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Their initial post and article about this move on the forums was citing security concerns which is baffling especially given how short their support windows are for their devices.

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“Security concerns” is so vague as to be meaningless, so I remain puzzled.

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Hopefully others are able to get a refund and Asus reverts back to their original position. I got a nothing phone 2 instead of a zenfone 10 which I really wanted because I heard of the news about the reneg before I was able to make a purchase.

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