Asus’ “Republic of Gamers” (ROG) line of smartphones is quite popular with mobile gamers. With each generation of ROG phones, the Taiwanese OEM has continued to push the hardware limit of smartphones. The recently launched ROG Phone 6 series is a good example, offering a 6.78-inch AMOLED display at 165 Hz, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset, up to 18 GB of RAM, a total battery of 6,000 mAh, a fast charge of 65 W, a 3.5 mm. headphone jack (yes!), lots of gaming features and more. Now, in an attempt to meet the requirements of GPL v2 and help the aftermarket market development community get started on building ROMs and kernels, Asus has released the official bootloader unlock tool. boot and kernel sources for ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6. Pro.
Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro Unboxing – What do you find inside the box?
For Asus devices, if you want to follow the bootloader unlock path, you need to get your hands on a device-specific unlock tool. The ROG Phone 6 series is no exception to this trend. Note, however, that the unlocking process completely erases your phone and disables subsequent OTA updates. In addition, an unlocked boot loader may void the warranty of this device. If that doesn’t bother you, grab the Asus boot loader unlock app and on. The same unlock tool is compatible with both the normal ROG Phone 6 and the “Pro” variant.
The Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro basically includes everything you could need in one package, and looks great to boot.
Asus has also released kernel sources and stock firmware for these smartphones, which will be useful for third-party developers trying to bring custom recoveries, kernels, and ROMs after unlocking the boot loader. In particular, source code files do not contain any commit history.
Download the boot loader and kernel sources unlock tool: ROG Phone 6 || ROG Phone 6 Pro
Historically, ROG phones have received great support from the modding scene. With the rapid availability of the boot loader unlock tool and the release of kernel sources, we expect the ROG Phone 6 family to also receive the same level of community support, with developers bringing a wide variety of ROMs, kernels and custom modifications. in the coming weeks.