The “Republic of Gamers” (ROG) series of smartphones from Asus is quite popular among mobile gamers. With each generation of ROG phones, the Taiwanese OEM continues to push the boundaries of smartphone hardware. The recently launched ROG Phone 6 series is a prime example, offering a 6.78-inch 165Hz AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset, alongside a whopping 18GB of RAM, a total of 6000mAh battery, 65W fast charging, a 3.5mm jack for headphones (yes!), tons of gaming features, and much more. Now, in an effort to comply with GPL v2 and help the aftermarket development community get the ball rolling on building ROMs and kernels, Asus has released the official bootloader and kernel source unlock tool for the ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro
Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro Unboxing: What’s in the Box?
For Asus devices, if you want to go the bootloader unlock route, you need to get a device-specific unlock tool. The ROG Phone 6 series is no exception to this trend. Note, however, that the unlocking process completely wipes the phone and disables subsequent OTA updates. Also, an unlocked bootloader may void the warranty of this device. If that’s something you don’t mind, grab the Asus Bootloader Unlocker and go ahead. The same unlock tool is compatible with both the regular ROG Phone 6 and the ‘Pro’ variant.
The Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro packs basically everything you could possibly need into one package, and it looks great to boot.
Asus has also published the kernel and stock firmware sources for these smartphones, which will be useful for third-party developers trying to port custom recoveries, kernels, and ROMs after unlocking the bootloader. It should be noted that source code archives do not contain any commit history.
Download Bootloader Unlocker and Kernel Sources: ROG Phone 6 || ROG Phone 6 Pro
Historically, ROG phones have received ample support from the fashion scene. With the rapid availability of the bootloader unlocker and the release of the kernel source codes, we hope that the ROG Phone 6 family will receive the same level of support from the community as well, with developers providing a wide variety of custom ROMs, kernels and mods in the coming weeks.
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