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ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones
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this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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Tbh, it has been years since I last rooted a phone. There is hardly any reason left to do it tbh.
Plenty of reasons.
And a bunch of other stuff I need in order to have a fully functioning device.
Can't you remove bloatware with adb nowadays?
See https://www.makeuseof.com/uninstall-android-app-adb-system-apps-bloatware/
Also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18755739/
It doesn't remove them, it uninstalls the app from the current user profile, but they persist on system level. That's what I meant with the comment in brackets.
It's the best you can do if rooting is not an option, but I prefer a full removal.
Ah, I see. Would the app still run and consume resources? Or is it just sitting in whatever is a phone's equivalent of a hard disc?
It would just sit there and be dormant.