Zenfone 3 deluxe Custom rom + Encryption?

[Jonog]

Hi, I was thinking of getting this phone but it seems rather empty in these parts!

Are there/Will there be soon, any Custom rom + working encryption?

If not I think I will go with oneplus 3T, thanks.

 

[adwinp]

Hi, I was thinking of getting this phone but it seems rather empty in these parts!

Are there/Will there be soon, any Custom rom + working encryption?

If not I think I will go with oneplus 3T, thanks.

What do you mean by "working encryption"?
Encryption is enabled by default in MM roms.

 

[Jonog]

What do you mean by "working encryption"?
Encryption is enabled by default in MM roms.

Thank you. Last time I was installing custom roms CM12 etc, sometimes on certain phones encryption would not work.
I wasn't aware it is now enable by default.

 

[jsheradin]

Bootloader unlock only just came out less than a week ago. Root has been available for a few days. There should eventually be ROMs but there is basically nothing for the time being. If you are willing to wait a month or two or three for a good ROM, consider this phone.

I'd honestly recommend the 1+3T though. The dev community is much more existent.

 

[Jonog]

Bootloader unlock only just came out less than a week ago. Root has been available for a few days. There should eventually be ROMs but there is basically nothing for the time being. If you are willing to wait a month or two or three for a good ROM, consider this phone.

I'd honestly recommend the 1+3T though. The dev community is much more existent.

Thank you. Settled on the 1+3T

 

[pmf0524]

zs550kl unlocked no problem but cant root

my zs550kl is two days new, I am upgraded to android 7.0 nougat it automaticly updated as soon as i got threw initial set up. so my problem is that it was no problem at all unlocking it useing the unlock tool from thread xda-developers Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Development [DEV][ZS550KL][ZS570KL][ZS570KLPRO] Bootloader Unlock, Root & Busybox by adwinp First shot no problem unlocked my problem comes from the bootroot.img i think because i am 7.0 all ready. so is there a boot.img available for android 7.0? and if not can i downgrade back to the firmware specified in that post? any help would be awesome i suck at this stuff but i just cant help myself and i cant stand all the bloatware and asus is the worst one ive come across so far, such a nice device completely bogged down by a crappy UI.

 

[Toki_Wartooth]

Bootloader unlock only just came out less than a week ago. Root has been available for a few days. There should eventually be ROMs but there is basically nothing for the time being. If you are willing to wait a month or two or three for a good ROM, consider this phone.

I'd honestly recommend the 1+3T though. The dev community is much more existent.

Thank you. Settled on the 1+3T

This was a colossal failure on Asus' end, in my opinion. I'm glad those who have the ZF3 5.7" finally got their unlocker. I really had high hopes for this phone. After holding onto it as long as I could (in the box it shipped in) with Amazon's extended holiday return period & crossing my fingers for unlocking...I had to go with the 3T. I really wanted to go with the Zenfone 3 but Asus didn't even suggest an unlocked bootloader was coming, as far as I am aware, until very recently. That was after missing out on 2 rounds of in-stock 3T's due to overly sensitive fraud detection on both OnePlus and my bank's end. Finally ended up getting a 3T 128GB model, even though I bought a 128GB microSD card and nice USB-C cable for the Zenfone 3.

Asus really said something about their support/concern in regards to their mobile phone product line(s) with this - OnePlus Support has already given me trouble, no less. I kinda like Asus, too.
I finally have a phone after nearly 6 months of borrowing -- hijacking my mom's OP 2.