Original ROG phone update.

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When is Asus going to provide Android 11 update to this poor phone that I bought 3 years ago? And enable 4g VoLTE as well being in January 2022 3g will be discontinued starting with AT&T hence according to AT&T as well T-Mobile state that the original ROG phone will not work on their systems in 2022. Any relief for those of us who bought this phone?!? It seems Asus cares more about the ROG 3 and up then they do a 3 year old phone? Heck Samsung and OnePlus are still updating phones they sold 3 years ago. My OnePlus 6 is running Android 11 and will still work on AT&T and T-Mobile after the 3g shut down vs my ROG phone. Can't even sell it on eBay because of this issue.

[Gustav_ASUS]

Danishblunt

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/200850#Comment_200850

It was their first gaming phone so it makes sense that it most likely won't have much future.

Also don't compare ASUS's mobile devision with their other devisions. If you buy highend stuff, ASUS is top tier in notebook and motherboards, u'd do yourself a disfavor.

That being said @Gustav_ASUS , @ARP_ASUS since the OG Rog is not supported anyways, couldnt you guys ask the devs to release the sourcecode so that the community can keep the phone updated?

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What we have available is the kernel source code, same as we provide for our other models: https://rog.asus.com/phones/rog-phone-model/helpdesk_download

[hermantan89]

Sr, you can sell u phone to abroad country, ect india. They still have 4G.

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hermantan89

Sr, you can sell u phone to abroad country, ect india. They still have 4G.

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I thought about it, but there doesn't seem to be any interest in other countries for the ROG phone. It seems that the newer ROG phones are fairing better in the resell market than the original ROG phone. Unless there is a "collector" of antique phones?!? Lol.

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Gustav_ASUS

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/200858#Comment_200858

What we have available is the kernel source code, same as we provide for our other models: https://rog.asus.com/phones/rog-phone-model/helpdesk_download

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It is great that the source code is available, but it doesn't relieve Asus from it's responsibility to support the ROG phone tho IMO. Plus, the source code doesn't have what is needed to turn on VoLTE or VoWIFI which is required in the U.S. for the ROG phone to worked under the new system requirements in 2022 on AT&T and T-Mobile. Only Asus can turn on the ability to use said features on the ROG phone. Otherwise this phone is a "brick" in 2022.

[Danishblunt]

Gustav_ASUS

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/200858#Comment_200858

What we have available is the kernel source code, same as we provide for our other models: https://rog.asus.com/phones/rog-phone-model/helpdesk_download

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Oh dang, then there is no real reason as to why we don't have upgraded OS. Guess it's simply due to no interest or people never realized that there is sourcecode to play with.