Comment on Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A lot of countries have disabled their 2G networks (and 3G in some cases).

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  • hacktheegg@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Australia is currently in the process of phasing out 3g, which is annoying cause a 3g hotspot is the only way I can consistently get my 2ds connected to the internet

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    • Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Hu? Hotspot is wifi, so what Generation of mobile Network is used should not impact that. The problem with DS would only be wpa2 not supported, but that does not matter, if you do not set a password.

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      • hacktheegg@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It it isn’t 3g, it just won’t show up regardless of password and I have no idea why

        Home WiFi is very inconsistent on it as well, existing and connecting but not giving internet (but somehow passes the initial check)

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  • Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, it does not matter if the country has no 2G. The thing is, that your phone is 2G compatible. They tell the phone something like “ehh, at this spot we have only 2G roaming” and phone is like “sure, let’s downgrade to 2G”

    Profit.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Ohhh I didn’t consider that. Good point!

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