cam them, and ask them to add the imei to allow list ?
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GlenRambo@jlai.lu 1 day ago
Wow. Two FP posts in a night. Paste of my comment.
Faiphone is being frog marched out of Australia. Each telco is shutting it down and blocking IMEIs. Sucks for the people that imported them.
Cant even use it as data only. So unless you use it as puerly on WiFi it’s going to landfill. 😔.
bluey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
rumba@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
International sale might work
Any chance the Aus govt might step in?
GlenRambo@jlai.lu 22 hours ago
You mean an international sim? I don’t think so. The FP website tells users to check the phone is supported in the clintry they travel to.
And no. Aus gov did nothing BEOFRE this happend. We FP5 users found somewhere that supported us and hit it out. But seems were found.
kunigami@lemmy.world 1 day ago
TBH wifi only is what I’d like to have. I just want a device I can hold in my pocket without worrying about cell service, but still call a rideshare because I don’t drive and those stupid services don’t do a request-by-phone. I’d ditch it entirely if I could.
narinciye@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Any links to this story please? Couldn’t find any
GlenRambo@jlai.lu 1 day ago
Search Telstra 3G shutdown. They were the first to block all in 2024 (and can confirm still blocked) Optus is now blocking on the 10th March. There’s one telco left in AU. Everyone else sells one of these three.
Much discussion in this FP5 thread. …fairphone.com/…/3g-network-closure-australia
Despite what people say the phone works and has all requirements for the network, VoLTE calling and emergency calling. The telcos tho don’t want to take a risk with “unknown” modems. So they disable network.
rumba@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Looks like FP3 is lacking and Telstra are just assholes about FP5
GlenRambo@jlai.lu 22 hours ago
Basically. But Optus is joining the party too.
foggenbooty@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Canadian telcos did this 15 years ago, but I haven’t heard of behaviour like this in a long time. You need to write a complaint to your government.
GlenRambo@jlai.lu 22 hours ago
People have. Some samsungs were blocked in the first perge. There was minimal outcry. The normies just got new phones.
… Also someone did die coz they went able to call emergency services. Something to do with the phone not updated and had not been blocked properly (otherwise they would have known they couldn’t call emergency). So it seems that’s kicked off a new wave of checks.