Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days

cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• sunzu@kbin.run ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Don't Sammy do and apple do it... Not even carriers?

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  • Lojcs@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Pretty sure Samsung does it to appease carriers since they sell unlocked snapdragon variants elsewhere

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you buy a phone from Verizon its perma locked for no reason

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    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh there’s a reason. Hotspot bypass being a big one is wager.

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      • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        But I can use a non Verizon phone on Verizon? Are they just trying g to dissuade it because the people doing hotspot bypass are likely gonna do the research.

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  • dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For quite a long time now, it’s been the case that if your vendor makes this hard as is, a carrier on top of that will make it considerably worse. As an example, take a look at older Samsung devices, that all needed special-tailored roms for each carrier variant

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• androidisking@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I sent the FTC a letter asking them to look into the practices of bootloader locking. They did they they would consider looking into it

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  • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    How did you go about doing that? I wanted to ask them about being able to replace the primary bootloader, including signing keys for any device that a user has paid for, which is a step above bootloader unlocking.

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• brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s one command to unlock so what’s the point?

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  • BigFatNips@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    …on OEM unlocked devices that you buy upfront and pay full price for. Buy one second hand? Fuck you. Get one through a carrier? Fuck you. Get a gift from a family member who has upgraded? You guessed it, fuck you.

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    • brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I wasn’t aware that anything can block unlocking it. Learned something new thanks

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