Comment on FCC Eyes Making Carriers Unlock All Phones Within 60 Days Of Purchase

• Wilzax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Phones are also small computers, and while its wireless chipset may only be compatible with certain carriers, that doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t be allowed to install whatever I want on it.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Try a Galaxy S5…

    Antennas are proprietary to different networks.

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    • Wilzax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The antenna isn’t tied to the chipset? TIL

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, I don’t think there are many models of phones with proprietary antennas, but there are, or at least were a couple models.

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