MynameisAllenMar 19

Did we win?

https://lemmy.zip/post/61042628

Did we win? - Lemmy.zip

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Show threadh4artsMar 20
still just not gonna update my phone for a while until they’ve for sure have allowed side loading. Got my pixel because it’s just a nice phone, and i can put graphene on it when it’s paid off. Half of my apps are all from f-droid, too.
Show threadfreddo
You cannot install graphene until it is paid off?
Mar 20 at 6:30pmWeb
Show threadmememuseumMar 20

Some carriers lock the bootloader until you’ve paid off the phone.

Phones produced for sale through Verizon have a permanently locked bootloader.

Show threaddependencyinjectionMar 20

Why is that?

Would you be able to change the IMEI as I would have thought those were encoded on the hardware chip. If you could it means they couldn’t blacklist the phone if you stopped paying.

Paying you can spoof it

Show threadArchrMar 20
Fuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it.
Show threadmememuseumMar 20

Didn’t realize this when switching. Went through a whole kerfuffle to cancel the trade in deal.

Phone agent sounded perplexed when I wanted to keep my old Pixel 7 Pro lol.

Show threadh4artsMar 20
xfinity locks the bootloader until you get your phone paid off and you call them to get it unlocked