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minus-squarefreddo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoYou cannot install graphene until it is paid off?
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoSome carriers lock the bootloader until you’ve paid off the phone. Phones produced for sale through Verizon have a permanently locked bootloader.
minus-squareArchr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoFuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it.
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoDidn’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.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWhy 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
minus-squareh4arts@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoxfinity locks the bootloader until you get your phone paid off and you call them to get it unlocked
You cannot install graphene until it is paid off?
Some carriers lock the bootloader until you’ve paid off the phone.
Phones produced for sale through Verizon have a permanently locked bootloader.
Fuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it.
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.
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
xfinity locks the bootloader until you get your phone paid off and you call them to get it unlocked