▲ 554 ▼ Did we win? Google to continue to allow side loading (liliputing.com) submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 176 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] freddo@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago (5 children) You cannot install graphene until it is paid off? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] mememuseum@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (3 children) Some carriers lock the bootloader until you've paid off the phone. Phones produced for sale through Verizon have a permanently locked bootloader. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Archr@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) Fuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mememuseum@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] h4arts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago xfinity locks the bootloader until you get your phone paid off and you call them to get it unlocked permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mememuseum@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (3 children) Some carriers lock the bootloader until you've paid off the phone. Phones produced for sale through Verizon have a permanently locked bootloader. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Archr@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) Fuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mememuseum@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Archr@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) Fuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mememuseum@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mememuseum@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] h4arts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago xfinity locks the bootloader until you get your phone paid off and you call them to get it unlocked permalink fedilink source parent