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minus-squarefreddo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoYou cannot install graphene until it is paid off?
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 hours 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-up1·30 minutes agoFuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours 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
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.
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