• xuniL@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    You can, just not if it’s locked to a specific carrier. Carriers often do that to prevent people from rooting their phone or removing Carrier identification to resell the phone. Stupid design either way

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      1 year ago

      I mean…. that kinda makes sense. They don’t want someone to skip out on payments. There’s no excuse for ASUS though

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        1 year ago

        That’s not how carrier phone payment plans work.

        Bootloader locking is different than carrier lock.

        Regardless, you owe whatever you signed for, phone, or no phone.