• xuniL@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months 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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          11 months 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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            11 months 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.