• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    Unforgivable.

    Related: All bootloaders should be unlockable if the device owner opts to do that. Manufacturers/carriers should not be involved in that process at all.

        • xuniL@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          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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            It may not be the case anymore but in the past you could go into Verizon and ask/tell them to unlock the phone once it was paid off and they would. I did it probably 12 years ago at this point but also haven’t had Verizon in 8+ years

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            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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              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.