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Pretty sure these devices don't work unless you use the correct carrier's SIM card--like, they refuse to boot.
by hatsunearu 11y ago
Pretty sure these devices don't work unless you use the correct carrier's SIM card--like, they refuse to boot.
- peterwwillis 11y agoWhy would you think that? There's no special ROM that prevents Android from loading if the carrier's sim card isn't loaded. It should still work regardless of sim. Edit: It's CDMA, and it would have to identify a network before booting, which isn't going to happen; this phone should work fine on wifi without a carrier plan. Question is, did they disable the wifi or GPS the way some similar AT&T phones did?
- hatsunearu 11y agoVendor lock-out. And also because I saw Dave Jones do a teardown of one of these things. He tried turning it on with no SIM and it said "please insert SIM" instead of booting to Android.