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Why on Earth would a device require a modem in order to boot? Even if the modem and the CPU are in the same package, the modem ought to have its own power and g
by devrandomguy 9y ago
Why on Earth would a device require a modem in order to boot? Even if the modem and the CPU are in the same package, the modem ought to have its own power and ground pins. How exactly does airplane mode work, in that type of package?
- zanny 9y agoModern phone chipsets don't boot without the modem for the same reason modern x86 chips cannot boot without their proprietary backdoor coprocessors. If you could disable them, you could (possibly) trust your computer.
- comex 9y ago> Modern phone chipsets don't boot without the modem [citation needed]