Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
Adam Krikstone writes:
I'm with the idiots for a wireless carterfone decision. I don't think
we were better off with with renting landline phones from AT&T. There's
nothing stopping a GSM provider from blocking all unbranded IMEI's,
including your neo.
I'll agree that not permitting locked phones would be a good thing --
but I was under the impression it wasn't technically possible to lock
out a phone. Unless they used a soldered SIM chip or something.
'3' in the UK have supplied some handsets with glued-in SIMs.
(to be fair, these are 3G handsets and are sold as pay-as-you-go
handsets at a high loss.)
The IMEI is a unique phone ID. (and indeed, changing it without the
makers authorisation or for the purposes of crime is a crime in the UK)
There is nothing stopping network operators simply refusing to allow
phones with unknown IMEIs onto the network.
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