hateisreality comments on Verizon carriers start switching to 365-day device unlock policy, up from 60 days

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[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago* (5 children)

I have been doing this on Verizon for several years now without a problem.. I don't even tell Verizon I just buy the unlocked phone and switch SIM cards It works perfectly fine

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[+] reddig33@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

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[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Yup. Our family for better or worse is invested in the Apple ecosystem but US iPhones not having physical SIMs is really making me consider switching to Androids the next time we have to get new phones, even if Androids are pretty problematic too.

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[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Graphene OS

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[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Huh?

My old iPhone had a eSIM via Visible. On my new iPhone, I installed the app and logged in then installed the eSIM from there. Done with it all in less than 5 minutes.

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago

installing the carrier app is the same as contacting the carrier. it'll work until they allow it

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[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Then don't use an esim...

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