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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nah. Rip out the antennae assembly. The phone might be a bit complain-y about it (or fail some kind of pre-boot check and not boot)? never done it to find out though.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It's been a few years since I was inside iPhones regularly but back then.. All of them had a physical antenna or two which plugged into a board on a little coax connection.

    Unplug those, no reception, phone just assumes it's in a dead zone.

    WiFi would still work if enabled. Which probably means they could find you via WiFi even if switched off in the current world

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Cellular typically uses a separate antenna than wifi, on a smartphone i imagine they're directly on the wireless chip instead of a daughter-board? Laptops and bigger stuff usually routes the antenna wires to the back of the lid, behind the screen, im more used to that

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