I REALLY don't want sam's ung on my phone.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Even the factory unlocked ones?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    this is dependent on the model. Like for example the s20 snapdragon US branch is unable to be unlocked period consumer side, you used to be able to pay someone to exploit it for you but that was patched out.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Do any of them come factory unlocked? As far as I'm aware all Samsung phones made in the US are locked down

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You've (almost) always been able to buy factory unlocked phones in the US.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's carrier unlocked. It means you can connect your phone to any carrier you want, as opposed to when you buy the phone from the carrier, who typically keep the phones locked to themselves (for a certain amount of time)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes. The carrier unlocked ones (historically) came with unlockable boot loaders. The carrier locked ones also don't allow you to unlock. T-Mobile used to let you unlock your bootloaders, but I think recently they've stopped. But carrier unlocked? Those used to never be not unlockable.

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