Post by @shads@lemy.lol

2026-04-14 22:46 UTC

Don't know which country the origin guy is from, but in Australia they have been blocking "grey import" phone IMEIs because they may not work with our emergency services phone protocols. If 1 person could die from a problem not caused by the Telcos then that means a whole class of devices need to be banned...

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@shads@lemy.lol 2026-04-14 22:48

Of course there is absolutely no chance this has been a situation which was overstated by Telcos that are salty about imports cutting into the profitability of their markets... Right! Right. Right?

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@Professor_Piddles@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-15 00:37

Here in the US, my carrier started forcing an ["approved devices" list](https://www.att.com/scmsassets/support/wireless/devices-working-on-att-network.pdf), supposedly for "quality of service" as they phased out 3G. My phone at the time worked fine on 4G for over a year, but suddenly one day it no longer worked once they started enforcing this. I suspect the carrier wanted to collect a troll toll from phone manufacturers to allow them the privilege to sell a phone to their customers, and since my phone (OnePlus 5T) was a few generations behind the latest, it seems like it didn't make sense for OnePlus to pay a fee for an old phone that they didn't make or sell anymore. So anyway fuck AT&T

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@cdzero@lemmy.ml 2026-04-15 02:35

Not an issue with Fairphone 4 at least.

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