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		tgsovlerkhgsel on May 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google suspends some business with Huawei Doesn't an unlocked bootloader almost automatically allow bypassing of the carrier lock?

pas on May 19, 2019 [–]

if allows baseband chip firmware update, then yes

gruez on May 20, 2019 | [–]

aren't those signed anyways?

pas on May 20, 2019 | | [–]

even if it is, you can probably do an update with an unlocked one. (so the update is not device specific, not tied to IMEI)

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