T-Mobile temporary unlock? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Hey everyone,

I have a promotion on my phone right now that is preventing me from unlocking my pixel to put GOS on. I can't unlock it until I pay it off.

I also noticed an option on T-Mobile in the US to temporarily unlock the device. Obviously this would be a loophole but my question is this:

Has anyone used the temporary unlock and been able to then OEM unlock the phone to install graphene?

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[-] nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Bootloader unlock and network unlock are two different things. Temporary unlock likely just network unlocks the device so you can use a foreign SIM when traveling. You can try the temporary unlock, but I wouldn't expect it to work to install GOS

[-] ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah I figured it would be something like that...just curious. Thanks!

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