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Re:Xiaomi is disabling some of its devices when imported to ... by izacus on Sunday September 12, 2021 @04:34AM (#28499501)
Yes, "common on carrier devices" doesn't mean "every device has it". It's more common on some carriers - e.g. I had a lot of fun times getting Verizon test devices to work in Europe because they wanted to activate on CDMA network (non-existent on the continent) as part of their setup process.

These locks have started to become less and less common these days though.

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Re:Xiaomi is disabling some of its devices when imported to ... by sundvor on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @09:43AM (#28538939)
Ah, that's interesting - and that would have to be a very strong "good luck with that" case.

My S105G is a carrier device (Telstra), but as you say they're moving to not lock them down anymore which is a lot nicer experience.

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