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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by NoMoreNicksLeft on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:15PM (#46557038)
Bluetooth's the same RF chip as wifi in new phones isn't it? Can't just exacto knife a trace on the board without murdering everything I take it?
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by MobiusHorizons on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:39PM (#46557360)
I could be wrong, but on a lot of mobile SOCs all of the modems are in the same chip as the CPU. I think you would have better luck removing the connection to the antenna
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