On: Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border

[theokrueger]

From memory:

- non-US Samsung phones

- Most Sony, HTC, Motorola are unlocked

- Chinese brands like Xiaomi

Not all Pixels are unlocked; carrier-bought US phones are usually OEM locked.

[inigyou → theokrueger]

Xiaomi has fake unlock. It has an unlock button that never works and never has worked. Instead you have to write a letter to get their approval code or some complete bullshit like that. Of course this is because unlocking is illegal in China and they sell a lot of phones in China.

[grishka → inigyou]

In my own experience, you need a Windows app and a Xiaomi account, and then it will ask you to wait for days, and only then can you unlock it.