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Re: Optus X Lite phone unlocking

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On 11-Nov-23 7:30 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> In aus.electronics Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>> In aus.electronics Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>>> I want to use it with the Telstra network.
>>
>> It turns out that good things come to those who wait. Coles now
>> have the Telstra version discounted too, for $29. So I'll get one
>> of them.
>>
>> https://www.coles.com.au/product/telstra-lite-3-1-each-5142421
> 
> Well that was a mistake. It turns out that even though old 3G
> Telstra-locked phones, and my Telstra 4G USB modem, work fine with
> my ALDI Mobile SIM because it uses the Telstra network, this damn
> thing won't have a bar of it! So apparantly Telstra have been busy
> moving the goalposts since they sold the earlier models, and this
> thing's useless to me locked.
> 
> I wonder if Optus do the same thing now? I used to use an Optus 3G
> USB modem with an Amaysim SIM because again they used the same
> physical network.
> 

In earlier days, telco resellers weren't a thing, so the locking was 
probably just to a network. With advent of resellers it's not surprising 
that telcos and resellers would want to lock the phone that they'd 
subsidised to their specific brand, and no doubt phone manufacturers 
cooperated on that.

Sylvia.

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