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dcomp on Sept 22, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T ...

there's a setting in the developer options called OEM unlock which allows the bootloader to be unlocked

It is still shipped locked. Unlocking wipes the device.

It also doesn't work if your device is carrier locked.

polski-g on Sept 23, 2024 [–]

Correct. And you still have to connect the Pixel to the internet before you can unlock the bootloader.

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