What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
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    8 months ago

    There’s different internal network configs (APNs), and hotspot uses a different one than regular mobile data. ( or at least it used to). Those can be configured and metered separately from the carrier’s end.

    LineageOS, and maybe some other custom ROMs, wouldn’t do that and would put the hotspot and mobile data on the same APN to get around that.

    • Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Even on my unlocked, non vendor phone it seems to not recognize hotspot data as different for some reason.

        • silent_squirrel@feddit.deEnglish
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          8 months ago

          You can lock the bootloader again after the flashing process is done(because it will add the signing key of the new OS), but unfortunately the NFC Payments in Google Pay still won’t work because Google only allows it on ‘certified’ Android systems (aka only the preinstalled OS)

          • squid_slime@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Isn’t this dependent on the ROM, like lineage shouldn’t be locked where as calyx is locked likewise for graphine os

        • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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          8 months ago

          You can in theory still use Google Pay with a Magisk module called Play Integrity Fix and using a fingerprint from a different phone to pass Basic and Device integrity. I’m currently doing it on my Pixel 7 Pro.

          But it has a steep learning curve and is a temporary solution that will disappear in roughly a year once Google sunsets legacy integrity methods and starts requiring Strong integrity, which can’t be faked under known methods. Google is also actively disabling fingerprints that are being spoofed, making the whole thing frustrating and even more temporary even when it works.

          Just let us use our devices, sheesh.