I don't understand "locked" vs. "unlocked" and why
I’m hoping to find a cellphone friend who can help me understand why my U.S. Cellular Samsung Galaxy S5 does suspicious stuff other phones don’t do (and the other way around, my phone doesn’t do things other S5s do), and why I can’t just buy another one used and use it instead. It has to be a “U.S. Cellular” one. Obviously there is something I don’t understand. What is it?
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What stuff does your phone do that you would describe as suspicious?
par Liam
Thanks Liam. One example: Android has a back way into some config settings by entering specific strings of characters into the keypad. My phone does not recognize those strings. Another Example: On this phone, the Android OS seems to have some kind of U.S. Cellular favoritism to where stupid U.S. Cellular marketing crap gets installed behind my back without my permission. Things I turn off get turned back on again without my permission. Example: that app that reports to U.S. Cellular where I am standing in their store and plotting my path through their aisles. Another example: Amber Alerts get mysteriously turned back on about once every one to two years. I hate Amber Alerts. I would never turn them on myself.
I would have a phone that was not somehow joined to the provider at the hip.
par Mark