nexus 4 - unlocked or not?

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chenks

17-06-2014

Originally Posted by johnathome:
“where's the ignore function on this forum, what an arrogant, abrasive ****”

view my profile on here and click the ignore button, quite simple really.

chenks

17-06-2014

Originally Posted by LowLife:
“How old are you OP? You come across like a petulant 12 year old. Or is it just your time of the month...”

38. are you are how old?
unlike you, i don't hide my real identity on here. it's free for all to see.

MGS4SnakeRulez

17-06-2014

Originally Posted by chenks:
“oh, and after some investigation, there are many ways to work this out without using another sim.
there are tools that will tell you if the bootloader is unlocked or not.

so i guess all you posters that said it's not possible should go away and educate themselves.”

How rude. People were trying to help you and you insult them.

LowLife

17-06-2014

Originally Posted by MGS4SnakeRulez:
“How rude. People were trying to help you and you insult them.”

Ha, ha. welcome to my ignore list...

finbaar

17-06-2014

Originally Posted by chenks:
“you're saying the folks over at xda-developers are wrong then? as it is them that told me.
and i've confirmed that the nexus 4 i have is indeed locked to O2.

double confirmed when someone gave me a Three sim and it didn't work in the nexus 4.

so all you folk that said every nexus 4 is always unlocked ”

The guys over at xda are not wrong but you have misinterpreted what is on that forum. A locked /unlocked bootloader is not associated with a network lock. Un locking the bootloader on your Nexus 4 enables you to load a custom recovery to flash custom roms. You basically unlock the bootloader to hack your phone.

You are correct in saying there are many ways to discover the network lock status - one way is via one of the hidden menus which I tried to remember but gave the wrong code.

You need to learn the lesson that DS is not the place to ask questions like this as the members have very limited technical knowledge. You should always read xda first.

I do not see why this thread degenerated into insults.

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