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Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no
(www.laptopmag.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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I really really want to but I can't for another year because I'm still paying off my pixel. It's still carrier locked and I can't unlock it till it's paid off.
I could be wrong, but I have a suspicion that you still won't be able to once it's paid off. I've run into the issue a few times in the past when buying an "unlocked" Pixel from Amazon that was carrier unlocked, but the bootloader was still not unlockable. A "carrier unlocked" phone allows you to use the phone on any carrier, but doesn't always guarantee an unlockable bootloader.
Any idea how I could check? It doesn't say anything any that I'm my carrier account...
Yep you can't flash carrier locked Pixels, I hope you don't have much longer to wait or that the time will fly fast
It's rough...I still have another 13 months I think. But to the article, I don't have the options in my phone that they're talking about. Do you? Or has it just not rolled out to me yet?
I avoid running Google software on my devices so I don't have the Gemini App
Fair. I think I had previously uninstalled Gemini when I first got my phone so maybe that's why the app isn't present? But the way that they are talking about it in the article, since Gemini seems to be replacing Assistant, maybe new settings will appear for me to mess around with...