• KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, most phones can call 112 or 911 without a SIM card, but apparently some networks still block them which is more than a little fucked up.

    • Devial@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      All phones can, and all networks in the US and EU at least are legally required to accept emergency calls from any phone, if it’s in their network or not, or if it has a simcard or not.

      The SIM card only acts to identify you, it is not technically necessary to place any call

      • jumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.works
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        23 minutes ago

        now that’s just not true, or at least can be made not true. There is no technical measure preventing someone from flashing a ROM that completely blocks 911 and other special numbers, or be like postmarketOS on quite a few phones and don’t support calls at all.

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        I wonder how it decides what network to use when the Sim is out.

        Strongest network? Preferred network? Chooses the one that’s been the biggest bitch as a fuck you to them?

        • frongt@lemmy.zip
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          38 minutes ago

          It probably uses the same logic as when you’re roaming out of your carrier’s area.

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      23 hours ago

      Seems like the kind of networks regulators should shut down

      or at least fine a few million per day

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      18 hours ago

      Your profite picture is driving me mad. This is genus.