Android Q might give carriers stricter ways to lock phones
We probably won’t have the full details about Android Q for a few months, although a leak from last week should give us an idea of what to expect, including a system-wide dark mode and better security options. New code posted to Android’s Gerrit source code management, discovered by 9to5Google, has revealed that Q might bring some unpleasant changes in the form of increased carrier control over locking down devices to specific SIM cards.
The first change would allow carriers even more control over which SIM cards do and don’t work with a specific device, creating a list of “allowed” and “excluded” carriers that could be used to block things like MVNOs — even on devices that support the main carrier…
