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etatester 22 hours ago [-]
This is super cool. Particularly for the fact that it just showed my country's operators rather than the usual America First.
esperent 15 hours ago [-]
Same, there was a moment of shock to see a list from HN that started with Vietnam, followed quickly by appreciation. Good job, more like this please.
pftburger 10 hours ago [-]
Same! I stayed on the site to explore instead of just clicking away. Seeing relevant information definitely helps engagement.
ac29 5 hours ago [-]
Not a new revelation, but I think its funny that there is a inflate_signal_strength_bool setting and many carriers set it to true
isomorphic 23 hours ago [-]
I saw this linked from MacRumors during the AT&T iPhone 18 Pro Max lockup news discussions. It was interesting to see what AT&T/Apple did to try to get ahead of the issue. So far it looks like they disabled 5G Standalone mode, possibly just to prevent a bug from literally destroying the hardware (possibly only on one batch of phones).
Apple/AT&T still haven't released any kind of statement addressing the issue other than to replace affected hardware.
kridsdale3 12 hours ago [-]
I straight up returned my iPhone 18 Pro Max last week. This was infuriating. I was having the baseband lock up and drop to SOS Mode on Verizon, so I got an AT&T eSIM (spent money). Same issue, full loss of connectivity 5 times a day requiring a reboot. So I got a T-Mobile eSIM (spent money). Same issue, full loss of connectivity 5 times a day requiring a reboot.
Then I read online that ONLY the Pro Max uses a Qualcomm modem and the Pro uses Apple C2. My wife's iPhone Air with C2 has great connectivity, better than my 17 Pro Max did before I swapped it for 18.
So I returned the Pro Max, got a Pro, am on T-Mobile full time and my signal strength is good now in buildings that I had 0 or 1 bar before, for years.
Fuck Qualcomm.
teekert 3 hours ago [-]
Why would you swap a 17 for an 18? Just curious as someone who just uses phones until they break (just retired my iPhone 12).
iririririr 11 hours ago [-]
interesting you're not slightest angry at Apple
jakobdabo 17 hours ago [-]
I wonder which field is responsible for disabling the Personal Hotspot feature? About a year ago mine suddenly got disabled in the phone's UI. Since then, the only time it got enabled was when I was traveling and using a travel eSIM.
It's sad that phone companies allow carriers such anti-user things.
dawnerd 13 hours ago [-]
Mine did the same the other day. I had to toggle airplane mode on and off for it to show again. Probably just an iOS bug if I had to guess.
I have mine on an automation to turn on when I get in my car.
remix2000 7 hours ago [-]
seems like the relevant plist keys are CarrierEntitlements (to be removed from plist) and APN type (to be OR'd with the tether enable mask) see here for example https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/Carrier_Bundle
(and BTW, you can find more in-depth articles by quickly googling that term in duckduckgo or elsewhere)
Melatonic 11 hours ago [-]
Sounds like a bug ?
FabHK 9 hours ago [-]
No, there are many SIMs/plans (typically those with unlimited data) that disable the hotspot (so you can't share the data with others or even your own laptop).
mitxela 17 hours ago [-]
Did you buy your phone through the carrier?
There are apps that can act as a SOCKS proxy for limited hotspottivity. Probably mostly on Android.
Probably not a good idea if you used AI in any way to help with obtaining this info, they will ban you at the tiniest whif of you using AI
mitxela 17 hours ago [-]
Best is to contribute the info, make sure it's accurate, and if they ban someone for contributing accurate info, let them.
GNOME is a circus.
KetoManx64 15 hours ago [-]
I disagree, people should not donate their efforts to companies that hate them.
mycofunguy 23 hours ago [-]
What do you use the info you have gathered for? It seems comprehensive but curious as to how you use it?
roundup 20 hours ago [-]
Can I use these settings to disable incoming calls? Does GrapheneOS have this option at the android level?
a022311 9 hours ago [-]
You could use SpamBlocker and configure it to block everything. AFAIK you can't do this at the android level. If you don't need outgoing calls either, just use a data-only SIM.
17 hours ago [-]
DANmode 14 hours ago [-]
All of them?
KetoManx64 17 hours ago [-]
No, but you can automate rejecting an incoming call with Tasker
denysvitali 22 hours ago [-]
What's more useful, or at least was a while ago, is the CA combos list - basically showing which bands can be aggregated and how.
A while ago I built a decoder for that (Qualcomm only!), it was fun and helped me improve the support of my device for my carrier.
Nice! Thank you for this public service. Phone makers & carriers should be ashamed of themselves for hiding such important configuration behind proprietary formats. If you [lurker] are a decision maker who decided to make our world this way: for shame, for shaaame!
huijzer 13 hours ago [-]
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DylanMerigaud 12 hours ago [-]
Good luck with the launch!
m463 16 hours ago [-]
just amazing - good work!
...and wonder what kinds of settings "restrictive regimes" will use
I could imagine stuff like com.apple.voicemail.imap use SSL => false
Apple/AT&T still haven't released any kind of statement addressing the issue other than to replace affected hardware.
Then I read online that ONLY the Pro Max uses a Qualcomm modem and the Pro uses Apple C2. My wife's iPhone Air with C2 has great connectivity, better than my 17 Pro Max did before I swapped it for 18.
So I returned the Pro Max, got a Pro, am on T-Mobile full time and my signal strength is good now in buildings that I had 0 or 1 bar before, for years.
Fuck Qualcomm.
It's sad that phone companies allow carriers such anti-user things.
I have mine on an automation to turn on when I get in my car.
(and BTW, you can find more in-depth articles by quickly googling that term in duckduckgo or elsewhere)
There are apps that can act as a SOCKS proxy for limited hotspottivity. Probably mostly on Android.
No.
GNOME is a circus.
A while ago I built a decoder for that (Qualcomm only!), it was fun and helped me improve the support of my device for my carrier.
https://github.com/denysvitali/ca-combos-editor
A very common thing to do in Russia for instance where WiFi calling isn’t available: https://github.com/ios-bundles/CarrierSIM
For how long are you running this?
...and wonder what kinds of settings "restrictive regimes" will use
I could imagine stuff like com.apple.voicemail.imap use SSL => false
mhm!