{"id":293090,"date":"2019-01-22T17:31:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=293090"},"modified":"2019-01-22T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:32:19","slug":"android-will-help-network-operators-to-sim-lock-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/293090-android-will-help-network-operators-to-sim-lock-phones.html","title":{"rendered":"Android will help network operators to SIM-lock phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Android Q is set to bring a selection of exciting new features, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/292474-the-next-version-of-android-will-have-a-dark-theme-and-desktop-mode.html' target=\"><strong>system-wide dark mode<\/strong><\/a> and improved control over app permissions.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes might not be so well-received however, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/android-review.googlesource.com\/q\/topic:%22aosp_simlock_q_enhancements%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>four commits<\/strong><\/a> made to Android&#8217;s Gerrit source code management this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>These commits are all named &#8220;Carrier restriction enhancements for Android Q&#8221;, and include various changes to give network operators greater control over SIM locks.<\/p>\n<p>This allows carriers to restrict devices to only be used on their networks, a common practice in countries like the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Using Android Q, operators will also be able to lock multiple SIM slots &#8211; meaning owners will not be able to use a second SIM slot if they do not have the correct network&#8217;s SIM in the primary slot.<\/p>\n<p>This SIM lock will also remain in place if the device is factory reset.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/292850-android-updates-are-rolling-out-faster-than-ever.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Android updates are rolling out faster than ever<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android Q is set to bring a selection of exciting new features, including a system-wide dark mode and improved control over app permissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":158089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[56742,56180,56880,56878],"class_list":["post-293090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-android-q","tag-carriers","tag-gerrit","tag-sim-lock-phones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293094,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293090\/revisions\/293094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}