Those wondering why they cannot unlock their Pixel 6a currently, you (most likely) need to wait for Google's servers to begin authenticating Pixel 6a OEM unlocking. Hopefully should happen soon!
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That's ridiculous.
Huawei started the same way, they just turned off the required service leaving people guessing and a few months later they actually announced it.
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It checks the service to determine if the Pixel is unlocked. Hardware, firmware and software is identical across all Pixels whether or not they're locked by carriers. That's the point of the service. It allows the same hardware to be sold as unlocked or as locked carrier devices.
But why not implement that in firmware instead? A carrier locked device wouldn't allow bootloader unlocking, so users couldn't remove the carrier lock.
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The approach they use works fine without having to have a separate OS or firmware for phones that are locked by carriers. Why would they want to have carrier specific operating systems and firmware for their devices? Instead it's all the same hardware, firmware and software.
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