[PATCH 0/3] PIN operations with UIM service for the MC7455

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2016-02-02 at 09:41 -0800, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > I'm actually in the US this week; I didn't even bother checking
> > > what
> > > the roaming rates here would be. I do have a US t-mobile SIM
> > > card,
> > > but
> > > looks like it's locked to a single IMEI? Not sure.
> > 
> > I don't think they do that; none of the TMO US SIMs I've ever had
> > (like
> > 5?) have ever been locked to an IMEI.
> 
> They did get my IMEI during the validation process, that's why I
> assumed that. I should retry...

They always ask for it, in my experience it is never IMEI locked, and
I've never heard of the "large 4" carriers IMEI locking either.  They
just want it to "know" if your phone is compatible with the network and
make sure it's not a stolen phone or stuff like that.

Dan