(08-25-2021, 11:03 PM)tllim Wrote: I don't think we should posting IMEI changing info at wiki site. This possible can get the PinePhone project into unnecessary legal issue.
Has anybody got a legal issue or DMCA request for openly providing such a (not-classified no-NDA) technical information?
+ I think the Wiki platform (of the PinePhone project in this case) cannot be held responsible for the submissions of 3rd party users like me, otherwise a Wikipedia would have been shut down long ago. Or, if I post the illegal/top-secret info on Facebook, it's me who will get a legal issue and not Facebook
(08-25-2021, 09:08 AM)wibble Wrote: It doesn't really matter what you or I think as we're not the ones potentially exposed to risk by publication. If you're sure it's legal then publish the information yourself.
Well I published it by myself: although on a Pine's platform - a platform is not responsible for the user activities (see my post above). So it'd be me who would get into trouble if any.
Our opinion matters since:
1) it could be based on some research: i.e. I checked and saw no law forbidding such info at the countries where the Pine resources are hosted
2) it affects the outcome of our dispute, since - in the really unlikely event if we get an external DMCA request - it's the community who polices itself.
Currently 11 people voted in favor of this releasing info, and there's 1:1 regarding the moderators (evilbunny:tllim)
(08-25-2021, 04:54 PM)lot378 Wrote: There is an edge case of restoring the original IMEI number to the phone, for whatever reason the modem lost the original number.
Great idea!
If this info wouldn't pass as the IMEI changing instruction, it could still be re-worded & preserved as IMEI restoring one - of course with a big warning "NOT 
to use the IMEIs other than what's written on your modem, doing so may get you a legal issue". Indeed: once I've personally encountered a case where a botched firmware upgrade on an Android phone turned its IMEI into all zeroes and then it couldn't call anymore until I restored it. So there's at least one perfectly legit use-case