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[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Buy directly from xtienk's website where they explicitly ship unlocked firmware so you can load the open source crosspoint reader. Not every place you can buy xteink will be unlocked and the Amazon listing doesn't seem to mention it so it may not be unlocked.

Plus, fuck amazon.

[–] uzay@infosec.pub 1 points 4 days ago

The locked ones (at least the original X4) were still easily flashable from an SD card

[–] quantumlover@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

Good point. I don't have any issues with amazon though, and I like their speed and return policy. I bought mine on Amazon and it was unlocked.