The OnePlus 11 is a hot ticket item right now, and it’s no wonder people are sourcing units from everywhere. This led to further investigation of what was spotted on his 4PDA forum in Russia and believed to be his region-specific OnePlus 11 unit.
The phone is made in China and worked fine for about 2 weeks, after which a message popped up saying: Its call function is restricted in your area. For support, please contact Customer Service. ” After this, the phone limited call functionality. It’s unclear if cellular data was also affected.
Region lock alert
Either way, the 4PDA community dug in. The TeleService.apk (com.android.phone) app displayed a warning message. The community then managed to discover a config file that actually lists her MMCs for which region lock behavior is triggered. That is correct. It seems that the restriction only applies if you use Chinese units in one of the listed markets. , Italy, Russia and Brazil.
These are all countries where OnePlus sells the global version of OnePlus 11. This is the fact that the target region lock system makes a little more sense. The main idea seems to be that the company doesn’t want users getting imported phones in countries that have official sales channels.
But it’s not all bad news. The community also found a string in OplusEngineerNetwork.apk that suggests the user could unlock the region by entering her 16-digit unlock code. Presumably, this code can be obtained for each device by contacting OnePlus Support. However, support may still be reluctant to unlock phones purchased from third-party stores rather than official Chinese channels.
Another speculation the source makes is that this particular kind of network lock may also apply to certain Chinese Oppo and Realme units. This is also not confirmed yet. However, it goes without saying that this is a disappointing development.
Source (Russian) | Via
