I've recently bought a used hAP ac lite which was locked to 'russia3'. Re-flashing it with 'netinstall' did the trick, and now the bird is free, the sink has been let in and I guess it is ex-locked.
I don't know about the more recent products though, especially ones released in the US. Those, from what I've heard, tend to be separate models in which support of certain bands is locked on, as far as I know, a hardware level.
Though it is possible that they just have a separate radio firmware that you can change to a non-US version if you obtain a debug connection to the qualcomm chipset. Running a radio on unlicensed bands would probably still be illegal, but, you know, Hollywood movies tell us that doing things that are illegal is half the fun of being American.
I don't know about the more recent products though, especially ones released in the US. Those, from what I've heard, tend to be separate models in which support of certain bands is locked on, as far as I know, a hardware level.
Though it is possible that they just have a separate radio firmware that you can change to a non-US version if you obtain a debug connection to the qualcomm chipset. Running a radio on unlicensed bands would probably still be illegal, but, you know, Hollywood movies tell us that doing things that are illegal is half the fun of being American.
Statistics: Posted by Nullcaller — Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:18 pm