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		NoMoreNicksLeft 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones fr... Bluetooth's the same RF chip as wifi in new phones isn't it? Can't just exacto knife a trace on the board without murdering everything I take it?

MobiusHorizons 8 days ago [–]

I could be wrong, but on a lot of mobile SOCs all of the modems are in the same chip as the CPU. I think you would have better luck removing the connection to the antenna

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