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wmarone	2010-04-25 , 15:34
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Originally Posted by ~phoenix~

hmm... other phones form nokia had hw limitations in hongkong (n95) too....

why should they only disable it instead of removing it....

Because removing and replacing the chip would require a significant effort. Which means one of two things is true:

- It's disabled in software, which means flashing a non-HK kernel and loading 3rd party software will enable it.

- It's disabled in hardware, in which case you're SOL.

I suspect it's in software, and people will have it unofficially working shortly after release.