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First Hacks: The Brand New Nokia 5G Gateway Router

Aside from being the focus of a series of bizarre conspiracy theories, 5G cellular networks offer the promise of ultra-fast Internet access anywhere within their range. To that end there are a new breed of devices designed to provide home broadband using 5G as a backhaul. It's one of these, a Nokia Fastmile, that [Eddie Zhang] received, and he's found it to be an interesting teardown and investigation. Spoiler: it runs Android and has exploitable bugs.

A privilege escalation bug in the web administration tool led to gaining the ability to export and modify configuration files, but sadly though a telnet prompt can be opened it's not much use without the password. Uncovering some blocked-off ports on the base of the unit revealed a USB-C port, which was found to connect to an Android device. Via ADB a shell could be opened on Android, but on further  investigation it was found that the Fastmile is not a single device but two separate ones. Inside is a PCB with an Android 5G phone to handle the connection, and another with a completely separate home router.

With access to the Android side and a login prompt on the router side that was as far as he was prepared to go without risking bricking his Fastmile. It only remained to do a teardown, which reveals the separate PCBs with their own heatsinks, and an impressive antenna array. Perhaps these devices will in time become as ubiquitous as old routers, and we'll see them fully laid bare.

It's a shame that we've had to write more about the conspiracy theories surrounding 5G than real 5G devices, but maybe we'll see more teardowns like this one to make up for it.

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The OnePlus 12 Super-flagship Is On Sale At Outstanding Discounts Of Up To $200 Once Again

Did you miss out on Amazon's Prime Day 2024 extravaganza last week, either because you're not a Prime member or because... You couldn't access the internet for a full 48 hours? Fret not, as Best Buy appears to be discreetly mimicking one of its arch-rival's top Prime-exclusive offers this year on one of the best Android phones in the world. Normally priced at $799.99 and up, the state-of-the-art OnePlus 12 can currently be yours for as little as $649.99 with no strings attached or an even lower $599.99 if you're a My Best Buy Plus subscriber. It pretty much goes without saying that that's the retailer's (affordable) answer to Amazon Prime, costing you $49.99 a year... Which you'll effectively recover with this one cool new deal.

Of course, the service includes a lot of nice perks and benefits, from free standard shipping and free 2-day shipping on thousands of items to an extended 60-day return window for "most" products and many other awesome promotions like this enhanced OnePlus 12 discount.

Circling back to the 6.82-inch Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powerhouse, we should probably highlight that your $150 savings with no special requirements and $200 savings with My Best Buy Plus memberships apply to both the handset's entry-level 256GB storage configuration and top-of-the-line 512 gig variant.

The latter model adds an extra 4 gigs of RAM to the former's already generous 12GB memory count for a simply unrivaled multitasking experience, and no matter which of the two variants you're more interested in, chances are you'll be extremely happy with everything from the overall system performance to the screen quality, camera versatility, battery life, and charging speeds. 

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Adrian, a mobile technology enthusiast since the Nokia 3310 era, has been a dynamic presence in the tech journalism field, contributing to Android Authority, Digital Trends, and Pocketnow before joining PhoneArena in 2018. His expertise spans across various platforms, with a particular fondness for the diversity of the Android ecosystem. Despite the challenges of balancing full-time parenthood with his work, Adrian's passion for tech trends, running, and movies keeps him energized. His commitment to mid-range smartphones has led to an eclectic collection of devices, saved from personal bankruptcy by his preference for 'adequate' over 'overpriced'.

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