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Edited by Zulin:
1/25/2013 11:54:53 PM
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Unlocking Cell Phones will be illegal in the US
Ive never unlocked a phone, but I can see why people do. I think it's quite stupid that it will be illegal, if you purchase a device you should be able to use it on whatever service you want.
Here is what unlocking is.
[quote]Unlocking a cell phone is modifying it to run on any network. Say you buy a Verizon phone but switch to Sprint, instead of buying a sprint phone you can unlock the Verizon phone to work with sprint. It's very common for people to unlock AT&T iPhones to run on Tmobile (since Tmobile doesn't offer iPhones).[/quote]
What do you think?
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2 RepliesEdited by lonepaul2441: 1/26/2013 11:37:34 AM[quote]From Saturday, Americans will have to get permission to "unlock" their smartphone so it runs on more than one mobile network. On that date a 90-day time limit that made it legal to unlock phones without permission is due to expire.[/quote] I think your wrong, they are allowing you to do it but you need to register the phone to do it.
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The NSA made phone companies give up information from their users to compile in a database and this is Obama's way of getting the phone companies on his side. Oh, did I mention Mr. President decided to go behind China's and Russia's back and allowed Iran to produce nuclear weapons. I'm proud to be an American, but I'm disgusted to be associated with Obama.
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I have never done it
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What do I think? I think that a lot of money is about to be wasted o larify this in a court of law. Then it'll go back to unlocking them is OK.
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1 ReplyWhy do networks lock their phones to only them?
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I say good luck enforcing these laws on technology. They're always going to lose.
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1 ReplyYou can buy an unlocked cell phone if you want one. Illegally unlocking it is the same as modding an Xbox or a similar act
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I didn't even know you could do this, but I don't think it should be illegal
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Well if they were good to begin with then there would be no need to switch. But Money is power, I guess.
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[quote]Unlocking a cell phone is modifying it to run on any network. Say you buy a Verizon phone but switch to Sprint, instead of buying a sprint phone you can unlock the Verizon phone to work with sprint. It's very common for people to unlock AT&T iPhones to run on Tmobile (since Tmobile doesn't offer iPhones).[/quote] Holy shit, that's just sad man. Glad there's no such bullshit in my place
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Edited by The Avenger: 1/26/2013 10:00:50 AMI live in Malaysia. 100% of phones (including iPhones on a contract with a carrier) are unlocked.
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1 ReplyEdited by A 3 Legged Goat: 1/26/2013 1:06:25 AMPretty stupid. Almost everyone I know unlocks their phones, especially since AT&T plans are crap. Another example of making more problems instead of fixing existing ones.
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1 ReplyThis is why we are #7 in Freedom guys
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Yay more laws!
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Found the proper video for this situation.
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Screw the government.
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1 Replylolbama
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1 ReplyThis is why the Nexus 4 is genius. It's so much more worth buying a phone if it's a decent price and unlocked from the start.
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3 RepliesIt shouldn't be illegal since nothing else like this illegal at all. All it should do is void your contract
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It sorta makes sense while under a contract with a service provider, but when that contract is up you should be able to do whatever the heck you want to that phone. I smell poor decision making.
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3 RepliesGood. People don't need to tamper with their devices.
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I think thats just crazy..... but to be honest I don't see it being enforced in any way.
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I think that it makes sense to prevent you from unlocking your phone while you are under contract (they sell you the handset for less than they would otherwise), but after the contract is up you should be able to do whatever you want with the handset.
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7 RepliesWell fucking done America.
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thats some -blam!-ing shit right there
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1 ReplyI think that it's strange that you can't do whatever you want with your own property as long as you don't make illegal money out of it.
