I am shocked! Honestly. It seems you lot are getting more and more restricted every year.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/25/unlocking_change/
No more legal unlocking of phones in the US?
From what I read, if you bought the phone direct from the manufacturer, you can do whatever you want with it. But if you buy a subsidized phone, you cannot.
Doesn't sound unreasonable to me. Pay full bore for the phone if you want to hack it.
It's like getting a leased car and complaining that you cannot modify it.
Doesn't sound unreasonable to me. Pay full bore for the phone if you want to hack it.
It's like getting a leased car and complaining that you cannot modify it.
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The competition is so high for providers right now, the first one to try to flex muscle on this one will cause all the others to provide unlocked phones, while they point and laugh at the loser provider. I would be pretty surprised if any provider gave this more than a passing thought. It would be a PR disaster.
Anyway, if you get a contract subsidized phone, and you cancel the contract you have to buy the phone anyway. If you complete the contract, you keep the phone... sooooooo.... to bring a case you would have to prove some kind of damage. And the damage here is...?
I especially liked the part where it was the DMCA act that allowed the Library of Congress to make this rule. wut wut??
Anyway, if you get a contract subsidized phone, and you cancel the contract you have to buy the phone anyway. If you complete the contract, you keep the phone... sooooooo.... to bring a case you would have to prove some kind of damage. And the damage here is...?
I especially liked the part where it was the DMCA act that allowed the Library of Congress to make this rule. wut wut??
I agreeBackTrak wrote:QUOTE (BackTrak @ Jan 31 2013, 05:29 AM) The competition is so high for providers right now, the first one to try to flex muscle on this one will cause all the others to provide unlocked phones, while they point and laugh at the loser provider. I would be pretty surprised if any provider gave this more than a passing thought. It would be a PR disaster.
Anyway, if you get a contract subsidized phone, and you cancel the contract you have to buy the phone anyway. If you complete the contract, you keep the phone... sooooooo.... to bring a case you would have to prove some kind of damage. And the damage here is...?
I especially liked the part where it was the DMCA act that allowed the Library of Congress to make this rule. wut wut??
You already have a contract that forces you to buy monthly services and if you want to change your operator you either have to continue the last contract without a phone using it (or another phone), or pay some sum to end the contract before time.
It's quite funny that your liabilities will be determined not by a signed contract, but by software on your phone.