Congress hard at work

**DJ Ms. White** · 01-27-13, 02:56 PM

The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone - Derek Khanna - The Atlantic
Wonder what this means for rooting.

**iLLusioN** · 01-27-13, 03:06 PM

I'm pretty much convinced at this point that some brain tissue is destroyed every time I read an article about congress.

**Gumby** · 01-27-13, 04:05 PM

Telcos spend a lot of money on Congress. Good to see that they are getting their money's worth. /sarcasm

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**AetheLove** · 01-27-13, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone - Derek Khanna - The Atlantic
Wonder what this means for rooting.

I'm rooting for Justice and Blowjobs.

Dunno about anyone else.

Æ

**Alundil** · 01-27-13, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone - Derek Khanna - The Atlantic
Wonder what this means for rooting.

Illegal unless you buy an unlocked phone. Or get carrier permission which in most cases will be snowflake/hell.

= sucks

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**Alundil** · 01-27-13, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by AetheLove

I'm rooting for Justice and Blowjobs.

Dunno about anyone else.

Æ

Hehe

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**Kanati** · 01-28-13, 01:22 PM

You can root all you want. UNLOCKING is a different process entirely.

**WileECyte** · 01-28-13, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Kanati8869

You can root all you want. UNLOCKING is a different process entirely.

I'd be curious to see how this plays out in the courts. Rooting serves a lot of the same purposes as unlocking. It allows you to circumvent controls put in place by the carriers to prevent you from doing things.

**Alundil** · 01-28-13, 02:50 PM

I think it's a crap decision either way (rooting/unlocking) and is simply another measure for service providers and handset manufactures to effectively force people to upgrade.

It's bad enough that updates on many/most handsets are never realized and so the smart phones fail to take advantage of newer OS features. Forced obsoleting by the carriers imo.

Ah well.

**RhysJD3** · 01-28-13, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Alundil

I think it's a crap decision either way (rooting/unlocking) and is simply another measure for service providers and handset manufactures to effectively force people to upgrade.

It's bad enough that updates on many/most handsets are never realized and so the smart phones fail to take advantage of newer OS features. Forced obsoleting by the carriers imo.

Ah well.

That's where I'm at with my Galaxy S from AT&T. It's capable of running later versions of Android but AT&T would rather not update it and instead force me to get a new phone and new 2 year contract.