unrestricted iphone - legal? 3434 Responses

Last post: 1 year, 10 months ago | Thread started: Mar 16, 10, 1:49 p.m.

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• jbenjohnson

  a friend and I were having a disagreement about the legality of unrestricted iphones in the US.

  If I purchase an unrestricted iphone off ebay, pop in my own SIM card, is this legal or illegal?

  Mar 16, 10, 1:49 p.m. – Permalink

• raf

  You're thinking too much. Just make sure you buy a factory unlocked one, some operators around the world offer them (O2 in UK, Era in Poland, also some in HK, Italy and Belgium, maybe more).
  If it's unlocked by a hacker, it will likely re-lock after a firmware update, possibly permanently as Apple tightens their efforts.

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 1:55 p.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Fuck the law

  • you go girl.– airey

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 1:56 p.m. – Permalink

• jbenjohnson

  ok - provided I get a factory unlocked one - is that legal or not in the US?

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 1:57 p.m. – Permalink

• raf

  They're sold legally, aren't they?

  I assume you wouldn't sleep well if you had non Region 1 DVDs at home either, would you? :D

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 2:04 p.m. – Permalink

• jbenjohnson

  haha

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 2:05 p.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  Yeah, can't you just pay the $700 for phone only?

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 2:06 p.m. – Permalink

• dbloc

  I fought the law and the

  • law took away my qbn access.– ifeltdave1/2

    and didn't turn up when an intruder broke into the house and sodomised me.– airey2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 2:09 p.m. – Permalink

• ernexbcn

  you worry too much

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 2:17 p.m. – Permalink

• jbenjohnson

  your responses tell me everything i need to know +_+

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 2:23 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  It's a little sickening when you realize it's actually cheaper to pay $700 or whatever for the phone without a contract... but I don't have a phone or ever use phones so I don't really have a reason to think about it... I'm just posting here, man...

  • An exceptionally good promo vid there.– dorfsman

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 2:25 p.m. – Permalink

• jbenjohnson

  so - why does anybody bother with at&t at all? seems like a terrible deal compared to an unlocked one...

  • no one wants the hassle or the unreliability of an unlocked phone.– lambsy1/4

    plus the visual voicemail. can't live without that.– lambsy2/4

    other services should cut a deal with google voice to use their shizz (voicemail and the like)– ismith3/4

    I've seen hacked iPhones running on T-Mobile... but not the 3G ones...– vaxorcist4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 16, 10, 2:42 p.m. – Permalink

• jbenjohnson

  bump

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 7:15 a.m. – Permalink

• PIZZA

  yeah its perfectly legal, just make sure you get a contract with unlimited data or its basically going to drain your bank account

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 7:22 a.m. – Permalink

• lukus_W

  Do you mean a jail-broken iPhone?

  • factory sim-free– raf

  

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  Dog-earMar 17, 10, 7:49 a.m. – Permalink

• OSFA

  Hmmm, quick question... I've had an unlocked 2G for quite some time now with tmobile. Today it died on me and when I tried to charge it or connect it to my computer, I only get the apple screen - in this case, my pineapple screen ;) - and it flashes repeatedly. iTunes doesn;t even recognize it or open it, wall charger doesn;t work either.... did it die on me???

  And if it did, anyone here selling an iPhone? :(

  

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  Dog-earMar 20, 10, 10:06 p.m. – Permalink

• SteveJobs

  i bought mine on ebay and took my sim out of my bb and have been using it since 2008ish? last year they sent me a couple text threats saying i needed to call them to change up my plan to fit the iphone i was using, or else! i didn't and almost a year later, still using my iphone for the same rate as when i signed up back in 2006.

  one disclaimer, though - i'm using the 1st gen iphone, not the 3g, so that might have a lot to do with it.

  

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  Dog-earMar 20, 10, 10:15 p.m. – Permalink

• OSFA

  wait, the 3g is not supported (tmobile)?

  

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  Dog-earMar 20, 10, 10:16 p.m. – Permalink

• utopian

  I am reporting you to Steve Jobs, he is a personal friend of mine.

  • Sorta like Jesus, but
    without the long hair.– utopian1/2

    but he IS getting that gaunt look in his face these days....– vaxorcist2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 20, 10, 11:57 p.m. – Permalink

• OSFA

  sorry to bump this, but i've been trying everything and it's not working... it keeps flashing (apple screen) when I connect it. Does anyone know what is wrong??

  • did it have official firmware? - maybe an automatic upgrade killed it?– lukus_W

  

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  Dog-earMar 21, 10, 10:03 a.m. – Permalink

• nb

  Do you actually think there is a law on the books that covers this? Who cares. Do what you want. Apple, mobile companies and corporations do not dictate law.

  I've been using the original (2G EDGE) iPhone unlocked for years. I've updated the firmware and version a few times, and am currently running the second-to-latest software on it. Just read the iPhone Dev Team Blog very carefully, and if don't update your iPhone unless you know you can re-unlock it.

  • I really really despise the way companies are trying to dictate how people use their products.– lukus_W1/4

    We should be free to hack, improve and extend any product we buy - I think it's a question of liberty.– lukus_W2/4

    There is a lot of law that allows you to do stuff.. the comms companies try to ignore that..– ribit3/4

    their business models depend on making you powerless to escape their contractual hell...– vaxorcist4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 21, 10, 1:30 p.m. – Permalink