Unlocking articles

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  Feature

  What you need to know about the government's fight to unlock your cellphone

  By Adi Robertson on March 28, 2013 02:14 pm + 143 comments

  Seventeen years after passing legislation that made unlocking potentially illegal, Washington, DC Continue reading…

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  Article

  Senator announces bill to legalize cell phone unlocking following support from White House (update)

  By T.C. Sottek on March 5, 2013 05:43 pm + 35 comments

  Yesterday the White House said that "it's time to legalize cell phone unlocking" in an official Continue reading…

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  Article

  White House says 'it's time to legalize cell phone unlocking' in official petition response

  By Chris Welch on March 4, 2013 01:13 pm + 111 comments

  The White House has just issued its official response to a petition calling for President Barack Continue reading…

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  Article

  FCC will investigate cellphone unlocking ban, says chairman

  By Bryan Bishop on February 28, 2013 10:59 pm + 54 comments

  Earlier this year it became illegal in the United States to unlock a carrier-subsidized phone or Continue reading…

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  Article

  Petition asking Obama to legalize cellphone unlocking will get White House response

  By Chris Welch on February 21, 2013 10:58 am + 86 comments

  A petition pleading for President Barack Obama to push back on a decision that made unlocking Continue reading…

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  Article

  PSA: unlocking your phone without carrier authorization is illegal starting tomorrow

  By Joshua Kopstein on January 25, 2013 02:00 pm + 350 comments

  Major carriers like Verizon and AT&T have always hated the idea that customers can use mobile Continue reading…

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  Article

  HTC unlocks bootloaders for Droid Incredible, Desire Z, T-Mobile G2, Aria, ChaCha, and Status

  By Jamie Keene on January 16, 2012 11:55 pm + 4 comments

  Another wave of handsets from HTC are now able to have their bootloaders officially unlocked through Continue reading…

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  Article

  HTC's bootloader unlocker database updated with Desire HD, Wildfire, and many others

  By Jesse Hicks on January 9, 2012 11:40 pm + 1 comments

  After finally committing to a public bootloader unlocker, HTC has been pretty diligent about Continue reading…

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  Article

  HTC offers bootloader unlocking for all phones launched after September, 2011

  By Dieter Bohn on December 28, 2011 07:39 pm + 19 comments

  As it turns out, HTC didn't just add a handful of its phones to its bootloader unlocking tool, it Continue reading…

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  Article

  GSM Motorola RAZR hits the FCC; Verizon model has locked bootloader

  By Nathan Ingraham on October 24, 2011 06:20 pm + 1 comments

  Motorola's Droid RAZR is launching soon on Verizon, and now a GSM-equipped version has hit the FCC Continue reading…