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Many of the carriers choose not to lock the phones. Only Hi3G ("3") lock their phones, but can only do so for six months. [30] If the phone needs to be unlocked within the first six months, the carrier can charge DKK 500 (~ €67) [30] for the unlock. After six months, the carrier is obliged by law to unlock the phone free of charge.
Jailbreaking also opens the possibility for using software to unofficially unlock carrier-locked iPhones so they can be used with other carriers. [19] Software-based unlocks have been available since September 2007, [20] with each tool applying to a specific iPhone model and baseband version (or multiple models and versions). [21]
[7] S. 517 would repeal a rule published in October 2012 by the Librarian of Congress (LOC) that limited the ability of certain owners of wireless telephone handsets to "unlock" their phones, that is, to circumvent software protections that prevent the owner from connecting to a different wireless network. The bill would reinstate an earlier ...
In addition, some manufacturers prohibit unlocking on carrier locked phones. Although Samsung phones and cellular tablets sold in the US and Canada do not allow bootloader unlocks regardless of carrier status, a service has allowed users on an earlier version to unlock their US/Canadian Samsung phone(s) and/or tablet(s) [18] [19]
The most common purpose of the Turbo SIM is to spoof the IMSI number and authentication key (Ki) supplied by the SIM card to the network, allowing phones locked to use only a particular network such as the Apple iPhone, [4] [5] [6] and more recently NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank phones, to be used on any mobile network with which they are technically ...
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