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When Motorola released a bootloader unlocking tool for the Droid Razr, Verizon removed the tool from their models. [10] In 2011, Sony Ericsson released an online bootloader unlocking tool. [11] Sony requires the IMEI number to be filled in on their website. [12] For the Asus Transformer Prime TF201, Asus has released a special bootloader unlock ...
A lawsuit was decided in favor of a mobile operator who encouraged the unlocking of phones by providing links to free/cheap unlocking services. [15] T-Mobile Austria charges 150 euros to unlock the iPhone for prepaid subscribers and in contract subscribers. For subscribers who have finished their 2-year iPhone contract, T-Mobile Austria charges ...
SIM unlocking allows a phone that is locked to a certain carrier to be used on a different carrier. The instructions vary per device and carrier, but this might be done by first requesting the carrier to unlock the phone or purchasing an unlock code online.
The WhatsApp support staff announce that messages were encrypted in the "latest version" of the WhatsApp software for iOS and Android (but not BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Symbian), without specifying the cryptographic method. [33] Feb 2013: WhatsApp's user base grows to about 200 million active users and its staff to 50. [26] Jul 2013
It can ban any host IP address that makes too many login attempts or performs any other unwanted action within a time frame defined by the administrator. It includes support for both IPv4 and IPv6. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Optionally longer bans can be custom-configured for "recidivist" abusers that keep coming back. [ 2 ]
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George Hotz developed the first iPhone unlock, which was a hardware-based solution. Later, in 2009, he released a jailbreaking tool for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS on iPhone OS 3.0 called purplera1n, [ 49 ] and blackra1n for iPhone OS version 3.1.2 on the 3rd generation iPod Touch and other devices.
In a geo-blocking scheme, the user's location is determined using Internet geolocation techniques, such as checking the user's IP address against a blacklist or whitelist, GPS queries in the case of a mobile device, accounts, and measuring the end-to-end delay of a network connection to estimate the physical location of the user.