I dont understand how you figure that my statment isnt true. Ive worked for
Nextel 2 yrs and Sprint/Nextel for 3. I know how the companys thinks and
thier policys. But, maybe I just dont understand what your finding not true.
Just for refrance, remember the battle over software rights on the
BlackBerry(RIM). Only after many years in and out of court did RIM settle
the the person who wrote the handheld software for that unit. I think if you
look more into what a cell phone contract allows the end user, youll find
that when you sign your contact, your agreeing to thier terms not the cust.
But, maybe Im mistaken. Besides Im not definding cell phone companys, thier
low and a bit drity when it comes to thier contracts and thier equipment.
are you aware that Sprint/Nextel cancled over 2500 contracts for users
calling into tech support one to many times. The users had to pay early term
fees aswell. All Im saying is, be VARY careful when dealing with them. Its
thier network, thier equipment and yes, thier software. Now, if the owner of
that software allows the manufacturer to give out those codes. Then yes,
they'll most likely give it out. Its unreal just what goes into the workings
of cell phones. You can fight them over "End Users Right", but, you'll lose
in the end. Cell phone companys have far more people working to protect
their intrest. About all you can do is drop that company and go to another,
thats it. Im sorry to say, I might had been wrong when I stated "Using them
without the manufacter giving you the ok to do so, is still looked upon as
hacking". Well, they/we dont call it hacking. They call it fruad. In the
end, is it worth taking the chance, maybe Im, being a trained CDMA/IDEM and
GSM wireless tech, just wrong. Oh well, it wouldnt be a 1st.

"BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> z5o wrote:
>> Oh one more thing about TOU, lets say youve got a phone that the
>> software unlock has been used. If the provider services that phone
>> and finds out that unlock codes have been used in it it without any
>> record of the manufacter unlocking it. You could have your contract
>> subject to early canclation and all the fees that may go along with
>> that. Also, if the company so chooses, you could find yourself being
>> slapped with a law suit. So be vary careful when messing around with
>> unlock codes. Using them without the manufacter giving you the ok to
>> do so, is still looked upon as hacking, no matter if you own the
>> hardware or not. They own the software, bottom line.
> The above is simply not true.
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