People that call root jailbreak...
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This is the most useless thread ever!!!! Interesting and funny read though!
Honestly, I just call root "jailbreak" because most people, if they own an iPhone or not, know what a jailbreak for iPhone means (to free the phone) so I call it a jailbreak for an android. It is just easier for some people to understand. Not everyone know what root or root permissions/files are. I understand how it could be annoying but it helps others understand.
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Reading the Library of Congress Final Rule is like stubbing your toe. Here's the official document: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-26308.pdf
What I have seen regarding full price phones is this from one columnist at Cnet: "The new no-no is buying a locked phone with a hefty carrier discount and then unlocking it on your own and without the carrier's permission." http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105...king-of-smartphones-becomes-illegal-saturday/
However you may be right about it being illegal to unlock even after the contract runs out. Per another columnist at Cnet: "the Library of Congress that prohibits unlocking phones without the carrier's permission -- even when a customer's contract with the carrier has expired." http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-5...on-to-unlock-cell-phones-hits-100000-trigger/
But I'd really like to see other analyses of the Library of Congress Final Rule.
One thing I understand from senior phone hackers and developers is that the Verizon GN2 (full price or contract) is already unlocked and from what I can glean from the columnists, in that case buying full price does allow you to use the phone on other carriers.
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By the way here's the link to the White House petition seeking to overturn the Library of Congress ruling: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7
It's the least you can do if you really want to see the rule overturned.
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For the next phone, you can "unlock" it yourself and call it whatever you want.
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THIS x 10 lol
I can live with soft brick. But a "Bricked Pone" is a dead useless bloody phone, not one you have working again in 30 minutes.
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98I don't see why it matters what you call it. Break it down and the words works.
Jail break. To remove restrictions and become free. Isn't that what we did? Removed a restricted boot loader to allow custom kernels and recovery which allows custom Roms.
Stop trying to be politically correct on this. If you're feelings are hurt over a simple word then your life must be depressing.
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I personally think that root being called root is annoying.
You don't add root to a phone, nor do you root a phone. You unlock access to the root user.7
It is a far cry to call something you buy, that SAYS NOTE II on it, an iPhone.
This is different and again, we could argue that rooting is a stupid name for it too, considering that you aren't adding root, nor are you rooting the device. You are simply gaining access to root user level privileges that were there in the first place, just locked down.
A better name would be getting admin access to your phone, but that doesn't really have a ring to it, so who the hell cares?7Do we really need a thread on this in the Verizon Note 2 Section?
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