Unlocking smartphones / EULA poll

[Guest fluffcat1]

Reading the EULA from the Motorola MPX220 I've copied here, from your own personal interpretation of

" You agree not to copy, modify, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer the Software Application. "

do you think unlocking a smartphone counts as modifying the software on the phone, and as such breaks the EULA.

Just playing devil's advocate :twisted:

Richard

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

If you are only altering a registry value then it should not be a problem

the same with entering an unlocking code.

If on the other hand you are hacking the firmware like the free SIM unlocking method for the MPX200 then you are entering very dodgy ground. Not only does it break the EULA but it also alters the IMEI value

which is ilegal in most countries.

At the end of the day you are paying for a licence to use the OS in an "as is" format. The OS does not belong to you, and this is something most people do not realise.