GSM Shop GSM Shop
GSM-Forum  

Welcome to the GSM-Forum forums.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features.
Only registered members may post questions, contact other members or search our database of over 8 million posts.

Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please - Click to REGISTER!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us .

Go Back   GSM-Forum > GSM & CDMA Phones / Tablets Software & Hardware Area > iPhone ,iPod & iPad (Apple Inc. Products) > iPhone 4 / iPhone 4S

iPhone 4 / iPhone 4S iPhone 4 / 4S

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-26-2010, 21:45   #1 (permalink)
Cheater -Don't Deal with him-
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: gsm hospital
Posts: 1,261
Member: 1294693
Status: Offline
Sonork: 100.1591739
Thanks Meter: 483
Post iphone jailbreak....hot news


Fantastic news today from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). After a lot of hard work and mountains of paperwork, jailbreaking your iPhone is now explicitly a permitted fair use under the DMCA!
The first of EFF’s three successful requests clarifies the legality of cell phone “jailbreaking” — software modifications that liberate iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker. More than a million iPhone owners are said to have “jailbroken” their handsets in order to change wireless providers or use applications obtained from sources other than Apple’s own iTunes “App Store,” and many more have expressed a desire to do so. But the threat of DMCA liability had previously endangered these customers and alternate applications stores.
In its reasoning in favor of EFF’s jailbreaking exemption, the Copyright Office rejected Apple’s claim that copyright law prevents people from installing unapproved programs on iPhones: “When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made purely for the purpose of such interoperability are fair uses.”
The EFF also successfully renewed the existing DMCA exception for carrier unlocking. More on the ruling by the Library of Congress is here and here (and many other places, since this is huge news!). The full ruling is here, and EFF’s history with this case is here (EFF’s servers are understandably getting hammered today!).
This doesn’t mean that Apple will stop their technical attempts to thwart jailbreaking, but it does mean that iPhone jailbreaks and unlocks are now unambiguously legal under the DMCA.
Great job, EFF!
  Reply With Quote
Old 07-26-2010, 22:40   #2 (permalink)
No Life Poster
 
RNC_EBM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: PHILIPPINES
Posts: 5,294
Member: 101860
Status: Offline
Sonork: 100.1582168 100.77603
Thanks Meter: 6,036
Donate money to this user
Getting out of jail is free!





br

  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to RNC_EBM For This Useful Post:
Old 07-26-2010, 22:47   #3 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 14
Member: 796992
Status: Offline
Thanks Meter: 6
Warranty???

I wonder how this decision (new law) will affect Apples warranty process? Since it is legal to do, don't they have to warranty their phones now even if they have been jail broken?
  Reply With Quote
Old 07-26-2010, 23:33   #4 (permalink)
No Life Poster
 
kings121's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 738
Member: 117950
Status: Offline
Thanks Meter: 139
Quote:
Originally Posted by tkokid View Post
I wonder how this decision (new law) will affect Apples warranty process? Since it is legal to do, don't they have to warranty their phones now even if they have been jail broken?

actually the only unlock iphone which is going to be under warranty is the ones that are factory unlock.....once you go any other rout to unlock then you void the warranty....and i think that is soo clear
  Reply With Quote
Old 07-26-2010, 23:50   #5 (permalink)
btl
Banned
 
btl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Age: 32
Posts: 1,319
Member: 50389
Status: Offline
Thanks Meter: 36
well i dont know about this but i once bricked my iphone trying to jailbreak it i took it to apple store and was giving a new phone as it still under warranty ...
i guess am just lucky cos the genius guy tried trouble shooting but the phone wont give him any feedbk only way he could check if am still under warranty was checking the serial on the sim holder ........
  Reply With Quote
Old 07-27-2010, 06:50   #6 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 14
Member: 796992
Status: Offline
Thanks Meter: 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by kings121 View Post
actually the only unlock iphone which is going to be under warranty is the ones that are factory unlock.....once you go any other rout to unlock then you void the warranty....and i think that is soo clear
Well...It was clear till they said adding software to it to unlock or jail break was not illegal anymore. Before it was illegal so they didn't have to warranty it. Now that it is legal, I would think that even a jail broken phone would still be under warranty. Before...You were doing something wrong to the phone to break the warranty....Now (according to the law)....Your not. Not so clear anymore. At least to me anyway.
  Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
news headlines to gsm phone mos Nokia Legacy Phones ( DCT-1 ,2 ,3 ,L ) 7 05-22-2016 11:42
News from the FLASH site... Spalato Nokia Legacy Phones ( DCT-1 ,2 ,3 ,L ) 2 02-13-2001 23:49
===!! TOP 20 hot SOFTWARE FREE DOWNLOAD !!!=== cimbalo GSM Mobile Links 3 10-01-2000 14:53
Nokia - HOT LINKS NoP GSM Mobile Links 0 10-15-1999 07:50
!!!!!!TO ALL NOKIA 51XX/61XX SP LOCKS 1,2,3,4 SOLUTION latest news!!!!! spterminator Main Sales Section 2 08-13-1999 05:55


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:41.



Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
vBulletin Optimisation provided by vB Optimise (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
- GSM Hosting Ltd. - 1999-2023 -
Page generated in 0.20991 seconds with 9 queries

SEO by vBSEO