Jailhouse breaking an iPhone and unlocking cell phones now legal

Published July 26, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

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Don’t like your cell phone service provider but love your phone? (iPhone for Verizon?)

Ok, so an iPhone on Verizon’s network is going to need a little more love than just jailbreaking it but at least this is a step in the right direction. For those of us who want the ability to choose a service provider by their network and not worry about having a phone to fit ours need, has just received a nice gift from the FCC. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has ruled jailbreaking an iPhone or rooting any phone for that matter is completely legal. Jailbroken iPhones are often used to operate on different cell phone service providers or install and run unauthorized third party applications. Although it was previously and technically illegal to jailbreak an iPhone, it’s estimated that over a million iPhone have been jailbroken and no charges have been filed or charges pressed.

What is Jailbreaking a cell phone?

Jailbreaking is a process that allows iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users to run third-party unsigned code on their devices by unlocking the operating system and allowing the user root access. Although iPhones are the most popular, cell phones in general can be rooted.

How to jailbreak an iPhone?

If you are interested in jailbreaking your iPhone, there are plenty of tutorials on YouTube to help get you going. Just remember that this will absolutely void your warranty.

Additional Resources For Jail Breaking Your iPhone

Matt Brandenburg.com iPhone 4 iOS 4.0.1 Jailbreak Now Available… And Web Based!

Posted in General, Things that interest me, Uncategorized | Tags apple, ihphone, iphone for verizon, jailbreaking an iphone, verizon | 4 Comments

About Clifton Hatfield
I am a family man. My wife and I are both web developers and parents to our beautiful son, Cash. I have been working with social networks since 2004 and blogging even longer. After building niche networks of over 400,000 members, I have genuinely gained knowledge of how they have grown over the years and have influenced the way people interact on the internet. My hobbies include writing Facebook Applications and Wordpress Plugins. In my free time, I love a glass of wine with my wife or playing in the yard with our son. Nothing means more to me than my family. Follow me on Twitter @cliftonhatfield

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Posted by 'Limo Bill' on July 27, 2010 at 12:59 am
kewl! can you provide more info on unlocking phones…esp the blackberry flip for sprint? thanks, clifton!
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  Posted by Clifton Hatfield on July 27, 2010 at 1:35 pm
  Hey man. Thanks!
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Posted by Val Wilcox on July 27, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Hmmm, very interesting Clifton.
It’s about time that phone companies begin to cater to their customers instead of the other way around. One should be able to choose a phone and a service based on their own preferences. I’ll keep this in mind for future reference,
Val ;)
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  Posted by Clifton Hatfield on July 28, 2010 at 12:03 am
  Val, thank you. This is some pretty big news in the world of copyright and a total step in the right direction for freedoms in technology where more limitations are constantly being added. Thanks for the feedback.
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