Senator Ron Wyden Introduces Bill to Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal

Senator Ron Wyden has introduced the 'Wireless Device Independence Act' a bill that if passed will make cell phone unlocking legal, reports The Hill.

The move comes just one day after the White House and the FCC came out in support of making cell phone unlocking legal in response to a petition that garnered 114,000 signatures. Since 2006, The Library of Congress had issued an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that allowed for cell phone unlocking; however, it decided not to extend that exemption past January, 2013.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said, "I intend to work in a bipartisan, bicameral fashion to restore users’ ability to unlock their phones and provide them with the choice and freedom that we have all come to expect in the digital era."

Sen. Amy Klobuchar who chairs the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, said she also plans to introduce her own bill this week.

“Consumers should be free to choose the phone and service that best fits their needs and their budgets," Klobuchar said.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz also recently tweeted that he is working on cellphone unlocking legislation. "You own the phone, you should be able to unlock it," he wrote.

All consumers should be thankful to those who took the time the sign petition as it appears to have made a significant impact.


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Sign the Petition to Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal

A petition has been started at WhiteHouse.gov to Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal. If enough signatures are received it will be sent to the appropriate policy officials in the Obama administration and an official response will be posted to the petition page and sent to those who signed the petition.

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The Librarian of Congress decided in October 2012 that unlocking of cell phones would be removed from the exceptions to the DMCA. As of January 26, consumers will no longer be able unlock their phones for use on a different network without carrier permission, even after their contract has expired.

Consumers will be forced to pay exorbitant roaming fees to make calls while traveling abroad. It reduces consumer choice, and decreases the resale value of devices that consumers have paid for in full. The Librarian noted that carriers are offering more unlocked phones at present, but the great majority of phones sold are still locked.

We ask that the White House ask the Librarian of Congress to rescind this decision, and failing that, champion a bill that makes unlocking permanently legal.
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We strongly suggest that you sign the petition if you can.


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iPhone Dev-Team Announces 'Backup Plan' Untethered Jailbreak is Nearly Ready

The iPhone Dev-Team has announced that their 'backup plan' untethered jailbreak is nearly ready and will not require a restore of your device.

According to MuscleNerd, the backup plan for those w/legit access to 4.2b3 IPSW is about ready...again though, better to wait for comex

Thanks to comex, redsn0w can now handle much bigger files than ramdisk 25MB limit. Useful for "backup plan" 4.2 untether

it shouldn't require a restore...just another redsn0w run. (That's the goal!)

Interestingly, comex has also written some code to retrieve files from a damaged iOS filesystem.

This latest @comex code also allows retrieval of photos+files stuck behind an unfixable filesystem problem...good stuff!

Comex is still working on a more extensible untether; however, those with access to the 4.2b3 IPSW will be happy to know they may soon untether their jailbreak.


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iPhone Dev-Team is Working on New Baseband Downgrade Method

The iPhone Dev-Team is working on a baseband downgrade method which will even work for those who updated to the 06.15 modem firmware.

MuscleNerd tweeted the following earlier today...

@Lezanz sorry still collecting data on that. But also working on a bb downgrade (!) method for those with unlockable bb

@idansc yes if the BB downgrade method works, it will work for 06.15 too.

This would be excellent news especially for those who upgraded to 06.15 for unlock and lost their GPS capabilities.







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How to Hactivation Your iPhone Using Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM)

These are instructions on how to hactivate your iPhone using Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) by sbingner.

Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) tricks your iPhone and iTunes into creating legitimate activation tickets even though you’re unlocked with ultrasn0w. This means you get the full benefit of push applications, and your battery life increases substantially.

You will need to jailbreak normally before performing these steps.

Step One
Press to launch Cydia from your SpringBoard.


Step Two
Press to select the Manage tab at the bottom of the screen.


Step Three
Press the large Sources button.


Step Four
Press the Edit button at the top right of the screen.


Step Five
Press the Add button that appears at the top left of the screen.


Step Six
Enter http://repo.bingner.com and press the Add Source button.


Step Seven
Press the large Return to Cydia button.


Step Eight
Press to select Binger from the list of Sources.


Step Nine
Choose SAM from the list of packages.


Step Ten
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Eleven
Press the Continue Queuing button to begin installation.


Step Twelve
Press the Bingner.com repo button at the top left of the screen.


Step Thirteen
Choose SAMPrefs from the lists of packages.


Step Fourteen
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Fifteen
Press the Confirm button to begin installation.


Step Sixteen
Once installation has completed press the large Restart SpringBoard button.


Step Seventeen
Download RedSn0w 0.9.6b6 from here:
- Windows
- Mac

Step Eighteen
Extract the downloaded archive and launch the application from the extracted folder.




Step Nineteen
Click the browse button


Step Twenty
Select your current firmware from the dialog box that appears and click Open. You can find download links for every firmware version here.


Step Twenty One
If you have an iPhone 3GS RedSn0w will ask you if it has the new bootrom. Click Yes if it does, click Noif it doesn't.


Step Twenty Two
Once your firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue.


Step Twenty Three
RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data.


Step Twenty Four
From this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like. Choose Deactivate and clickNext


Step Twenty Five
Please plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button


Step Twenty Six
RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU mode here


Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.


Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.


Step Twenty Seven
Your iPhone will now reboot and begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel.


Step Twenty Eight
Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. Click the Finish button.


Step Twenty Nine
Click Settings on your iPhone Springboard


Step Thirty
Click SAM from the Settings Menu.


Step Thirty One
Click De-Activate iPhone


Step Thirty Two
Open iTunes and let your device activate. If iTunes says invalid SIM, you will need to manually select the appropriate carrier under one of the methods besides "Automatic" and click on a SIMID.

You can find more assistance with SAM here

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iSHSHit Downloads Your SHSH Blobs Directly to Your iDevice

iSHSHit allows you to backup your SHSH blobs from Apple directly on your iDevice for later downgrading.

It automatically uses the Cydia On File service in the background, so it's a great way to ensure that your SHSH is stored by Cydia. iSHSHit can also email your SHSH blobs to you for more permanent storage

You can download iSHSHit free from the BigBoss Cydia repository.















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