Jailbreaking Verizon Wireless Phones
Verizon wireless phones range from classic candybar designs to clamshell form factors. But given the iPhone’s recent entry into the Verizon catalog, however, subscribers can now enjoy an even broader selection to choose from!
To be sure, the cellular handset is just a commodity now and consumer probably don’t think in terms of Verizon wireless phones as opposed to something from some other company. It’s almost like choosing laundry detergent, with everybody offering the same general feature-sets on their phones and the same general terms and conditions for their plans. Chalk it up to much changed times: a decade or so before these phones would have been highly sought-after status symbols! No, today cell phones are ubiquitous, to the point that the corner payphone of old has just about disappeared from most city streets in the industrialized world.
And so this is why folks don’t specifically speak of Verizon wireless phones – they’re just looking for a handset, whatever the make or model! In response to consumer apathy companies have simply “locked” up their phones instead of coming up with an unbeatable offer that will not only attract but also keep the customer, long-term. Yes, that’s right: if a customer wants to switch to another company, his or her phone will automatically render itself useless! Even though the customer did pay for the phone – even though the phone belongs to the customer….
Think again! Cellular network companies argue that since they subsidize part of the cost of the phone, making it cheaper when purchased as part of a subscription plan compared to being bought separately, they have the right to lock their phones – yes, “their” phones. And believe it or not, there hasn’t been any attempt at a class-action lawsuit over this practice. It must be the presence of massive and/or numerous legal loopholes, though it’s still a little puzzling how tobacco companies can be defeated but not cellular carriers who disable people’s phones!
But all hope’s not los; there’s a way around the onerous policies. Depending on the kind, GSM or CDMA, one could be unlocked by simply punching a particular code into the keypad!
