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Comment Re:Serial Numbers (Score 1) 285

Many phones shipped with bands locked out like if AT&T only uses 850 in the states then 1900 would be completely locked. In addition 850 is probably limited to the NCC 410 which is AT&T. You have to unlock one or both in almost all American phones to use them on another network or in another country. Europe USUALLY has 900 and 1800 unlocked but providers there still sometimes lock the NCC so you can only use it on their network. There is also the BRL on the sim card that will limit what networks you can roam on no matter what is unlocked on the phone.

Comment Re:Serial Numbers (Score 1) 285

This is also completely not true. This is "unlocking" your phone and has nothing to do with changing your IMEI/MEID. I can use my verizon LTE android phone in South Korea. I just have to unlock the GSM bands and put in a relevant sim card. You can find instructions to that effect here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29010852 again please don't spread completely false information. Google exists. use it.

Comment Re:Serial Numbers (Score 2) 285

On most devices, IMEI numbers are traditionally burned into a soldered IC, are non-reprogrammable chips, and the numbers cannot be changed, without replacing the phone's main PCB.

There won't be criminals specializing in reprogramming, if the cost to reprogram is so close to the revenue to be gotten from reanimating a stolen phone

this is completely false. Don't spread bad info. Google "how to reprogram your IMEI" I'm not sure the legality of posting a link to this kind of stuff. Please educate yourself before making false blanket statements.

Comment Re:Look at the forest, not the trees (Score 1) 306

That's not completely true. You could always get TOSLINK audio digitally (yes, it actually supports digital audio, I have one plugged up to a receiver over a fiber) and unencrypted out of the Airport Express. You could also always burn a CD from iTunes and get the red book audio. Practically speaking, this enables you to do things like to stream from an iPhone to something other than the Airport express.

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