[SGVLUG] fyi - free unlock for Samsung Galzxy S3 and Note 2

[Christopher Smith]

Future proofing is not very realistic when it comes to phones
unfortunately. The contract model really encourages all the worst aspects
of planned obsolescence. When they finally agree upon a standard and roll
out VoLTE, I seriously doubt the networks will provide updates to people's
phones so that their voice services run over it and they no longer drain
battery life with their GSM/CDMA components. They'd much rather you get a
new phone and get locked in to another contract.


On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Doug Vargas <dougvargas at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>  Yeah very true, I sort of look at it as future proofing my phone - the
> lte may be sort of eh right now but hopefully soon it'll warrant having a
> phone that supports it properly. still, wicked device
>
> On 12/01/2012 06:28 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
>
> It apparently has limited LTE abilities, but that aside, apparently our
> LTE infrastructure is so lame and HSPA+ is so good, that in terms of
> bandwidth numbers you actually can achieve, there isn't much difference.
> I'm starting to wonder if the smart thing to do isn't to wait for
> phones/networks with pure LTE services, which is 1+ years away.
>
> Either way, for hacking purposes, LTE doesn't really matter.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Doug Vargas <dougvargas at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
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>>  For sure but no lte...the horror lol
>>
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>> On 12/01/2012 05:42 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
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>> Gotta say, the Nexus 4 I'm patiently waiting for seems like about as
>> close as you can come to an ideal smartphone for software hacking,
>> particularly if you like Android.
>>
>> --Chris
>>
>> On Dec 1, 2012, at 3:09 PM, matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>
>>  fyi - thought this maybe of interest to android lovers...
>>
>>
>> http://slickdeals.net/f/5620682-FREE-UNLOCK-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-and-Note-2-ALL-GSM
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> --
> Chris
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Chris
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