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FYI: Verizon’s 60-Day Device Lock Policy is Live

Kellen August 19, 2019

Apologies for not following up on this sooner, but Verizon's FCC-approved 60-day device lock policy is live and has been for the past month. In July, Verizon posted the new policy to their site without much noise. To recap the new policy, Verizon has said that...

Verizon Readies 60-Day Phone Lock Policy We Outed Last Year (Updated)

Kellen February 22, 2019

UPDATE JUNE 25: The FCC gave Verizon a partial waiver to go ahead and implement this new 60-day locking policy. Back in September, we noticed that Verizon had briefly added a new device unlock policy to their website, a policy that was going to SIM lock...

Official Bootloader Unlock Comes to Verizon Moto X (2nd Gen), Could Open Way to Marshmallow

Kellen January 11, 2016 53

Motorola will not update the Moto X (2nd gen) on AT&T or Verizon to Marshmallow. Since Motorola has gone completely silent on this decision, we don't really know where to place the blame. My guess is that there are a couple of reasons. One, Motorola doesn'...

How to: Unlock the Nexus 6 Bootloader (Nexus 9 Too)

Kellen November 21, 2014 53

I get that the timing of this post seems super silly, especially after the conversations we had yesterday, including one where I said I don't buy Nexus phones to flash all the things, but you know what? Many of you did buy a Nexus 6 or Nexus 9 to do just that,...

LG G3 “Bump” Gives You Fully Working TWRP Recovery on All Variants

Kellen October 10, 2014 67

If you own an LG G3 - we are talking any variant - and are into custom recoveries, ROMs, that sort of thing, then you should probably have already installed Bump. Created by Team Codefire, Bump allows you to boot into a full TWRP custom recovery and flash ROMs...

SunShine Bootloader Unlock Tool Released for Moto X, DROID Family

Kellen September 22, 2014 158

TeamAndIRC released their SunShine bootloader unlock for the original Moto X and the DROID family from last year (MAXX, ULTRA, and Mini), this afternoon. The unlock tool comes in the form of an .apk that is sideloaded onto your Motorola device of choice. Once...

FCC and Carriers Reach Agreement on “Unlocking” Phones

Kellen December 13, 2013 106

Remember back in January when the Librarian of Congress decided that it would be illegal to unlock your phone (SIM unlocking, not bootloader) without carrier permission? Well, a petition helped to get the change on the White House's front steps, which...

AT&T Says They Love to Unlock Customers’ Devices, Forgets Not Everyone is Their Customer

Kellen March 8, 2013 83

In response to all of the hullabaloo over this phone unlocking situation that was created when the Librarian of Congress determined that it would be illegal to unlock a carrier-branded phone without approval, AT&T has decided to toss in their two cents....