On 10/31/2013 03:51 PM Doug wrote:
On 10/31/2013 02:56 PM, ken wrote:
On 10/31/2013 02:02 PM Beco wrote:
On 31 October 2013 13:12, ken <geb...@mousecar.com
<mailto:geb...@mousecar.com>> wrote:
Alex,
....
When you buy a phone with android on it, you don't have root access
to the system. You're just a regular user. Yes, you can root the
phone, but then you invalidate the warrantee, from what I
understand, both the software and hardware warrantees. So if
something fails on your phone, the company whom you bought it from
won't provide support. If something breaks (whether it's software
or hardware), you're on your own. There are some android-specific
lists which could be helpful.
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I may be wrong, but I seem to remember seeing somewhere recently that it
is illegal in the United States to jailbreak a phone.
(I don't know how they'd catch you, or what the penalty would be.)
--doug
Many years ago-- well, between ten and twenty, I believe-- there was
legislation which allowed people to install any kind of phones they
wanted in their home or business. Prior to this AT&T would permit only
its own phones and phone systems. This same was interpreted to allow
people to install whatever software on their own phones that they
wanted. I'm (still) not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that's the
situation today, i.e., you bought it, it's yours, so you can do what you
want with it, including jailbreaking it. But doing so would more than
likely invalidate any warrantee and support agreement that came with the
phone.
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