[Gllug] Phone unlocking

[Ashley Evans]

Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

>This one time, at band camp, Ashley Evans wrote:
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>>On further reading of UnlockMe.co.uk what you say seems to be the case. 
>>Nokia do program the codes themselves. The interesting question is why 
>>are Nokia interested in having the phones locked to a particular network?
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>>It's plain to see why the network operators would want to but I can't 
>>really see why Nokia would.
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>Because you aren't Nokia's customer.  The network operator is Nokia's
>customer, and they provide the credit ("free" phone) to the
>end-customer.  It's a strange power relationship, but that's how it
>is.
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Not sure I fully understand but I'm thinking: Network provider wants to 
lock phone. Nokia doesn't care but won't let Orange have details to do 
it themselves. Thus, Nokia lock phones and provide the unlock info and 
we have the current situation.

If this is the case are Nokia contractually obliged to restrict the 
unlock information?

Ashley
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