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Originally Posted by ricomilion
Wen you buy a phone, it is your propriaty, you can do what ever you want with it and use the provider you want.
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While I don't disagree with your claim, if you were to read most of the paperwork that comes with a device, there are (sometimes) stipulations that reverse engineering or altering the software that's on the device is illegal since you do not own the software, merely, you're granted a license to use it and therefore you have no legal authority to alter the software. (not to start another debate, just pointing out the obvious again).. This is why George Hot was in so much hot water after jailbreaking the iPhone.
I suggest you read up on the laws and legal aspects of modding your device. IMO modding our devices (software) consists of flashing new ROMs etc.. this is not intended to defraud one carrier (boost) while appearing on their system as being a device that it's not. That clearly is against the law.
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Originally Posted by m4zt3r
Here is the LAW on the issue:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/us...9----000-.html
Title 18 Part 1 Chapter 47 Section 1029 states:
I would submit that activating the EVO on boost is "unauthorized" use because Sprint and Boost say so...
Obviously this is the debate on the legality of cloning, which most will call illegal.
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Personally, I don't much care for the debate aspect. MY intention was to bust out the OP and point out that there's no legal way to activate the EVO on Boost. I offered a specific reference for proof. Same goes for the Moment. It's a Sprint exclusive phone and not compatible (per their system) on Boost. Sure you could probably hack up the soon to be released iPhone CDMA for VZW and get it to work on Boost, but that alone would not make a person worthy of respect IMO.
I'm just pointing out facts that should be obvious to some and not so obvious to others.
@ m4zt3r... Thanks for sharing that tidbit of info. It further validates my assertion.
As a side note, I'm not going to contribute to the discussion any further. I certainly don't want the mods to have to issue warnings/bans for an illegal discussion. I just wanted to point out that there's no legal way the OP could have put the EVO on boost.