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Originally Posted by NinjaDuck
No matter how much they let you adapt your device to another network, they have yet to be able to force the destination network to accept your ESN on their netowork. Yeah! Now we can move our phones to a new network, but not get service.
I used to do this all the time, but most of the carriers have locked service down to ESN of devices they have sold at one time or another.
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I think your argument misses the point somewhat, or at least the way I understand it. Without having read the actual legal decision (was anybody able to find it?), the summary SEEMS to simply say that it is not against the DMCA to modify the firmware of your device.
Prior to this decision, it was a breach of the DMCA to modify a phone's firmware. That is no longer the case. Now whether or not the carrier accepts the ESN, or whether or not your phone has the appropriate hardware to communicate with the carrier.. that's a different story. The main thing that changed is that you cannot be prosecuted under the DMCA for modifying a wireless device's firmware.