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Hacking the Motorola v265
phoric writes "Unfortunately, Verizon Wireless cripples their phones so that you have to use their fee-based service in order to add new ringtones, or to transfer the pictures you take with the camera. The Verizon logo conceals the date display on the main screen and covers over the top portion of the background, among various other corporate silliness. Selling a device that is intentionally crippled is just plain ridiculous. Of course, the only natural thing to do in a situation like this is to hack it."
Verizon doesn't give me free ringtones? This is ridiculous!
The only sensible thing to do is hack it so I can listen to the latest shitty pop songs to their full glory.
Selling a device that is intentionally crippled is just plain ridiculous
Why is it so ridiculous? The company is only out to make some more money. They don't want anything but that. Some people just don't get the fact.
~Ilyanep
To get message, take amount of carrier pigeons at each stage mod 2. Then decode binary.
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. SUBMIT. CONSUME, AND REPRODUCE.
This is slashdot. Submitting and consuming isn't the problem, but the third one kinda trips everyone up.
The cheapest Verizon phone: $70
The cheapest Verizon plan: $40 a month
Never having to worry about my cell phone, while getting to watch all you gullible bozos complain about not being able to change your ringtone: priceless