Looking at the quick start manual from Verizon for my new Razr 3m
phone, it seems they think it is basically a means to sell me their
content as opposed to a phone. So I suspect it has been programmed to do
only what serves this purpose. Anyway, it has a USB port which suggests
it can be hacked
On February 23, 2007, Ed Lawson sent me the following:
Looking at the quick start manual from Verizon for my new Razr 3m
phone, it seems they think it is basically a means to sell me their
content as opposed to a phone. So I suspect it has been programmed to do
only what serves this purpose.
There are basically two ways I know to hack it.. One is to reflash
the device with another providers firmware, the other is to use work
arounds to get extra features. I don't know how to do either under
linux. I did the work around method for my wife's Razr using this
site -
On 2/23/07, Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are basically two ways I know to hack it.. One is to reflash
the device with another providers firmware, the other is to use work
arounds to get extra features. I don't know how to do either under
linux. I did the work around method for my
Travis Roy wrote:
http://www.hacktherazr.com/
The other method is outlined here in great detail -
http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/Motorola_V3c_Tutorial:_Flashing_to_Alltel_User_Interface
BitPim is also a good place to start.
Bah...
Might be time for me to upgrade soon...
I
On February 23, 2007, Ben Scott sent me the following:
On 2/23/07, Ed Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Verizon ... Razr 3m ... it seems they think it is basically a means to
sell me their content as opposed to a phone.
FYI, that is exactly the business model they wireless carriers are
Welcome to the new economy. It's not about selling products, it's
about selling your soul.
if your soul is in a cell phone, then things are worse than i thought...
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On February 23, 2007, Ben Scott sent me the following:
On 2/23/07, Chip Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hopefully things like ... potentially the iPhone will catch on
in the future and we'll see a shift away from cell phones being
seen as something controlled by the phone company ...
This
