mar2k
09-09-2003, 03:24 PM
OK, pardon my ignorance but I have a question in regards to "unlocking" phones.
I hear a lot of talk about Smartphones being unlocked to allow them to run unsigned applications. I also hear about phone being unlocked to allow them to be used with different carriers. So if you have a phone that is unlocked and can run on a different carrier, is it also automatically unlocked to be able to run unsigned applications. Does the requirement that an application be signed come from the carrier or is it part of the Smartphone OS?
Bottom line, if you unlock a phone from a particular wireless GSM carrier and want to use it on another GSM carrier, are you going to be be able to run unsigned applications or will that requirement carry over too? (In other words, is there a separate process to unlock a phone from the application signing requirement or is it all the same?)
I hear a lot of talk about Smartphones being unlocked to allow them to run unsigned applications. I also hear about phone being unlocked to allow them to be used with different carriers. So if you have a phone that is unlocked and can run on a different carrier, is it also automatically unlocked to be able to run unsigned applications. Does the requirement that an application be signed come from the carrier or is it part of the Smartphone OS?
Bottom line, if you unlock a phone from a particular wireless GSM carrier and want to use it on another GSM carrier, are you going to be be able to run unsigned applications or will that requirement carry over too? (In other words, is there a separate process to unlock a phone from the application signing requirement or is it all the same?)