[catnipman]

Almost impossible to believe the Feds did something good for the people.

[upchuck]

‘bout time.

[sarasmom]

Do the owners also get a “disable/kill switch” for the phone/device when they buy it?

(In case the phone is ever lost or stolen, so they can render it worthless)

Just curious.
My cheap phone and my no-contract service is very inexpensive, but if it was ever stolen, I could have the unused service balance transferred, and the phone would be rendered worthless to a thief.

I can see wanting to be able to sell or donate an old but still good higher end phone, and also why one might want to change service providers at will.

But doesn't this also make it easier for thieves to profit?

[bigbob]

Stay tuned....Obama plans to unblock pens next

[Cementjungle]

I didn’t realize the Feds outlawed the act of unlocking a phone in 2012. Does this bill do anything besides undo that FTC rule?

[1010RD]

Why is the government meddling in a private contract? Let the market and contract law dictate what happens to used phones.

[minnesota_bound]

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 that is for T-Mobile.
Samsung makes 11 different S4 models for different carriers.
When searching for a phone you have to look at what frequency the carrier uses. T-Mobile uses 1700 & 2100

A Nokia Lumia 1020 from ATT uses the same frequency’s and you can use a T-Mobile SIM card to have it work on T-Mobile.

Where I work T-Mobile is mostly dead inside the building but my co-workers ATT model with a T-Mobile SIM works great. The phone works and he gets data from 10mb to 13mb where I get almost no phone coverage and at best 440kb data to mostly zero. Both of us pay $30 a month and use skype for phone calls so we do not use our 100 mins per month. Using data it is pretty much unlimited.

Outside the building the Samsung Galaxy S4 phone works great. I suspect Nokia has a better antenna.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

This is a good thing, but don’t they have slightly more important things to worry about?

[Sgt_Schultze]

Right about now, theOne is placing calls to Verizon and ATT and hitting them up for contributions so he can come up with an excuse to veto the bill.

[Gene Eric]

Good grief. How is this a win for the marketplace?

Is there anything else we’d like Big Brother to arrange and regulate for us?

[cynwoody]

Absolutely appropriate. You own your computers!

[minnesota_bound]

My sister emailed today that her Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 will not charge. She sent me a part that needs replacing and a link to a video that shows how easy it is to replace the usb port. Price of the part is just $3.99
Buy the tools you need maybe another $8
Most of the samsung parts are cheap except for the screen and digitizer. She will do the repair herself.

Samsung S4 Not Charging, Not Syncing, Repair - Fix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCJcBltgE-I

ePartSolution-Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 USB port Charging Port & Microphone Mic Flex Cable Ribbon Replacement Part
http://www.amazon.com/ePartSolution-Samsung-SGH-M919-Charging-Microphone-Replacement/dp/B00EZ6EZ6U