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liberación de moviles

English translation: Unlocking of mobiles


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Spanish term or phrase:liberación de moviles
English translation:Unlocking of mobiles
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15:44 Sep 27, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / Mobile phones
Spanish term or phrase: liberación de moviles
Anyone living in Spain has seen this sign at every Chinese five-and-dime store in the country. When you buy a cell phone from one company and want to make it compatible for any other, you take it somewhere and have it "liberado." Now, as the phone is not oppressed or occupied I hardly think we can liberate it, leading it into a technological Promised Land... do we simply erase it (or would you have to say erase it's memory?), cleanse it, clear it, clean it, have its memory cleaned... etc. Techies? Thank you. JRP
Justin Peterson
Local time: 21:01
Unlocking of mobiles
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http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/unlock-mobile-phone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_lock#Unlocking_technology

Hope it helps!

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My pleasure, thanks
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Damian Hosford
Spain
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Unlocking of mobiles


Explanation:
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Note added at 3 mins (2011-09-27 15:48:52 GMT)
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http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/unlock-mobile-phone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_lock#Unlocking_technology

Hope it helps!

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Note added at 4 days (2011-10-02 10:04:45 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure, thanks

Damian Hosford
Spain
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac: Not as much as people refusing to accept a contract. I only use my mobile phone for emergencies and to send SMS - 10 years with prepay. Of course, I might get tempted into buying a cool mobile device one of these days . . .
8 mins
  -> Thanks Jenni...must drive companies mad. Re: contracts, you're right, I am one of the only people I know with a non-fixed term contract...

agree  Noni Gilbert: Yup
58 mins
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agree  xxxFVS
1 hr
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agree  Charles Davis: Yes indeed, and as another diehard prepay user I wish to express my solidarity with Jenni
2 hrs
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agree  Liz Slaney
2 hrs
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agree  Sara Oliveira
1 day11 hrs
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