To call this a risky procedure would be an understatement, however -- venturing past a certain point raises the real possibility of bricking the device, and HTC's bootloader tool already puts limits on post-unlock support even when it's blessed by carriers.
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The content is encrypted, so even staff at Mega need the user's key to unlock it.
But the county council said it will unlock the area's business potential.
And it's about the power of science to not only unlock new discoveries, but to unlock in the minds of our young people a sense of promise, a sense that with some hard work -- with effort -- they have the potential to achieve extraordinary things.
She has made closing the Middle East's "knowledge divide" -- the gap in knowledge that has grown as a result of people in richer countries having more access to computers, the Internet and education than those in poorer countries -- a top priority over the next few years in the hope that it will unlock the economic potential of the region's population.
It's also annoying that you actually have to press the unlock button twice to gain control of the device.
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Generally, these manufacturer skins exist with the claimed goal of enhancing the platform's stock functionality, but we actually found a case on the Epic where the opposite is true: the phone's lock screen consists of a circle in the center of the screen that you drag up to unlock... and that's it.
If you ever toggle the screen off, you'd need to touch the panel to unlock it again and restart recording -- an action that's impossible with the waterproof case.
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In fact there's a very big pool of labor which, if we ever unlock it, could keep the expansion going.
It's exciting to think about how many people across the world will be able to unlock the power of SwiftKey today at such a low price.
Rather than using a passcode or swipe pattern to unlock the phone's screen, the new handset's fingerprint sensor allows users to simply press and slide a finger across a switch to quickly unlock it.
Rather than using it as a key to unlock opposing teams, tiki-taka was employed as a padlock to keep Spain's goal off-limits to opponents.
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