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10 Locked Things You Can Unlock Easily

Everybody hates when they’re locked out of their home, computer and/or car. Here’s a list of ten items which can be unlocked without much difficulty and you will be thanking us once you’re done with the list. So what are you waiting for? Scroll down and enjoy the list!

10. Open a Garage

This is quite an easy thing to do and yet quite easy to prevent. You need a wire or a coat hanger and that can be used to open the emergency latch by directing it from top of the door. As to prevention; use a plastic zip tie.

9. Unlock Your Computer

You can make use of your smartphone by employing Wi-Fi or any other Bluetooth device to unloack your Mac (or Ubuntu) by just being in the vicinity. This will save you the time that you have to spend typing and unlocking your computer.

8. Breaking & Entering Airplane Lavatory

So if you have an emergency crisis and the person inside is taking too damn long or if the guy inside is locked then this what you need to do; flip up the sign push and apply force on the lever and turn it to the unlocked position and you’re good to go. You might want to watch your back in an airplane now.

7. Unlock Region-Free Encoding

All of you own DVD and Blue-ray players are well aware of the region locking which accompanies them. This means you can only watch the movies that have been made for your country or region. How to get rid of it? Visit www.videohelp.com which will provide you with the database that can help you get rid of it.

6. Eliminate PDF Passwords

We’ve all been there where we are stuck with password protected pdfs. Here’s how to fix this problem; use the Pdfs guide by Amit Agarwal or one can also try the Free Pdf Unlocker but that’s for Windows only.

5. Unlock Your Camera’s Features

If you have a DSLR and want to upgrade it but don’t have enough money with you right now; try installing the custom firmware CHDK to get your hands on a plethora of features which Canon didn’t provide you with. You can also use Magic Lantern but that’s more video-oriented.

4. Use a Proxy

Surfing on internet will sooner or later get you to a point where you’ll find blocked sites. How to tackle such a situation? Simply put; use a proxy and there are myriad of softwares out there which can do this for you.

3. Pick Locks

One may argue that this is something for those who are planning to do some harm but trust us knowing how to pick a lock will really benefit you by giving you an insight into how the locks works and how you can improve your own security.

2. Crack Passwords

Cracking passwords can be done quite easily or might require some hard work but cracking a Wi-Fi password and gaining access to a computer is something that can be done with a little bit of patience and some dedication. Anyhow, we are not going into details over here but trust us; these skills will do you good when you’re in need. So learn them and use them wisely. You can use Reaver to crack Wi-Fi networks.

1. Jailbreaking/Rooting Your Smartphone

This is the smartphone era and you need to know how to work your way around Android and iPhone. You need to know how to jailbreak and root your smartphones so that you can have access to all the features. So when you buy an Android or iPhone, you can unlock the features by jailbreaking or rooting the phone.

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