There is an article over at Macnn that gives a few good reasons why the bricking may not have been intentional. First they start with a pretty good previous example of Apple’s possible intentions with the iPhone from Apple’s original Mac that had no expansion slots because they wanted to avoid the lockups caused by adding random expansion hardware.
They even have a quote of good old Steve saying that “The ... continued »
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So maybe the bricked iPhones weren’t all made so intentionally
There is an article over at Macnn that gives a few good reasons why the bricking may not have been intentional. First they start with a pretty good previous example of Apple’s possible intentions with the iPhone from Apple’s original Mac that had no expansion slots because they wanted to avoid the lockups caused by adding random expansion hardware.
They even have a quote of good old Steve saying that “The ... continued »
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iPhone Unlocking legal according to different Copyright Scholar
Tim Wu is apparently a pretty smart guy when it comes to copyright laws and he has taken the time to weigh in on iPhone unlocking. He even says he told the Apple employees at the Apple store where he bought his iPhone that he was intending to unlock it and they still continued to sell him the $400+ iPhone.
He alludes to the fact that due in part to the ... continued »
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Class action suit against Apple a possibility
Yeah, I know this won’t be the first, it won’t even be the first pertaining to the iPhone, but they are trying to get a class action suit together over the new firmware and the lack of warranty service. There appears to be two separate groups, the first is all those that did something that might have voided their warranty legitimately, whether it be accessing the iPhone’s flash directly for ... continued »
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DevTeam: Apple didn’t have to brick unlocked iPhones
Little comfort to those who face bricking their unlocked iPhones or languishing on old firmware forever, but the iPhone DevTeam have been pretty unequivocal at accusing Apple of taking the, let's say, AT&T pleasing option when it comes to constructing their upgrade. As they told Gizmodo:
"Apple has multiple ways of upgrading the [firmware of the] baseband [radio chip] without committing a 500,000-phone massacre. First, they can issue a secpack [security ... continued »
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Rumor: So your bricked your iPhone, what next?
Well, you can wait for the iPhone Dev Team to come up with a solution, and you know they will, they are the gods of the iPhone, I really don’t see why Apple doesn’t just put them on payroll and save us all the hassle. Or, you can lie.
Here is the deal, Apple’s latest firmware somehow changes the IMEI of your phone (I swear that the last time I checked ... continued »
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Update bricks unlocked iPhones
Apple's 1.1.1 iPhone update is out, and while there's a healthy list of new functionality and tweaks, all eyes are still on the unlock situation. After Apple's warnings (which some took as threats) that hacked iPhones could potentially turn into expensive, slender bricks after the update process, owners of modded handsets scurried desperately to find ways to restore authenticity to their iPhones. Whether that's necessary or not seems to vary; there ... continued »
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iPhone Dev team counter’s Apple’s threats with a promised solution
They also marched on to the tune that Apple is being far too restrictive. They said that if the number of downloads of just the iPhone Dev teams unlocking software are any inclination, then several hundred thousand people are running around with unlocked phones. I would hate to be working at the Genius Bar the day after the next iPhone update.
However, since the iPhone Dev team can’t protect your iPhone ... continued »
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