Comments on: Apple FUD about iPhone unlocking

By: JohnnyW

JohnnyW — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:25:58 +0000

Well, they were right… Did they REALLY brick all those phones??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7017660.stm

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:47:48 +0000

hey Jon, i think it’s time you buy another iphone and get hackin’ again – they are saying the iphone 1.1.1 update now makes it impossible to get 3rd party apps onto.
Good luck –
-Robert.

By: J

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:09:22 +0000

Can we expect an activation for 1.1.1 from Jon ?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:55:29 +0000

Jon, the IMEI is changed to the lockdown imei. This is actually a common imei for lockdown:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showpost.php?p=1272648&postcount=6

That’s for some other phone, same IMEI that the iphone shows when it fails to work anymore.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:51:52 +0000

Amen Jon. Glad somebody finally came out and said it.

By: Dankoozy

Dankoozy — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:42:20 +0000

Apple must think the people are stupid. of course changing the firmware isn’t going to physically damage the components of the iphone. all it can damage is apple’s little relationship with AT&T

By: phelipe

phelipe — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:43:57 +0000

Let’s see tomorrow,when the upgrade will be available, as you already know the Dev Team are going to release a “restore to default patch” to restore your iPhone to the factory mode… Suck that Apple

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:20:30 +0000

Thank you Jon for pointing out something so obvious, that few people are pointing out.

By: V

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:21:45 +0000

I was trying to convince someone that the sacred firmware argument was nonsense yesterday. Does anyone know what kind of hardware you would need to flash the firmware of a completely bricked iPhone? Would the ordinary sync hookup be enough provided you had the firmware installer?