Comments on: Apple Warns iPhone Could Become iBrick

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:30:10 +0000

Yes, if you want the iTunes store, you’d have to get the update… although I’m not sure if you’d be required to either way?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:06:08 +0000

Michael wrote:

But knowing Apple they will probably place a check in the update to see if the phone is unlocked is if so kill the phone.

I did just see that someone is developing a relocker, so that might curb that problem. People would be able to relock their cellphone for the update, and then possibly be able to unlock it again after the unlocking software is updated.

Andrew wrote:

Wouldn’t it just be possible to never update your software on the iPhone…?

I thought about that, too. I'm guessing that the updates are required to do things like connect to the iTunes store.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:10:54 +0000

Wouldn’t it just be possible to never update your software on the iPhone…?

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:05:03 +0000

But knowing Apple they will probably place a check in the update to see if the phone is unlocked is if so kill the phone. The one thing I don’t like about Apple is the Stalinistic Iron Curtain approach that they take with their products. With all of the bad things said about Microsoft, they are fairly libertarian toward the end users.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:30:06 +0000

I’m actually pretty doubtful that the update will even cause problems. And if it does, I’d think there’d be some solution.

By: metafacts

metafacts — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:24:06 +0000

Hey, is that really a problem? After all, even an iBrick from Apple would be more byootiful than the average brick!

Actually, this FUD tactic might backfire for Apple. It could draw in more business opportunities for modders to move to an ongoing service model instead of one-time hacks. That is, if they can keep one step ahead of Apple’s updates…

Dan

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