Hacked iPhones Confirmed As Bricking With Latest Update

mhollis writes "Field experience has confirmed that if you have a hacked iPhone, it will become an iBrick if you use Software Update to install the latest update on your iPhone. The BBC reports: '[Apple's] warning has now proved correct as many owners are reporting their phones no longer work following installation of the update. Apple requires iPhone owners to take out a lengthy contract with AT&T in the United States but there are a number of programs on the net that unlock the device for use with other networks.' The only 'solution' is to unhack your iPhone."

iPhone

[Anonymous Coward]

iDidn't buy one so iDon't care about iT.

So now

[Anonymous Coward]

it's iCan't ;)

Bricks Are For Lobbing

[CheeseburgerBrown]

I suggest attaching a nasty note and lobbing them through Apple's iWindows.

Re:Bricks Are For Lobbing

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple doesn't have Windows

This is a _GOOD_ thing people!

[__aailob1448]

I'm sick and tired of all the Apple bashing that hasn't yet taken place.

Look, Bricking hacked iPhones is the ONLY way to protect the AT&T network from collapsing under the weight of millions of replicating parasites and virii introduced into the carefully nurtured and fragile telecommunication ecosystem.

Also, if Apple does NOT brick the hacked iPhones, it will go bankrupt and we will all be condemned to using old 386 pcs with DOS 5.0 for our computing needs.

Also, the police might follow their example and stop investigation child abuse allegations too. WON'T YOU THINK OF THE ABUSED CHILDREN?

Thank you and death to hackers.

Paging Daniel Eran of RoughlyDrafted...

[mattgreen]

I want to see a thorough defense of restricting user choice on the net by this time tomorrow. Your essay must have no less than 1,000 words, at least three Zune references, and at least one reference to Ballmer throwing chairs. Bonus points if you make a reference to the Borg.

Also, don't forget the graphs and sound bites.

Re:I wonder......

[$RANDOMLUSER]

I built my iHouse out of iSticks, but I'm worried about the iWolf blowing my iHouse down.

Re:This is a _GOOD_ thing people!

[__aailob1448]

I didn't read the article, preferring instead to focus on posting as fast as possible and damn the accuracy, as per the slashdotter's handbook, v1.3b. But you are something else! Not only did you not read the article, you didn't even read the comment you were replying to! You, sir, are the true slashdotter. I am but a hack and a fool and I will now go into exile in the deep, moist darkness of Digg. Good luck to you, sir. May the great IT cockroach smile benevolently upon all your technical endeavors.

Absolutely

[__aailob1448]

A firmware update is a mystical experience that cleanses and purifies the soul of the machine, setting it on the path to higher functionality and bringing it closer to perfection. A few machines MUST be consumed by the holy fire, if there is no risk, there can be no reward. It's all in the book of mormon. Keep the firmware fire alive! Thank you.

Why do people update software on a phone?

[filesiteguy]

I hate to ask a stupid question, but I've had many cell phones and cannot remember ever updating the software on them. Even my blackberry hasn't ever updated. Why the iPhone? Are they trying to add right-click functionality?

Re:ownership of personal electronics

[Larry Lightbulb]

If it's my phone and I alter it, isn't this an official alteration?

oblig xkcd

[dextromulous]

http://xkcd.com/285/ [xkcd.com]