| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 83397 | 2007-09-30 18:24:00 | Got An iBrick/Doorstop At Home? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 596431 | 2007-09-30 18:24:00 | Wellllllll . . Apple bricked all the hacked iPhones . . . . It's like your cable service finding you've been getting pirated tv shows of a cable outside your home and burning down your tv and microwave for extra points . I'm not sure how long Apple will be able to get away with this charade . They claim it's the hack that bricks your phone, but it's pretty clear to anyone and everyone that this is just a ruse . They purposely went out of their way to create a patch that would brick the phones of people who had the audacity to want to use an iPhone on anything other than the AT&T network . But until a lawsuit is brought to bear or the source code is leaked, it'll be impossible to prove this and Apple will be able to continue to force their users to accept the AT&T network . The law says you OWN a cell phone once you buy it and have the RIGHT to go to a different service if you want . That's not illegal . . . not in the least . . . . . :mad: But I feel bricking your iPhone or OPSYS with a patch is illegal no matter who does it . . Woz, Bill-o or M$ . Any dissenting opinions? Line up in a circle over there —> |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 596432 | 2007-09-30 20:05:00 | Wellllllll . . Apple bricked all the hacked iPhones . . . . It's like your cable service finding you've been getting pirated tv shows of a cable outside your home and burning down your tv and microwave for extra points . I'm not sure how long Apple will be able to get away with this charade . They claim it's the hack that bricks your phone, but it's pretty clear to anyone and everyone that this is just a ruse . They purposely went out of their way to create a patch that would brick the phones of people who had the audacity to want to use an iPhone on anything other than the AT&T network . But until a lawsuit is brought to bear or the source code is leaked, it'll be impossible to prove this and Apple will be able to continue to force their users to accept the AT&T network . The law says you OWN a cell phone once you buy it and have the RIGHT to go to a different service if you want . That's not illegal . . . not in the least . . . . . :mad: But I feel bricking your iPhone or OPSYS with a patch is illegal no matter who does it . . Woz, Bill-o or M$ . Any dissenting opinions? Line up in a circle over there —> And it was a whopping 152mb, Jeez I'd hate to download that on any phone . More or less a rewrite of the opsys . :D |
intel hunter (6666) | ||
| 596433 | 2007-09-30 20:12:00 | And who's the one making bloated OSes now??? | somebody (208) | ||
| 596434 | 2007-09-30 20:21:00 | Gawd, this could have been done quite easily without laying WMG bait. But hey.. I look forward to seeing more of this (www.imagef1.net.nz).... :p | wratterus (105) | ||
| 596435 | 2007-09-30 20:30:00 | Not feeling any smpathy here. It was well known before purchasing the iphone that it is locked to At&T. Any changes made to bypass this resulting in a non-functioning phone is the risk they took. | sam m (517) | ||
| 596436 | 2007-09-30 21:36:00 | Gawd, this could have been done quite easily without laying WMG bait. But hey.. I look forward to seeing more of this (www.imagef1.net.nz).... :p Well - I probably need to retract my comment after reading that Windows Mobile 6 is anywhere between 90-200MB depending on version and language. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 596437 | 2007-09-30 21:44:00 | And who's the one making bloated OSes now??? I think it will be like any update, once it is done. most of the space will be reclaimed. |
plod (107) | ||
| 596438 | 2007-10-01 00:33:00 | And it was a whopping 152mb, Jeez I'd hate to download that on any phone. More or less a rewrite of the opsys. :D You don't download the update with your iPhone you download the update on your PC or Mac via iTunes then sync it with your iPhone. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 596439 | 2007-10-01 01:05:00 | You don't download the update with your iPhone you download the update on your PC or Mac via iTunes then sync it with your iPhone. Doesn't matter, it's still a bloody big upgrade for a phone. |
intel hunter (6666) | ||
| 596440 | 2007-10-01 01:08:00 | Doesn't matter, it's still a bloody big upgrade for a phone. It is although you could call it an OS update since the iPhone runs a cut down version of OS X and as was previously mentioned on this thread, the MS smartphone updates are in the region of 200MB. No doubt the 3rd party hackers will be working to "rectify" everything ;) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||