Apple may brick unlocked iPhones
Apple has now issued a statement:
Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed. Apple plans to release the next iPhone software update, containing many new features including the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (www.itunes.com), later this week. Apple strongly discourages users from installing unauthorized unlocking programs on their iPhones. Users who make unauthorized modifications to the software on their iPhone violate their iPhone software license agreement and void their warranty. The permanent inability to use an iPhone due to installing unlocking software is not covered under the iPhone’s warranty
I could not find the original statement, but the statement is all over Mac sites, having been posted by Macworld, MacNN, Apple Insider, and Apple Gazette.
So to the early-adopting Filipinos, unless you find some satisfaction in showing a bricked iPhone, you better find a way to restore the original settings.
Update: TUAW posts instructions on how to re-lock your iPhone.
September 25 2007 05:53 am | iPhone
