iPhone update re-locking handsets, disabling 3rd-party apps?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Alex @ Sep 27th 2007 2:57PM
DAMN YOU APPLE, DAMN YOU TO HELL!
ryan @ Sep 27th 2007 3:12PM
Anybody with a hacked phone should know better than to update their phone before the developers test it.
Tom @ Sep 27th 2007 3:27PM
MMS Yet?
happy? @ Sep 27th 2007 3:44PM
No MMS yet.
and anyone with an unlocked should know that you will have to wait a couple of days for an updated unlocking software before updating your phone but either way you'll have to restore it and erase everything you have on it.
mikef @ Sep 27th 2007 4:42PM
ass
mr mike @ Sep 27th 2007 4:44PM
sorry ass went to wrong person/ thats my bad~~~~
DigitalCactus @ Sep 27th 2007 3:45PM
I really think you guys need to just make a separate iPhone blogging site. Seriously. 2 iPhone news articles in a row? Don't get me wrong the iPhone is cool-looking and all but it doesnt even do MMS and runs off a slow data network thats mediocre at best.
mikef @ Sep 27th 2007 4:39PM
shhhhhhhh digital what ever that last part of our name is...i didnt really take long to look at it.....you must have taken the time to read those last to articles and involved yourself in some what by writing you little paragraph about what the iphone deosnt have and oh god all other phone have.
just move on to the next engadget article....cool cool
xj @ Sep 27th 2007 5:39PM
yet another reason not to own an Iphone. Apple wants to squeeze it's grip on consumers so tight it's eventually going to hurt them.
Jdog @ Sep 27th 2007 5:48PM
I'll take, "Things I saw coming from a mile away" for $500, Alex!
jiimayy @ Sep 27th 2007 6:03PM
does this include users who only activated their phone and used an old AT&T SIM via iAsign?
Mark Herman @ Sep 27th 2007 8:19PM
Well, I'm an AT&T subscriber, and I used iUnlock just to test it. The update bricked my phone, got the incorrect sim error. I put my wife's iPhone sim in it, still incorrect sim. They are both AT&T sims on valid iPhone accounts. I forced the iPhone into recovery mode, still no fix. Another change in the firmware from the update is: instead of the yellow triangle for recovery mode. It now shows the iPod/iPhone plug with an arrow to the iTunes logo. The same as the iPod Touch.
Andrew Wise @ Sep 27th 2007 10:01PM
@mark
I'm having the same problem; I was interested to see if the anysim program, etc would work, and after using a new Cingular sim card, I can't get anything to work.
Hopefully somebody has a resolution to this soon...
tr755 @ Sep 27th 2007 11:03PM
Here's a little secret for anyone that tried to upgrade their unlock iPhone and is now getting the activation required/invalid SIM message.
First off, Apple changed the IMEI on your iPhone to a special one that identifies your phone was unlocked by third party software. If you take your phone to a Genius Bar or call Apple Support, they will ask for the IMEI number. If it's this special IMEI, they will stop and not help you any further.
HOWEVER...
There is an unconfirmed bug that the 1.1.1 update is causing the same IMEI activation message on AT&T GoPhone (prepaid) accounts. If you tell the person at the Genius Bar that this is a GoPhone account, they will replace your iPhone right then and there with no further questions. You must have an AT&T SIM card in the phone, but the Apple employees have no way of verifying whether or not it is a GoPhone account or not.
NuShrike @ Sep 27th 2007 11:34PM
Makes you wonder why people enjoy playing the "jump the hoop" game with Apple so much.
Kaiser.
keithwwalker @ Sep 28th 2007 1:02AM
Man, I am SO glad that I didn't go for the iPhone and it's glossy interface, underneath you are just locked down by DA MAN = Steve Jobs = Evil = Phone Company
These are the guys who tracked down and murdered Dr. Johnny Fever...
noob @ Sep 28th 2007 11:26AM
da iphone thing its getting old next