Re: Apple Spreads Firmware Virus To Disable iPhones

On Sep 30, 3:48 pm, Snit <C...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"John" <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
gMOdnaUA2LK1YWLbnZ2dnUVZ_oKhn...@xxxxxxxxxxxx on 9/30/07 12:42 PM:





"Snit" <C...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C32548AB.92F60%CSMA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"John Slade" <hhitma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
RJSLi.1021$ih1....@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 9/30/07 12:24 PM:

I had a suspicion that Apple would issue a firmware upgrade laced
with
a virus

And you were wrong.

OK.

Actually he is right. The latest 1.1.1 fimware release PERMANENTLY
disables iPhones that were modded to work on other than the ATT network.
Even if the software is restored to an earlier the phone will not work
because Apple has permanently disabled the ability to rewrite firmware.
The only fix is to replace actual compnents within the phone which Apple
refuses to do. Therefore the phone can only be thrown in the garbage can.

While I can understand people not being happy with Apple, to call the update
a virus is simply incorrect.

--
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is
generally employed only by small children and large nations. - David
Friedman

Depends on whether or not it was deliberate, which is debatable unless
we actually hear from somebody in Apple who's not trying to do PR crap.

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