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Information Technology News Update may turn unlocked iPhones into iBricks
Information Technology News Update may turn unlocked iPhones into iBricks | Update may turn unlocked iPhones into iBricks |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 26 September 2007 | |
  
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The company warned that such problems would not be covered by the iPhone's warranty, and that an update delivering new features including support for the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store would be released later this week. A statement from the iPhone Dev Team, the group responsible for the free software used to carry out the unlocking, has been published by The Unofficial Apple Weblog. The team asserted that "The removal of those firmware problems [ie, the AT&T lock], which were built in in favor for AT&T, does not cause 'damage' as they want to make us believe." The Team expects to release a tool that will restore iPhones "to a Factory-like state" in the next week, and said "In the meantime we advise you not to update your free iPhone with the upcoming firmware. Wait for the next version to be fixed to work properly with your carrier and not break your phone." The statement was published in a story carrying Erica Sadun's byline. Sadun developed a GUI for some of the tools used in the unlocking process. She also developed software that allows (some) Mac OS X widgets to run on an iPhone. The usual justification for network locking is that it allows the carrier to recoup the cost of subsidising handset prices. However, Apple has insisted that the iPhone is sold without subsidy, and receives a percentage of network revenue associated with iPhone use. |
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