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iPhone Bricked is a term given to the iPhone after an update or hack reduces functionality. The name is also applied to phones that are unable to activate through normal methods. A partial fix for a bricked iPhone, which restores partial functionality, has been discovered.
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Fast Facts
- Names given due to lose of functionality
- Caused by failed hack or incorrect activation
- Possible to unbrick some phones
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Support for iPhone Bricked
Apple does not offer support for bricked phones that contain unauthorized software. They will support clean iPhones that become bricked by a failed software upgrade. There have however been some reports of Apple store employees having a secret fix for the issue. TUAW: Apple Geniuses are reportedly unbricking iPhones Users have reported employees will somtimes take a iBrick in the back and come back with a working unit. -
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iPhone Bricked News and Articles | Add a Link
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TUAW: Apple Geniuses are Reportedly Unbricking iPhones
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Google News: iPhone Bricked
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Engadget: iPhone Update - Facts and Fiction
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Gizmodo: Running any Third Party iPhone Apps? Bye-Bye Warranty
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TUAW: Apple - iPhone SIM Unlockers Will End up with iBricks
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Gizmodo: iPhone Firmware 1.11 Out and Tested - Sends Them to Semi Brick Limbo
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TUAW: Apple Geniuses are Reportedly Unbricking iPhones
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IPhone Bricked on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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Updated some springboard crap and bricked my iPhone. Restoring. And applying jailbreak *again*. Fixed a 1604 error when restoring, too.
@rmichaels | July 09, 2009 03:13 AM -
iPhone + tile floor = bricked iphone. not sure how i will live my life without a phone.
@sailbythestars | July 08, 2009 08:48 PM -
Transplanted the motherboard of the iPhone with cracked screen to the bricked iPhone & it is working! Next up: switching the batteries.
@emmerinc | July 08, 2009 05:36 PM -
lastnight = BRICKED IPHONE =[ earlymorning = IPHONE RESTORE = lost numbers ]]]]]]=
@jamesxchance | July 08, 2009 05:09 PM -
The a-hole at AT&T bricked my iPhone and then told me he couldn't figure out if he fixed it or not ... smart.
@andrewtomasino | July 08, 2009 01:43 PM
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