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Don't install the hacks until you have done the firmware update.... On 9/28/07, Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jeQB_4vxoBp-evv_7ghNwrkYpDWQD8RUDTK80 > > > Hacked IPhones Encounter Problems > > SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Apple Inc. issued a software update Thursday that > the company said would create problems for iPhones that have been modified > to use a cellular carrier other than AT&T Inc. > > Apple warned earlier this week that the iPhone update — which adds access to > the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store and fixes some security flaws — could wreak > havoc or permanently disable phones that carried unauthorized programs > designed to unlock the handset from the exclusive use of AT&T's network. > > Several gadget enthusiast Web sites, including Gizmodo and Engadget, as well > as online postings from hacker communities reported that, depending on which > unlocking program was used, certain modified phones no longer worked after > they installed the software update. In some cases, the phones would work, > but only with the original SIM card that ties the phone to AT&T. > > Some sites also reported that iPhones equipped with other unofficial, > third-party applications became disabled after the update. > > Some hackers had characterized Apple's warning as "a scare tactic." Despite > Apple's history of playing cat-and-mouse games with hackers concerning other > products, Apple officials insisted they were "not proactively" trying to > make hacked iPhones useless. > > It was unclear how many iPhone owners had unlocked their phones, but the > programs — including several that can be downloaded for free — appeared to > be particularly popular with European consumers. Apple isn't selling the > iPhone or initiating the service in Europe until November, so the unlocking > software allowed Europeans who bought iPhones in the United States to use > the phones. > > Installing Apple's latest iPhone update is optional. > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > ---- > Kiggundu Mukasa > KYM-NET LTD. > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 772 972255 > +256 414 571779 > Fax: +256 312 262122 > http://kym.net > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
