That is not true. I forgot to turn off find my iPHone on my 7 about 6 months ago, and it bricked my phone, thought it was stollen, I had to go into apple store, show my ID, and give them email that the receipt was emailed to before they would unbrick it.
> On Sep 24, 2017, at 4:20 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > I guess it won't hurt, but first of all, if you put your iPhone into DFU mode > it makes no difference whether Find my iPhone is on or not. I mam not sure > why they say you have to put your iPhone in DFU mode for this to begin with, > if you turn off Find my iPhone you should be able to simply activate the > Restore button in iTunes while holding down the shift key, browse to the IPSW > file you downloaded and it will restore (it always has in the past anyways). > Also, they did not mention that you have to be darn sure you download the > correct file for your exact phone model. In some cases this means knowing if > you have the "Global" or "GSM" version of a particular model. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > M. Taylor > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 1:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Not happy with the latest? Here's how to downgrade from iOS 11 to > iOS 10 > > This fabulous article is located at: > > https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-downgrade-from-ios-11/ > > Good Luck, > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
