iPhones Rendered Useless -Can’t Say Apple Didn’t Warn Ya!

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The day of reckoning has come for people that decided to unlock their iPhones in an effort to use other networks. Apple’s software release yesterday left many iPhones black as night.

Engineers at iPhoneSimFree said Friday in a website posting that they tested the iPhone update and found the devices remain unlocked and operable as long as they use an original AT&T chip known as a “subscriber identity module” (SIM) card.

“Unfortunately, currently there is no way to jailbreak/reactivate the phone for use with a SIM card other than the original AT&T card,” an iPhoneSimFree posting said.

“We are all looking into the jailbreak issue as it affects us all.”

Without the optional update, hacked iPhones can be made to work with SIM cards for other service providers.

Earlier this week Apple warned that altered phones would be rendered useless when users updated them. Not exactly good news for the guy that bought it and had to defunct it (on top of paying $200.00 extra for the thing.)

What was your experience with the iPhone update? Was it positive?

AP

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