Reports: latest iPhone update turns some unhacked iPhones into "iBricks"

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*Source: Tech-Ex (http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com...iphones.html)*
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Apple warned (http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com...reak-with.html) that some hacked iPhones would become bricked (specificially, a bricked device is only useful as a brick or doorstop -- it does not mean recoverable data loss) with the latest update (1.1.1) which was released yesterday. Indeed, *some *hacked phones have been bricked (http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com...ey-do-it.html). But now some reports have emerged of locked, pristine iPhones being bricked.

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