iPhone unlocking problems

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Apple has warned it's customers that people attempting to unlock the phone may find that the phone becomes permenantly inoperable:

"The company said that modified mobiles would become permanently inoperable once Apple updates were installed. It follows a flurry of hacks claiming to unlock the phone, which is tied into the US AT&T network and O2 in the UK.

Apple has denied that it is doing anything proactively to disable iPhones that have been hacked or unlocked. The warning will be seen as a pre-emptive strike by Apple in the ongoing battle with hackers who are increasingly making unlocking software available to iPhone users. "

Read the full story at the BBC.
 

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I'm not surprised that this is going to happen.
After all o2 will not want to loose their monopoly on the phones in the UK being only on their network & tariffs.
 

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I can see their point, but to turn the phone into a flashy paperweight seems a little drastic!

Either way its well overpriced anyway. imo.
 
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ROFLMAO have you seen the Google ad directly above it when you click on our link to come here from the home page
 
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Apple has warned it's customers that people attempting to unlock the phone may find that the phone becomes permenantly inoperable

I unlocked my iPhone and everything is ok
 

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