So you bricked your iPhone...
Tonight we read countless comments and forum postings from those unfortunate folks who unlocked their iPhones and then installed the new iPhone update. Well... what can we say... sorry.
Many folks are very, very upset but then again I'm not sure if they have the right to be. Many of these folks are quoting that there is a law that AT&T must give out the unlock code after 90 days. I did a little bit of research and could find no laws stating this. I also read a lot of flaming of Apple and Steve Jobs (in all caps mind you) and I have to just scratch my head and wonder... why?
If you bought an iPhone from Apple and then activated it with AT&T, you went into it knowing well that you would have a 2 year contract with AT&T and that you'd have to stick with their service. Unlocking the iPhone doesn't put any money into their pockets, in fact the exact opposite is more probable. Unlocking the iPhone was a choice you made and no matter how you try to justify it, you knew what you were doing and the risks involved. After all, if AT&T or Apple wanted you to unlock the phone, they would have provided the tools for you to do it.
If you bought an unlocked iPhone to use, hopefully you understood what you were getting into. If you didn't, all we can say is "oh well". Apple iPhone's are not sold by T-mobile, Sprint or Verizon... so that should have been a sign that maybe the unlocked iPhone was too good to be true... but I digress.
If you iPhone is bricked, we'd say just take a wait and see stance. Perhaps others who have iBricks will come up with a solution by the weekend. Maybe even tomorrow.
Many folks are very, very upset but then again I'm not sure if they have the right to be. Many of these folks are quoting that there is a law that AT&T must give out the unlock code after 90 days. I did a little bit of research and could find no laws stating this. I also read a lot of flaming of Apple and Steve Jobs (in all caps mind you) and I have to just scratch my head and wonder... why?
If you bought an iPhone from Apple and then activated it with AT&T, you went into it knowing well that you would have a 2 year contract with AT&T and that you'd have to stick with their service. Unlocking the iPhone doesn't put any money into their pockets, in fact the exact opposite is more probable. Unlocking the iPhone was a choice you made and no matter how you try to justify it, you knew what you were doing and the risks involved. After all, if AT&T or Apple wanted you to unlock the phone, they would have provided the tools for you to do it.
If you bought an unlocked iPhone to use, hopefully you understood what you were getting into. If you didn't, all we can say is "oh well". Apple iPhone's are not sold by T-mobile, Sprint or Verizon... so that should have been a sign that maybe the unlocked iPhone was too good to be true... but I digress.
If you iPhone is bricked, we'd say just take a wait and see stance. Perhaps others who have iBricks will come up with a solution by the weekend. Maybe even tomorrow.
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