Finally the 'unlocked' iPhones are 'dead' !
Users are reporting that a new update to Apple Inc.'s iPhone is making previously unlocked iPhones unusable. The iPhone 1.1.1 update, released Thursday, breaks phones that have been hacked so that they work with providers other than AT&T Inc., the only U.S. provider Apple has allowed to carry its mobile phones.
Apple warned earlier this week that the iPhone update-which adds access to the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store and fixes some security flaws-could permanently disable phones that have been already modified for use in networks other than AT&T Inc.,-its exclusive partner's network.
Security researcher Tom Ferris said the new software disabled a phone that had been unlocked using the open-source anySIM software in order to work on T-Mobile USA Inc.'s wireless network. After the update, the iPhone was stuck with an error message and apparently unusable. "It kept saying 'unsupported SIM card,' even with the AT&T SIM card in it," he said. "You can turn the phone off or on, but we just can't figure out how to get past this 'SIM card not supported'," he said.
There were reports online that employees at Apple stores were reviving or replacing some dead iPhones. But Ms. Bowcock. an Apple spokeswomen did not offer much hope to iPhone owners with problems: “If the damage was due to use of an unauthorized software application, voiding their warranty, they should purchase a new iPhone.”
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