In which Apple destroys my daughter’s iPad forever
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In which Apple destroys my daughter’s iPad forever
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Re: In which Apple destroys my daughter’s iPad forever
#2looks like it is stuck in 1970 or so, according the number of minutes in the image
Edit: 1972 to be exact
Re: In which Apple destroys my daughter’s iPad forever
#3Convince the police or FBI you're a criminal or terrorist. They will unlock it for free.
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#4And this one time, when I updated my iPod touch, and both WiFi and Bluetooth stopped working.
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#5Destroyed? The account does not work anymore, but the device is doing exactly as told.
However i agree any electronic device should have the ability to factory reset. Software lock ins are terrible.
Re: In which Apple destroys my daughter’s iPad forever
#6Convince the police or FBI you're a criminal or terrorist. They will unlock it for free.
Convince them your daughter is a criminal, it's hers not yours.
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#7Not forever, looking at the screenshot - “just” 45 years.
I hope he gets this resolved - otherwise his daughter will have one hell of a digital time capsule to open in her late 50’s - assuming apple or anything else still exists.
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#8Destroyed? The account does not work anymore, but the device is doing exactly as told. However i agree any electronic device should have the ability to factory reset. Software lock ins are terrible.
Functionality like this is pretty good to deter theft. If thieves can't easily re-enable bricked devices, black market price is much lower, thus there's less incentive to mug people carrying those devices.
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#9I think this is the same person who post this,
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7138743
^ For more info.
Re: In which Apple destroys my daughter’s iPad forever
#10looks like it is stuck in 1970 or so, according the number of minutes in the image Edit: 1972 to be exact
I wonder if you created a network with an SSID and password that matched the original if it would pick it up and update the date? This is what I did with my TV when I lost the remote, so I could add a phone as a remote.