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Tons of iPhones deactivated, is this a sneaky way to force us buy an iPhone 5?

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Re: Tons of iPhones deactivated, is this a sneaky way to force us buy an iPhone 5?

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Post by drharris »

potatolicious wrote: post #2

Flagged for flamebait title. The actual title of the thread is "Can't activate iOS 6 on my iPhone 3GS". Please refrain from blatant editorialization in submissions. And to address your title directly: No, no it fucking isn't.

Also flagged. Getting sick of the drama created by these anti-apple people. Maybe try to pick a more important cause?

Re: Tons of iPhones deactivated, is this a sneaky way to force us buy an iPhone 5?

#5

Post by juanpdelat »

drharris wrote: post #4
potatolicious wrote: post #2

Flagged for flamebait title. The actual title of the thread is "Can't activate iOS 6 on my iPhone 3GS". Please refrain from blatant editorialization in submissions. And to address your title directly: No, no it fucking isn't.

Also flagged. Getting sick of the drama created by these anti-apple people. Maybe try to pick a more important cause?

I don't understand why you get mad at me, clearly you are not the one without your phone/contacts/emails not working. Just to make it clear, I really like Apple, is just that I expect them to keep doing well what they used to do well. The tech support is not giving any help and people is not being able to use their phones (in my case, a work tool and also the only way to keep connected while on the go) for a week with no answer whatsoever about this issue.

Re: Tons of iPhones deactivated, is this a sneaky way to force us buy an iPhone 5?

#8

Post by juanpdelat »

chrisdroukas wrote: post #6

No, the iOS6 beta (3 and 4) expired on September 30 at 8PM EST. Massively inconvenient, but not a 'sneaky way to force us to buy an iPhone 5'.

But why no help or advice from Tech Support and also not able to restore or do anything using iTunes.

Re: Tons of iPhones deactivated, is this a sneaky way to force us buy an iPhone 5?

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Post by potatolicious »

juanpdelat wrote: post #5
drharris wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also flagged. Getting sick of the drama created by these anti-apple people. Maybe try to pick a more important cause?

I don't understand why you get mad at me, clearly you are not the one without your phone/contacts/emails not working. Just to make it clear, I really like Apple, is just that I expect them to keep doing well what they used to do well. The tech support is not giving any help and people is not being able to use their phones (in my case, a work tool and also the only way to keep connected while on the go) for a week wit…

Hacker News is not your personal tech support forum, nor is it your personal place to vent about your technical frustrations.

It is a community expectation that all submissions should respect their original titles (whether that is a blog post, an article, or something else). This keeps the front page useful instead of just a listing of opinions. You are more than welcome to editorialize and add your own take on things in the comments.

Worse yet, yours isn't just some editorialization or sarcastic comment, you're concocting a whole conspiracy theory without any basis whatsoever.

Re: Tons of iPhones deactivated, is this a sneaky way to force us buy an iPhone 5?

#10

Post by chrisdroukas »

juanpdelat wrote: post #8
chrisdroukas wrote: post #6

No, the iOS6 beta (3 and 4) expired on September 30 at 8PM EST. Massively inconvenient, but not a 'sneaky way to force us to buy an iPhone 5'.

But why no help or advice from Tech Support and also not able to restore or do anything using iTunes.

Sure, the dialog iOS provides is not particularly friendly. To fix this issue:

   Download iOS 6 GM from developer.apple.com/ios
   Restart your device is DFU mode
   Option click 'Restore' and select the iOS 6 GM .ipa from its download location
   Restore.
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