Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone
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#2If that can be done "off grid," then I welcome it because it's likely a jailbreak vector
Re: Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone
#3Will this not increase the economic value of stealing iPhones?
Right now, in India, iPhone sales compete with used iPhones. With an option to unbrick phones, what methods are preventing a new market of “Chor-Bazaar for iPhones” (market for stolen iPhones)?
Re: Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone
#4Will this not increase the economic value of stealing iPhones? Right now, in India, iPhone sales compete with used iPhones. With an option to unbrick phones, what methods are preventing a new market of “Chor-Bazaar for iPhones” (market for stolen iPhones)?
I am so happy to see a chor bazaar reference here. I got one of my antique SLR cameras from there!
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#5Will this not increase the economic value of stealing iPhones? Right now, in India, iPhone sales compete with used iPhones. With an option to unbrick phones, what methods are preventing a new market of “Chor-Bazaar for iPhones” (market for stolen iPhones)?
Pretty sure this doesn't remove Activation Lock so it shouldn't make a difference
Re: Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone
#6Will this not increase the economic value of stealing iPhones? Right now, in India, iPhone sales compete with used iPhones. With an option to unbrick phones, what methods are preventing a new market of “Chor-Bazaar for iPhones” (market for stolen iPhones)?
Bricked as in doesn’t boot the OS, not bricked as in unable to be activated.
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#7w o w
what could go wrong
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#8This is presumably in preparation for removing USB-C next year?
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#9Needing to connect an iDevice that wouldn't boot to a PC or Mac in order to restore a factory OS image wasn't exactly a high bar to get over, but this does give you another option for recovery.
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#10As a former hardware engineer, if it can be restored wirelessly or otherwise, it's not a brick yet. Keep trying, you'll get there! ;)