Before iOS 7 this was not possible or feasible since iTunes would restore an image of the OS that would be free from any locking. If my iOS 6 or less iPhone is stolen, can I remotely brick the thing, so resale value drops to zero? The best you can do is to wipe the data from the device with an app like Find My iPhone from Apple or the open source Prey application. The device will no longer contain your applications or personal data, but it will still function normally and the thief could then initialize it for their own use.
Without wiping the device? Hard to impossible. And that's the whole point of these applications: to keep your data safe and the cost of losing the hardware. You're essentially cleaning it for them and getting it ready for their use or resale.
But you're ensuring that they can't gain access to your personal data, your PayPal account, your bank accounts and anything else you might have your phone connected to. In the UK, cell phone carriers will blacklist phones that are reported stolen so they can't be used on the network again. The bigger UK carriers do it. Not sure how common a practice it is in North America, or if carriers here are willing to do it all.
It's happened to me twice. Your idea does sound really good though. I wouldn't be surprised if the jailbreak community has come up with a remote "self-destruct" button in case your hardware is stolen. Find my iPhone is more of a novelty than a tool. Law enforcement cannot use the location to get a warrant, so it still leads to nowhere Since this question has already been bumped back to the front page, I might as well add some new information.
From the iOS 7 features page :. Everything turn off and the screen isn't even turning on with the Apple logo. Put it in DFU and tried to restore, but nothing. At the end of the process it always gives me error Any solution? Following the install of iOS 11 this morning, all was good until I went to remove Outlook from the iPad.
This is then followed by the "working" spinning star on a black screen, and then back to the Touch ID or Passcode screen.
Search by keywords or tags Submit Search Clear search query Additional information about Search by keywords or tags Supported Searches:. Managed To Brick iPhone. Click again to start watching. Did all that was asked to install, now iphone bricked. Any one else hav an issue? Beta iOS. Asked by seandouglas2. Copy to clipboard Share this post.
Copied to Clipboard. Add a Comment. Posted by Tkizzy. In fall , Apple replaced the NOR flash, which rendered the aforementioned These new NOR flash chips seem to work with the newer baseband versions in the iPhone 3GS , but are not supported with the old Therefore installing this version will brick your device if you have a newer NOR flash, as you currently cannot go back and install anything else.
Ultimately, the most sure-fire way would be to open the device and check the chip type. Setting the system time to the Unix epoch 1 January and attempting to reboot the device almost irreversibly bricks it. Normally, without a jailbreak, setting the time like this isn't possible with the Settings app, although it used to be possible before iOS 9. However, as the root user or with the com. When the device attempts to boot with the time set, it will fail to boot.
Disconnecting and then reconnecting the battery resets the time which fixes this. Error 53 can also occur when the iPhone is damaged but the owner continues to use it.
When the owner of the damaged iPhone updates or restores iOS, then the mobile phone's internal hardware checks will trigger an unrecoverable loop into "Recovery Mode" and all attempts of restoring the device through iTunes PC software will result in the Error 53 message.
Antonio Olmos, a freelance photographer, says that in September he was in the Balkans covering the refugee crisis. He accidentally dropped his iPhone and had to get it fixed at a local shop as there were no Apple stores around.
The screen and the home button of the iPhone were repaired and then the phone worked fine. However, when Olmos received the notification to upgrade his software and he accepted, he received the Error 53 message within seconds of the update. How can a company deliberately make their own products useless with an upgrade and not warn their own customers about it?
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