Apple Geniuses quietly unbricking illicit iPhones?
Looks like some of your loyal employees may be shirking the party line here, Steve. Reports are coming in that Apple Genius Bar staffers are, under certain circumstances, fixing iPhones that have been unusable due to the recent iPhone firmware upgrade. The phones, as we well know, have been re-locked due to the presence of *gasp* an "illegal" SIM unlock process. Apple has released a number of official statements accepting no responsibility for whatever havoc, pain, and / or suffering the firmware upgrade might inflict on hacked or software-modified iPhones. It seems that the Geniuses are taking a slightly more sympathetic approach. Keep in mind that this is purely anecdotal, and your actual mileage may vary, but certain Geniuses have reportedly taken "bricked" iPhones in for service, emerging minutes later with a miraculously fixed piece of equipment. Whether or not they have some sort of fix-all software hack themselves, or if they’re simply swapping the bricked ones out for new devices remains to be seen, but there may yet be some hope for those of you with newly "broken" handsets.
Does anyone think this could just be psychological warfare on El Jobso’s part? Maybe he is saying that but he wants to show that the Genius’s really care as does Apple, but has to do his part for AT&T to make it “look” like hes doing everything to protect the revenue stream. I mean thats what a smart slick guy like Steve Jobs would do…
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eJay I think you have some brown stuff on your nose.
The way I imagine it: the unlucky few that have a briked phone have been lucky enough to get a genius that probably doesn’t know or read into the device well enough to recognize a hack, they probably see it as a software issue.
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Victor - Thanks bro my mirror broke this morning
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Ejay stop smoking crack an stop eating weed brownies. I’m supresed you not following is steves foot steps an doing acid an lsd. Look we all know you work @ mcdonalds but you need a better stress outlet.
That said I’m betting there’s a bit of under the table action going on her I bet for a small off the clock “fee” they do this.
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If this is the case that is great, I guess not all are Apple asymilated. However, I think that now that you publish this tid bit, I think there will be a “memo” coming down saying NOT to do this or else.
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eJay’s pot brownie consumption is hardly relevant here Galvatron, now if this were a topic about brownies, then, maybe.
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Galvatron,
What are you on a break, go get the rest of the carts from the parking lot. Target customers needs their carts, quit slacking loser.
did someone say weed brownies?
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@ejay no problem man, always looking out for my BG-Boyz (& and girlz for any women out there).
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I wonder if Galvatron trys to sign up for the free iPhone….lol
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Jordan and Optimus good looking out dissin Galv while I was away all day “flipping burgers”
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kills optimus prime an takes the matrix out his ches an shots ejay with the laser
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giv it a rest!
hes voicing a oppinion
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