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  • Apr
  • 12
  • 2008

BRICKED_AND_SIM_LOCKED_STRING found in iPhone firmware

The Greek technology site iPhone Hellas has been poking around in the iPhone 2 beta firmware and found all sorts of GPS-related goodies, as well as some more YouTube and Google integration, but the really interesting thing (to me anyway) is that they have also found the following string buried deep in the code: BRICKED_AND_SIM_LOCKED_STRING?.

OK, I understand Apple feeling the need to play the cat and mouse game with iPhone hackers in trying to keep the iPhone secure and such, but for Apple to openly put a string in their code that flaunts their “bricking” an iPhone…

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