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Originally Posted by Regorium
Just wondering, did Apple's new firmware have code that intentionally bricks phones that have been modified?
I'm curious because I see that Apple has said modding your phone could cause "permanent, irreparable damage". This sounds like reverting to older firmware would not solve the problem - and this can really only be caused by newer firmware that maliciously destroys hardware.
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I seriously doubt it was intentional. Just that Apple didn't care about ensuring random hacks were supported.
Thing with modding firmware (or any software really), if you apply an update there is a good chance that your modifications will be overwritten by the newer versions of the files.
When flashing firmware stored on a ROM chip, there is a possibility that you will permenantly corrupt that chip, which would lead to their warning.
But my rather limited understanding of the iPhone leads me to believe that this was basically an OS update and didn't do much with ROM chips. Which would make it possible to fix the problem given the correct software.