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It's very, very easy to reset your iPhone to it's default state, you simply plug it in to your computer, and click "Restore" in iTunes. Apple doesn't have to kn
by patrickk 16y ago
It's very, very easy to reset your iPhone to it's default state, you simply plug it in to your computer, and click "Restore" in iTunes. Apple doesn't have to know anything :-) I think you would have to be very silly to send a jailbroken iPhone to Apple to be serviced if Apple claim it's "illegal" to do so.
- DirtyAndy 16y agoI guess that would depend on why you were sending your phone to Apple to get fixed. If it is completely dead then you are not going to be able to reset it but they may well know it has been jailbroken once they fix it.
- gojomo 16y agoA step that depends on ITunes still depends on Apple's forbearance -- if they really wanted to stop this, they could have ITunes either (a) phone home reporting each 'restore' of an iPhone, and its previous state, by its unique ID; (b) leave a small notation in the 'restored' state about its previous state. It'd simply be the digital equivalent of the stickers that indicate if a unit has been opened or exposed to moisture.
- jrockway 16y agoThing is, Apple's shareholders would like Apple to stay in business for a while. Apple's "it's a crime" talk is to scare casual users away from jailbreaking to get pirated software. But they know that experienced users, the ones that write the apps that draw the inexperienced users to the platform, want to jailbreak. And, those users want a warranty. And, they don't want to piss off those users, many of whom have hardware-review blogs. So my guess is that Apple is not going to void warranties for jailbreaking. If they start doing that, it's going to be really good for Android and really bad for Apple.