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The problem isn’t that the bug itself will cause data loss - it’s that you have no way of using the phone because of the boot loop unless you wipe. I’m not ent
by nneonneo 7y ago
The problem isn’t that the bug itself will cause data loss - it’s that you have no way of using the phone because of the boot loop unless you wipe.
I’m not entirely sure how you’d go about updating the phone without booting into it, but I think it is possible, and that would be one way to avoid losing all your data due to the bug.
- GhostVII 7y agoOne of the comments on the bug has the answer: For testing purposes, there are three ways that I found to unbrick the device: 1) wipe the device with 'Find my iPhone' 2) put the device in recovery mode and update via iTunes (note that this will force an update to the latest version) 3) remove the SIM card and go out of Wifi range and wipe the device in the menu
- Matt3o12_ 7y agoInstead of wiping the phone, couldn’t you just disable iMessage once you habe removed the SIM card and are out of WiFi range?
- monkeynotes 7y agoWould that mean you could not use iMessage any more (without the patch)? An iPhone without iMessage is significantly redundant, at least in N.America.