[ale] Ouch. Stay away from proprietary technology.

[DJ-Pfulio]

But it isn't 100% your device.
Apple licenses the software.
AT&T/Verizon validate that the Apple OEM HW and SW work on their networks.

BTW, Apple is hardly the only people doing this and they won't be the last.

I have a bricked Chromebook because Google doesn't think I should be
allowed to run any OS on that HW. Any mention of "Linux" in the Chrome
OS/Chromebook forums has your thread closed, even if it is trying to use
the official, Linux, tools to create a Chrome OS recovery flash drive.
They close the thread and pick a terrible answer as "best" that has
NOTHING to do with the issue.  They are "linux-phobes" there, for lack
of a better term.

On 02/05/16 13:39, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Hmm. Security which locks you out of your own device is of questionable
> value.
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:31 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com
> <mailto:james.sumners at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     The key bit is this:
> 
>     "The issue appears to affect handsets where the home button, which
>     has touch ID fingerprint recognition built-in, has been repaired by
>     a “non-official” company or individual. It has also reportedly
>     affected customers whose phone has been damaged but who have been
>     able to carry on using it without the need for a repair."
> 
>     I don't think it's a crybaby, "you didn't let us fix it", thing. It
>     seems pretty clear from that description of the problem that Apple
>     is trying to prevent tampering with the fingerprint scanner, i.e.
>     it's a security thing.
> 
>     On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Charles Shapiro
>     <hooterpincher at gmail.com <mailto:hooterpincher at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         Apple bricks phones repaired by unauthorized shops.
> 
>         http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
> 
>         -- CHS
> 
>