[iphoneroeth]

I'm still wondering what that means for only modding phone (not unlocking)?
Yes, some people say you can just restore it. Well, what if Apple decides to pull the restore option?

[Kyle Matthews]

Modded phones will be fine.

There is no issue with modded phones.

At the most, you will lose all of your apps and have to reinstall them again. No big deal, takes 10 minutes with Installer or iBrickr/Breezy. Apple will not pull the restore option - that is a great feature they have built into iTunes which has nothing to do with modding, it is for real software issues, which happen.

[DeusInvictus7]

Originally Posted by poetic_folly

Modded phones will be fine.

There is no issue with modded phones.

At the most, you will lose all of your apps and have to reinstall them again. No big deal, takes 10 minutes with Installer or iBrickr/Breezy. Apple will not pull the restore option - that is a great feature they have built into iTunes which has nothing to do with modding, it is for real software issues, which happen.

hes right...but pf, wont you have to redo all the mods you did? like icons and themes and all them nifty .png files that everyone has Pshopped? kinda tedious but oh well, this next update better be a worthwhile one

cough cut and paste cough lol

[Kyle Matthews]

Correct. You will have to re-do your mods. Again, I would just wait a couple days after the firmware. You've been perfectly happy with your iPhone until now (minus a few small issues), whats a few more days?

[iph0n3]

hey poetic
i believe "the way i read the artice" from apple that it is for any modifications. They also said that the WIFI music store made it so the phone received automatic updates like the psp. But then again ... I use T-mobile because of the cheap factor and just plan to wait a week or to, to see what goes on

[DoerrFan]

Can anyone give me simplified instructions on how to relock it? When i try to open 009-7698-4.dmg it says its not recognized, any help?

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Originally Posted by DeusInvictus7

cough cut and paste cough lol

Exactly!

[iphoneroeth]

Well, thanks
I really hope they will not pull the restore ever. Else we are screwed!

[DeusInvictus7]

Originally Posted by iphoneroeth

Well, thanks
I really hope they will not pull the restore ever. Else we are screwed!

yeah dude, totally...thats gonna f all of us up if they pull that...
man imagine if we wont be able to mod anymore...
then we would all have mediocre iphones that would look all the same...

[sorrick]

So here is my question. If I unlocked my phone with erica sadun's unlock (the one in the guide here at modmyi) but subsequently restored my iphone (which in the faq to the guide says will relock the phone) should I be worried about the update bricking my phone? If anyone knows if the Erica's method is totally undone by a restore please let me know

[Greenkirby21]

According to gizmodo.com, it includes third party apps also

You heard that the new firmware bricks unlocked iphones? Get this: Apple just confirmed to me that running any third-party app at all voids the warranty, and you won't be covered if your iPhone bricks for whatever reason. The reasoning is that Apple cannot distinguish between other third party apps and those that have been confirmed to combine with the new firmware to cause iPhone Brick-itus. (Apple specifically named iUnlock and the GUI version, AnySIM.) What I don't get is how is running an app on an OS X iPhone more dangerous than running third party apps on a Macbook running OS X? I don't know, I'm not a genius, I just play one in my diorama. I don't think there's a way to track use of unauthorized apps, so before you go in for service, restore your iPhone to a born again software virgin status. There you go, iPhone rebels playing with AppTapp--we are all bandits and too dirty for warranty.

[Kyle Matthews]

There is a big difference between voiding the warranty, and having a firmware update "render the phone inoperable". I can't stress enough, all will be fine, you just have to give it a few days AFTER the update comes through.

[DoerrFan]

Jeez now im worried,i unlocked just to try T-Mobile, didn't like it, now im back on AT&T, can anyone help me understand the relocking guide better? im lost after...
Download the 1.0.2 firmware to your computer and unzip it. It uses a .ipsw extension but your unzip program should still work. Change the extension if you have to.

Please help!

[Kyle Matthews]

Don't worry. Just wait a few days after the firmware update before you do it. Let the fix get made. No big deal.

[LGgeek]

As far as the unlocking part DMCA says you have the right to do that. As far as the warranty it will be interesting to see if someone challenges Apple under the Magnus Moss Warranty act. This was originally aimed at auto manufactures voiding warranties when people added after-market things(stereos,security systems,etc) to autos, don't see why it couldn't apply to electronics.

I guess I should start writing a perl script to save and install all the icons,etc. I think Apple is just putting out new software releases to improve the product, not frustrate the modding community. My expounding of the greatness of the iPhone caused two of my brothers to go get one. They are not geeks like me so they stick to the GUI apps to do mods but they bought it because they saw my mods.
As PF says just wait a while, after all we currently have a very rich experience thanks to the modding community.