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Originally Posted by DiPSET08
O my, why must people take things so literal..
you know what I mean. When I said 'bricked' I meant having to restore, which takes a lot of time. I am until this moment with an iPhone that can't be activated. Was just trying to warn people before they decide to upgrade. If you go ahead and upgrade and nothing happens...GREAT! if not...well I warned you.
Anyways I don't have the time to keep up with all the terms and what exactly they mean in the jailbreaking community.
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This is nothing new in the "jailbreaking community." Reporting a problem of having a bricked phone means something very specific. But, many people tend to like to use the sensationalistic word "bricked" to describe a situation that is not "bricked." A phone is bricked when it becomes about as useful as, say, a... brick. What you experienced was a need to restore. And, honestly, it is very easy to restore an iPhone, especially if you have backed things up properly.
I responded in this forum as I did, because you "literally" accused a app of destroying your iPhone. It did not. You were inconvenienced, and it should not have happened. But - when you jailbreak a phone, and begin installing numbers of different apps, particularly ones that modify the mobilesubstrate, then you have opened yourself up to the type of problems you have encountered.
A safe way to avoid those problems is to not ever install any apps unless they come through the Apple Appstore.
But, as we all know - and that's why we are here - that leaves out a whole lot of great potential for the iPhone. So - we make our choice, and take our chances! Literally!