Bricked iPhone

The iPhone update turns hacked phones into useless paperweights.

As warned, iPhones with third-party software on them mysteriously won't work after the new software update - and even some non-hacked phone owners are reporting problems.

Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.

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