Robert Anna

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March 04, 2010

Congratulations Apple, you now officially suck.

First, the list;
Apple IIe
Powerbook 1998
Blueberry iMac
iBook (white, defective logic board)
12” Powerbook
17” Powerbook
12” Powerbook (Wife)
Mac Mini PPC (with wireless keyboard/mouse)
MacBook PPC(black)
Macbook Pro 13”
Mac Mini intel (with wireless keyboard/mouse)
Airport extreme base station
ilife
iWork
iPod touch (kids)
iPod touch (kids)
iPhone (1st gen)
iPhone (1st gen, wife)

And finally, the iPhone 3Gs. The reason why, Apple has officially jumped the shark.

Apple, in their quest for World domination, had decided that it would be a good idea to force the installed base of iPhone users into the 3.1.3 firmware. The purpose of the fw upgrade is for the sole task, of crippling jailbroken iphones. Nothing else.

If your iPhone should happen to require a reinstall of the 3.1.2 fw (as mine did), well then my friend, you’re SOL. Or are you?

My FW had to be reinstalled after I (thoughtlessly) did a “reset network settings”. The phone wouldn’t boot and needed a fw reinstallation. But when I go to do so, I find that Apple is now only signing (via iTunes) 3.1.3. So now, I must triumph over my Orwellian overlords.

I do this by bypassing Apple’s own signature server, and pointing iTunes to a different server (a more cooperative one!), at the terminal prompt, by editing the host file.

Once that was done, everything reinstalled as though Steve Jobs had given it his own personal blessing.
So, nice job Apple. You’ve taken a completely loyal customer, (one who’s spent some serious coin) and completely alienated them against you. Now you fall into the category of suck, and all because of your stupid incestuous relationship with ATT.
Hope it was worth it. Because now I officially hate you, AND you officially failed at trying to lock me out of my phone.

Suck it.

Posted by Robert at March 4, 2010 03:42 PM

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