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Tenacious iPhone user finally unlocks phone locked for almost a decade (www.gizmochina.com)

submitted 3 months ago by griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] nulluser@programming.dev 60 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I don't understand.

“I have no idea who locked it in 2015,” she said.

So someone can just make your iphone inaccessible for a decade and you can't override it or log in, even if you have the passcode?

On the Apple Support community, one user reported their iPhone had been locked for 50 years. Similarly, a post on 9to5Mac’s forum mentioned an iPhone disabled for “23614974 minutes”—about 45 years.

I'm sorry, what? I guess I'll just add this to my list of reasons I'm glad I use Android. JFC.

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ooh an iPhone that's been locked for 50 years, I wonder what iPhones looked like in 1974!

I haven't read this. But I know you can unlock your iPhone using your icloud account.

(Still, happy I switched to android this year)

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Ooh an iPhone that's been locked for 50 years, I wonder what iPhones looked like in 1974!

Maybe instead of mocking them, you should try to understand what was said. They said the iphone was locked for another 50 years (future), not that this marks the 50th anniversary of the iphone being locked.

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