Operation BRICK!!!!

[succubus]

The 3G iPhone has a built in software that allows AT&T to send a comand to the phone scrambling it, turning it into a brick....if its stolen or a customer cancels the contract they demand that either you return the phone or they send the brick signal and charge you full price.....and even if you leave it turned off your not safe...the iPhone never actually powers completly off......oh the irony....LOL

[Steveo 90]

where did you hear this........

[mittenman]

Not likely............

[succubus]

where did you hear this........
didnt just hear it...know it for a fact...my husband is a manager in customer service

[ColsTiger]

The 3G iPhone has a built in software that allows AT&T to send a comand to the phone scrambling it, turning it into a brick....if its stolen or a customer cancels the contract they demand that either you return the phone or they send the brick signal and charge you full price.....and even if you leave it turned off your not safe...the iPhone never actually powers completly off......oh the irony....LOL

I'll need a link for verification.:wink:

[mittenman]

I'll need a link for verification.:wink:


I'll get a link for ya, I gotta call my uncle's wife's nephew so he can email it to me!:tounge:

[smknSRT8]

that's what they wannnnnt you think muahahahah

[jnowaczyk]

once you pull your sim they can't find you

i could see them stopping from putting it back in there system .. but thats it

on a blackberry they just black list the pin so no data use .

[Hawk]

The 3G iPhone has a built in software that allows AT&T to send a comand to the phone scrambling it, turning it into a brick....if its stolen or a customer cancels the contract they demand that either you return the phone or they send the brick signal and charge you full price.....and even if you leave it turned off your not safe...the iPhone never actually powers completly off......oh the irony....LOL
I think you misunderstand the software. Neither ATT nor APPLE have the right/ability to "brick" a phone if a customer cancels a contract. That would be illegal. The customer would be responsible for a fee (called the "Early Termination Fee") and possible a charge for the hardware, since the price was subsidized.
Now, there is software on the phone that would allow corporations to BLANK a phone's info if it were lost or stolen, but not brick it. The data and security is generally worth far more than the hardware.

[Simon Templar]

didnt just hear it...know it for a fact...my husband is a manager in customer service

Methinks you're being hoodwinked.


Written ....reputable.... sources, please.





....sT

[succubus]

Methinks you're being hoodwinked.


Written ....reputable.... sources, please.





....sT
OH MY GOD YOU PEOPLE!!!!!!!! of course ur not gonna get a link...its internal CPNI......and yes apple and Iphone cant do it like i said its AT&T...believe me or dont ....just try and "steal" one for urself....u'll end up with a really expensive paper wieght

[styfle]

lollerskates
ok, i'll go steal one and say taht succubus told me to

i think you have your info wrong

[Simon Templar]

OH MY GOD YOU PEOPLE!!!!!!!! of course ur not gonna get a link...its internal CPNI......and yes apple and Iphone cant do it like i said its AT&T...believe me or dont ....just try and "steal" one for urself....u'll end up with a really expensive paper wieght



And of course AT&T and/or it's employees would NEVER engage in rumour-mongering or disinformation, now....would they?

<sigh>




.....sT

[Hawk]

OH MY GOD YOU PEOPLE!!!!!!!! of course ur not gonna get a link...its internal CPNI......and yes apple and Iphone cant do it like i said its AT&T...believe me or dont ....just try and "steal" one for urself....u'll end up with a really expensive paper wieght

Sorry, but I have been on, and moderated forums long enough to know that when most people come on and out of the clear blue and make some wild announcement, it's generally false.
Again, there is software on the phone that will wipe it clean as far as data on it ( in fact, I believe that has become a corporate requirement now) if the phone falls into the wrong hands, but AT&T cannot Brick an iPhone and render it completely useless. The legal ramifications alone would be huge.
You also stated that this "function" was to be used against anyone who broke their contract. Again, besides being the worst business tactic I have ever heard, it also completely illegal.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Methinks you're being hoodwinked.


Written ....reputable.... sources, please.





....sT

No, really! It's true! They fly around in black helicopters and monitor all this stuff!

[Simon Templar]

No, really! It's true! They fly around in black helicopters and monitor all this stuff!


<snicker, snicker, ROFL>






.....sT

[Kabeyun]

I also heard that if you cancel your auto insurance, an agent sneaks into your garage at night and pours sugar in the gas tank.

-K

[jpetticrew]

I also heard that if you cancel your auto insurance, an agent sneaks into your garage at night and pours sugar in the gas tank.

-K
No. That's stupid. He cuts the brakes to make you wish you'd never messed with them!

[doron]

interesting...with the technology that's out these days, i wouldn't doubt it...