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Re:iPhone App will not stay open - just flashes when trying ... by bigbugbag on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @03:47AM (#14030398)
Sorry confusion on my part, the guy mentions his iphone app not working and the dev answer that the device is banned. My bad.

Anyways, device is not disabled as in bricked, it's blacklisted on the server side of thing.

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Re:iPhone App will not stay open - just flashes when trying ... by wapz on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @04:10AM (#14030502)
There isn't too much difference between a bricked device and a device that most likely loops trying to connect to the server and fails indefinitely with no other functionality.
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Re:iPhone App will not stay open - just flashes when trying ... by khedoros1 on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @04:29AM (#14030602)
"Bricked" being an irreversible state, I agree (technically). If there isn't a way for the customer to reverse the ban, it might as well be bricked in the practical sense, from the customer's perspective.
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Re:iPhone App will not stay open - just flashes when trying ... by beedogs on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @09:11AM (#14032163)
Mate, if you're aiming to split hairs, you're doing a fine job.
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