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Re:How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones by rasz on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @11:11PM (#19865044)
except its cheaper to just fix donor iphone that already has all the listed components working
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Re:How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones by londons_explore on Thursday May 09, 2019 @02:06AM (#19865794)
Labour is cheap in Vietnam...
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Re:How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones by knd775 on Thursday May 09, 2019 @10:33AM (#19868623)
But the parts aren't. It simply does not make sense to go that route.
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Re:How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones by londons_explore on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:03AM (#19875692)
The parts are if you buy water damaged devices.

Water tends to kill the PCB (due to corrosion), but all the individual chips will usually survive.

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