Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Users from Their Data

Re:Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Us... by grishka on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:13AM (#34079642)

Android also has activation lock, except it is implemented locally and you can still unlock the bootloader if you don't want that feature. You can complete the initial setup on a new device and get to the launcher all completely offline.

There are also zero technical obstacles to implementing the activation lock such that you can use your own server. All that this requires is little bit of non-volatile storage that is not cleared during factory reset. Which is what modern Android devices already have.

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Re:Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Us... by szdva on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:27AM (#34080422)

What you mean is the FRP lock and it's not local because you have to log into a Google account to complete activation of the phone. You can factory reset or change ROMs or do whatever you want and the phone will still refuse to work until you log in using the last Google account the device had.

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Re:Older iPhones Bricked for Being Too Outdated – Locking Us... by grishka on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:41AM (#34080573)

That's not how it works. If the bootloader is unlocked, it won't work, obviously — and that's a prerequisite for flashing custom ROMs. Unlocking the bootloader on modern devices requires enabling the unlock in developer settings in the stock OS, and this requires unlocking the device.

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