Re:Are Apple gift cards safe to redeem?
by hamdingers on Thursday December 18, 2025 @11:27AM
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His iPhone could not sync, update, install new software, or send messages, nor could he sign out and use a new apple ID with it to restore that functionality. For a phone, this is effectively bricked.
Paris uses the term "bricked" in the original post: https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/
His Apple cloud account was locked until the account representative unlocked it.
The physical device was not locked, bricked, or wiped. The situation was bad, but let’s stick to the facts