iCloud locks are tied to the S/N, and everything bordering on the kitchen sink is going to be paired with parts serialization so that makes swapping the board hard to remove this lock without getting what is essentially a donor phone with cracked rear glass you can use this phone for as a donor phone.
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iCloud locks are tied to the S/N, and everything bordering on the kitchen sink is going to be paired with parts serialization so that makes swapping the board hard to remove this lock without getting what is essentially a donor phone with cracked rear glass you can use this phone for as a donor phone. You have a bum phone, take it up with eBay and force a refund through them, or PayPal or your bank.
If there was a way to break into the phones while retaining full functionality I'd be all over trying my hand at unlocking a few (recent, not the 11; 12 or newer) phones from each generation to see if it was reliable and basically get cheap iPhones like it's nothing. Apple has secured it such that even the most persistent among us don't even want to touch this beast because even if you bypass it the phone loses iMessage support, can't download apps, and cannot use FaceTime so you lose a LOT of functionality. In addition, if you ever forget the passcode and do not back up the SHSH blobs to keep it on old SW, the previous exploit may never work again and it's totally useless at that point. It just ain't worth bothering; I put these iCloud AL bum devices in the parts pile and call it a loss and try to reuse what I can (some parts are unreprogrammable, like FaceID modules; there's an eFuse on the module that blows so it's one shot field programmable and only Apple can do it). Other parts can be in some cases like screens, others are still somewhat unknown.
iCloud locks are tied to the S/N, and everything bordering on the kitchen sink is going to be paired with parts serialization so that makes swapping the board hard to remove this lock without getting what is essentially a donor phone with cracked rear glass you can use this phone for as a donor phone.
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If there was a way to break into the phones while retaining full functionality I'd be all over trying my hand at unlocking a few (recent, not the 11; 12 or newer) phones from each generation to see if it was reliable and basically get cheap iPhones like it's nothing. Apple has secured it such that even the most persistent among us don't even want to touch this beast because even if you bypass it the phone loses iMessage support, can't download apps, and cannot use FaceTime so you lose a LOT of functionality. In addition, if you ever forget the passcode and do not back up the SHSH blobs to keep it on old SW, the previous exploit may never work again and it's totally useless at that point. It just ain't worth bothering; I put these iCloud AL bum devices in the parts pile and call it a loss.
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If there was a way to break into the phones while retaining full functionality I'd be all over trying my hand at unlocking a few (recent, not the 11; 12 or newer) phones from each generation to see if it was reliable and basically get cheap iPhones like it's nothing. Apple has secured it such that even the most persistent among us don't even want to touch this beast because even if you bypass it the phone loses iMessage support, can't download apps, and cannot use FaceTime so you lose a LOT of functionality. In addition, if you ever forget the passcode and do not back up the SHSH blobs to keep it on old SW, the previous exploit may never work again and it's totally useless at that point. It just ain't worth bothering; I put these iCloud AL bum devices in the parts pile and call it a loss and try to reuse what I can (some parts are unreprogrammable, like FaceID modules; there's an eFuse on the module that blows so it's one shot field programmable and only Apple can do it). Other parts can be in some cases like screens, others are still somewhat unknown.
iCloud locks are tied to the S/N, and everything bordering on the kitchen sink is going to be paired with parts serialization so that makes swapping the board hard to remove this lock without getting what is essentially a donor phone with cracked rear glass you can use this phone for as a donor phone.
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If there was a way to break into the phones while retaining full functionality I'd be all over trying my hand at unlocking a few phones from each generation to see if it was reliable and basically get cheap iPhones like it's nothing. Apple has secured it such that even the most persistent among us don't even want to touch this beast because even if you bypass it the phone loses iMessage support, can't download apps, and cannot use FaceTime so you lose a LOT of functionality. In addition, if you ever forget the passcode and do not back up the SHSH blobs to keep it on old SW, the previous exploit may never work again and it's totally useless at that point.
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If there was a way to break into the phones while retaining full functionality I'd be all over trying my hand at unlocking a few (recent, not the 11; 12 or newer) phones from each generation to see if it was reliable and basically get cheap iPhones like it's nothing. Apple has secured it such that even the most persistent among us don't even want to touch this beast because even if you bypass it the phone loses iMessage support, can't download apps, and cannot use FaceTime so you lose a LOT of functionality. In addition, if you ever forget the passcode and do not back up the SHSH blobs to keep it on old SW, the previous exploit may never work again and it's totally useless at that point. It just ain't worth bothering; I put these iCloud AL bum devices in the parts pile and call it a loss.
iCloud locks are tied to the S/N, and everything bordering on the kitchen sink is going to be paired with parts serialization so that makes swapping the board hard to remove this lock without getting what is essentially a donor phone with cracked rear glass you can use this phone for as a donor phone.
If there was a way to break into the phones while retaining full functionality I'd be all over trying my hand at unlocking a few phones from each generation to see if it was reliable and basically get cheap iPhones like it's nothing. Apple has secured it such that even the most persistent among us don't even want to touch this beast because even if you bypass it the phone loses iMessage support, can't download apps, and cannot use FaceTime so you lose a LOT of functionality. In addition, if you ever forget the passcode and do not back up the SHSH blobs to keep it on old SW, the previous exploit may never work again and it's totally useless at that point.