<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/02/new-ios-9-2-1-build-will-un-brick-iphones-affected-by-error-53/">http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/02/new-ios-9-2-1-build-will-un-brick-iphones-affected-by-error-53/</a><br><div><br></div><div>"We apologize for any inconvenience, this was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers. Customers who paid for an out-of-warranty replacement of their device based on this issue should contact AppleCare about a reimbursement."</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:20 PM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Steve Tynor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevejunk@iintiip.com" target="_blank">stevejunk@iintiip.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Disabling the fingerprint recognition upon detecting this sort of
"tampering" seems like a reasonable thing to do. Bricking the phone,
not so much.</blockquote></div><br></span>It should really be a step during setup/upgrade: "What do you want to happen if we detect a fault with Touch ID?"<span class=""><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>James Sumners<br><a href="http://james.sumners.info/" target="_blank">http://james.sumners.info/</a> (technical profile)</div><div><a href="http://jrfom.com/" target="_blank">http://jrfom.com/</a> (personal site)</div><div><a href="http://haplo.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">http://haplo.bandcamp.com/</a> (band page)</div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>James Sumners<br><a href="http://james.sumners.info/" target="_blank">http://james.sumners.info/</a> (technical profile)</div><div><a href="http://jrfom.com/" target="_blank">http://jrfom.com/</a> (personal site)</div><div><a href="http://haplo.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">http://haplo.bandcamp.com/</a> (band page)</div></div></div></div></div>
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