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MrMPH posted:Thanks! It was a great discovery. IIRC there's a few levels of locks at play here: - the standard passcode - iCloud activation lock - device blacklisting The standard passcode is the "1234" passcode or fingerprint used to unlock the phone. Apple doesn't know the password and they have no way of knowing or getting it. Google "Apple terrorist iPhone unlock" and see for yourself. This is for privacy. The activation lock is tied directly with Apple's servers. You can essentially tell Apple that that phone belongs to the iCloud account "imathief@gmail.com" and to require it to sign in with that iCloud account in order to activate the phone. There is no way to disable this without the proper iCloud credentials. Even if you wiped the phone clean, the moment you try to activate it it'll ask for iCloud credentials. This is to prevent theft. And finally I'm pretty sure that Apple/the carriers have a way to straight up ban the device from accessing their services full stop if someone reports their phone attached to their account is stolen. In other words you're totally hosed but if you manage then I think the NSA has a job for you.
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Boris Galerkin posted:In other words you're totally hosed but if you manage then I think the NSA has a job for you. Not any more, Donald Trump has ordered a hiring freeze.
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Question Mark Mound posted:My iPhone 6's battery has been a bit problematic lately, e.g. dying at around half full, until I plug it in again for a few seconds then I can get another 2 or 3 hours out of it. Is an iOS restore likely to help or should I bring it straight to the Apple Store and pay for the battery replacement? That's usually hardware. This is the same issue plaguing the 6s as well. Have been some reports they may extend the replacement program to the 6 but Genius Bar may take pity and replace as is. They'll tell you to restore, of course but that type of issue is almost always a bad battery.
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If you ask them to will apple just replace your battery for the standard fee, even if they claim nothing's wrong? They've been giving me the runaround for months now regarding my 6s+, the battery life has gone to poo poo ever since 10.1.1 and their engineers are claiming that just over 2 hours is "within guidelines" 
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Quantum of Phallus posted:If you ask them to will apple just replace your battery for the standard fee, even if they claim nothing's wrong? They've been giving me the runaround for months now regarding my 6s+, the battery life has gone to poo poo ever since 10.1.1 and their engineers are claiming that just over 2 hours is "within guidelines" If Apple won't, I'm sure some local repair shop will. If the warranty is up, you've probably got nothing to lose.
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Jan 24, 2017 18:09
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The result the Apple engineers told me to try was restore my phone and not use third party apps...
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I guess I'll go with a restore tonight since the only single free slot available for a Genius Bar appointment this week is not one I can make it to. They need to start letting you book up to two weeks in advance rather than having to stalk the website like a hawk to try and get in for a good time slot.
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Binary Badger posted:No one's bothered upgrading to 10.2.1? The real question is: what's in the 10.3 beta that came out today?
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:"Theatre mode" New iPad Pro is going to be a television.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:"Theatre mode" Its so you can text at the movies and not bother other people....
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:It's just bug fixes, so what is there to talk about? Theatre mode and APFS seem to be the big things.
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Maybe it's like airplane mode except that stuff still comes through? I know I'd like a function to disable the raise to wake feature on my Apple Watch just because I worry that it's disturbing other moviegoers 
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Jan 24, 2017 19:17
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Maybe it's like airplane mode except that stuff still comes through?
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Jan 24, 2017 19:20
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Is there a lightning + 3.5mm jack dongle that doesn't involve me spinning the wheel of lovely 3rd party Amazon sellers to see if I get something that actually works, or is my only good option the $40 belkin lightning splitter + my apple dongle? I just need to charge my phone and use my good normal headphones at the same time on a long plane trip and am not going to buy wireless headphones.
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Jan 24, 2017 19:21
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I just switched cable providers and I can't figure out how to log out of the old one and sign in on the new one in the new TV app. Or do I still have to do it in every app individually? We are on directv now so we should be able to do single sign on.
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Endless Mike posted:...it's in Settings on your Watch. Three layers deep... A toggle would be nice.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:"Theatre mode" http://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/01/all-the-major-new-additions-in-the-ios-10-3-and-macos-10-12-4-betas/
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MarcusSA posted:Its so you can text at the movies and not bother other people.... It's called the power button
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Quantum of Phallus posted:It's called the power button Not disagreeing with you.
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Genuinely hope that it never sees the light of day (or uh... cinema)
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Just teach everyone braille in grade school and push that dynamic bump technology that people are working on with lcd screens. Text inside your pocket!
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xzzy posted:Just teach everyone braille in grade school and push that dynamic bump technology that people are working on with lcd screens. Text inside your pocket! Gives a whole new meaning to the term pocket pool.
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xzzy posted:Just teach everyone braille in grade school and push that dynamic bump technology that people are working on with lcd screens. Text inside your pocket! Pffft. Just teach Morse code and tap it on the screen.
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Rubiks Pubes posted:I just switched cable providers and I can't figure out how to log out of the old one and sign in on the new one in the new TV app. Or do I still have to do it in every app individually? We are on directv now so we should be able to do single sign on. Also from my experience, single sign on does absolutely nothing. Downloaded apps, even after setting my SSO provider, still require the same login as before SSO (some of them even ask if they can use your provider info in a pop up, but tapping Allow does jack squat).
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Maneki Neko posted:Is there a lightning + 3.5mm jack dongle that doesn't involve me spinning the wheel of lovely 3rd party Amazon sellers to see if I get something that actually works, or is my only good option the $40 belkin lightning splitter + my apple dongle? Yay for quoting myself, but the answer appears to only be the Belkin dongle. Also, these updates for the Fuze case from Indiegogo are loving incredible: quote:A solution has been found for the sensitive button problem. We suggest putting a 1 mm thick piece of paper on the bumper below the volume buttons. Please go to this link to see pictures: http://imgur.com/a/5k16z. quote:Due to not having MFi certification: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fuze-cases-bringing-back-the-audio-jack-iphone-headphones#/updates
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You'd think eventually people would stop buying not-yet-existent products based on a render and a couple of paragraphs of promises.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:It's just bug fixes, so what is there to talk about? quote:What's new in iOS 10.3:
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The beta feels at least twice as fast after the update. I am pretty sure it has to do with APFS:
And that are just the first few impressions.
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Maneki Neko posted:Is there a lightning + 3.5mm jack dongle that doesn't involve me spinning the wheel of lovely 3rd party Amazon sellers to see if I get something that actually works, or is my only good option the $40 belkin lightning splitter + my apple dongle? I had the same question, and there were no answers, so I bought this as a semi informed shot in the dark. 2in1 Lightning Adapter for iPhone 7/7 Plus And Headphone Adapter ,IDStore Adapter to 3.5mm Headphone Jack And Lightning To Charger, Charge Cable with Aux Adapter Supports Your Headphone Volume Change. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAJHWG2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_VkdIybNZEJV83 It's Working as advertised, which is more than I can say for any of the other ones.
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Zosologist posted:I had the same question, and there were no answers, so I bought this as a semi informed shot in the dark.
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Can you take a stolen "lost" iphone to the apple store and say hey get this back to the registered owner? I mean you can take a wallet to the cops but I think the phone would just sit in unclaimed property for a year then get sold as salvage. Apple should have a mailing address like my Kroger card where you just toss it in a mail box and it gets mailed to the key ring owner eventually. Edit: I added my work phone number to the medical id in health so that someone could call me if they want to get a ransom for my stolen phone. I doubt the cops do anything but toss it in a box though with 1,000 flip phones from the last 15 years. Elephanthead fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Jan 25, 2017 |
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Endless Mike posted:I don't think Apple will do it, but the police might. I've had customers tell me they can't do it at the Apple store. When I've worked for the cell carriers, I used to try and look up lost phones people would bring in, but if the phone was wiped or locked, and the person had already switched to a new phone, there wasn't much I could do.
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Zosologist posted:I had the same question, and there were no answers, so I bought this as a semi informed shot in the dark. Thanks, I didn't see that one, but all the others I looked at seemed to be a wasteland of "lol it worked fine for a day" or "it works, but with constant white noise" reviews.
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Josh Lyman posted:How long have you had/used it? A lot of others seem like they crap out after a while. I've only had it for about a week now, but if anything happens I'll update you guys.
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Had a strange error backing up my phone to my Mac - it basically said the backup was corrupted. Never saw it do that before. I simply did the backup again, only difference was I was listening to Erasure on YouTube at 1.25x in the background and it worked OK that time. 
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Did you poop people know that the flashlight switch on the flashlight button in CC actually moves on/off?
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