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As we all know, the iPhone is one of the most notorious gadgets in the world at this time, but since Apple's policies regarding the free use of any mobile network with their phone didn't seem to leave any other way out for the users than to unlock the device... now those that moved away from the line must pay. Unfortunately, a simple software update can cost you dearly, and here's the whole story...

The iPhone is a pretty capable device, but its main drawbacks are the support for a single mobile network and the lack of support for third party applications. Obviously, as it happens with most devices these days, when the hardware can perform a certain task, but the producer locks it, some users choose to hack that device, no matter if we're talking about modding an entry level video card (remember the GeForce 6200 cards that could be easily transformed into 6600s?) or unlocking an expensive iPhone so it's going to work with any network and allow using additional software.

After Apple issued a warning about the fact that unauthorized unlocking programs (I ask myself...there are any authorized?) caused "irreparable damage" to the software of the iPhone and once "a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed", the device will stop working, users started to complain about this... so it's obvious!

I hope your iPhone isn't in this situation, and even if you didn't hack it already, you should try to avoid updating its software, because it seems that last week's update makes the unlocked devices unusable, while deleting various information from "clean" iPhones. If this proves to be the truth for a large number of unmodified iPhones, it seems Apple's going to have a really tough week, so stay tuned, and we'll let you know all about this story as soon as we can find out more!