Rob Benizza from blog.wired.com has published very interesting post concerning Apple iPhone bricking after 1.1.1 update. This is what he writes about…

“Given Apple’s track record of seamless engineering and just-works interfacing, you would think that only the hackers would end up with bricked iPhones. You would be wrong.”

Here’s a tip: make sure the iPhone dock is plugged directly into the USB 2.0 port on your computer, not into a hub or keyboard (even a USB 2.0 keyboard).

We had errors updating that required “restoring” the iPhone, and then the “restore” didn’t work, and then once we plugged and unplugged the dock, it started working but kept getting “disconnected” during the sync that restored all the files to the iPhone.

“If the 1.1.1 update turned your pristine AT&T-locked handset into a roundrect skipping stone, unable to complete a restore operation, make sure you have the dock plugged into a bare-metal USB 2.0 port on your machine. Macjournals anecdotally reports that USB hubs, including Apple keyboards, may cause updating errors that result in the phone being more or less inoperable after completion.
This is a bit like my Moto Q, which actually uses more power when idle than even some powered USB ports supply. On second thought, it’s not at all like my Moto Q, which is about as useful as a broken iPhone even when fully charged.”

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