![]() Intentionally modifying key parts of iOS: changing NVRAM variables to invalid values Avoiding doing a stock upgrade/restore (upgrading or restoring iOS using a "custom" IPSW) avoided this problem. For people who used redsn0w to install the iPad baseband ( 06.15.00) on a compatible iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS so that they could use ultrasn0w to carrier unlock it, upgrading or restoring iOS using "stock" (normal) IPSWs would make the phone unusable - until you made and restored a "custom" IPSW without a baseband update ( instructions), and then reinstalled the iPad baseband using redsn0w. Types of "bricking" that can be easily fixed (not really "bricking") Installing stock iOS on a device with a preserved basebandĮarly unlock solutions could result in unusable (but recoverable) phones after installing an iOS update if you didn't take special steps. ![]() Other than that specific exception, if something goes wrong, DFU mode will still work. Installing software via Cydia also cannot cause an unrecoverable state (unless very specifically designed to do so by a malicious person, which has not been seen "in the wild"). Using a jailbreaking tool cannot put a device into an unusable state on its own - if something goes wrong while jailbreaking, putting the device into DFU Mode will allow you to restore it via iTunes. 3.4 Changing the system time to the Unix epoch.3.3 Making the wrong modifications to the baseband.3.2 Intentionally modifying key parts of iOS: other ways.3.1 Changing MAC address to invalid address. ![]() 3 Types of bricking that may be hard to fix.2.2 Intentionally modifying key parts of iOS: changing NVRAM variables to invalid values.2.1 Installing stock iOS on a device with a preserved baseband. ![]() 2 Types of "bricking" that can be easily fixed (not really "bricking"). ![]()
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