Brand new iPhones which have been unlocked by their owners wanting to choose which mobile network to use are being disabled by an Apple software update.Thousands of iPhone owners hacked their expensive gadget in order to unlock it for use with other mobile carriers and to run a host of unsupported programs but earlier this week Apple said a planned update would leave the device "permanently inoperable".However, there are also reports of the update causing issues with unaltered iPhones. On Monday Apple issued a statement in which it said many of the unauthorised iPhone unlocking programs caused "irreparable damage" to the device's software. The company said this would "likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed". That warning has now proved correct as many owners are reporting their phones no longer work following installation of the update. Apple requires iPhone owners to take out a lengthy contract with O2 here in the UK but there are a number of programs on the internet that unlock the device for use with other networks. Some owners are reporting on technology blogs and Apple's own forums that the update is deleting contacts information as well as photos and music even on iPhones that have not been modified in any way.
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