ib0rk3d: Clever ways to replace a broken unlocked iPhone?

Iphone error messageI declared gallantly that I had unlocked my iPhone. It was great while it lasted. Then the phone stopped working. I guess am left with an Apple i or an iPod touch. As a natural born tinkerer, I decided to revirginize and reflash the phone to 1.1.1 and unlock again (aside: Ben suggested that it would be great if you could revirginize people too). My first revirginizing effort was not a success. The software crashed while revirginizing. I tried a few different things. Eventually I was able to revirginize the phone. I got 1.1.1 back on there, unlocked again and voila! It worked…. for a few hours.

Now it gives me the wonderful message:

Repair Needed. iPhone cannot make or receive calls. www.apple.com/support

I found an apple support article. Long story short… it’s a hardware issue. Well on an unlocked phone, Im pretty sure I read that apple wont do jack.

So, I have a few options:

  1. Buy a brand new iPhone and unlock it
  2. Buy a brand new iPhone and sign up with AT&T
  3. Try to get Apple to replace my iPhone with a t-mobile sim card in it
  4. Revirginize and activate on AT&T, then try to exchange with Apple like I was on AT&T the whole time. Cancel AT&T or t-mobile after

Any suggestions?

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