Dec 22, 2022 17:00:00

Experience story of fear that I could not even activate as a result of purchasing a modeled iPhone

New iPhone models appear every year, but we are looking for outdated models for reasons such as 'I want an iPhone with an old OS', 'I want an iPhone with a home button', and 'I want a cheaper model'. There must be many people. Regarding such an iPhone, YouTuber's

91Tech has published an experience saying 'I bought a new iPhone 6s Plus, but I could not activate it and it was not usable.'

Unboxing a NEW & BROKEN iPhone 6S Plus-YouTube


91Tech got a brand new iPhone 6s Plus because 'I want to use iOS 9' and tried to start it.

However, even if the charging cable is inserted and the power is turned on, the power turns on only for a moment, and the initial setting screen cannot be displayed.

Attempting to enter

DFU mode , where you can force an update on your iPhone by holding down the power and home buttons, fails.

91Tech suspects the battery is malfunctioning and replaces the battery with a new battery from a third party.

When I replaced the battery, the initial setting screen was displayed, but 'Activation Error' was displayed and I could not continue the initial setting. 91Tech said, ``If you connect to iTunes and update the OS, you may be able to start it.However, I bought an iPhone 6s Plus to use iOS 9, so if you update it, your purchase will be wasted.'' says.

91Tech asked for information at the end of the above movie. Then, in December 2022, YouTuber

Hugh Jeffries released a movie summarizing 'Why you can't activate the old generation iPhone'.

Older iPhones Bricked For Being Too Outdated-Locking Users From Their Data-YouTube


In the first place, the symptom that 'iPhone 6 or iPhone 6s can no longer be activated' is not unique to the terminal obtained by 91Tech, and similar symptoms have been reported on Apple's official forum, with more than 700 comments. are gathering.

iPhone activation is performed by connecting to Apple's servers. According to Jeffries, the chip installed in the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has a problem that emits radio waves outside the regulation range, and the problem can be avoided by upgrading to a new OS. That's what I'm talking about. For this reason, Apple blocks the activation of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with iOS 9, which causes activation errors like those reported by 91Tech.

The response of ``stopping the activation of the old OS due to device failure'' has been implemented on Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 and others. However, Samsung did send users a notice about the deactivation and gave a good explanation. Jeffries accuses Apple of suspending activations without explaining to users.