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iPhone will selfdestruct in 3 min should you attempt to hack
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amazing
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Aug 31, 2007, 12:51 AM
 
Mission impossible: Beware--should you really accept the job of hacking the iPhone?

Dare we say that you should not accept this mission? Here's a link to much moulah gone up in smoke:

iPhone explodes from unlock attempt (picture) – iPhone Atlas
     
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Aug 31, 2007, 01:07 AM
 
I saw that. Crazy stuff. Thankfully no one was injured. I guess it's a good geeks usually wear eyeglasses -- when your iPhone blows up during your mod, at least you can protect your vision from debris or chemicals.
     
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Aug 31, 2007, 01:31 AM
 
Case in point why shorting out Lithium batteries is probably not the smartest thing.

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Aug 31, 2007, 04:35 AM
 
I saw the picture and OMG, it's like a piece of rotten iron.
     
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Aug 31, 2007, 10:37 AM
 
I like to think of it as "The iPhone Strikes Back!"
     
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Aug 31, 2007, 12:32 PM
 
That's what happens when you mess with perfection!

     
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Sep 2, 2007, 04:33 PM
 
Some people should not be taking computers apart... I had my old PB 12" apart oh... 8 times, and no explosion problems.
     
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Sep 3, 2007, 07:53 AM
 
Excellent quote:
‘Obviously, this is one of the newer iPhones with the anti-tamper mechanism in place. It is possible that one of the three screws, when fully removed, triggered the detonator.’
I LOLed.

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