It would seem that Apple has prepared some rather unpleasant surprises for us in the new iOS 4.0, at least that's what a company employee claims offers this information under the pseudonym "Alpha" to hide his identity, and of course to keep his job. According to this employee, Apple included in the new iOS 4.0 several lines of code through which Apple and AT&T check through a message every 7 and 14 days, without us knowing, what firmware and baseband we have in the phone and if they are not are compatible with the latest firmware available from Apple, then a message will be displayed on the phone screen informing us that there is an update for our phone and we should install it. 7 days after receiving this message, Apple and AT&T check the phone again and collect information about it without us knowing, and if the firmware/baseband are not the appropriate ones, then you will receive a message by which you are obliged to update to the latest firmware . If you manage to turn off the phone and get rid of this message, then after a short period of time, probably 7 days, you will receive a message informing you that you must connect your phone to iTunes and update it, if you do not do this thing then you will lose the network signal and the only way to use the iPhone as a phone will be by installing the latest available firmware.
Moreover, through these messages, Apple collects information about your phone and if you have problems with the warranty, there is a very high chance that you will be refused because Apple employees will know if your phone is/was jailbroken or not.
As far as Base Bands go it does not matter what baseband you TRY to get on the iPhone cause in the iOS4 there is a line of code we wrote that stands for OAU also known as "Over Air Updates". How it works is every 7 to 14 days We (Apple) and AT&T send a message to your iPhone that gathers some data from your iPhone without you knowing and we see what is running, baseband and firmware. We then send the following message. "There are optional updates for your iPhone, would you like to install them now?" two options "Yes" or "Later". Those are what would call "OPTIONAL UPDATES" Now there are things called "MANDATORY UPDATES". They tend to work the same way, grab data from the iPhones sends it to AT&T and us then back to your iPhone with the message, "Your iPhone (name of iphone) must be updated to the current AT&T standards to run", your only option is to "Accept" Now you can try to work your way around it until you get the second mandatory message again "You must plug iPhone into iTunes and update" If you don't do this you will then receive no Signal from the network anymore and your iPhone will potentially lock up with no signs of use until you update your iPhone via iTunes. You all agreed to these terms and conditions when you installed iTunes 9.2 and then again once you updated to iOS4.
With that being Said go ahead Try to unlock the iPhone it will only last 14 days max then you will have to break that update for that one week then again and again we currently have 6 months worth of updates for this iOS4. Apple and AT&T now have complete control over their iPhones and what their customers are putting on them without them knowing anything about it. Many of the people I work with don't agree with this but even in our computers when people call in to Apple Care Support we can see if your iPhone is running a jailbreak and what baseband is currently on the iPhone. We have been instructed not to support anyone with these things and possibly void your warranty of the iPhone for Breaking a contract Rule.
This is how Apple understands to fight against jailbreaking and decoding, by invading people's personal lives, that is, by breaking the law. From the moment we buy the phone, it is our property and we decide what to do with it or the software in it, and Apple can only refuse our warranty or intervene against us if we distribute this modified software. To be honest, it seems to me the biggest mistake that Apple has ever made, if everything this character said is really true, and there will certainly be many people who will sue them.
For now, this information refers strictly to AT&T, but there is a possibility that the other operators also use this method to check if the iPhones sold by them are used in their network or if they have been jailbroken or not.
What do you think about the measures taken by Apple?
