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Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by jeffw to c/technology
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[–] tomkatt 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For instance, you can’t factory reset an iPhone without connecting it to either an OSX computer, or a PC running their special program.

This is patently untrue. Settings -> General -> Transfer or Reset iPhone. You have the option from there to wipe all data, do a full factory reset, or transfer the phone's data to another device.

I've no idea where you're getting your info from.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I got an old iPhone I can't remember the pin on. Was my wife's phone and the screen started getting flakey around the area where some of the digits in her usual pin. She changed it a couple days before we replaced it and now we can't remember the pin to reset it.

Would really like to know how to reset it at this point so I could sell it to Best buy or something.

[–] tomkatt -1 points 5 months ago

Try entering the pin wrong repeatedly. May not work, but there’s a setting to force a wipe if it’s entered incorrectly 10 times. Will only work if that was enabled that at some point, but it’s worth a shot.

[–] dual_sport_dork 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Try it if you've been locked out due to too many PIN attempts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Stop trying to reset stolen iPhones then, IDK what to tell you