iBricking

iBricking definition - computer

(Turning an iPhone into a brick) Disabling all iPhone functions when the phone's software discovers it has been switched to a carrier other than AT&T. In 2007, the iPhone was launched as an exclusive product for AT&T subscribers. See iPhone and iClone.



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