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APPLE HAS RELEASED an update that will fix ‘Error 53′, an issue that causes iPhones to be rendered useless if the home button was replaced by a third-party.
The latest update to iOS, version 9.2.1, has been released to users and includes a fix for Error 53.
The update will restore those phones disabled by the error by connecting it to iTunes and updating it that way.
The issue, which emerged this month after a number of users found their phones to be bricked after updating iOS, was down to Apple’s Touch ID system, its fingerprint scanner which is also part of the home button.
If this were replaced by a third-party, a later iOS update would detect a foreign component and render it inoperable.
Alongside the fix, Apple posted an update explaining the reasoning behind the error.
If your iOS device has Touch ID, iOS checks that the Touch ID sensor matches your device’s other components during an update or restore. This check keeps your device and the iOS features related to Touch ID secure.
When iOS finds an unidentified or unexpected Touch ID module, the check fails. For example, an unauthorised or faulty screen replacements could cause the check to fail.
The company later told TechCrunch that it apologised for any inconvenience caused to customers saying it “was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers. Customers who paid for an out-of-warranty replacement of their device based on this issue should contact AppleCare about a reimbursement”.
Gaining support
Apple’s decision not to allow the FBI access to a gunman’s iPhone is gathering support as tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google have issued statements backing its decision.
A court order in the US has told Apple to create an update of its software that would allow easier access to an iPhone 5c. The iPhone in question belonged to one of the gunmen responsible for the San Bernardino shooting that killed 14 people.
In response to the decision, Apple published a letter explaining the reasoning behind its decision, saying that obeying the order would have “implications far beyond the legal case at hand”.
The decision has seen a number of tech companies back Apple. Facebook said that while it condemns terrorism and work with lawful requests, it will “continue to fight aggressively against requirements for companies to weaken the security of their systems”.
These demands would create a chilling precedent and obstruct companies’ efforts to secure their products.
WhatsApp’s CEO Jan Koum also offered his support saying “we must not allow this dangerous precedent to be set”.
The support extends beyond Facebook-owned companies. One of Apple’s biggest rivals also offered its support as Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said that allowing companies such access could set “a troubling precedent”, while Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey also tweeted his support, saying “we stand with Tim Cook and Apple (and thank him for his leadership)”.
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My mate’s a doctor in the south east. On more than one occasion he has dealt with men from Afghanistan and Pakistan and their multiple wives. One Afghani has been in 3 times in the past year with a different woman pregnant as his wife.
The third girl the guy claimed was 18 but my mate wasnt so sure. So he called the HSE, Gardai and other services and no one wanted to assist.
It’s happening here and is being brushed under the carpet. Polygamy is illegal in this country and our immigrant population need to be informed of this, and prosecuted to the fullest extent if they break the law.
Another example of muslim asylum seekers and migrants cultures trumping irish state law.
What are statistics of Pakistani/Afghan men acknowledging illegitimate children (unheard of in their culture) – then claiming right to stay!
Yes but we don’t want to appear racist – so let’s just leave it there.
Yes Good Early and do you know what else – Irish taxpayers are probably paying for the upkeep of him, his three wives and all his children! Wouldn’t it just give you the warm fuzzies!
I was thinking the same. They’re all in his medical card. I wonder if he can claim all of these wives as dependants with the Social.
I wanted to highlight it here as this sh*t is going on in Ireland. Not very PC to highlighted in this country while condemning it another
You can put your house on it that nobody will do anything about this medieval carry on , where are all the bleeding hearts who love an ‘issue ‘ to fill their empty days or even a feminist will do to ‘raise concerns ‘ about the treatment of women by these yokes , the only thing we are sure about is that what we see across the water has arrived here and in a generation we will have our own Rotherham
Good early…its like child abuse and destruction of whistleblowers….the powers that be dont like the boat being rocked…
Mike…RT today forced nordic state govt spokespersons to admit they are permitting child marriages exist/take place in reception centres for muslim/african asylum seekers…does/will that be embraced here amongst the “new irish”? Or is it already?
Let’s call this what it is- Paedophilia!
Good Early, You should tell your friend to go to a newspaper and give his story anonymously if needs be! It’s a disgrace and should be exposed.
Original….you and i agree…the multiculturalists among us would say its criminal and sick if you or i did it….but would say that for an african its cultural,thus acceptable.I look forward to the 1st such case exposed here.
All the bigots here on their high horses, the girl in the articles name is Maria. I wonder what religion she is from? And while this practice is despicable it is not limited to one ethnic group or religion. In Ireland not so long ago it was common practice to marry off teenage girls to old men (the quiet man is a a parody of this but it goes easy on the actual age difference).or else to put them on the emigrant boat. Such behaviour is commonly the result of extreme poverty and ignorance Anything for a rant a Johnny foreigner but just remember it i is only recent economic development with its attendant opportunties which have permitted your younger sister to avoid marrying 52 year Joe Mulvay with his 3 acres.
Her name is given as “Maria”, note inverted commas, so real name most likely isn’t.
Matty Matty Matty, I think you’ll find that “the traditional practice of ‘bog-lenga’ or ‘bonus woman’” is NOT a Christian practice – its one of their own African cultural practices. Also, it’s actually quite a considerably amount of time since teenage girls were married off to old men in Ireland. It’s like this Matty – you’re either against these practices or you’re not.
Matty..scroll down..note that i exculpated these folk already on the grounds of poverty and lack of education…and further noted that Colm o Gorman is attendant on the case….thus as a social justice campaigner i have already intervened.
That’s just fooooooked up shit right there. Poor children don’t stand a chance in life
Just noticed colm o gorman is on the case….he knows education and lots of money will make burkina faso better…
Criminal.
Also can we have more reports on the jump in child marriage in Europe and what its causes are please?
Maybe an opinion piece from one of our college lecturers on how “culturally enriching” this kind of thing is?
Its their culture..we must celebrate it…though they would be tough neighbours to get to know.id love to eavesdrop on a cultural relativist workshop as they work out how to sell the benefits of these practices to a host nation…
As yes, more Islam enriching our world, third article today by my count… doesn’t it make you feel warm and fuzzy!
her name is Maria
No, her name is “Maria”. So her real name most likely isn’t.
Yes, and taking more than one wife is forbidden in Christianity.
So which do you think is more plausible? That the man having five wives is a spoof, or that they named to girl Maria and never mentioned Islam so people like you wouldn’t have to get that sickly feeling in your belly between the truth and not wanting to appear racist haha!
Ps I think it’s a set up to spare your feelings ;)
Plenty of Christian organisations practicing polygamy in the US and elsewhere.
Plenty, really? Name 5 if you could.
It doesn’t really matter if you can name them or not, not one recognized Christian Church practices polygamy, not one Catholic, Protestant, Assyrian, Coptic, Orthodox or otherwise; in conjunction polygamy is not legal in “christian” countries either.
So to compare that to Islam, where polygamy is scripturally permissible, accepted by each of the four Islamic schools of jurisprudence and is legal under CIVIL law in many Islamic countries, is a comparison so weak as to really make me doubt your knowledge on the subject.
Sad I suppose…but what the hell has it to do with us?
It’s Africa’s problem.
One more in a long list.
You are all Hart cal.
Also a uk , Swedish problem . Etc . Actually now it’s a European prob
Cal, You’re right – it is “Africa’s problem” and it is “one more in a long list” but it is still actually very sad and twisted – and it shouldn’t happen anywhere in the world!
I would have chosen a different organ to describe Cal.
Cal has no idea of history
Cerebral?
The Muslims have made it clear they will take over Europe because they can have as many wife’s and children as they want that is why I would be very slow in giving anyone of them citizenship .
Let the savages do what they want in their own countries but don’t be bringing it here. King George was right; abroad is bloody
That’s what Jesus would have said Cal
Pedos?
Which god do they worship again? The pedophile one?
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