XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: andys@nospam.com   
      
   Arno Welzel wrote on Tue, 24 Dec 2024 04:14:10 +0100 :   
      
   >> a. Buy a brand new iPhone & pop a valid known-working SIM card in it   
   >> b. DO NOT EVER LOG INTO ANY APPLE SERVER   
   >> c. Try to do something simple - anything - like make a phone call   
   >>   
   >> What do you think happens?   
   >   
   > The phone call works. BTDT   
      
   Nope. Try it. Buy a new iPhone. Don't initialize it. Tell us what happens.   
      
   Only Apple requires you to initialize on their mainframe servers, Arno.   
      
   Nobody else.   
   --   
   You can easily get around the Windows 11 requirements.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)