iOS 5 review! OMG!
14 years ago
So I updated my 3GS to iOS 5.0. Locked my phone. Couldn't get past the setup because it requires a SIM card, which my iPhone never came with (and yes, it came in an official iphone box thingy). It just came with the iPhone, and instruction manual (says if your iPhone came with a SIM card, to install it), a thing to pop open the SIM card tray, a connector, and a plastic thing. So, anyways, no way to skip the SIM card step even though the previous iOS' never required it, nor should they have. Anyways, there's no reason this update should have turned my iPhone into an overpriced paperweight, but that's not all. I went out to hook up my phone with Rogers, got a SIM card on a monthly plan and...no service. So I paid $55 to get all of my features back....except the phone. I pay nothing, I get none of my features. I pay for the phone, I get everything except the phone. Oh, and it wiped all my music. And it's a Rogers phone (says Rogers 11.0 in "About" section.). So really, there's probably something else wrong with it. Rogers guy told me to take it to the repair guy across the street and get it rolled back to iOS 4.1 and get the firmware fixed. Guy said he'd charge $35 for it, then they upped it to $50 AFTER. Gouging much? Anyways, still didn't work, so he said to leave it with him to repair and he would tell me how much that will cost after he does it. Fucking cool. Thanks a lot Apple for subjecting your customers to this bullshit, wasting their time and money. No warning at all, other than "Get the new iOS. It's grrrrrrreat." "Welcome to the new iOS. Oh, by the way. You can't do jack shit anymore, but oh well, we have your money already. trolololololo."
FA+

Sorry to hear you've had such a crappy experience. I wish you luck on getting your phone back.