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33. Here is what happened when I was issued a new iPhone at work...

Sun Jul 17, 2022, 08:32 PM

Jul 2022

I've had a work issued iPhone, I think 7, for probably five or six years. Maybe a bit more. Some number of weeks ago I got an email from the IT dept saying my iPhone would no longer be supported and I had to upgrade to the iPhone 12. I think it was 12, I don't pay much attention to things like that. Attached to the email were instructions on what to do when the new phone arrived.

So the new phone arrives, and I crack open the instructions and go through an excruciating number of ill documented steps to "activate" the phone. I had to make several calls to the IT help line, and, to be honest, all of the problems turned out to be user error. My bad!

Finally I get the damn thing activated, and I move on to what I am supposed to do with the old phone. I'm supposed to "back it up" to the iTunes (???), then perform the "wipe" procedure, then drop it into the return box. After that, I'm supposed to use the iTune (?) to restore to my new phone.

What did I do? I wiped the phone, chucked it in the box, and that was that. Done. Over. No backup. No restore.

From the news articles I have read, it seems what I did was the same thing that many (but not all) SS agents did. So I can relate.

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Here is what happened when I was issued a new iPhone at work... reACTIONary Jul 2022 #33

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That's what was being reported. Texts from 1/5, 1/6 only. Meadowoak Jul 2022 #40

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Ok. Thank you very much. You're one of the few on this board who do. brush Jul 2022 #53

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