Long story but my iphone 4g has been returned to me via e bay with an apparent unrestore fault of 1015. I think it has been jailbroken etc.,Any suggestions, PLEASE. Maggie

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Hello
Long story BUT had my iphone 4g returned to me via Ebay with an apparently unrestoreable error 1015.  I think it has been jailbroken etc., hence it's return. I tried to tell ebay and paypal about this but they were not interested. I rather think they will have to face this problem again and again as it becomes more frequent from bad buyers.
Anyway, is there anything out there yet which will restore it's hardware?
Many thanks
Maggie

Answer 1

I understand your frustration, but disagree. It's really not Apple's problem. If you buy a car and install a turbocharger on it that causes damage to the engine, the manufacturer won't honor any warranty or help you with your problems. A mechanic will be more than happy to take your money to try and fix it, but it's not the manufacturer's problem. The manufacturer will be happy to sell you another car.
If you attempt to jailbreak or hack the phone yourself, you have no one but yourself to blame. If you hand your phone over to an untrusted party and they do something to it, again, the problem is yours, not Apple's.
I assume the "resale value" you quoted is a subsidized price from BT. It does NOT reflect the cost of the phone.
In the U.S. a subsidized iPhone through AT&T or Verizon is $199 (16GB) or $299 (32GB). An out of warranty replacement is $199 regardless of capacity. Full retail (unsubsidized) price is $649 (16GB) or $749 (32GB).  I'd say the price you were quoted to replace your phone was quite reasonable.