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iPhones Seized by Cops Are Rebooting, and No One’s Sure Why (gizmodo.com)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Phones that are repeatedly attempted to be unlocked auto hard reset. Been a feature for years.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

This is not for devices where the pin has been entered incorrectly too many times. This is for devices that the police have seized and are awaiting forensics to pull data from.