


If you’re in the UK, DO NOT update your iPhone (or any iPad, Macs) to iOS 26.4. Apple quietly slipped in a heavy-handed UK age verification system that forces you to prove you’re 18+ (credit card or driving licence scan) just to use your own device normally. Fail to do it and your phone…

If you’ve ever powered on an iPhone and been hit with the dreaded “Physical SIM for phone not allowed” or “Network unavailable” or “SIM not supported” message because of a blacklisted IMEI, you know how frustrating it is. The phone basically becomes a very expensive iPod. I ran into this exact problem and after…