Submitted by Marshall Walker on
UPDATE: The iTweakiOS blog accusing Apple of throttling data speeds has been removed, and Kevin Fitchard of GIGaom has debunked the rumor.
Joseph Brown from iTweakiOS, the developers behind the T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint carrier hacks, claims Apple is working with wireless carriers to slow down the data speeds of certain iOS devices. In a very detailed and long blog post, Brown explains why iPhones are being "out-performed by Android devices," and why he thinks his recent carrier hacks have been able to deliver increased data speeds. Brown says both "Apple and the carriers have implemented coding to purposely slow down or limit the data speeds" a device can achieve.
Brown posted several examples of "throttle coding" (pictured above) from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, while noting "T-Mobile is the exception" to the throttling accusation. Brown doesn't claim to know why Apple and the carriers are limiting data speeds, he just says they are.
No one has really confirmed or denied if Brown's carrier hacks actually increase your iPhone data speeds, or if his latest claim of iPhone throttling is true. You can read his entire explanation and see his evidence on the official iTweakiOS blog, and decide for yourself.
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Tavis Boxin replied on Permalink
Really??? Because I saw several tweets and comments that the iTweakiOS teams hacks worked for hundreds if not thousands of people. I would like to see the proof of how their theory was debunked? I saw a whole lot of big men fluffing their tail feathers so to speak and using their big names to try to bully the guys behind this theory, but I NEVER once saw the theory debunked. I saw ITweakiOS give several pictures of proof and explanation behind their theory. Where is the proof of the debunking? Or are we going to simply write them off because some guy with a little more clout says so? Did you ever think that those people who tried to cry "debunk" may have a vested interest in doing so? Just sayin!