I have an iPhone (not modded) and it upgraded fine. Not only did Apple send out a press release ahead of time about the possibility of bricking a modded phone, they also had a warning dialogue box at the beginning of the upgrade process that you had to click through. So, imo, anyone who went ahead with the upgrade process knew what they were doing.
Apparently, modding the iPhone is against the EULA. Also, from reading the gadget blogs (and not from personal experience), one kind of unlocking will only get negated, it won't brick the iPhone, just make it only work with an AT&T sim. Another kind will indeed brick the iPhone. An 3rd-party apps don't work anymore, but - again, from what I've read - they don't brick the iPhone, either.
I have no problem with someone wishing to mod their iPhone if they want to, but they also know going in that it isn't sanctioned and that Bad Things Can Happen.
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