Jeff S.
0/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND!!
I followed the installation instructions, and the software caused my iPhone to shut down and become completely unable to restart or recover. I had to leave work in the middle of the day and spend hours at an Apple Store, only to be told that my phone must be shipped to a repair center for seven days—and that I may lose everything that wasn’t backed up to iCloud. I’m now stuck using a loaner phone without my contacts, messages, apps, or saved login information. This is easily one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had with a product or service. I’m honestly stunned by how much disruption simply installing this software has caused.
Response from TryhardstopAug 2, 2026
Hi Jeff, I am the Co-founder of HardStop. I'm so sorry this happened to you. We have had over 3,000 members complete this process and no one has ever reported this before. We've reached out to you personally to urgently address this, help however we can and understand how this happened. UPDATE: After investigating further, this was due to updates made by Apple with the beta release of iOS 27 - We have made changes to ensure this never happens again.



