With the affidavit filed in connection with the search warrant for the ‘lost’ iPhone raid having been made public on Friday, new details have surfaced about what the San Mateo, California, County Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan was informed when he ordered the raid.

The warrant, issued by Judge Cretan on April 23, essentially came as a result of Apple claims that tech blog Gizmodo’s April 19 ‘leak’ of the iPhone 4G prototype was “immensely damaging” to the company.

The ‘lost’ iPhone saga began when Apple engineer Robert ‘Gray’ Powell accidentally left his fourth-generation iPhone in a Redwood City, California bar, from where it was picked by the 21-year-old Brian Hogan. In order to get the ‘best price’ for Apple’s upcoming handset, Hogan shopped the device around and finally sold it to Gizmodo.

Gizmodo reportedly promised to pay Hogan $8,500 for the device - $5,000 up front; and $3,500 as a bonus in case the handset actually turned out to be the iPhone Apple is unveiling this summer. The sale was reported to Apple by Hogan’s roommate, Katherine Martinson, who wanting to avoid getting into trouble.

With Apple lawyers reiterating the damage that the leak would cause to the sales of the current iPhone model, Judge Cretan issued a search warrant, and law enforcement authorities raided the Fremont home of the Gizmodo editor Jason Chen – the man behind the iPhone scoop!