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By activating a dormant software lock on their newest iPhones, Apple is effectively announcing a drastic new policy: only Apple batteries can go in iPhones, and only they can install them.
If you replace the battery in the newest iPhones, a message indicating you need to service your battery appears in Settings > Battery, next to Battery Health. The "Service" message is normally an indication that the battery is degraded and needs to be replaced. The message still shows up when you put in a brand new battery, however. Here's the bigger problem: our lab tests confirmed that even when you swap in a genuine Apple battery, the phone will still display the "Service" message.
It's not a bug; it's a feature Apple wants. Unless an Apple Genius or an Apple Authorized Service Provider authenticates a battery to the phone, that phone will never show its battery health and always report a vague, ominous problem.
(Score: 3, Touché) by nitehawk214 on Thursday August 08 2019, @02:04PM (3 children)
Or the symbol of a malevolent god that lies to its creations.
Tho, why is the forbidden fruit always depicted as an apple, at least in the West? I don't recall it saying either way in the book.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 3, Interesting) by hendrikboom on Thursday August 08 2019, @10:12PM (2 children)
Some investigators suggest it was more likely a pomegranate, based on the part of the world the legend started from. Or in French, a "grenade".
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Friday August 09 2019, @02:23AM (1 child)
Perhaps a Durian?
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @09:00AM
They said FRUIT not WEAPON