https://www.ifixit.com/News/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-iphones-now
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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 08 2019, @03:54PM (1 child)
Envy??? Of an Apple fanboy? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 08 2019, @10:16PM
Apple victims are almost beyond pity. How can anyone be fine with this ongoing nonsense - ports, batteries, etc. Any other brand would have crashed by now. Apple products are indeed 'lovely golden handcuffs'...