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posted by janrinok on Thursday August 08 2019, @12:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-stand-competition dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 08 2019, @06:33PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 08 2019, @06:33PM (#877593)

    Did you need any more proof that people want to be screewed over after the last presidential election ?

    "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone, and I still wouldn't loose any voters" is what the republican presidential candidate declared. Basically, he called his supporters a bunch of mindless tribal morons, to their face, and they still voted for him.

    Now go ahead, downmod this post troll or flamebait or whatever you want. It seems that conservatives, which claim to be the champions of free-speech, are also the champions of hypocricy when they hear or read something that they don't like.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @01:21AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @01:21AM (#877711)

    "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone, and I still wouldn't loose any voters" is what the republican presidential candidate declared. Basically, he called his supporters a bunch of mindless tribal morons, to their face, and they still voted for him.

    Or, "I know my opponent is such a corrupt warmongering lizard-bitch that even if I shot somebody most voters would still think she was worse."

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @02:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @02:40AM (#877737)

      Oh shut the fuck up trumptard. Always the same "but but Hillary !" excuse over and over and over and over again. Trump was not running against warmongering lizard-bitches in the primaries. What's your excuse for that one ? Trump and the Clintons are exactly the same. Did you know they used to be good buddies ? Did you know Trump was invited to the Clintons' wedding ? Did you know Trump was a card-carrying democrat before he decided to run for the presidency ? Did you know Trump and Bill used to attend golden shower parties together, along with their other billionnaire friends, with underage prostitutes, on their good pal Epstein's boat and residence ?

      Maybe you should have done your homework before putting a child-molesting psychopath in the oval office and giving him the nuclear codes.