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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: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday August 08 2019, @07:46PM (1 child)
But aren't the screws one of those custom kinds you can't unscrew without a proprietary screwdriver? Or at least not without stripping the screw.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Thursday August 08 2019, @08:26PM
The two external case screws are. Most single-battery replacement kits include the correct driver. I do enough phone work that I bought the $10 Wiha driver.