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Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair

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

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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: -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."

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  • (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.