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Will look this up. And not surprised. Anecdotally, I went to Best Buy for an iPhone screen replacement (a year ago in nyc), the tech wanted my pin code, I of c
by miketery 7y ago
Will look this up. And not surprised.
Anecdotally, I went to Best Buy for an iPhone screen replacement (a year ago in nyc), the tech wanted my pin code, I of course declined. Their reasoning was that they needed it for their test fixture to make sure the replacement worked. I declined again. The tech said that in that case they would have to wipe my phone, I said that’s fine and much preferred to the alternative.
When I came back a few hours later to get my device, it had not been wiped, and the new screen worked just fine.
I was always curious why the heck would they need my pin!
I imagine >95% give their pin.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y agoThe last time my family repaired an iPad, I backed up the thing and wiped it, only setting up enough stuff to keep it from being stolen. That's a lot of work and takes quite a bit of time.