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So as I understand it, all of the "parts" are mostly worthless because they wont just work in another iPhone. How do you maintain this functionality and give t
by zer00eyz 2y ago
So as I understand it, all of the "parts" are mostly worthless because they wont just work in another iPhone.
How do you maintain this functionality and give the "right to repair"? I would assume that it's possible but would add a fair bit of cost to devices (not that someone like apple cant bear said costs)... But IM just guessing on that front as I have zero experience with hardware locking.
- bmicraft 2y agoEasy, only allow components that aren't currently registered to someone elses iCloud account (read: stolen)
- chemmail 2y agoMost parts will indeed work. It will just show "unkown part" in the settings. The main thing that is really paired is the front camera for faceID. Also changing the screen without the original paired chip makes you lose autobrightness and truetone which is need to get to MAX brightness on 14 and up.
- philistine 2y agoSounds like people are swapping a screen on those iPhones without doing a calibration.
- m463 2y agoauto brightness also broken on earlier phones + 3rd party screen source: i have this problem iphone 8
- Havoc 2y agoThe high value parts are locked down so yeah the options for stripping iphones have become more limited & thus backyard iphone recycling operations decreased. Unsure whether anyone has found a way past the apple locks...not to my knowledge. >cost I don't think cost even factors into any of this at apple margins. What does is that repairability affects things that matter to the consumer: Size, weight, thinness, feel, lack of exposed screws etc. Compromising on repairability makes all those easier