According to news on November 5, repair experts discovered that the reason why it is more difficult for a third party to repair the screens of iPhone 13 series smartphones is because Apple has installed a microchip at the bottom of the phone screen. Some people worry that this may cause serious damage to the Apple mobile phone repair industry. Blow. Repairing or replacing the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro smartphone screens by a third-party repairer will cause the Face ID function to be lost. The well-known dismantling agency iFixit said in a blog post on Thursday that it has found the root cause.
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Specifically, Apple has embedded a microchip at the bottom of the iPhone 13 smartphone screen, only the size of a mint jelly bean. This tiny chip can pair the display with the iPhone. If the user installs a third-party screen without authorization, the Face ID function will be disabled.
Apple-authorized service providers can use proprietary Apple software to record repairs and synchronize the new display serial number information to the microchip.
Third-party maintenance personnel who are not authorized by Apple can also replace the mobile phone screen, but it is not easy. It is necessary to move the original screen chip to the replaced mobile phone screen.
According to iFixit’s interviews with some people in the maintenance industry, maintenance personnel are “uneasy” about this change. Their only options seem to be to buy new equipment, join Apple’s authorized repair network, or not to wash their hands.
Screen repair is the cornerstone of the smartphone repair industry. A maintenance worker said that this industry “is built on the iPhone screen.”
However, it is unclear whether Apple did it intentionally. The iOS 15 system will disable the Face ID function for third-party repair screens. Later versions of the iOS operating system will also display an error message.
A source close to Apple said that the pop-up error message will be fixed in a future iOS update, but it remains to be seen whether this will happen.
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