Today, Apple announced the expansion of self-service and independent repair options for iPhones. That is, you will be able to repair your iPhone using genuine used parts, which was not possible until now.
This is thanks to a new “part calibration” process – a used part will go through this process once it’s installed on another iPhone, and if it’s genuine, it will work without any restrictions.
Therefore, you or an independent repair provider will be able to replace parts taken from other iPhones. This will begin in the fall, starting with “select iPhone models.” The company says used genuine Apple parts will “benefit from the full functionality and safety provided by original factory calibration, just like new genuine Apple parts.”
Apple continues to defend the “partial pairing” practice, saying it is “essential to protecting the privacy, safety and security” of iPhones. This is the process of “confirming whether the repair part is genuine and gathering information about the part”, so far this will be a problem if you try to replace an iPhone part with a used part from another iPhone because the part Already “paired” with the original iPhone it was used with.
Over the past two years, Apple teams have been working to enable the reuse of parts, such as the biometric sensors used for Face ID or Touch ID. Starting this fall, once the parts are installed, the calibration of all parts will be on the device. conduct. Future iPhones will support used biometric sensors, and customers and service providers will no longer need to provide the device’s serial number when ordering parts that don’t involve replacing the motherboard.
Apple has also extended activation lock to iPhone parts to prevent stolen iPhones from being dismantled for parts. Therefore, if the device being repaired detects that a supported part was obtained from another device with Activation Lock or Lost Mode enabled, the part will be restricted after being installed in the new phone.
Finally, Apple also touted the uniqueness of the Parts and Service History feature in iOS Settings, which allows a second or third owner of an iPhone to access the complete parts and repair history. Parts and service history will be expanded this fall to show whether a part is new or a used, genuine Apple part.
John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, said:
At Apple, we’re always looking for new ways to give customers the best possible experience while reducing our impact on the planet, and a key part of that is designing products that last. Over the past two years, Apple teams have been innovating in product design and manufacturing to enable repairs using older Apple parts without compromising user safety, security, or privacy. With the latest expansion of our repair program, we’re excited to offer our customers more choice and convenience while helping extend the life of our products and their parts.
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