"Danger" is not limited to, say, "if you do this you will be eaten by a shark."
"Danger" is also used in, for example, "if you do this, there is a danger that your phone screen may start showing weird vertical green lines."
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iPhone 11 and 11 Pro Will Show Warning if Non-Genuine Apple Display is Used for Repairs
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"Danger" is not limited to, say, "if you do this you will be eaten by a shark."
"Danger" is also used in, for example, "if you do this, there is a danger that your phone screen may start showing weird vertical green lines."
How is letting the consumer know something bad. Just because you’re a tech person and wouldn’t fall for a scam doesn’t mean grandma won’t fall for it.
Right from the Apple Support document
“After that period, you can find the notification by going to Settings > General > About.”
This is actually very useful when buying used phones. Many times you have no idea if the screen and battery are low quality 3rd party.
Things don’t work in that way. A non Apple battery can’t be monitored with Apple software.If my phone has a non-Apple battery that COULD report battery health Apple still won't show it? In the interest of safety wouldn't Apple WANT us to know how the battery is doing?
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They had no problem releasing iOS with know security holes in it last week.
I didn’t say that. You just can’t claim that all Apple display are flawless unless you inspected all their displays.
Maybe 1% has errors. Maybe 0.1%? Who knows.
Very true. Apple is about giving consumers the information they need to make a decision. This might upset third party repair shops that are lying about using genuine Apple components or Craigslist scammers but oh well
And who cares. Put your straw man argument away, This is the message I was responding to;
This.
Nice to know if your second hand iPhone was poorly repaired.
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Are you speaking about the best display on the market?
Except the warning has nothing to do with the parts you use and only checks whether you typed in the secret Apple code
This is a good move. We need such a warning message for repair shops pushing 3rd party spares as originals.
Yes it is. You can swap the screens from two iPhones around and will get this warning if you aren't part of Apple's official repair racket and know the secret code.
Because if I take a genuine part from one phone, and put that geniune part into another phone, its not going to read as genuine. So all these "i want to know if my used phone i bought has crap parts" well its going to report as non genuine even if the part is from apple themself. They are making so "get it fixed by us or have error messages" and everyone is falling for it. it goes both ways.
Every software has bugs.If my phone has a non-Apple battery that COULD report battery health Apple still won't show it? In the interest of safety wouldn't Apple WANT us to know how the battery is doing?
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They had no problem releasing iOS with know security holes in it last week.
I can’t understand why people are actually complaining about this.
If you get your iPhone repaired by a budget repair shop (or even repair it yourself at home) with non-OEM parts your device will still function. All you get is a warning.
This protects people who buy used devices (which is still very common) as they can check if the device has ever had non-Apple parts used (or if a device is 100% original).
The only people who are upset are the dishonest repair shops who can no longer defraud people by installing non-Apple parts while telling customers they only use Apple parts.
If you get your iPhone repaired by a budget repair shop (or even repair it yourself at home) with non-OEM parts your device will still function. All you get is a warning.
This protects people who buy used devices (which is still very common) as they can check if the device has ever had non-Apple parts used (or if a device is 100% original).
The only people who are upset are the dishonest repair shops who can no longer defraud people by installing non-Apple parts while telling customers they only use Apple parts.
Straight up lie.
It's good because it protects consumers from paying OEM prices for non-OEM parts.
Relax with your conspiracy theories. This doesn't prevent you from ruining your iPhone. It just lets you know that you might be ruining your iPhone.
This thread proving people will complain no matter what.
There is no downside to this whatsoever.
There is no downside to this whatsoever.
This x1000. I’m amazed that Apple providing information about your device is somehow seen as bad. It’s unbelievable.
Not lying to users. Actually stating factually correct information, that, by definition is not a lie. You are surmising that replacing a battery and not performing all the required procedures, and therefore not being able to adequately verify that the battery is genuine and not a knock-off, is a bad thing? Hey if my repair shop was unqualified to make a repair, I'd want to know. Batteries go boom, see Samsung when they got the cathode and anode too close together.
Ask Apple. They still refuse to answer basic questions like "how much RAM is in the new iPhone 11 Pro?"
Your post is irritating because it’s so illogical. Why would you push back on getting this kind of information?
This is information that you can choose to ignore, but if you don’t, it might tell you your repair guy is ripping you off with a knockoff display.
You probably enjoy paying for genuine parts and getting a knockoff because ignorance is better.
I've never had trouble servicing my Apple products. hmmmm, that's misleading, I have never had to service my Apple products. I did think about replacing a battery on a 4s, and it was all of $69 to replace at an apple or authorized repair shop. Buying a good battery and getting a cheap uncertified shop to do it was $60. Nah, I'd go with the pro. That $10 may make you unhappy though, I guess