Third party iPhone XR and XS battery replacement leads to nagging by iOS

[elsiegee40]

Ohm my God: If you let anyone other than Apple replace your recent iPhone's battery, expect to be nagged by iOS (The Register)

Apple appears to be discouraging owners of recent iPhones from having device batteries serviced by a third-party repair service, an exercise in market control that looks ill-timed amid growing scrutiny of potential anti-competitive moves by tech giants and pushback against limitations on repair rights.

 

According to equipment repair nerve-center iFixit and Justin Ashford, who runs The Art of Repair channel on YouTube, third-party battery replacement in an iPhone XR, XS, or XS Max running iOS 12 or iOS 13 beta leads to the presentation of a "Service" message in the Battery Health sub-menu that's part of the fondleslab's Battery settings menu.

 

This message urges the iPhone owner to have the newly installed battery replaced – which Apple advises should be done only through an Apple Store or authorized service provider due to potential safety issues – even if an Apple-supplied battery is installed by a third-party.

 

"Apple is locking batteries to their iPhones at the factory, so whenever you replace the battery yourself – even if you’re using a genuine Apple battery from another iPhone – it will still give you the 'Service' message," wrote Craig Lloyd, staff writer for iFixit. "The only way around this is – you guessed it – paying Apple money to replace your iPhone battery for you."

Edited August 10, 2019 by elsiegee40

[ICTDirect_Dave]

That's annoying. They're already locking screens to phones.

 

Swap a display, even for an Apple replacement, and without a little device to copy the original's details across, you'll lose the truetone function and possibly even the auto brightness.

 

Swines!

[FishCustard]

Apple is really asking for countries to push through right-to-repair (which I wholly support). I imagine some enterprising company from China will come up with a way to reprogram the chips or bypass the issue though (again, good for them).

 

Wouldn't stop me getting a replacement battery though, I couldn't care less about what the Battery Health menu says!