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Apple Says It Will Fix Face ID Failure on Third-Party Screen Repairs

Article by: Kevin Purdy @kpifixit November 9, 2021 Filed under: Right to Repair, Product Design, Scandal 4 Yorum Facebook Twitter Reddit Linkedin Email Copy Link Share Apple told The Verge today that it will release a software update to keep Face ID working after third-party and DIY screen replacements, days after iFixit’s report on the issue and its market impact gained media attention. That’s all we know. Whether Apple was always going to get around to this fix, or was trying out a new stance on dominating repair, we’ll likely never know. Apple didn’t say when the software update will arrive. The company also declined to explain why Face ID was disabled after screen replacement, when the Face ID flood illuminator is entirely separate from the screen in the iPhone 13. It remains a stunning coincidence that bugs affecting repair outside Apple’s purview—Touch ID and cameras, to name two—are often the most severe, and the slowest to be addressed. It’s a good day, if media attention and public pushback truly forced Apple’s hand. It might have helped that Google’s newly released Pixel 6 and 6 Pro allow anyone, customers or repair shops, to re-calibrate the fingerprint scanner on their screen after replacing it. It’s hard to argue that only Apple-licensed techs could securely replace a login tool when Google is letting anybody do it in a browser. This is a tactical achievement for the repair market, but it’s an endless fight until the battlefield changes. Apple—and the many companies it inspires—will advance again with more parts lock-downs, more feature reductions, more reasons why only their profitable repair centers can do this work. Repair shops are still looking at a future that involves more microsoldering, more time, and possibly tighter profit margins, as they compete against a company that can fix its own firmware blocks from the cloud. This is the kind of thing that keeps us fighting for the right to repair, in the press and everywhere else we can. Related Stories Repair Guides

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Yorum Ekle Nice !! maybe it will do a thing for ipads with touch id etc Neolite87 - 9 Kas 2021 Yanıt Great news, and I hope there is indeed more backlash for such moves in the future, staying the hand of corporations and opening the eyes of lawmakers. Abhinav Lal - 9 Kas 2021 Yanıt Congratulations and thank you to all at iFixit for having successfully stood up for our individual rights of ownership and our wallets. Time Well Spent - 12 Kas 2021 Yanıt Hopefully they will allow Face ID and Touch ID recalibrations after they are replaced so they can actually work. Along with removing the warnings about screen replacements when a new screen is installed. Along with allowing the battery percentage in battery health to still display when it’s replaced. Along with the vibrate motor to continue working when it’s replaced. Along with True Tone in the displays not being disabled with a screen replacement. Hopefully it will also allow new users of second hand iPhones a way to contact the previous owners if iClouds still on the phone. Many things apple can improve on. Let’s see how far this can go. phonemandan - 17 Kas 2021 Yanıt

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