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Re:iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs by fixermark on Saturday February 06, 2016 @01:31PM (#11048995)
Why? Then the user is left guessing why their phone is acting like it has no TouchID when it does.
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Re:iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs by germanier on Saturday February 06, 2016 @01:34PM (#11049024)
Would you rather guess why Touch ID isn't working or have a completely unusable phone?
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Re:iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs by mikeash on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:15PM (#11049903)
If you get your phone repaired and TouchID no longer works when you get it back then it's not going to take a genius to put two and two together and figure out that it might be related to the repair.
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Re:iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs by qb45 on Saturday February 06, 2016 @01:46PM (#11049085)
It's a well known issue and every independent repairmen will warn you before replacing this part or else they would quickly get sued out of existence.
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