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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by waschl on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:16AM (#27422881)
I wonder if smartphone vendors couldn’t provide a test mode which doesn’t require the unlock code for the phone. E.g. if I get my phone display replaced nobody needs access to my full personal data to test of the basics are working.

There could be a special mode accessible which allows testing of standard use cases.

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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by kevincox on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:44PM (#27426420)
Android already has a boot menu. It would be useful even for consumers to have an option "Self-Test" added to that list. I think the only real concern would be the storage space required if the test suite was large.
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