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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by firmnoodle on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:38AM (#27423845)
Apple stores require this for screen repair or even battery replacement. I won't get my aging iphone X battery replaced for exactly this reason. It's too much work to erase my phone and restore it.
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Re:Apple pays out millions to student after repair techs sha... by yoz-y on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:13PM (#27424250)
> It's too much work to erase my phone and restore it.

Hmm, care to elaborate? I found the process quite easy, and done it multiple times. One thing that comes to mind is that if you don't have the iCloud backup option on for any reason, and you don't have a mac. Then you need to go through Windows iTunes which is really subpar. (no idea what to do on linux except a VM)

I don't really complain about the need to reset the phone, I'd like them to be more consistent with the messaging thouhg.

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