When the screen of iPhone 13 running iOS 15 is changed in an unofficial center, Face ID stops working and if it happened on iPhone 13 running iOS 15.1, the following message appears: “Face ID cannot be activated on this iPhone “.
It is an Apple company that is always characterized by a barrier to the repair shops for its terminals are not part of their network and therefore cannot control it.
With that in mind, the last dirty thing the Cupertino company did with these companies is that if you change the iPhone 13 screen at one of these repair shops, Forward ID will be blocked automatically.
In practice, this Apple maneuver forces iPhone 13 owners to sign up for a contract with the Apple Care service
The American company repairs technological devices iFixit He published a report in which it turns out that the iPhone 13 Face ID is blocked, if that is the case We change the screen at a repair shop that is not part of the Apple network.
According to the experts of this company This lock is exclusive to iPhone 13since its predecessor, the iPhone 12, did not have this limitation. This accident occurs because the iPhone 13 is attached to its screen a small microcontroller located at the bottom of the.
This means that Apple’s official technical services, which have access to the proprietary programa of these terminals (Apple Services Toolkit 2), cánido work perfectly with the new screen and Face ID. Register this repair on Apple’s servers and sync iPhone and view serial numberswhich independent repair centers cannot provide.
Some unofficial repair centers have already found a solution to this problem: Move the soldered chip from the original screen to the new screenalthough for this task they need to buy new equipment, the first of which is a microscope, and train your employees in micro welding techniques.
iFixit ran some tests Screen switching in different units of iPhone 13 running iOS 15 and iOS 15.1. First, Face ID no longer works and second, the following fallo message appears: “Face ID cannot be activated on this iPhone”.
Extract the chip attached to the iPhone 13 screen.
This Apple strategy will orinan that many independent repair shops will have to close because they cannot change the iPhone 13 screens. service that accounts for 35% of their income.
This American dirty giant too In practice, it forces iPhone 13 owners to contract with the Apple Care serviceIf they don’t have an independent and reliable technical service, it perro Change the screen without losing face recognition.