Posted on 02/18/2016 7:03:49 PM PST by Swordmaker
“Today, Apple is issuing an updated version of iOS 9.2.1 for users that update their iPhones via iTunes only,” Matthew Panzarino reports for TechCrunch. “This update will restore phones 'bricked' or disabled by Error 53 and will prevent future iPhones that have had their home button (or the cable) replaced by third party repair centers from being disabled. Note that this is a patched version of iOS 9.2.1, previously issued, not a brand new version of iOS.”
“The update is not for users who update their iPhones over the air (OTA) via iCloud,” Panzarino reports. “If you update your phone that way, you should never have encountered Error 53 in the first place. If, however, you update via iTunes or your phone is bricked, you should be able to plug it into iTunes to get the update today, restoring your phone's functionality. Note, that the update will NOT re-enable Touch ID.”
“Allowing a third-party Touch ID sensor to function properly without an official Apple repair center both verifying that it is legitimate and recalibrating the cable to work with your iPhone's Secure Enclave is a huge security risk,” Panzarino reports. “A malicious repair shop or corrupted part could allow unauthorized access to your phone or its data. Apple is absolutely right to disable Touch ID -- it was also wrong for it to disable your entire iPhone for getting your home button replaced on the cheap. If you want to retain Touch ID functionality, you can get your home button replaced by Apple.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: And, thusly, “Error 53” was laid to rest. Under the bright light of this iOS update, class action shysters scurry away in chase of the next ambulance.
Lessons learned on each side by both Apple and their customers, we can only hope.
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Control freaks. You don’t allow your phone. The almighty Apple just let’s you use it.
Allow=own
I thought "bricked" meant bricked. Apparently there are degrees of brickage.
This is just another reason I don’t do Apple.
How much money does the Apple Store charge to fix a cracked screen v Dr. Cellphone? The wife’s 5s has a cracked screen but still works. I don’t believe it has touch ID so maybe that’s not an issue?
“Let’s” = lets
Be smart folks.
Don’t rush to put the latest update on your phone, computer, tablet. Unless you are having a problem the update is known to solve, wait a while & be sure the new update isn’t full of serious bugs.
It is better to have an older, stable, WORKING operation system than one not thoroughly tested by the masses. Let the other guy do your beta testing for you.
5s has touch. It was the first model with it.
The iPhone 5S DOES have a TouchID so you either need to make sure they KEEP your original home button while replacing the broken screen. If they don't, and merely replace it with the generic that comes with the new 3rd party screen then the fingerprint reader will not work to open the iPhone and ApplePay will not work, and you will have to pay Apple to replace it again to make them work. The reason is that the home button with the TouchID are mated/synched to the Secure Enclave co-processor built in to the A7 processor of the iPhone. Only Apple, or an authorized Apple repair center, has the software tools to re-synch a new home button/TouchID to the Secure Enclave. Third party repair shops don't have that.
You can replace the screen yourself with do-it-yourself kits, and you can carefully take off the original home button/TouchID and swap them. If you do that, there will be no problem. It takes longer, but swapping screens is not hard. Most screens come with the tools you'll need.
All bricked devices can be recovered with the right fix.
There were vulnerabilities that Bricked Android and Windows devices as well. So your point was?
Yeah. Stupid autocorrect.
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