Posted on 08/08/2019 11:10:40 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Apple has activated a dormant software lock that effectively kneecaps third-party replacement batteries on some newer models of iPhone
Even using another Apple battery doesnt work, according to iFixit, as a replacement battery can apparently only be authenticated using the companys internal tools:
iFixit compared the practice to having a Check Oil light in a vehicle that can only be deactivated at a Ford dealership.
(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...
Too bad Apple is the only company making non-Android phones. Picking Apple is picking the lesser evil.
I learned not to slip my sun glasses into the same pocket as my key chain the hard way. The lenses got scratched to pieces. Wouldn’t the chain make a similar mess of a cell phone?
Oh, and the immobilizer wouldn’t allow the car to start.
Guys repowering old cars with modern engines routinely just tape the old chip key near the pickup sensor and tuck it up under the dash to keep from having to tune out the security system.
Cellphone glass is made of Gorilla Glass or Dragon Glass. Much tougher!...........
Or GE putting RFID chips on their refrigerator water filters and charging $45.00 for a $15.00 filter. So, you either live with the '99 days overdue message on the door' or spend the extra money. The non-RFID filters fit, but the software won't let it dispense water without it.
So why does everyone keep going out an buying from Apple?
Other trick, if you have problems with the key fob, place it in the special cradle in the car where you’d normally program it. If its there the car will recognize it even if the battery’s dead.
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
pease porridge in the pot, nine days old.
Toss it in the microwave, ten minutes high,
listen for the pot to crack, smell the porridge fry.
Watch the oven’s door blow out, oh the gooey foam.
Won’t this be a fun surprise for mom
when she gets home?
“One can also remove the microcontroller from an original battery and solder it to another, though this is probably beyond the ability of all but the most committed users.”
Third-party repair sites already are doing this?
car or bike?
Proprietary bastiches.
It would take only one or two seconds to fry a car key!...............
Car. My bikes are Yamahas and Suzukis..........
Customer count, probably not, but yes will lose this one in the legal fight...
It won’t take long for someone to hack around this...
Last year there was an Apple battery replacement program for $29. Since our 7+ 128GB phones work well I figure we can get 3 or more years out of them. The batteries were only down a few percentages and didnt need replacement but when they need it they might be $100+. Dang... just realized as I was typing this I should have asked for the original batteries since they were still good. Oh well, their keeping them might have been part of the reduced price.
A friend of mine recently told me his kid’s iphone warranty was viided because they used non-apple HEADPHONES!!!! Whata racket.
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