Apple Has Activated Software Locks on iPhone Batteries to Discourage Third-Party Repairs

Gizmondo ^ | 8 Aug 2019 | Tom McKay

[Data Miner]

Too bad Apple is the only company making non-Android phones. Picking Apple is picking the lesser evil.

[sparklite2]

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?

[Fresh Wind]

Oh, and the immobilizer wouldn’t allow the car to start.

[Clay Moore]

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.

[Red Badger]

Cellphone glass is made of Gorilla Glass or Dragon Glass. Much tougher!...........

https://www.google.com/search?q=gorilla+glasd&oq=gorilla+glasd&aqs=chrome..69i57.7200j0j4&sourceid=silk&ie=UTF-8

[wildcard_redneck]

We must fight for the “Right to Repair”. Farmers and small businessman have been pushing for this for at least a decade. John Deere is one of the worst offenders. If a farmer attempts to install a used, working John Deere part to repair a broken John Deere combine it won't work because the software of the combine will not recognize the part. The combine will not recognize the part until certified dealer software says so.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

iFixit compared the practice to having a “Check Oil” light in a vehicle that can only be deactivated at a Ford dealership.

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.

[Revel]

So why does everyone keep going out an buying from Apple?

[Secret Agent Man]

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.

[sparklite2]

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?

[TexasGator]

“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?

[RitchieAprile]

car or bike?

[moovova]

Proprietary bastiches.

[Red Badger]

It would take only one or two seconds to fry a car key!...............

[Red Badger]

Car. My bikes are Yamahas and Suzukis..........

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

It’s just sick that something so simple like a key has to be so darned expensive

That goes for most everything these days.

[HamiltonJay]

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...

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

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 didn’t 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.

[Phillyred]

A friend of mine recently told me his kid’s iphone warranty was viided because they used non-apple HEADPHONES!!!! Whata racket.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

Thank you! The website https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ looks interesting.. They even used the term I used, 'planned obsolescence', when talking about the batteries. When I'm ready for a new phone this could be the one.