Apple is locking newer iPhones so only they can perform battery replacement!

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It certainly not the first or last time bean counters have made a decision that is costly to many:

A longtime nightmare scenario for independent iPhone repair companies has come true: Apple has tied batteries to specific iPhones, meaning that only it has the ability to perform an authorized battery replacement on the newest versions of iPhones, two independent experiments have found.

Battery replacements are among the most common repairs done by Apple and by independent repair companies. This is because lithium ion batteries eventually lose their ability to hold a charge, which will eventually make the phone unusable. Replacing the battery greatly extends the life of the phone: Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged earlier this year that battery replacements are resulting in fewer people buying new iPhones, which has affected Apple’s bottom line.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nz3k/apple-is-locking-batteries-to-specific-iphones-a-nightmare-for-diy-repair

[Xairbusdriver]

the most common repairs done by Apple and by independent repair companies

and customers. Old method used a pull-tab, sticky-strip thingy (similar to "Command" brand) that was accessible once the case is opened. Most replacement batteries included a new piece of sticky tape to keep the battery from rattling like a few of the "brains" at Apple Marketing.

How to Remove: Step 3

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If you need money to pay Apple for the phone or battery service maybe you can figure out how to hack a new iPhone and get a million dollars:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/08/08/apple-confirms-1-million-reward-for-hackers-who-find-serious-iphone-vulnerabilities/#111f9ab63948

The link is Forbes and I hope it works! In case it doesn't:

"Apple has massively increased the amount it’s offering hackers for finding vulnerabilities in iPhones and Macs, up to $1 million. It’s by far the highest bug bounty on offer from any major tech company.

That’s up from $200,000, and in the fall the program will be open to all researchers. Previously only those on the company’s invite-only bug bounty program were eligible to receive rewards.

As Forbes reported on Monday, Apple is also launching a Mac bug bounty, which was confirmed Thursday, but it's also extending it to watchOS and its Apple TV operating system. The announcements came in Las Vegas at the Black Hat conference, where Apple’s head of security engineering Ivan Krstić gave a talk on iOS and macOS security.

Forbes also revealed on Monday that Apple was to give bug bounty participants “developer devices”—iPhones that let hackers dive further into iOS. They can, for instance, pause the processor to look at what’s happening with data in memory. Krstić confirmed the iOS Security Research Device program would be by application only. It will arrive next year."

[Paddy]

Well, that's annoying.

We recently replaced the battery on an iPhone 5 for my son and it was easy-peasy. Got the battery and the kit of tools off Amazon for about a third of the cheapest price for NON-Apple replacement - Apple doesn't even do it for phones this old.

It's time we stopped treating everything as disposable. We live on a finite planet with finite resources, and the endless "growth" economy is simply not sustainable. Repair, recycle, reuse...