According to Apple, there are a number of potential problems that can occur when replacement parts not authorized by the ...

Apple is expanding its self-repair program ... to fully activate used parts in repairs — assuming they haven't been harvested from stolen devices. Apple's 79-pound iPhone Self Repair Program ...

Over the years, Apple has gone all-in on parts pairing. Virtually every component in an iPhone and iPad has a unique ID that’s kept in a big database over at Apple, which limits replacement ...

Jessa also showed me some of the odd workarounds and pitfalls that come up in independent iPhone repair when parts can’t be sourced from Apple. Something I went in thinking was complicated ...

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Apple has started to offer spare parts for the iPhone 16 series, enabling users in the US and some other countries to repair ...