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iPhones now display a ‘permanent’ warning if you try to replace the battery yourself

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Geekz Snow
iPhones now display a ‘permanent’ warning if you try to replace the battery yourself

A new report says that Apple is using some kind of mechanism that essentially throws up a massive error message if anyone other than an Apple technician attempts to put a new battery in an iPhone — even if the battery itself is an Apple product.

The report comes from Craig Lloyd of iFixit, and shows what the warning looks like.

The user receives a “Service” notification alerting them to a problem with the new battery and directing them to the Settings app.

In the Battery Health settings, an Important Message reads: “Unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple battery.

Health information not available for this battery.”

iFixit confirmed this service message appears in the iPhones XR, XS, and XS Max.If you want to see it in action, check this video from The Art of Repair YouTube channel, who spotted the problem first:

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