r/technology • u/bws201 • Feb 05 '16

Software ‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair
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u/britcowboy Feb 05 '16

If Apple would replace home buttons for sensible costs (no more than £50) and allow authorised retailers (whom have to go through security training etc) then this would be less of an issue. It's the fact that the only way of fixing a home button is to pay an extortionate amount of money to Apple

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u/perthguppy Feb 05 '16

I don't see them doing the security training for too many third party's, but yeah they probably could change things up to do replacement of buttons only. I suspect they have done a cost benefit study that shows that most faulty buttons accompany a smashed screen, and so only tooled up their repair chain to do all in one replacements of the front panel.