This came after some news outlets reported that thousands of iPhone users claimed that their devices were rendered useless after receiving a specific error message.
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With the rampant reports about bricked iPhones, Apple Inc. has confirmed that the “Error 53” is real. Apple doesn’t make it easy for users to replace batteries in its devices as they age, for example, and unlike other smartphone makers doesn’t allow owners to upgrade their iPhones’ memories by buying cheap memory cards.
A statement from Apple to the Irish Mirrorsays: “We take customer security very seriously and Error 53 is the result of security checks created to protect our customers”.
Apple’s Touch ID sensor stores your fingerprints on a secure enclave in the phone itself and the Touch ID sensor is paired with the secure enclave for security.
Apple’s point behind bricking such iPhones isn’t because it wants to take up the entire repairing mantle, but because getting the Touch ID repaired by unauthorized shops may compromise the security of your iPhone’s Touch ID. If you have replaced the display and/or the home button from a third-party service centre, your Touch ID will not be validated as “original” and it will trigger the iOS security to “kill” the iPhone permanently.
Any third-party repairs that affect this area, like the home-button or the screen, can spur the messages, and thus, the death-sentence, for an iPhone.
According to recent reports, tech giant Apple put in place a security check in its new iPhone and iPad models, because of which the devices gets disabled when users get them fixed from a non-Apple-certified technician. If iOS 9 can’t verify the Touch ID sensor, Apple blocks your iPhone with an error 53.
Apple may be gearing up for the major launch of three new devices in just a month according to latest rumors. However, his phone had never been repaired, and Apple Store employees had no idea what was happening.
You can see a statement from Apple below on the Error 53 issue on the iPhone that was given to Apple Insider. At least that’s what Apple is saying at the latest case of Error 53.
Additionally the discussion forum on Apple’s thread also gives some insight into Error 53. Apple relies on the iPhone for two-thirds of its revenue.
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The company, however, advised iPhone users who are experiencing such problem to contact Apple directly or its authorized provider. The exact number of devices affected is yet unknown.
