This Cupertino-based company is bricking all those devices which have been repaired by anyone else other than an Apple representative.
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Imagine the alternative: a bad guy gets your iPhone, installs his own Touch ID sensor in it, and gets access to everything on your phone from Apple Pay to your camera roll of selfies.
Even if it happened months ago, a fix by a third-party technician can leave an iPhone susceptible to the phone-bricking devastation of Error 53.
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.
The problem comes when people try to update with new Apple iOS software.
Apple say the iOS update is necessary for customer security and protects users against fraudulent use of the Touch ID sensor.
Many users seem to appreciate the logic, pointing out should their phone fall into the wrong hands, they would hope their personal data wasn’t as easily accessible.
Those who have had repairs related to the home button or screen carried out on their iPhones by non-authorized Apple personal are finding that, with iOS 9, the device can’t verify the touch sensor – resulting in Apple locking down the smartphone with error 53. “If a customer encounters Error 53, we encourage them to contact Apple Support”, a company spokesperson was quoted as saying.
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Sending the damaged iPhone 6 to Apple still won’t solve the problem, which leads to only one solution: replacing the broken unit. “With a subsequent update or restore, additional security checks result in an Error 53 being displayed”, said an Apple spokesman as quoted by The Telegraph. It appears that without this association, the important data can be stolen because unauthorized technicians may set-up a malevolent Touch ID sensor. “The “error 53″ page on our website has had more than 183,000 hits, suggesting this is a big problem for Apple users”, he told Guardian Money. The common status in all discussions remained with the fact if this Error 53 comes to your device then game over, there is no way your device can be reused.
