This way no one can access your device and potentially private data, including the cards you have linked to Apple Pay. According to iCracked’s Reuben Esparza, who wrote about the error in November, it’s still a mystery to many, but the error, he says, “is the result of a hardware failure somewhere within the home button assembly”.
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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.
Over the weekend, Apple confirmed the existence of the security measuring, explaining that it was meant to prevent tampering with the Touch ID sensor, the phone’s fingerprint scanner.
However, as third-party software has been installed on the device, this breaks Apple’s terms and conditions for the handset, forcing users to fork out for the cost of a brand new phone. He said that when he took the iPhone to an Apple Store, he had to pay around $400 for the replacement of the device, and Apple staff told him that nothing can be done except the replacement. The Touch ID, if replaced, will need to be re-paired and re-validated with the motherboard and this can only be done by Apple’s authorised service centres.
He even likened the Error-53 related crashes to “Ford saying we’re not going to let any mechanics work on our cars because they’ll change the key”. “iOS checks that the Touch ID sensor in your iPhone or iPad correctly matches your device’s other components”. Although the error has been around for some time, it’s recently made the headlines following the same Error happening to The Guardian journalist Antonio Olmo, who had no choice but to turn to a third party to fix his damaged iPhone while covering the refugee crisis.
The error 53 first showed up on Friday when thousands of iPhone users suddenly found that they were not able to unlock the iPhones any more. Other reports suggest Apple might also go back to the future with a 4-inch phone – last seen in Apple’s 2013 iPhone 5S – as a companion to the next generation of bigger-screen iPhones. Apple has responded this uproar over controversial Error 53. Moreover on their official website Apple has mentioned that if in case one has got their handset repaired from apple store or apple certified store they can contact the apple support.
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However, customers may have to think long and hard about taking the trade-in as the reported figures Apple will offer are not overly generous.
