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The right to repair issue has been a back and forth between App<\/a>le and consumers. It appears that Apple has taken a significant step against the right to repair, as the company seems to have made it so replacing an iPhone 13\u2019s screen breaks Face ID.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> What Are “Right to Repair” Laws, and What Do They Mean for You?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

iFixit<\/a> discovered the change in the iPhone 13. The iPhone 13 is connected to the screen using a small microcontroller, and if that connection is broken, Face ID stops working. That wouldn\u2019t be that big of a deal if it were easy to pair the screen to the microcontroller again, but iFixit notes that \u201cApple has not provided a way for owners or independent shops to pair a new screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the connection isn\u2019t there, an error message reading \u201cUnable to activate Face ID on this iPhone\u201d appears.<\/p>\n

It sounds like this change makes it so Apple has complete control over which repair shops can replace the screen. \u201cAuthorized technicians with access to proprietary software, Apple Services Toolkit 2, can make new screens work by logging the repair to Apple\u2019s cloud servers and syncing the serial numbers of the phone and screen. This gives Apple the ability to approve or deny each individual repair,\u201d iFixit notes in a blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apparently, there\u2019s a way to get around it, but it requires\u00a0physically moving a soldered chip from the original screen onto the replacement. Small shops and DIY owners will have a hard time doing this, meaning that Apple has control.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis IC [chip] swap thing, it\u2019s a disaster, and we definitely need to fight it, 100 percent,\u201d said Justin Ashford, a repair shop consultant, and popular\u00a0YouTube repair instructor<\/a>. \u201cBut our industry\u2019s definition of what basic repair is needs to change \u2026 this is the new basic.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to iFixit, \u201cMicrosoldering is skilled work that requires thousands of dollars of equipment and extensive practice before you are proficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apple hasn\u2019t commented on the issue, but it has made the right to repair advocates upset about what this means for the future of iPhone screen replacements.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> 7 Must-Have Tools for Mobile Phone Repair<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n