{"id":1471870,"date":"2024-01-30T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grist.org\/?p=628300"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:45:00","slug":"apple-uses-software-to-control-how-phones-get-fixed-lawmakers-are-pushing-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/01\/30\/apple-uses-software-to-control-how-phones-get-fixed-lawmakers-are-pushing-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple uses software to control how phones get fixed. Lawmakers are pushing back."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Romain Godin prides himself on being able to fix a wide variety of consumer devices. But recently, what was once a basic repair job for his Portland, Oregon-based business Hyperion Computerworks \u2014 replacing a cracked iPhone screen \u2014 has become needlessly complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the past, Godin would have replaced the broken screen on the spot with a working screen harvested from a dead phone, saving the customer from having to buy a brand new screen from Apple. But if Godin performs this simple procedure on one the latest models of iPhones, features such as True Tone<\/a>, which adjusts screen brightness and color based on the ambient light conditions, won\u2019t work anymore. What\u2019s more, the phone will issue a repeated message warning the user that Apple cannot determine if the screen is genuine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n