A new report has revealed that the latest Apple iPhone 14 series of smartphones are seemingly easier to repair than their predecessor. However, it’s not all good news since there is a catch. Here’s what we know.

The Cupertino based giant has claimed that the new iPhone 14 lineup will be easier to fix than the previous iterations. However, this easier fix is apparently not available to third party repair stores. The news arrives from sources within the third party repair community who told Engadget that breaking down an iPhone 14 sure is easy, although, putting it back together and having it work as intended is another issue entirely.

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As per the report, the iPhone 14 has two ambient light sensors that help control the brightnes of the display. However, using an unauthorized display for the replacement has these two ambient light sensor stop working entirely. What this means is, your iPhone’s display will be completely black, unless you somehow remember the exact position of the screen brightness slider and manage to manually adjust the brightness. But now, you’ll have to manually adjut it every time. The issue stems from Apple’s “part pairing” restriction, which basically adds a unique digital ID to individual components that the iPhone 14 recognizes. So using unauthorized parts causes some components to stop working.

To verify new parts, one would need Apple’s in house software and an Apple authorized technician. In the past, third party repairer could use a special device called the EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) programmer, which lets you rewrite the information stored on an EEPROM microchip. This let technicians read the ID from the original display and put it only in the replacement panel. However, this process seems to be impossible on the new iPhone 14 series.

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