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04-08-2017, 02:32 AM
Don't try to fix your iPhone 7 home button yourself
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Fixing any broken phone is a hassle, but if you have an iPhone, you really only have one safe option: repairing your device using an Apple-certified technicianIt ain't cheap (https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair).*
You can take your mangled iPhone to an independent repair shop to shore up a *****ed screen, certainly — but you'll be kissing any semblance of an Apple warranty goodbye.
In the case of a broken home button on the iPhone 7, Apple appears to have taken an even more drastic step to ensure independent shops and home tinkerers from repairing their phoneMotherboard (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock?utm_source=mbtwitter) reports the iPhone 7 has a software lock that will keep the phone from unlocking if the key circuitry powering the home button is damaged or tampered with. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/iphone-7-home-button-repair-block/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Fixing any broken phone is a hassle, but if you have an iPhone, you really only have one safe option: repairing your device using an Apple-certified technicianIt ain't cheap (https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair).*
You can take your mangled iPhone to an independent repair shop to shore up a *****ed screen, certainly — but you'll be kissing any semblance of an Apple warranty goodbye.
In the case of a broken home button on the iPhone 7, Apple appears to have taken an even more drastic step to ensure independent shops and home tinkerers from repairing their phoneMotherboard (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock?utm_source=mbtwitter) reports the iPhone 7 has a software lock that will keep the phone from unlocking if the key circuitry powering the home button is damaged or tampered with. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/iphone-7-home-button-repair-block/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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