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by sascha_sl 2486 days ago
No they didn't. The batteries still work. They just wouldn't show health percentages. Because, you know, at that point the gauge could be lying to the user, which is a problem with buying used phones.

As an end user you will not have to care. It just (rightfully) takes a chunk off the resell value.
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Nextgrid 2485 days ago
They took an original, new, battery from an Apple phone and put it in the same model phone. Why would the gauge suddenly become unreliable?
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sascha_sl 2485 days ago
Because the device has been tampered with, period.

Nothing prevents you from using it as usual. It's essentially just Apple writing "battery has been replaced by not-us, please don't blame us if this doesn't perform as expected or like, explode" in more obscure wording in their system settings.

It doesn't work with the original battery because... the company selling that IC to Apple didn't design PKI into them? The critique video literally proves this. This authentication scheme is designed by TI.

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