Apple Finally Allows IPhone 13 Users To Fix Screen Through Third Parties

JAKARTA - Apple has finally allowed its users to repair their iPhone 13 screen through a third party, and it is certain that the phone will not lose the ability to use the FaceID security feature.

First reported by iFixIt, users swapping the iPhone 13 screen will break FaceID unless the user also removes the tiny control chip from the original screen. This is a complex process that makes one of the most common types of repair extremely difficult for a third-party cell phone service provider.

Where the chip must be moved to a new display, while Apple and its authorized repair partners have specialized software tools that help maintain a pairing between the device and its display during and after repairs. However, this equipment is not available at most third-party service points.

As a result, iPhone users are forced to choose between paying more expensive repair fees at Apple or losing FaceID, Apple's only non-passcode unlock method since getting rid of TouchID with the iPhone X redesign.

However, users need not worry anymore because Apple has allowed to repair the screen through third parties. As Apple told The Verge, the company will release an iOS update that doesn't require users to transfer the microcontroller to keep FaceID working after swapping screens.

"This is what keeps us fighting for the right to fix, in the media and wherever we can," said iFixIt author Kevin Purdy as quoted by ExtremeTech, Friday, November 12.

Unfortunately, Apple hasn't stated which update will provide the fix. How quickly that fix comes depends on how willing Apple is to give up the revenue it generates from screen replacements.