IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident - Revision history

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2026-04-09T19:35:11Z

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	When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Miles \|first=Brignall \|date=2016-02-05 \|title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|archive-date=2016-02-05 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=~~‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 {{!}} Mobile phones {{!}}~~ The Guardian}}</ref>.		When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Miles \|first=Brignall \|date=2016-02-05 \|title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|archive-date=2016-02-05 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>.
	==Background==		==Background==
	[[Apple]] is known for its anti-consumer practices regarding repairability, including a more recent "Unknown Part"<ref>{{Cite web \|last=@ambrose194 \|date=2022-12-17 \|title=I have a non-Apple approved battery installed in my iPhone \|url=https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank \|url-status=live \|website=[[Apple Community]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20260220075106/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> notification in the "Settings" App, that is inserted on newer devices, when detecting a battery that was installed, not using means only available to their own official repair facilities. The incident discussed here ranks into just another incident, which was interpreted as deliberate practice when it originally happened		[[Apple]] is known for its anti-consumer practices regarding repairability, including a more recent "Unknown Part"<ref>{{Cite web \|last=@ambrose194 \|date=2022-12-17 \|title=I have a non-Apple approved battery installed in my iPhone \|url=https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank \|url-status=live \|website=[[Apple Community]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20260220075106/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> notification in the "Settings" App, that is inserted on newer devices, when detecting a battery that was installed, not using means only available to their own official repair facilities. The incident discussed here ranks into just another incident, which was interpreted as deliberate practice when it originally happened

Andrew V: /* References */

2026-04-09T19:34:34Z

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	===Apple's response===		===Apple's response===

	At 2:19 p.m. ET on 2/18/2016, Apple has responded to a request from TechCrunch with this statement: "This was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers,"<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Panzarino \|first=Matthew \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Apple Apologizes And Updates iOS To Restore iPhones Disabled By Error 53 \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ \|url-status=live \|website=[[Tech Crunch]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20250605194531/https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ Archived])</ref>. The issue of the phone being unusable was fixed later<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wiens \|first=Kyle \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works \|url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420200715/https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|archive-date=2020-04-20 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=~~Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works -~~ iFixit}}</ref>, however the fingerprint sensor was disabled by said fix.		At 2:19 p.m. ET on 2/18/2016, Apple has responded to a request from TechCrunch with this statement: "This was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers,"<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Panzarino \|first=Matthew \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Apple Apologizes And Updates iOS To Restore iPhones Disabled By Error 53 \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ \|url-status=live \|website=[[Tech Crunch]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20250605194531/https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ Archived])</ref>. The issue of the phone being unusable was fixed later<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wiens \|first=Kyle \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works \|url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420200715/https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|archive-date=2020-04-20 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=[[iFixit]]}}</ref>, however the fingerprint sensor was disabled by said fix.

	==Lawsuit==		==Lawsuit==

Andrew V: /* References */

2026-04-09T19:32:51Z

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	When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Miles \|first=Brignall \|date=2016-02-05 \|title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|archive-date=2016-02-05 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 {{!}} Mobile phones {{!}} The Guardian}}</ref>.		When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Miles \|first=Brignall \|date=2016-02-05 \|title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|archive-date=2016-02-05 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 {{!}} Mobile phones {{!}} The Guardian}}</ref>.
	==Background==		==Background==
	[[Apple]] is known for its anti-consumer practices regarding repairability, including a more recent "Unknown Part"<ref>{{Cite web \|last=@ambrose194 \|title=I have a non-Apple approved battery installed in my iPhone \|url=https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank \|url-status=live \|website=[[Apple Community]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20260220075106/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> notification in the "Settings" App, that is inserted on newer devices, when detecting a battery that was installed, not using means only available to their own official repair facilities. The incident discussed here ranks into just another incident, which was interpreted as deliberate practice when it originally happened		[[Apple]] is known for its anti-consumer practices regarding repairability, including a more recent "Unknown Part"<ref>{{Cite web \|last=@ambrose194 \|date=2022-12-17 \|title=I have a non-Apple approved battery installed in my iPhone \|url=https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank \|url-status=live \|website=[[Apple Community]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20260220075106/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> notification in the "Settings" App, that is inserted on newer devices, when detecting a battery that was installed, not using means only available to their own official repair facilities. The incident discussed here ranks into just another incident, which was interpreted as deliberate practice when it originally happened

	==The fingerprint sensor incident==		==The fingerprint sensor incident==

Andrew V: /* References */

2026-04-09T19:32:05Z

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	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==

	Consumers were very annoyed<ref>https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7463710?sortBy=rank ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260203020026/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7463710?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> and had to spend their costly time and money to have a phone repaired at an additional cost for the fingerprint sensor to function again, which they did not foresee to pay. Essentially, after being robbed of an advertised functionality, they had to pay the perpetrator to get that functionality back.		Consumers were very annoyed<ref>{{Cite web \|last=@Sathieskanth \|date=2016-02-16 \|title=iPhone 6 fingerprint error 53 \|url=https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7463710?sortBy=rank \|url-status=live \|website=[[Apple Community]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20260203020026/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7463710?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> and had to spend their costly time and money to have a phone repaired at an additional cost for the fingerprint sensor to function again, which they did not foresee to pay. Essentially, after being robbed of an advertised functionality, they had to pay the perpetrator to get that functionality back.
	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	[[Category:IPhone]]		[[Category:IPhone]]

Andrew V: /* References */

2026-04-09T19:30:13Z

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	===Apple's response===		===Apple's response===

	At 2:19 p.m. ET on 2/18/2016, Apple has responded to a request from TechCrunch with this statement: "This was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers,"<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250605194531/https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ Archived])</ref>. The issue of the phone being unusable was fixed later<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wiens \|first=Kyle \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works \|url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420200715/https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|archive-date=2020-04-20 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works - iFixit}}</ref>, however the fingerprint sensor was disabled by said fix.		At 2:19 p.m. ET on 2/18/2016, Apple has responded to a request from TechCrunch with this statement: "This was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers,"<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Panzarino \|first=Matthew \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Apple Apologizes And Updates iOS To Restore iPhones Disabled By Error 53 \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ \|url-status=live \|website=[[Tech Crunch]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20250605194531/https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ Archived])</ref>. The issue of the phone being unusable was fixed later<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wiens \|first=Kyle \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works \|url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420200715/https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|archive-date=2020-04-20 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works - iFixit}}</ref>, however the fingerprint sensor was disabled by said fix.

	==Lawsuit==		==Lawsuit==

Andrew V: /* References */

2026-04-09T19:28:12Z

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	When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Miles \|first=Brignall \|date=2016-02-05 \|title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|archive-date=2016-02-05 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 {{!}} Mobile phones {{!}} The Guardian}}</ref>.		When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Miles \|first=Brignall \|date=2016-02-05 \|title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|archive-date=2016-02-05 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 {{!}} Mobile phones {{!}} The Guardian}}</ref>.
	==Background==		==Background==
	[[Apple]] is known for its anti-consumer practices regarding repairability, including a more recent "Unknown Part"<ref>https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260220075106/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> notification in the "Settings" App, that is inserted on newer devices, when detecting a battery that was installed, not using means only available to their own official repair facilities. The incident discussed here ranks into just another incident, which was interpreted as deliberate practice when it originally happened		[[Apple]] is known for its anti-consumer practices regarding repairability, including a more recent "Unknown Part"<ref>{{Cite web \|last=@ambrose194 \|title=I have a non-Apple approved battery installed in my iPhone \|url=https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank \|url-status=live \|website=[[Apple Community]]}}([http://web.archive.org/web/20260220075106/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> notification in the "Settings" App, that is inserted on newer devices, when detecting a battery that was installed, not using means only available to their own official repair facilities. The incident discussed here ranks into just another incident, which was interpreted as deliberate practice when it originally happened

	==The fingerprint sensor incident==		==The fingerprint sensor incident==

SinexTitan: ifone

2026-04-06T09:36:11Z

ifone

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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	[[Category:~~Apple iPhones~~]]		[[Category:IPhone]]

SinexTitan: hey Siri which fruit starts w a C?

2026-03-26T14:10:22Z

hey Siri which fruit starts w a C?

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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	[[Category:Apple ~~IPhones~~]]		[[Category:Apple iPhones]]

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	When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Miles \|first=Brignall \|date=2016-02-05 \|title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|archive-date=2016-02-05 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 {{!}} Mobile phones {{!}} The Guardian}}</ref>.		When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Miles \|first=Brignall \|date=2016-02-05 \|title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair \|archive-date=2016-02-05 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 {{!}} Mobile phones {{!}} The Guardian}}</ref>.
	==Background==		==Background==
	[[Apple]] is known for its anti-consumer practices regarding repairability, including a more recent "Unknown Part"<ref>https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank</ref> notification in the "Settings" App, that is inserted on newer devices, when detecting a battery that was installed, not using means only available to their own official repair facilities. The incident discussed here ranks into just another incident, which was interpreted as deliberate practice when it originally happened		[[Apple]] is known for its anti-consumer practices regarding repairability, including a more recent "Unknown Part"<ref>https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260220075106/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254475434?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> notification in the "Settings" App, that is inserted on newer devices, when detecting a battery that was installed, not using means only available to their own official repair facilities. The incident discussed here ranks into just another incident, which was interpreted as deliberate practice when it originally happened

	==The fingerprint sensor incident==		==The fingerprint sensor incident==
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	===Apple's response===		===Apple's response===

	At 2:19 p.m. ET on 2/18/2016, Apple has responded to a request from TechCrunch with this statement: "This was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers,"<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/</ref>. The issue of the phone being unusable was fixed later<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wiens \|first=Kyle \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works \|url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420200715/https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|archive-date=2020-04-20 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works - iFixit}}</ref>, however the fingerprint sensor was disabled by said fix.		At 2:19 p.m. ET on 2/18/2016, Apple has responded to a request from TechCrunch with this statement: "This was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers,"<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250605194531/https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/apple-apologizes-and-updates-ios-to-restore-iphones-disabled-by-error-53/ Archived])</ref>. The issue of the phone being unusable was fixed later<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wiens \|first=Kyle \|date=2016-02-18 \|title=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works \|url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420200715/https://www.ifixit.com/News/7924/error-53-fix \|archive-date=2020-04-20 \|access-date=2025-07-16 \|website=Confirmed: Apple’s Error 53 Fix Works - iFixit}}</ref>, however the fingerprint sensor was disabled by said fix.

	==Lawsuit==		==Lawsuit==
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	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==

	Consumers were very annoyed<ref>https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7463710?sortBy=rank</ref> and had to spend their costly time and money to have a phone repaired at an additional cost for the fingerprint sensor to function again, which they did not foresee to pay. Essentially, after being robbed of an advertised functionality, they had to pay the perpetrator to get that functionality back.		Consumers were very annoyed<ref>https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7463710?sortBy=rank ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260203020026/https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7463710?sortBy=rank Archived])</ref> and had to spend their costly time and money to have a phone repaired at an additional cost for the fingerprint sensor to function again, which they did not foresee to pay. Essentially, after being robbed of an advertised functionality, they had to pay the perpetrator to get that functionality back.
	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	[[Category:Apple IPhones]]		[[Category:Apple IPhones]]

Bythmusters: added cargo

2026-02-02T20:06:11Z

added cargo

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 When switching from iOS major version 8 to 9, [[iPhone]] 6 users, who chose to replace their fingerprint sensor with another one before the update, had their phones bricked<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Miles |first=Brignall |date=2016-02-05 |title=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205081456/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair |archive-date=2016-02-05 |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 {{!}} Mobile phones {{!}} The Guardian}}</ref>.
 ==Background==