According to two specialists in the repair of smartphones, the screen change on an iPhone 13 made by a third -party repairer would lead to no longer being able to use Face ID.

The notch of the iPhone 13 Pro // Source: Louise Audry for Numerama

The launch of the iPhone 13 is not without its share of inconvenience, such as the difficulties encountered by certain users to unlock their iPhone with their Apple Watch.

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Lately, the Youtuber Phone Repair Guru, specializing in phone disassembly videos to better explain the repair process, put his finger on a particularly annoying concern for anyone who would like to change the screen of his iPhone 13.

The screen poses a problem

In his video, he explains that any screen change on iPhone 13 which would not be made by Apple directly would lead to that Face ID stop operating.

iPhone 13 : si vous changez d’écran sans passer par Apple, Face ID ne marchera plus

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On its repair table, using two open iPhone 13, we can see it present the different sensors necessary for the proper functioning of the facial unlocking technology of the apple to the apple.It even goes so far as to exchange the sensors to demonstrate that it is not they who block the functioning of the front id.

« Si vous allez chez un réparateur autre qu’Apple, vous perdrez Face ID»»

Because, a few minutes later, when he comes to exchange the screens, Face ID no longer works.He then tries to reconfigure him in the telephone settings, but the latter indicates to him: "Face ID is not available", without more details.

The design of the iPhone 13 does not change too much // Source: Apple

Its conclusion is simple: "If you go to a repairer other than Apple, you will lose Face Id.»»

The videographer thinks that this blockage is due to two welded chips on the lower part of the screen.He then explains that if it is always possible to exchange them from one device to another, the operation is too sophisticated for any phone repairer.

A hope remains all the same: that Apple updates his phone to solve the problem.But nothing is less certain.

Ifixit also notes the problem

But the youtubeur is not the only one to have made this observation in his corner.The famous Ifixit repair advice site in turn left by the operation during one of its famous dismantages in good standing, what come to support the purpose of the first.And the iFixit verdict is not much more favorable.

For this reason, but also for other concerns such as the difficulty that can represent the replacement of the glass on the back, the site thus puts the note of 5/10 on the repairability of Apple last.

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