Beware! ‘Error 53’ Message Can Destroy Your iPhone

Additional users posted similar problems on Apple’s forums and the major tech company released a statement on the issue.

When people take their iPhones to have the home button replaced at shops not authorized by Apple, technicians are replacing the button with one that doesn’t match the device. For now only iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users are getting effected. The common status in all discussions remained with the fact if this Error 53 comes to your device then game over, there is no way your device can be reused. In this regard, Apple is bricking devices running iOS 9 that contain unofficial repaired components.

In some cases, buying a new iPhone could be cheaper when combining subsidies and financing plans with the credit given for the traded-in device.

“Remember, everything (besides Apple Pay, which isn’t even available in all countries anyway) work without Touch ID but using other passwords or pass codes”.

If you have been using an iPhone for long and if it has been repaired by a third-party service centre other than Apple’s own, you might want to think more than twice before you update your iPhone to the next iOS version. “When iOS finds an unidentified or unexpected Touch ID module, the check fails”.

One not just loses their handset but all their necessary information as well because it is non-recoverable.

The program applies to iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models that are brought into Apple’s retail stores. Whenever the iOS detects any unauthorized TouchID the check fails and hence errors occur. “If a customer encounters Error 53, we encourage them to contact Apple Support”, they added. In addition, the user is not even informed why his phone was ‘bricked.’ Thus, users of iPhones and iPads are in up in arms against this move of Apple which borders on overkill. It’s essentially caused by third-party fix technicians, but it’s not exactly their fault.

The reason is that apple service centers are quite expensive and they charge huge amount for the service which they offer. The latest smartphone from Apple could be the most features-packed edition yet. It’s still unknown what caused his phone to run into Error 53.