iOS 18 is step forward with iPhone repairs.

[Aoligei]

Following with this MacRumors post

iOS 18 Includes 'Repair Assistant' For Configuring Genuine Apple Replacement Parts

Apple added a "Repair Assistant" feature in iOS 18 that is designed to allow iPhone users to configure replacement parts after a repair. The...

www.macrumors.com

I have an iPhone 12 Pro with recycled display from other dead iPhone 12 Pro.


Once updated to iOS 18, I got repair assistance and now the display no longer shows as unknown parts.

Parts and Repair history shows the display as used and recycled parts.

I think this is giant step forward with repairability. As far as I know, if you cycles original Apple Parts, no functionality would be lost.

I will test more with iPhone with actual third party parts.

 

[addamas]

Functionality have some glitches as in video but it's definitely step in right direction.
But I am out of ideas (except greed) why back panel is serialised. I hope someone knows the real answer without this tinfoil option

Some experiments on Repair Assistant were done by iPad Rehab:

 

[Reverend Benny]

I really hope third party parts will be flagged up in a obvious way so that a potential buyer knows what they are buying.

 

[Aoligei]

I really hope third party parts will be flagged up in a obvious way so that a potential buyer knows what they are buying.

It is mixed bag.

This is how it suppose to work:

1) if you have Apple’s original part, the repair assistant should able to calibrate with new parts.

2) New parts will show up in the Parts and Repair Hitory section. Any new parts will have recycled symbol beside the parts. And status should say used.


To report:

1) Battery take from donor iPhone will be calibrated and battery health reappears.

2) I have a display that taken from a non-functional iPhone 12 and transplant to a broken iPhone 12 Pro.

Please note, this is other iPhone 12 Pro that is different from the iPhone 12 Pro on post. I have total of 4 iPhone 12 Pro that was used by family members before.

However, the the repair assistant refuses to calibrate and tells me it is not genuine Apple Parts. Even though the battery and screen are sourced from exactly the same iPhone 12.

This is what the message looks like.

Edit:

After market screen won’t able to complete the calibration process.

Only parts from same devices models are able to complete calibration process.