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I have been told by the apple store I bought my phone from just 2 months ago the the cracked screen in it is a third party screen. I know it has not been replaced so how can I prove this is a genuine apple screen?
iPhone 6
There's no software method to finding out if your screen is genuine OEM Apple screen that I know of, the only way you can tell for sure is to take the screen off of the phone and follow these steps as shown in the link below. Obviously this would void your warranty since you are servicing your own phone, however your warranty has probably already been void if Apple told you that you have a 3rd party screen, which already voided the warranty.
See this link below for tips on identifying a 3rd party screen vs a legitimate OEM apple screen. The easiest way to tell is if the screen has an apple logo on the flex cable.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/5-tips-to-tell-oem-and-copy-lcd-of-iphone-6/
Hope this helped!
There's no software method to finding out if your screen is genuine OEM Apple screen that I know of, the only way you can tell for sure is to take the screen off of the phone and follow these steps as shown in the link below. Obviously this would void your warranty since you are servicing your own phone, however your warranty has probably already been void if Apple told you that you have a 3rd party screen, which already voided the warranty.
See this link below for tips on identifying a 3rd party screen vs a legitimate OEM apple screen. The easiest way to tell is if the screen has an apple logo on the flex cable.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/5-tips-to-tell-oem-and-copy-lcd-of-iphone-6/
Hope this helped!
Apple does not sell iPhone parts at all. Where, exactly, did you buy your phone?
Does Touch ID work? As I understand it, if the screen is not genuine, Touch ID will not work.
Even if it is "genuine" (e.g. salvaged from another phone) there will be problems with TouchID as the sensor and the main logic board are "paired". Replacing the display with the display taken from another phone will break that. Only Apple can pair a replacement display with the logic board.
True. I suppose I was lumping salvaged parts into "not genuine" as they would still mean the warranty was void. Not to mention that the OS won't update.
Thanks I will be taking phone for second opinion at different apple store so will ask to be involved when they remove it
I bought the phone at the apple store in Bristol. Touch id was working fine. Their reason for it being a third party display is that it has a QR code sticker on the rear of screen, which they say never appears on a genuine apple screen. But if it is not a genuine apple screen it is what was sold to me two months previous by the very same store.
How do you tell a genuine iPhone 6 screen?
