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Should I update iPhone to iOS 18 if it's been repaired by 3rd party?

I've watched a content in tiktok that ios 18 should not be installed or updated on the iphone devices that has been repaired from a third party vendor?


Once you update the iphone device to ios 18 you can't use your iphone device anymore.


Is this true?


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iPhone XS Max, iOS 17

Posted on Sep 15, 2024 5:32 PM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2024 8:09 AM

Did you update yours? Cause i am scared to update to ios since i got my lcd replaced by a third party vendor too..

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Sep 15, 2024 5:51 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

uhhm no, it just bothered me, because my device was repaired by a third party vendor and this tiktok content creator claimed that he is a trusted tech content creator, that said, I somehow believe what he said regarding not updating the repaired devices to ios 18 because you'll not be able to use your phone anymore.


But since, I was part of the apple community. I'd better seek credible information here rather than trusting his content about the ios 18 update on repaired devices by a third party vendor.


Thank you for the response. 😊

Sep 15, 2024 5:38 PM in response to Kate_Roma8

You can see on YouTube and TikTok that the world is flat too. TikTok is hardly a reliable place to get iPhone information from. There is nothing which has been publicly published by ANY reputable sources that iOS 18 should not be installed on devices which have been serviced by third parties. The fact a device may have been serviced by anyone other than Apple of an Apple Authorized Service Provider, does make it ineligible for support for the device from Apple directly.

Oct 22, 2024 11:21 PM in response to Kate_Roma8

I got a used iPhone 12 from an online store, upon setup it said unknown display and battery.

This seemed to help me:

  1. Updated to newly available iOS 18.0.1
  2. Started phone in diagnostics mode
  3. Clicked finish repair for the display (over wifi)
  4. Message said the display was genuine part, so finished the repair
  5. Battery was apparently not genuine part, but I think that is not so important as display
  6. Restarted phone


The warning messages for unknown battery and display did not appear (yay)

Under repair history for the phone the display and battery are listed as unknown, but OK I think


Will it help you? Who knows

Sep 26, 2024 11:17 PM in response to Kate_Roma8

iOS 18 supports Activation Lock on iPhone parts. So I suppose it might not be a good idea to run iOS 18 if you know that someone has repaired your iPhone with parts from a stolen phone.


MacObserver – How To Use Activation Lock for Parts on iOS 18

About Activation Lock and Self Service Repair - Apple Support


Hopefully you would pick a repair shop that would not engage in this kind of behavior.

Should I update iPhone to iOS 18 if it's been repaired by 3rd party?

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