Users report issues with the iPhone 12 camera after manual replacements, which could mean restrictions on hardware repairs by third parties in the future. When it comes to repairing certain aspects of ...

Apple’s latest iPhone 12 smartphone appears to be even more difficult for third-party companies to repair, according to a report from iFixit. Specifically, the new phone appears to run into issues if ...

Update: The problem was first discovered by Hugh Jeffreys – video below. iFixit has found that an iPhone 12 camera repair or replacement cannot be made without access to a proprietary Apple tool which ...

Apple is no fan of third-party repairs. This attitude is partly the result of a corporate culture that prioritizes total control of the iDevice ecosystem and partly economic. The more Apple services ...

The iPhone 12 family introduces another repair obstacle that could limit third-party repairs even further with a new authorization step in changing out camera modules. Apple has increasingly designed ...

iFixit has discovered that it is not possible to repair the iPhone 12's camera without access to Apple's proprietary, cloud-linked System Configuration app, raising questions over the repairability of ...