It is fashionable, and it seems that it still has a long way to go before we forget about the fatal error 53, because the new data about this failure that causes your iPhone to be disabled as a paperweight does not stop. At first it seemed that it was something limited to those users who had changed their home button in an unauthorized service, but according to the latest data that is appearing could be that it was not limited to this problem and that there were other causes that could render your device unusable. We will tell you everything below.
What is error 53?
The problem at first seemed to only occur when someone changed your home button or related component on an unauthorized site. When updating your device, error 53 arrived and the device was literally blocked with no possible solution. Not even Apple is giving it a solution at the moment, which is causing the anger of users who are suffering it in their flesh. The error
What does Apple say about error 53?
At the moment Apple has given a very clear and not very hopeful answer: it is a security mechanism to avoid unwanted manipulations that could put the user's data at risk when exchanging an official Touch ID for another manipulated one. There is no solution (at the moment) and Apple does not take care (at the moment) of any repair to solve it.
What is the cause of error 53?
According to Apple, this error occurs in devices that have manipulated the Touch ID sensor or any other component related to fingerprint recognition, always in an unauthorized service, of course. The sensor is associated with the "safe enclave" of the iPhone processor and when it is replaced by another, this association is broken, causing the failure..
What devices suffer from it?
At the moment it seems that only the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, although it is not something confirmed by Apple. At the moment it seems that there are no cases of error 53 in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, since they use a different cable than the previous ones. It does seem that iPads with Touch ID can suffer the error, but the one that surely does not suffer is the iPhone 5s.
Are there other causes of error 53?
Apple says that this error only occurs when manipulating the Touch ID or any related element, but the reality is that there are cases of the same error that have nothing to do with that manipulation. According to some repair experts who have consulted Cult of Mac it seems that There have been cases of error 53 when replacing the screen of the iPad Air, without having touched the Touch ID at all. There have even been cases of this error without any type of manipulation, such as a user with an iPhone 6 that after months of problems with Touch ID ended up with that error when updating. Obviously this last case had no problems getting the product replaced at Apple.
Conspiracy theory
With so much confusion it is normal that there are many users who are considering that this is not only one more strategy of the company so that the repairs of its devices are carried out only in its authorized services. With the excuse of security, Apple could have achieved its goal that all the after-sales service of its iPhone and iPad passes through its hands, since users, frightened by the possibility of running out of iPhone or iPad, would not see the services «no Officials' as a possibility and would have to go through the checkout at Apple Stores and authorized technical services, paying the high fees that Apple imposes.
It may also be the case that it is a failure that Apple did not control. Perhaps it is true that Apple wants to prevent malicious manipulation of its devices but it has gotten out of hand with an error that leaves users with a useless device. In fact, it seems that Apple is already raising the possibility of repairing those devices, although obviously out of warranty and paying the full fee.
Be that as it may, what is clear is that error 53 is still going to make a lot of headlines in the coming days.
Very easy. Do not update !! Because the failure occurs with the new ios. If your idevice works, why do you update? Do not do it ! For four chorra-novelties that put that in the end you will not even use, do not update and you will be happy!