Rumors of major problems have recently begun to leak out into the world. Appcaused by fraudulent claims for its products, which have already cost it tens of millions of dollars. In most cases, the scams are carried out by organized groups that buy or steal iPhones, remove all valuable componenty, including the processor or the entire logic board, replace them with fake substitutes and then try to return or exchange the "damaged" iPhones for new ones, which gives them even moreoneIn the past, this method was used without any problems in many cases. Thieves can make a good profit by reselling valuable parts using this method.
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Apple began to notice increasing fraud as early as 2013, and has now managed to rapidly reduce the number of such incidents. According to available information, China was the biggest problem. The first solution AppThe aim was to develop diagnostic software that can quickly and reliably determine whether the components are fake. Unfortunately, fraudsters reacted very quickly to this step and deliberately put the phones in a state in which they could not even be turned on, which made it impossible to iPhone subjected to the given diagnosis. However, this Apple was able to respond very reliably and developed a special tool called “Zombie Check”. It can find out the serial number even from an iPhone with a destroyed screen, or even if the phone has been submerged. According to an internal document from AppThe tool has only been available in China so far, but it should be delivered to all authorized stores around the world in the coming weeks.
This is how the tool Appit looks like:
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The entire process of identifying the serial number is extremely simple. The device designed for this purpose has, on one side, a classic lightning cable and on the other side is terminated with USB-A toone(you can find its diagram in the gallery above). Simply iPhone proconnects to a Mac through the device and through the dedicated software, workers can Applu reliably find out the serial number. Since the data is drawn directly from the logic board, the phone may not even be functional, as mentioned above. The fact that the tool works great is also evidenced by the significant reduction in the cost of repairing claimed iPhones. While in 2016 it cost $4,66 billion, last year it paid a full $300 million less for them. Hopefully, fraudsters will not be able to bypass this new method and Apple thus completely eradicating similar illegal practices.
Super tool, it's a shame that it is incompatible with new models without a reduction. 😀
Sorry, but this is a totally outdated and confusing article.
We have been using these cables in authorized services for a long time...
Just out of curiosity, I wonder what iPhone, which has a damaged motherboard, can the serial number be obtained from it as well?
Well, just like those thieves, they somehow fake the SN that's on the phone on some computeroneAre they there, or don't they live there?
iPhone I've never seen it disassembled (live), so I'm curious.
I find it quite strange that thieves would be so good, I honestly had no idea that anyone could do this.
Interesting article for me!
No complaints iPhoneto get a new one is a common thing. My colleague does it regularly. He buys a phone at a flea market that he still has Applecare. He thinks something is wrong with him, but randomly. They can't replicate it and just exchange the phone for a new one. So it's like buying a new one, but at a better price...
And because of such pissed-off chicks, the phones cost a lot of money for everyone, because they have to Apple to include in costs.
Well, I would say that it costs so much that the buyer is still willing to pay such a huge price according to you
I still thought that the products Apple they don't need repair shops.
Well, precisely because they don't need it, that's why they commit fraud.
Strange that there are still services. Right?
failure rate applu is no smaller than, say, dellu, etc.
Well, now they're going to launch the deposit box straight away and it will be :) otherwise, I honestly don't understand how the autorizak could have a problem with it, did they only do the initial diagnostics in one way? Moreover, they had to figure it out right away when grading the scrap.
It's just that this feature can pull SN even from a dead board :) the phone can be completely broken, all it takes is one fairly durable circuit to which this tool can be connected... But there will definitely be someone who can get around it
I don't know where iPhones are exchanged like on a conveyor belt. I complained about an iPhone bought in datartus that the battery barely lasts and the phone is slightly "swollen", but it worked and could be turned on. They sent it to the Czech Service (that's really the name of the institute), almost a month later I received information that it was my fault that the phone was bent. The complaint is rejected. The phone was returned in a state where it could not be turned on. This upset me so much that I datart yelled, let them send it again, but to a different service. VSdata, I think. In ten days, the swollen defective battery was confirmed and the phone was replaced with a new one. So if the scammers from the article are buying in datartOh, they're out of luck.
apple shunt for a lot of money