How to check Apple iPhone parts and service history

(Pocket-lint) - There are sadly times erstwhile accidents hap and things break, iPhones included. Whether you request to regenerate a battery, smashed your display, oregon there's thing other much superior wrong, you'll privation to marque definite it gets fixed decently to prevention immoderate aboriginal issues.

You tin of people spell done Apple itself, but determination are besides autarkic repair shops that tin get that breached surface sorted oregon get your iPhone backmost up and running. Some of those shops volition beryllium certified by Apple nether the Apple Authorized Service Program, portion others tin get Apple parts and tools nether the Apple's Independent Repair Provider Program. There's besides a aforesaid work repair program.

Whether you usage Apple, an authorised work supplier oregon Joe Bloggs from down the road, there's a diagnostic that allows you to cheque whether the parts utilized to hole your iPhone were genuine. Here's what you request to know.

How to cheque parts and work past connected iPhone

Firstly, you'll request to marque definite you are moving iOS 15.2 oregon aboriginal to spot the Parts and Service History feature. To cheque for the latest update, unfastened Settings > General > Software Update.

To spot the Parts and Service History diagnostic of your iPhone: 

1. Open Settings
2. Tap connected General
3. Head to About
4. Tap connected Parts and Service History

You'll lone beryllium capable to spot the Parts and Service History if repairs person been carried retired connected your iPhone. 

What accusation does the parts and work past diagnostic offer?

Depending connected your iPhone, antithetic accusation volition beryllium offered nether the parts and work past feature.

Those who person an iPhone XS, XS Max, and later, including iPhone SE (2nd generation) volition beryllium capable to spot if the artillery has been repaced.

For those with the iPhone 11 models, iPhone 12 models oregon iPhone 13 models, you'll beryllium capable to spot artillery and show replacement history.

Those that person an iPhone 12 oregon iPhone 13 model, you'll beryllium capable to spot immoderate work past connected the battery, show and camera.

If a repair was done utilizing an Apple Genuine Part, you'll spot 'Genuine Apple Part' adjacent to it. If a repair was done utilizing a non-genuine component, was portion installed, if a portion had antecedently been utilized successful different iPhone oregon the portion isn't moving arsenic it should, you'll spot 'Unknown Part'.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 8 December 2021.