If a third-party repair shop replaces your home button and you’re running iOS 9, Apple automatically bricks your phone. Once your iPhone is bricked, there’s no way to unbrick it.

You’ve cracked the screen or your iPhone is on the fritz for something potentially more serious. But you don’t live near an Apple Store or Best Buy to get it fixed or replaced. Apple may be perfectly ...

Apple has unveiled a new Independent Repair Provider Program that could make it easier to find a place to get a broken iPhone fixed. The company says third-party electronics repair shops that want to ...

"GMA" sees how five different repair options stack up. — -- As millions of Americans damaged their smartphones, the cellphone repair industry reported $4 billion in revenue last year. There are ...

Not long ago, college students with an entrepreneurial streak ran their campus laundry service or sold used textbooks. These days, the proliferation of smartphones has spawned a new campus job: iPhone ...

There's a thriving market for unofficial, aftermarket iPhone parts, and in China, there are entire massive factories that are dedicated to producing these components for repair shops unable to get ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Apple will ...

When it comes to the Right to Repair movement, Apple is definitely not onboard. Apple is a company that feels that its devices are so complex that regular consumers shouldn't be burdened with tasks ...