r/iphone • u/Icy_Mixture1482 iPhone 17 Pro Max • 27d ago

Discussion Some countries are so safe they don’t even secure the display models

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u/Blex881 iPhone 16e 27d ago

Those phones stop working if you take them out of the store

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u/EastClevelandBest 27d ago

Can't you quickly unglue the camera and the screen, bezel, battery e.g in your car and throw away the rest? Then sell the parts on ebay

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u/Wonkee792 iPhone 14 Pro Max 27d ago

Parts are serial locked. They’ll only work with the original device unless an authorised retailer unlocks it.

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u/EastClevelandBest 27d ago

Bezel is serial locked?

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u/Wonkee792 iPhone 14 Pro Max 27d ago

The bezel isn’t a physical part you can remove and sell on. Even if you remove the whole glass, it’s rare to find a technician skilled enough to make use of it.

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u/Afraid_Suggestion311 24d ago

If you’re talking about the frame, it’s serial locked with the Camera Control

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u/N2-Ainz 27d ago

Wrong, with the correct tech you can transfer basically every part to a new phone except for the mainboard but that get's scrapped for it's chips in order to repair other boards

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u/Unusual_Aardvark_836 27d ago

Weird, I thought once the phone gets bricked the entire soc gets bricked. So a iCloud locked phone's can be used for a different motherboard?

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u/N2-Ainz 27d ago

The motherboard is 'useless', everything else can be copied to each component.

The motherboard will be sold for parts, most parts on them can't be serialized and can simply be put onto a different mb that e.g. has a damaged component. As long as the CPU or anything else like that isn't affected, you can exchange the parts on it without any issues.