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Update: Apple now has a complete solution for Error 53
If you have had repairs done to the home button on your iPhone 6 by anyone other than Apple, do not upgrade to iOS 9.
Why not? Your iPhone is likely to be bricked!
Some owners claim the same problem has occurred in phones which have been damaged, but no repair has been done.
Any data not backed up, will be lost, & Apple will be unable to repair the iPhone, although they will sell you a refurbished phone of the same specification.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair?CMP=fb_gu
Error 53 has been causing problems since at least 18 August last year:
http://www.ikream.com/2015/08/troubleshooting-error-53-on-the-iphone-6-23300 / iPhone 6 users claim almost worthless phones Apple’s latest operating system permanently disables the handset detects repair carried out non-Apple technician tech world error 53 problem specialist journalist will kill your iPhone handsets home button touch ID fingerprint recognition built-in repaired non-official company individual reportedly affected customers phone damaged carry on using it without repair problem latest version Apple’s iPhone software operating system iOS 9 installed working perfectly weeks or months repair being damaged installation phone rendered photos other data handset is lost irretrievable tech experts Apple done nothing to warn users bricked install iOS upgrade Freelance photographer self-confessed Apple addict Antonio Olmos upgraded software handset repaired while on an assignment Macedonia Balkans covering the refugee crisis September dropped my phone desperately needed it for work fixed at a local shop no Apple stores in Macedonia repaired the screen home button worked perfectly standard notification Apple install the latest software accepted the upgrade phone was displaying error 53 dead spent thousands of pounds Apple products took it to an Apple store London told him there was nothing they could do his phone was now junk pay £270 for a replacement furious company deliberately make their own products useless upgrade warn customers about it big industrialised nations Apple stores are few and far between damaged phones brought back to life small third-party repairers potential problem Google iPhone error 53 no shortage people reporting Apple Support Communities forum dropped it small amount of damage install iOS 9 November error 53 lost all my data error fix my screen fix the error 53 Apple’s contravene competition rules Apple charges £236 repair home button iPhone 6 UK California-based tech expert Kyle Wiens iFixit website error 53 page website more than 183,000 hits big problem for Apple users problem occurs repairer changes home button or cable software upgrade checks still using the original components locks out the phone no warning deliberate move force drops phone use Apple for a repair Apple’s does not want third parties carrying out repairs its products allow customers recalibrate phone after a repair Daily Dot website article by tech writer Mike Wehner Error 53 will kill your iPhone iPhone 6 Plus article by tech writer Reuben Esparza iCracked phone repair service software fix no way to access the phone’s memory fix new iPhone hardware failure home button assembly spokeswoman for Apple protect fingerprint data secure enclave uniquely paired touch ID sensor iPhone serviced authorised Apple service provider Apple retail store changes touch ID sensor pairing re-validated check device iOS touch ID remain secure unique pairing malicious touch ID sensor could be substituted gaining access secure enclave iOS detects pairing fails touch ID including Apple Pay disabled device remains secure iPhone serviced unauthorised repair provider faulty screens invalid components affect touch ID sensor cause check fail pairing cannot be validated subsequent update restore additional security checks result error 53 displayed customer unrecoverable error 53 contact Apple support /
