iPhone 7 owners, beware! There's a new epidemic threatening your device

The Right to Repair battle is more important than ever. No Images? Click here 'Error 53' costs Apple $9 million Down Under Ahh, Error 53—the iPhone-killing update that bricked iPhones repaired by non-Apple techs. 2 years ago today, Apple convinced a US District Court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that suggested Error 53 was engineered to punish third- party repair. Well, Australian judges know what's up—and they just served Apple a hefty $9 million fine for refusing to repair Error 53-infected devices and violating Australian consumer law.    This article was brought to you by the Sydney Morning Herald     'Loop Disease' is the newest Apple-gate And it's plaguing aging iPhone 7 devices. Symptoms include grayed-out icons and buttons, intermittent freezing, and failure to boot up past the 'looping' Apple logo.  Here's what you need to know   Copyright law is screwing your Right to Repair Hardware manufacturers are using every dirty trick in the book to keep you from repairing your stuff. We don't like it, so we're fighting back! Reason Media paid us a visit last month, and they just released this 15-minute documentary on the long, hard battle for Right to Repair.  You've got repair rights. Learn them.   Lundgren goes to prison This week, Eric Lundgren went to prison for helping recyclers restore Windows onto old laptops. Eric may be in good spirits, but more than 11,000 people are still pretty pissed.  Read our take on the case     iFixit 1330 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA  Thanks for subscribing to the iFixit Newsletter.   Like    Tweet    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe