Apple Says Sorry For iPhone Error 53 and Issues IOS 9.2.1 Update To Fix It (betanews.com)

Posted by yaelk on Thursday February 18, 2016 @11:09AM from the apple-bugs dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Apple has a lot of support at the moment for its stance on encryption and refusing the FBI access to an iPhone's contents, but it's only a couple of weeks since the company was seen in a less favorable light. There was quite a backlash when users found that installing an update to iOS resulted in Error 53 and a bricked iPhone. Apple initially said that Error 53 was caused 'for security reasons' following speculation that it was a bid to stop people from using third party repair shops. iFixit suggested that the problem was a result of a failure of parts to correctly sync, and Apple has been rounding criticized for failing to come up with a fix. Today the company has issued an apology, along with an update that ensures Error 53 won't happen again. But there's more good news ... If you were talked into paying for an out of warranty replacement as a result of Error 53, you could be in line to get your money back.

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There's a really simple explanation. by Brannon · 2016-02-18 16:45 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Apple never tried the security update on a phone that had received a third-party repaired fingerprint sensor. Why would they?
People complained, Apple realized that it wasn't all that rare for people to have their home buttons (including sensor) repaired by third party shops, and then realized that they needed to more gracefully handle this case.
I'm sure you are able to anticipate every possible technical consequence of every line of code you write, but you can't expect everyone to live up to your god-like perfection.