[terramex]

It changed last week with iOS 18 release: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/11/ios-18-repair-assistant...

[sharpshadow]

The article refers to original Apple parts, which can be activated as genuine now tru the app and parts from stolen phones get rejected.

I would guess that not original parts which could work get refused by the app?

[londons_explore]

I think vanishingly few parts you buy for iphones are clones these days - everything is stripped from dismantled phones.

Batteries being perhaps the only exception, and even then, the battery identification chip and flex cable is original apple, just the cell is switched out.