Apple has activated a system in iOS to "recommend" the user to use original batteries when you decide to replace the one on your iPhone.
They cannot force you, of course, but you have to know that if you change the battery for one other than Apple, you lose the information that iOS offers you about the health of that component. The guys iFixit They just discovered it, and now we explain it to you.
The well-known team of technicians from iFixit, has discovered that in the new iPhone XS, iPhone XR and iPhone XS Max have original battery recognition enabled. If you replace the battery with someone other than Apple or one of its authorized SATs, you will get a message saying that the battery needs to be repaired.
Checked on both iOS 12 and iOS 13 betas, and If you recognize that the battery is unofficial, please block the use of battery health, hiding your information. The alert says:
Important message from battery. This iPhone cannot be verified to have a genuine Apple battery. Health information is not available for this battery. '
iFixit informs that this message does not seem to affect the functionality of the battery, but of course, it is not funny to lose the information of the useful life that iOS currently offers you.
Youtube channel The Art of Repair discovered why. The cause of the detection is a Texas Instruments chip installed in the battery, which gives the authentication signal and capacity and temperature data.
With this, the company wants to dissuade you from going to your neighborhood store and changing it for a good price. He wants you to go to an official center, paying more for it, obviously. Apple will surely argue with safety questions about swollen batteries, etc.
This is reminiscent of the famous issue of error 53 that appeared on the iPhone 6 when you replaced the home button by an unofficial one. Apple shielded itself saying that it was a security protection to avoid possible damage by third-party components. That was more bad milk, since the error blocked your phone. However, after the public outcry, Apple released an iOS update canceling said lockdown.
The company excused itself by saying that such a crash due to error 53 should have been only a factory test, and that it should never have affected consumer devices. This time you simply lose your health information if the damn chip is not detected. So the Chinese battery manufacturers can now put the batteries ...