If you have an iPhone 11, iPhone 12, or similar, you may have realized that, from one day to another, your phone's face does not worksomething very common, especially when you look at second -hand iPhones ads, where casually everything works, except this.
Today we will see the reasons For which it can happen that the Face ID no longer works, how we could fix it, and if it is worth it, at least to have information and that next time does not happen to us, since sometimes, it is nonsense.
Why does not work Face ID
Although the reason in each case may be different, we will try to collect the most important and usual, so that you can intuit the reason for your case, and if it has a solution or it is better to admit that you will no longer use this method of authentication so comfortable.
- Fall or coup: The Face ID carries a very fragile flex inside, so, in a fall, although we do not remember it, since we checked it and had nothing, it is likely that it has been disconnected or broken, even if the screen or the rear has not suffered damage, because it may be more resistant or have had luck in the fall. The solution would be to open and repair it, it is not expensive, and for less than 10 euros, if we do ourselves, we could replace it.
- Display or non -original component: In many cases, as thousands of people report, when changing the screen for another non -original, the face ID stops working, although it is not always the reason, since in most of those situations, the problem comes from the flex that we talked to before, and a bad repair could have damaged it, without having anything to do with the change of screen itself.
- Software update: It is true that, as we have just said, a non -original component could affect the performance of the Face ID, although we install it without damage, however, despite the fact that the first weeks or months work perfectly, later, in an update, it could change, and that Apple, voluntarily, disables it with some patch, being quite frustrating, and forcing us to do everything officially with them.
- Simple wear: The humidity and extreme temperature conditions, in the long run, could wear the components, and just as the battery must be changed, or the cargo port no longer makes contact well, the Face ID could also suffer this, finally leaving working, since it is a component that, as we said, will not be worth more than 10 euros to replace, so we cannot wait for an eternal life of it.
Therefore, whatever the cause, it will be best to take it to a professional, who can assess whether it is something of the piece, or an Apple update that limits it due to previous non -original changes. It may be very cheap, but you will have to analyze whether it is worth it on an old iPhone, or not.
