Apple has just released iOS 15.2, and among other changes, it now lets you see your iPhone’s repair history. This is a great addition, as it can help you plan repairs ahead of time and avoid having to go to a service center when something goes wrong. To access this feature, open the Settings app and select General → Repair History. From here, you can see all of the repairs that have been made to your iPhone since it was last updated. You can also see which repairs were successful and which were not. If you have any questions about this new feature or about iOS 15.2 in general, be sure to reach out to Apple support at 1-800-MY-APPLE or visit their website for more information.
The feature was outlined in a new support document from Apple (via MacRumors). It tells you whether the phone has been fixed using parts “designed, tested, and manufactured for Apple quality and performance standards.”
There will be some limitations regarding what kind of repairs you can check based on the phone. If you have an iPhone XR, XS, XS Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), and later, you can see if the battery has been replaced.
For iPhone 11, iPhone 12, and iPhone 13 models, you can see if the battery or display has been replaced.
And finally, for iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 models, you can see if the phone’s battery, display, or camera has been replaced and whether the parts were genuine.
If a part were replaced, you’d see the “iPhone parts and service history” section in the About tab on the phone. If no repair were done, you wouldn’t see this section.
If a phone were repaired with genuine Apple parts, you’d see “Genuine Apple Part” next to the part that was replaced. If it weren’t, you would see “Unknown Part.” This means the part was replaced with a nongenuine part, was already used or installed in another iPhone, or isn’t functioning as expected.
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