Latest iOS Update Shows Apple Can Use Software to Break Phones Repaired by Independent Shops
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjv9jz/apple-ios-11-repair-screens-software-update
The release notes for iOS 11.0.3—an iPhone operating system update pushed to customers Thursday—comes with a not-so-subtle warning: Don't get your phone fixed by anyone who isn't Apple.
The update fixes a few bugs, namely one that caused a loss of touch functionality on a small subset of phones that had been repaired with certain third-party screens and had been updated to iOS 11.