Hunh. My bad, I was under the impression (based off some other comments) that replacing the home button/finger scanner with a legit one and updating the security pair would make the issue go away, but looks like I was wrong.
and how can I be sure that in the Apple store they are fixing the phone with a thrustworthy component?
and so on...
Apple excuses make no sense this time.
Apple or other authorized repair shops can still fix phones that have been disabled due to security chain errors.