Will apple sort my phone out if it has previously been repaired by a third party?

I broke my phone and couldnt afford the £244 costs of apple replacing it, so I paid £90 to get it fixed in a local phone shop. The phone is playing up and I want to just get it sorted but I have been told that apple wont have anything to do with my iPhone now a third party has been invloved... is this true?

Jailbreaking is hacking the device to allow use of software from sources other than the iTunes Store, or access to settings or capabiliites not supported by Apple. That your son said he did nothing doesn't mean that someone didn't, but it wouldn't be an issue with serial or IMEI numbers differing internally to externally.
Apple told us the serial number listed on the IMEI was different from the number listed inside on the phone chassis.  They would not show me, so took it back to the store where it was purchased.  Store says the phone was new when we bought it. Remember watching the sales guy unwrap the plastic from the box......They did nothing for us!
That the box was shrinkwrapped means nothing. When I worked retail we had a shrinkwrap station where we could easily rewrap a box. We never did so to resell a returned or used device as new, but that doesn't hold for other stores. Many do exactly that.
Anyway, it seems that your issue has been solved. Glad you were able to work it out.

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