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iPhone 5 Battery degradation - Does it look right?

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Ffosse

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Nov 5, 2012
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Perhaps it got pulled, idk, here is what it looks like:


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My iPhone today:


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Lurky036

macrumors newbie
Aug 14, 2014
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eelw said:
Damn, that's bad. When the phone is on the dock, does it get hot? Excessive heat could ruin the battery.
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Nope, the only time it gets excessively hot is when I use LTE data, but I think its always done that (which is probably why the battery degraded so badly).

I let it charge overnight and FullChargeCapacity is now at 546, but that's still crap really.

Also: I just realized that its charging past 100?

BatteryCurrentCapacity: 100
BatteryIsCharging: true
FullyCharged: false

Perhaps I should disconnect it to keep it from over-charging?
 
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*~Kim~*

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May 6, 2013
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Seems to go up and down quite a bit on this app, but here's my 5s currently:
 

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YOLO1234

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Aug 19, 2014
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Haynzee said:
Hi all, I'm having some issues with my iPhone 5, it feels like the battery doesn't last very long (I'm on iOS 7.0.3) so I had a look around and saw people mention iBackupBot to see what the battery is actually holding.

These are my results what do you think? The iPhone was bought in October last year. The full charge capacity seems a little low at just 177 cycles.

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Wow my iPhone 4 that was bought in 2012 has 897 cycles still at 1300 and 91% of the original specs. Thats a fake battery in my opinion (checked with batterylife from cydia)
 
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bfuschi

macrumors newbie
Aug 19, 2014
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ExternalChargeCapable

What does it means "ExternalChargeCapable"?

For some persons it shows "true" and other times "false". If "false" does it means a problem?
 
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eelw

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Sep 19, 2012
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YOLO1234 said:
Wow my iPhone 4 that was bought in 2012 has 897 cycles still at 1300 and 91% of the original specs. Thats a fake battery in my opinion (checked with batterylife from cydia)
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Yeah my launch iphone 4 also reports 1300 mAH with over 970 cycles. While I also am suspect of retaining its capacity after all this time. It's still light years better than battery from iPhone 5. After 700 cycles, it degraded to 800 mAH.
 
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Retired Cat

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Jun 12, 2013
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iPhone 5 Battery degradation - Does it look right?

My 5 is 15 months old. I'm at 270 cycles and 1250 mAh according to battery doc.

That's about 86.7% of new capacity. Not bad, but I definitely notice the missing 13.3%!
 
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sanandreas1234

macrumors member
Jul 30, 2010
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After 20 months of use I'm at 813 cycles with 1272 capacity still left on my iphone 5. Battery still dies after 1% surprised it has held up this well and still going.
 

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allisonfranz

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Jul 8, 2014
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I too am having my iphone 5 battery die when it gets anywhere under 40%
Here are my specs on the battery

CycleCount: 383
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 486
Status: Success
 
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bfuschi

macrumors newbie
Aug 19, 2014
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What does it means "ExternalChargeCapable"?

For some persons it shows "true" and other times "false". If "false" does it means a problem?
 
Cryates

Cryates

macrumors 68040
Nov 19, 2013
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6 month old iPhone 5S

CycleCount: 142
DesignCapacity: 1550
FullChargeCapacity: 1500
 
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Sanidhay

macrumors newbie
Sep 2, 2014
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I am worried about my battery life
Battery degraded much in just 44 cycles?
Is this normal?
 

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alphaod

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I think you guys worry too much about numbers. The important question is does your battery last as long as you like? Can you get through a day without having to charge? What's your usage patterns like?
 
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Sanidhay

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Sep 2, 2014
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eelw said:
That's fine. 95% is expected. Out of the box it could have been already at 95%
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I get 4 hours of usage on 3g while using whatsapp on lowest brightness level. And apple quotes that the battery will give 9 hours of usage!
 
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jameskiy

macrumors newbie
Oct 11, 2014
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CycleCount: 917
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 900
Status: Success
BatteryCurrentCapacity: 35
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true

This is the iphone 4s i got from my brother, so far the battery life has been worse than i expected (never had an iphone before) and sometimes the charging is kinda ****ed (it starts charging at 30% even though it was at 1% before) or it says its at 1% when its actually at like 15%.
Reckon i should grab a new battery? also sometimes it doesnt charge, not sure if its the cord (tried 3 old cords and only occasionally they work)
 
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Haynzee

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Original poster
Mar 13, 2012
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jameskiy said:
CycleCount: 917
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 900
Status: Success
BatteryCurrentCapacity: 35
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true

This is the iphone 4s i got from my brother, so far the battery life has been worse than i expected (never had an iphone before) and sometimes the charging is kinda ****ed (it starts charging at 30% even though it was at 1% before) or it says its at 1% when its actually at like 15%.
Reckon i should grab a new battery? also sometimes it doesnt charge, not sure if its the cord (tried 3 old cords and only occasionally they work)
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The batteries are only really designed to keep capacity above 80% I think it is over 500 cycles. At 900+ cycles the battery isn't as bad as I would of expected but a new one would probably sort all your problems. Check iFixit to see how to do it, don't think its very hard on a 4S.
 
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iZoheb

macrumors newbie
Oct 14, 2014
3
1
Mumbai(INDIA)
new iPhone 5 and 5C Battery Capacity !

i bought a new iPhone 5C for my younger sister and i have iPhone 5
and i'd checked the battery capacity 2 years back when i got iPhone 5 and now i got iPhone 5c and the results comparing are here !!

iPhone 5 ( 31st December 2012 )
CycleCount: 6
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1500
Status: Success
BatteryCurrentCapacity: 59
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true
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iPhone 5C ( 14th October 2014 )
CycleCount: 1
DesignCapacity: 1500
FullChargeCapacity: 1600
Status: Success
BatteryCurrentCapacity: 56
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true
 
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miragebg

macrumors 6502a
Mar 23, 2009
644
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Your iP5 obviously has a new battery. It has only 6 cycles of charging. I doubt u have charged it only 6 times since u have bought it back in 2012...;)
 
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Merkie

macrumors 68020
Oct 23, 2008
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Had my battery replaced again last week. 1100 full charge capacity after just one year. The iPhone 5 battery degradation is terrible :confused: .
 
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