Any way to measure remaining battery capacity like coconutbattery for Mac?

piblondin · Jun 23, 2009, 09:00 PM

I just got a new iPhone 2g because the power button on my old one broke and the genius at the Apple Store gave me a new phone under AppleCare. However, the battery life just seems horrendous. I can rarely make it through a single day without having to recharge. Are there any benchmarks that I can test it against. For example, I should be able to run Pandora over EDGE for X hours or something? Is there any sort of utility that I could use to measure the battery's remaining capacity? I would hope that it's in the 90-100% range because I just got the phone a couple weeks ago, but who knows.

My phone is jailbroken, so I can probably install an app, if it exists.

Thanks!

UnbornApple · Jun 23, 2009, 09:54 PM

Are you talking about seeing how many charge cycles are left on the battery?

Otherwise I'm saying just look at the battery icon on the phone...

piblondin · Jun 25, 2009, 07:59 AM

Yeah, like how much of the original capacity the battery still has. For example, my two-year-old MacBook Pro battery has about 70% left, while my new MacBook Pro battery has like 98%.

Jun 23, 2009, 09:00 PM	#1
piblondin macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2009	Any way to measure remaining battery capacity like coconutbattery for Mac? I just got a new iPhone 2g because the power button on my old one broke and the genius at the Apple Store gave me a new phone under AppleCare. However, the battery life just seems horrendous. I can rarely make it through a single day without having to recharge. Are there any benchmarks that I can test it against. For example, I should be able to run Pandora over EDGE for X hours or something? Is there any sort of utility that I could use to measure the battery's remaining capacity? I would hope that it's in the 90-100% range because I just got the phone a couple weeks ago, but who knows. My phone is jailbroken, so I can probably install an app, if it exists. Thanks!
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Jun 23, 2009, 09:54 PM	#2
UnbornApple macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minneapolis, MN	Are you talking about seeing how many charge cycles are left on the battery? Otherwise I'm saying just look at the battery icon on the phone... __________________ lots of products because they are the best! Follow Me on Twitter!
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Jun 25, 2009, 07:59 AM	#3
piblondin Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2009	Yeah, like how much of the original capacity the battery still has. For example, my two-year-old MacBook Pro battery has about 70% left, while my new MacBook Pro battery has like 98%.
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