How is it 100% after two years? Surely that’s a bug? Mine is 87% and two years old in April..
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10 Tips to Get the Most From Your iPhone's Battery
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These things are irrelevant now, because of the planned obsolescence.
iOS 17 and 18 have the ‘one charge cycle per day’ limit ‘feature’ on phones over 2 years old. Look at everyone complaining about “my iPhone stops charging at a certain %” or “my battery level declines whilst charging”, but wait a while and they charge suddenly when you’re the next days ‘allowance’.
With stuff like this built into the software, taking care of the battery becomes pointless.
iOS 17 and 18 have the ‘one charge cycle per day’ limit ‘feature’ on phones over 2 years old. Look at everyone complaining about “my iPhone stops charging at a certain %” or “my battery level declines whilst charging”, but wait a while and they charge suddenly when you’re the next days ‘allowance’.
With stuff like this built into the software, taking care of the battery becomes pointless.
I had never heard of this. That seems cool in general, but what if you needed a charge in an emergency situation?
You can’t. I’ve had to start carrying a spare phone if I go out with my 14 pro on a low battery.
The Apple solution is buy a new iPhone every 2 years if you want unrestricted usage.
If you don’t use the phone much then you’ll never have the issue, but I’m always streaming music.
Because Apple have realised people think ‘it’s time to buy a new phone’ when they see their battery health is low..
My almost 10 year old iPhone 6 is on 99%, iPhone X 96%, yet 2 year old 14 pro is on 82%.
The 5G setting(s) are EXTREMELY impactful as well, in addition quite confusing. The good news is that by enabling battery saver, it does seem to keep the phone in 4G mode mostly at idle without you having to turn off 5G entirely.
Leaving the phone to prefer 5G for all connections (including voice) certainly eats the battery faster.
Leaving the phone to prefer 5G for all connections (including voice) certainly eats the battery faster.
From my experience it doesn't seem to be based on cycles, but on temperature because the phone overheats so badly. If I put my iPhone on a chilled ice brick for a little while, it will quickly regain the ability to go over 80%. If I don't use an ice brick, it will stop at 80.
(Before anyone asks, yes I have turned off "optimized charging.")
What Low Power Mode does:
Disables Itself After Charging to 80%
Disables 5G (Mostly)
Disables 5G Standalone
Shows Battery Percentage in the Status Bar ( Does that anyway now)
Disables Always-on Mode
Reduces Screen Brightness (too much)
Reduces Auto-Lock's Timeout (30 seconds is not enough)
Reduces Refresh Rate
Disables Perspective Zoom (gone in iOS 16)
Disables Animated Wallpapers
Disables Email Fetch
Pauses iCloud Photos Sync
Reduces Background App Refresh
Disables Automatic Downloads
Disables Video Autoplay
Limits MagSafe Battery Pack Charging
Reduces CPU and GPU Performance
Pauses Discretionary and Background Activities
Disables Itself After Charging to 80%
Disables 5G (Mostly)
Disables 5G Standalone
Shows Battery Percentage in the Status Bar ( Does that anyway now)
Disables Always-on Mode
Reduces Screen Brightness (too much)
Reduces Auto-Lock's Timeout (30 seconds is not enough)
Reduces Refresh Rate
Disables Perspective Zoom (gone in iOS 16)
Disables Animated Wallpapers
Disables Email Fetch
Pauses iCloud Photos Sync
Reduces Background App Refresh
Disables Automatic Downloads
Disables Video Autoplay
Limits MagSafe Battery Pack Charging
Reduces CPU and GPU Performance
Pauses Discretionary and Background Activities
This is insane. Does it work on a moving scale, i.e. the 15s will have this come this fall?
Yes, along with all the other tricks to ‘make the phone feel old’, like the laggy and unresponsive menus, stuttery scrolling, software introduced flicker as the screen comes on etc etc.
It’s really disappointing that Apple are resorting to these tactics to boost sales. Short term gain, but a significant loss long term as more users wake up to what’s happening.
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Has anyone figured out a way to get missed call notifications after sleep focus mode?
For me - when sleep mode is enabled all calls are rejected -> busy signal for the caller and I don’t get any notification about it during or after.. this does not seem ok to me
For me - when sleep mode is enabled all calls are rejected -> busy signal for the caller and I don’t get any notification about it during or after.. this does not seem ok to me
It really is a shame Apple has come to this. I personally have yet to notice any of those symptoms on my SE1 and SE3 and hope I don't. I usually run through a cycle or more per day on the SE1 and I was doing the same with the SE3 two weeks ago. It kept letting me charge as much as I wanted. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Seriously? I have never heard of this. What excuse do they have for that?
Perhaps Battery Health & Charging cannot account for my minimal usage. I almost never use more than 20-25% of the battery each day.
Yes, Facebook too. Deleted it and noticed a huge improvement in battery life. Can still use the mobile browser version and rarely use it anyway.
Question--does leaving it in low power mode harm the battery?
I truly have no idea. I only use it once I get below 30%.
It uses the battery less. Whatever the increment between using LPM and not in your use case. It’s better battery life with reduced functionality.
