I’ve only had my iPhone X since launch and now the battery apps are already starting to report a loss in my battery’s total capacity? They now read that my iPhone X’s battery is at 99% capacity. I don’t have bad charging habits as I always try and keep it above 40%. I don’t leave my phone plugged in overnight either. Do I have a bad battery?
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Battery Capacity
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What battery apps?
That aside, all these things are more or less estimates based on various readings, so they will fluctuate at times here and there. Small flections like that are not indicators of anything one way or another, and are basically not unexpected.
I’m using three different battery apps, but the one that is reliable is Lirum info. All three battery apps are giving me the same reading. Also, does it have anything to do with the fact that I am using the Samsung convertible fast wireless charging stand?
Battery apps on the phone itself are even less accurate/meaningful as Apple basically removed access to most of battery information around iOS 10.
I know that iOS 11 removed a lot of the access these apps have to the battery info, but it’s always been accurate as far as battery capacity. Just like how Geekbench can still measure cpu and gpu stats along with other pertinent information regarding system specs. Those apps can tell me the battery capacity that it’s designed for and actual max battery capacity.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/x-already-lost-62mah-capacity-in-a-week.2087685/ might be of some help as well.
Some threads about this can be of some help:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...he-age-of-fast-and-wireless-charging.2074611/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/wireless-charging-battery-integrity.2085278/
Mlrollin91
macrumors G5
Don’t ever use iOS apps to test battery capacity. It’s all speculation. They cannot be accurate at all because all that information is hidden. The only way to check is via Coconut Battery with a Mac. That reads the battery directly. Those iOS apps claim my iPhone 8Plus is at 97% capacity, but in reality it’s at 102%.