iPhone 12 Pro Max “Breaking in” a Battery...

[GomerBoy]

Is there really a true term called “breaking in a new battery” so you will get the most out of it?

 

[chabig]

No.

 

[1rottenapple]

Never heard until this thread. I heard about breaking in a car engine or bedding brakes.

 

[Ac1d 8urn]

I assume you mean the old trick of charging it to full then using it till it dies? This was useful with NiCad batteries but modern lithium ion batteries work differently and don't need any calibration. In fact draining them fully is actually really bad for them. It's true that it takes the OS a couple days to learn your usage patterns and optimize everything but the battery itself doesn't need any sort of calibration or breaking in.

 

[cableguy84]

Yea there is. You charge the phone when it’s nearly dead, then take off charge when phone is charged.
Just repeat till you get another phone

 

[russell_314]

I assume you mean the old trick of charging it to full then using it till it dies? This was useful with NiCad batteries but modern lithium ion batteries work differently and don't need any calibration. In fact draining them fully is actually really bad for them. It's true that it takes the OS a couple days to learn your usage patterns and optimize everything but the battery itself doesn't need any sort of calibration or breaking in.

Sometimes these things never die... It's been a while since we had NiCad and people still think this is a thing. In 2094 someone is going to ask on here if it's necessary to power down and back on the nuclear reactor in their iPhone when they get it 😂

 

[aue123]

solid state batteries are coming soon i hope

 

[ericwn]

Yea there is. You charge the phone when it’s nearly dead, then take off charge when phone is charged.
Just repeat till you get another phone

Couldn’t have said that better.