Im going to have to go in soon to get mine replaced on the SE as well-- not happy that I have to pay for their lies.
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FAQ: What to Know About Apple Slowing Down iPhones to Prevent Unexpected Shutdowns
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My wife's 12/14 6 is at 751 cycles and 87% of design capacity. I thought she was a heavy user, but you're way ahead of her. Extensive GB4 testing shows that her phone is not being throttled. Have you checked yours with GB4?
Alright, I'll bite. What did they lie about and do you have actual evidence of it instead of assertions?
My crystal ball is cloudy but here's how I see it going down.
I expect the courts to certify this as a class action; not all suits will be dismissed.
Apple has sold hundreds of millions of iPhones. Juries will contain Apple victims - or know Apple victims. Juries are stupid, on average.
I expect the plaintiffs to win .... pennies. The law firm will grow rich. This is the nature of class action litigation.
Then Europe will take the discovered information and cut Apple a new one. I would not be the least surprised to see them go after Cook and Co. individually in a criminal case, just to gain leverage.
Europe will extract billions over this or at least give it their best shot. The first conviction/award will open the floodgates.
Popcorn, please.
"For ’tis the sport to have the engineer
Hoist with his own petard."
Shakespeare Hamlet → Act 3, Scene 4, Page 9
I expect the courts to certify this as a class action; not all suits will be dismissed.
Apple has sold hundreds of millions of iPhones. Juries will contain Apple victims - or know Apple victims. Juries are stupid, on average.
I expect the plaintiffs to win .... pennies. The law firm will grow rich. This is the nature of class action litigation.
Then Europe will take the discovered information and cut Apple a new one. I would not be the least surprised to see them go after Cook and Co. individually in a criminal case, just to gain leverage.
Europe will extract billions over this or at least give it their best shot. The first conviction/award will open the floodgates.
Popcorn, please.
"For ’tis the sport to have the engineer
Hoist with his own petard."
Shakespeare Hamlet → Act 3, Scene 4, Page 9
Well that is weird. I have only seen “made in japan” on the several dozen iPhones, iPads, iPods that I have repaired.
"Any older iPhone models are currently not affected, including the iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 3G, and the original iPhone, even though some of those models have also experienced shutdowns. The latest iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X are also currently not affected."
Not affected is a misnomer. The "fix" has not been IMPLEMENTED. Apple has already announced that the "fix" will be implemented for the 8 and up in the future. The use of "fix" is of course, a misnomer itself. It is NOT a fix but a workaround for poorly performing batteries.
Not affected is a misnomer. The "fix" has not been IMPLEMENTED. Apple has already announced that the "fix" will be implemented for the 8 and up in the future. The use of "fix" is of course, a misnomer itself. It is NOT a fix but a workaround for poorly performing batteries.
Thanks Apple for writing this article. Sigh.
The only app that shows if you have been throttled is 'CPU DasherX'. Benchmark softwares can give lower scores not only because you have been throttled, but because you have updated to a newer version of iOS which is made for newer phones so it demands more CPU! Get CPU DasherX and compare the 'Current Frequency' to your phone's spec.
The only app that shows if you have been throttled is 'CPU DasherX'. Benchmark softwares can give lower scores not only because you have been throttled, but because you have updated to a newer version of iOS which is made for newer phones so it demands more CPU! Get CPU DasherX and compare the 'Current Frequency' to your phone's spec.
Feels like all the publications are fearful of being blacklisted by Apple. A good majority of the tech journals are swallowing Apple Koolaid. So much of their revenue is dependent on Apple that they dare not bite the hands that feed them.
Not an Android user, but I'm rooting for them. Competition is needed, Apple is more and more a monopoly and behaving like one. Imagine the day Microsoft and Apple switch places. Will be a sad day when there are more Apple haters than microsoft.
Not an Android user, but I'm rooting for them. Competition is needed, Apple is more and more a monopoly and behaving like one. Imagine the day Microsoft and Apple switch places. Will be a sad day when there are more Apple haters than microsoft.
That's obviously wrong based on what both John Poole of Geekbench and Apple themselves have said. iOS is looking for big peaks/valleys in power draw relative to the voltage remaining.
Why is MacRumors making false claims and defending Apple? There are millions of iPhones that were working perfectly fine at full speed on iOS 9/10, and found themselves suddenly throttled after upgrading to iOS 10/11. It was a "solution" to a problem that didn't exist, and a problem which never afflicted any other smartphone.
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Working perfectly fine....until they shut off randomly on walks. I had that experience for months, then suddenly my problem was fixed and I could actually make it through a walk without it shutting off in the cold.
Are you seriously contending that the shutdown issue this software addressed didn't exist?
The lied that this was a solution to a problem. The problem did not exist. None of my families iPhones have ever shutdown unexpectedly, yet after upgrading to iOS 10 or 11, they get throttled for no reason. They all have 88% capacity (or higher) in their batteries.
Yet my 6s was shutting down like clockwork anytime I was out for a walk in the cold and the battery was under 50(ish)%.
That wasn't real? Or perhaps maybe you think you're the center of the world and because you didn't personally see it the issue never existed?
That's already been debunked. Change of speed for the CPU is normal behavior during regular operation. You can't draw any direct 1:1 conclusions about voltage related throttling by running that app.
I have not, because Geekbench4 cost money and I am cheap MoFo.
Haha, you MUST be a REALLY cheap MoFo!
Didn't cost me anything to ask. PM me your contact info and I'll send you cash to buy the app. The throttling feature for voltage issues was first added to iOS 10, not iOS 11.
Samsungs battery quality?
Some Samsung Note 8 owners are experiencing battery issues - Cult of Mac https://apple.news/AJvHyYtBSRVSpqmgjjOFSBw
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Well I have ipad Air 2, and sometimes when I using it during intensive tasks it crashes and system reboots.
I think I would prefer if it would balance the power.
Hopefully Apple will release battery notification (similar too osx) and will have battery replaced. Then the ipad would live another 5+ years.
I think I would prefer if it would balance the power.
Hopefully Apple will release battery notification (similar too osx) and will have battery replaced. Then the ipad would live another 5+ years.
There is one golden lining in this thundercloud.
I am looking over Tech writers and sites that I generally use and considering their stance on Apple.
This is a golden opportunity to sort the wheat from the chaff, the scum from the honest writers. Watch and learn.
Mac Rumors : Chaff.
Another issue is Apple's protestations they were screwing us for our own good. They denied doing this for YEARS. Why would any sane individual believe anything from these people?
Absolutely Zero credibility. Zero.
I am looking over Tech writers and sites that I generally use and considering their stance on Apple.
This is a golden opportunity to sort the wheat from the chaff, the scum from the honest writers. Watch and learn.
Mac Rumors : Chaff.
Another issue is Apple's protestations they were screwing us for our own good. They denied doing this for YEARS. Why would any sane individual believe anything from these people?
Absolutely Zero credibility. Zero.
Yes, but they made it much more aggressive in 11. And there was no voltage issue. Phone were not crashing because the voltage was too low. Phones were shutting down because a poorly written piece of software incorrectly determined that the battery was discharged. You can take a brand new iPhone out in the cold (~14ºF), and watch the remaining charge drop by 20% or more.
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Or why did Apple remove he battery stats in iOS 10 and then restrict the information third party battery apps could get?
Why did Apple deliberately make software that throttled only specific iPhone models when their batteries reached a certain health, even though their own in store diagnostics would show the battery as poor quality below a lower health level then the throttling kicks in, like my iPhone is over 92% battery quality and throttles..
Why Apple only admitted this after it was caught red handed and their was massive data provided to back it up?
This reads as a pure damage control article disguised as a ‘guide’, this looks more and more like design flaws Apple will not be drawn on... or planned obsolescence or both..
For those wondering if you can get a refund, I was denied mine on a Nov 26th battery replacement done at the apple store. The cutoff date is December 14th. I am disappointed that that artificial date was set in stone for issuing refunds. A much better way to do it would have been 2 years (or whatever time ) form the day of initial sale/manufacturing.