iOS 11.3 Beta 2 Introduces New 'Battery Health' Feature

[WannaGoMac]

Well if they had not done it, more and more iPhones would just have randomly shut themselves off when the batteries could no longer provide peak power and eventually that would have generated it's own hysteria.

Apple was damned if they did or damned if they did not.

This way they just got to sell more iPhones by telling people their phones were old Win Win for everyone!

 

[clauzzz203]

Source: https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/06/how-to-ios-11-3-battery-health-and-battery-throttling-disabling/

'Apple says that it will automatically re-enable performance management each time the device unexpectedly shuts down.

This feature is not a permanent toggle that you can disable once and forget about it. If you never want to be throttled, you will have to go back into the Battery Health screen and repeatedly disable it each time.'

But wait, there's more. Apple is not done screwing us, folks.

 

[MrBat]

All true, but again, for the majority of Apple users when they think "service" they think "Apple Store". We all here on macrumors are rather non-representative in that we're all technically savvy and educated on our alternatives.

As you may be aware, there's no Apple Stores "close by" to every Apple user around the world. People with a problematic Apple device (out of warranty) will search for a repair shop, whether it's Apple certified or not, to get their problematic Apple device checked and hopefully repaired.

Also, comes the price tag to get anything "repaired" by Apple directly or by approved repair shops. Just change the Logic board entirely, charge 700-900 EUR for it and #YOLO . If you're not happy with that, feel free to buy a new one...

Therefore, the importance of the "Right To Repair" bill.

 

[bcave098]

It's not on my (just updated) iPad Pro. Uhm ...

Guess you missed the quote?

“This feature applies to iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, and iPhone 7 Plus.”

 

[jdelaune]

My iPhone SE which shutdowns at 10% all the time and slows down below 30%. Don’t think this is that truthful.

 

[Kmart9419]

Good for those that wanted it, but would someone honestly rather have full performance and their phone shutting down randomly? Seems like an odd choice.

Yes, if phone shuts down, then battery is at end of life, up to me to replace.

 

[qy0]

What can I do if it does not show up on my 6s? 11.3 (15E5167f)

 

[dBeats]

Once again, Apple overcomplicates it with not letting the user turn it back on and automatically turns it on after an unexpected shut down, even if the user explicitly turned it off.

Well, if the phone unexpectedly shuts down, wouldn't you think the best way to continue using your phone would be to disable it? If I'm away from a battery or a charger, and my phone shuts down, I sure would like this.

 

[639051]

My iPhone SE which shutdowns at 10% all the time and slows down below 30%. Don’t think this is that truthful.

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84% is bad.
80% is considered (by apple) to be end of life.

 

[jsmith78]

So hardcore Apple defenders (in other words not true fans), please let us know right now why this wasn't always a feature?

I'm waiting.....

as a general rule, on IOS, apple has a "vison" of not over-complicating the interface and exposing low level options that would allow the user to "get into trouble"; They have a vision that iPhone "should just work" - like a refrigerator, I don't configure my compressor cycling times for my fridge, maybe it automatically adjusts according to compressor wear, I don't care, i just plug it in... and it works - this is apple's vision for iPhone

So as for this feature: Users turning off the throttling can cause the device to crash - That doesn't jive with apple's above sated vision.

However, I am of the opinion that apple should have had they system notify users if their battery wear was causing the phone to throttle, so that is an oversight on Apple's part.

 

[PurrBall]

My iPhone SE which shutdowns at 10% all the time and slows down below 30%. Don’t think this is that truthful.

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As stated in the article, the update automatically disabled the feature, so next unexpected shutdown you should see the feature enable itself.

What can I do if it does not show up on my 6s? 11.3 (15E5167f)

You're on an older build without the feature. Public beta will probably land later this week.

 

[bmark]

as a general rule, on IOS, apple has a "vison" of not over-complicating the interface and exposing low level options that would allow the user to "get into trouble"; They have a vision that iPhone "should just work" - like a refrigerator, I don't configure my compressor cycling times for my fridge, maybe it automatically adjusts according to compressor wear, I don't care, i just plug it in... and it works - this is apple's vision for iPhone

So as for this feature: Users turning off the throttling can cause the device to crash - That doesn't jive with apple's above sated vision.

However, I am of the opinion that apple should have had they system notify users if their battery wear was causing the phone to throttle, so that is an oversight on Apple's part.

Power management is way too confusing for the average consumer. Apple doesn't have a vision other than trying to get customers to upgrade to the latest device once power management kicks in. Let's be real now, it's all about their super upgrade cycles!

 

[srsub3]

I think there is something weird about this. the throttle is enabled on a device with a battery at 95%... this is silly!

 

[qy0]

As stated in the article, the update automatically disabled the feature, so next unexpected shutdown you should see the feature enable itself.


You're on an older build without the feature. Public beta will probably land later this week.

Thank you for the clarification!

 

[bbfc]

Our test iPhone 7 shows 95% battery capacity. It's running under Peak Performance Capability. I wonder what percentage it throttles....

I'm at 88% capacity, and my performance capability is normal.
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I think there is something weird about this. the throttle is enabled on a device with a battery at 95%... this is silly!

Not on mine, and it's at 88%.

 

[dBeats]

Instead of everyone blabbing on about this, read the updated support document completely. It literally answers everyone's questions.

It will enable power management only after an actual unexpected shutdown occurs.

 

[jdelaune]

As stated in the article, the update automatically disabled the feature, so next unexpected shutdown you should see the feature enable itself.

Yes but it was enabled on the last version of iOS and I still got unexpected shutdowns. So their original “fix” doesn’t work that great.

 

[ijordano]

Maybe the switch appears when your battery is lower than X percent

I suspect the switch only shows up if your specific device starts throttling...

Our test iPhone 7 shows 95% battery capacity. It's running under Peak Performance Capability. I wonder what percentage it throttles....

80%

 

[CWallace]

I think there is something weird about this. the throttle is enabled on a device with a battery at 95%... this is silly!

I expect that is just artwork and not representative of real-world operation.

 

[rynx9]

My 6s that I bought brand new in September 2017 is at 97% already.

 

[reilogix]

It will be interesting to see if Apple’s reported health statuses matches up with those reported by Coconut Battery. I have noticed (in the 50+ iPhones that I manage at work,) that the iPhone 5s batteries fare better in Cocnut Battery than the iPhone 6. (We have about 20-30 of each.) As is their custom, it looks like Apple may have been fixing a hardware problem (inferior batteries in the 6/6s,) with the whole software throttling fiasco.

 

[A7ibaba]

haha,Apple explanation in battery option is ridiculous. "Good day lad,your phone experienced shutdown. We at Apple care about you,so we just want to inform you that your battery is screwed and this is absolutely normal.We just didn't want to tell you because you would worry to much. Now you know and you will worry. Now you can disable our new most famous option in battery management to enable unexpected shutdowns,because we care".Problem solved,give us 30$.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Looking forward to the official release. Glad to see this coming to fruition.

 

[widget999]

I had commented this previously as a guess, but it looks like throttling will NOT be in place on the iPhone X due to it having a battery capacity more in line with what every other manufacturer in the world uses.

The iPhone 8 had 60% the battery capacity of the Samsung S8. The iPhone X has 90% of the capacity of the S8. That means that as the battery dies like Apple say is going to happen, the capacity will more than likely still be higher than that of the iPhone 8 when new. It will still be able to cope with these voltage spikes as it deteriorates that should have been handled by the earlier phones in the first place had they put in a battery with sufficient capacity.

You are confusing Voltage with current here. A battery, no matter what the initial capacity, will lose the ability to provide a high enough voltage over time.

 

[TMRJIJ]

This "feature" will be annoying. You will have to manually turn this "feature" off every time it has a shutdown.

Apple is forcing you to have degraded phone unless you continually opt-out. Need something better than this.

There is. You buy a new battery. This feature is not meant to be toggled on a daily basis. You either keep it on to keep the battery from shutting down or turn it off to keep performance and risk shutdowns.
Also Apple was forced to give us this feature.