I’m using a free shortcut called PowerUtil
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I don’t know about Macs, but I can assure you on iPhone they still apply the 80% rule (checked 1 month ago).
You don’t need it anymore. There are shortcuts for that (see above).Some people use an app called 'Coconut Battery' to get such information. You can also find it by connecting your iPad to your Mac.
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That was exactly my point. I started notice a shortened battery life below 86/85%, so I think the level they choose (80%) could be acceptable for a warranty covered replacement, but if I am outside warranty timeframe, they should accept it below 85%
You are correct, only M4 iPads have the option of changing battery only. All other iPads will get a replacement unit if you pay for a battery service. Of course the battery will have to show below 80% capacity using Apples own diagnostic equipment. They are very strict about the threshold for replacement in these instances..
I thought I remembered reading something about the mini 6 ( and presumably 7) just having the battery replaced instead of the unit too. Maybe I misunderstood?
You're right. The iPad mini 17Pro is also included in the battery only replacement. iPad mini 6 is not..
Nice! Thanks for pointing that article out. Seems you're spot on and mini6 and mini 17Pro have battery replacements available
Apple replaced my dad’s 86% iPhone 12 mini battery a few months ago so this is definitely not true (in fact they did it for free as they broke the screen in the process so he got new screen and battery for nothing).
I had my 2018 iPad Pro’s battery replaced by a third party repair shop. I thought they did a pretty good job, though you can see parts where they glued the screen back on, but I didn’t really mind as the iPad was already a couple of years old at that point.
Great deal for your father, but isn't the 80% capacity threshold for warranty coverage battery replacement (standard or AppleCare+) a documented policy on Apple's support pages? Obviously sometimes an Apple representative can bend the rules and help a customer out.
Apple won’t replace the battery under warranty until under 80%. My experience is if you pay they’ll do it at any %.
Yes, I fully understand that this is your (and probably many others) experience. There are other posts on these forums documenting refusal of paid battery replacement requests above 80%. Thus I am merely pointing out that others have different experiences and that the ambiguity in the policy (intentional by Apple or not) is potentially part of the reason for the variation of said experiences.
I think you should control what you can and live with what you cannot. or vote with your feet or dollars.
And if the amount Apple charged you was close to the amount of a brand new iPad, would you be happy with it?
Be informed before defining as “definitely not true” someone’s else statement. You were lucky, many others here had different experiences. Recently I was refused for my iPad Pro and one on my colleague had the same experience with his iPhone (at 83%).
At which level of degradation was the battery you replaced? In my experience you start noticing a difference when it goes below 85/84%.
And as we showed you, that’s not true in many cases. My experience is from two different Apple Store in two different countries.
Well, if that’s the case, it means Apple screwed up badly with engineering the device. A battery replacement could be expensive, but not THAT expensive
I voted with my wallet. I’m a very old Apple user (my first Mac was a Machintosh II… some of you weren’t even born yet 😅), even if I’m “just” 53. I stopped buying Mac because Tim Cook made them disposable devices. And it hurts, because I really love Mac.
I think it was around 84%.
The 2018 iPad Pro would have been designed under Jony Ive's era, and he was infamous for his love of thin form factors, often at the expense of repairability.
