iPhone 5 Battery degradation - Does it look right?

[Max(IT)]

Thank you for the response do you think my iphone can still hold up until I buy the next gen iphone? Which probably is september 2014? I'm deeply sad to find out that this is the state of my present iphone.

I don't know ... Actually it depends on your usage. If the remaining endurance is enough for you, well then you're ok.
The only problem could be a further degradation of your battery.

 

[jayotherocks]

I wish i could bring to an apple store. But this phone was just handed to me by my father who works in another country. Maybe I dont have a choice but to just use it. I'll just bring a powerbank with me all the time. I'm still a student and I wish I could buy a new one. Thank y'all guys.

 

[C DM]

I wish i could bring to an apple store. But this phone was just handed to me by my father who works in another country. Maybe I dont have a choice but to just use it. I'll just bring a powerbank with me all the time. I'm still a student and I wish I could buy a new one. Thank y'all guys.

It might not matter who originally got the phone or where, if you have an Apple store nearby it might be worth taking it to get it checked out anyway (if there isn't a store nearby, that's kind of a different story then).

 

[Max(IT)]

If it has a defective battery you still could have it replaced by Apple for about 80$.
If you are going to keep the iPhone for another year it could be a good option.

 

[*~Kim~*]

Mine isn't looking so great on this...

CycleCount: 18
DesignCapacity: 1550
FullChargeCapacity: 1517
Status: Success

 

[C DM]

Mine isn't looking so great on this...

CycleCount: 18
DesignCapacity: 1550
FullChargeCapacity: 1517
Status: Success

Whats the problem there?

 

[Max(IT)]

Mine isn't looking so great on this...

CycleCount: 18
DesignCapacity: 1550
FullChargeCapacity: 1517
Status: Success

It is just perfect.
And judge a battery after 18 cycles is just useless.

 

[wudavid]

Black 32GB AT&T iPhone 5

Got mine launch day September 21, 2012 (1 year, 2 months)

CycleCount: 211
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1358
Status: Success


1358÷1430 = 0.94965 -> 94.965% capacity
So, throughout my iPhone 5's 1 year and 2 month lifespan, and after 211 cycles, I've theoretically lost approx. 5% capacity on my battery. (Not bad considering Apple's estimates put the iPhone losing up to 20% battery capacity over approx. 400 cycles)

Interesting though, I think iOS 7 is a huge battery hog because I'm getting far less battery life on iOS 7 than I would have gotten running iOS 6.
I was averaging 7-10 hours of usage on iOS 6 and am now averaging 5 hours of usage on iOS 7. Based on what iBackupBot tells me, my loss of battery life is not because of the physical condition of the battery or hardware, so I assume the diminished battery life to be the cause of software (iOS 7).

 

[Edy]

My 3 weeks old replacement iPhone 5

 

[*~Kim~*]

I'm not so sure that this is accurate. I had a full charge capacity of 1517 after 18 cycles, but now I have a full charge capacity of 1582 (design capacity is 1550) after 24 cycles. The battery has been getting worse in terms of how long it actually lasts for between charges.

 

[Max(IT)]

My 3 weeks old replacement iPhone 5

Absolutely NO sense in checking battery status after 10 cycles ...

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I'm not so sure that this is accurate. I had a full charge capacity of 1517 after 18 cycles, but now I have a full charge capacity of 1582 (design capacity is 1550) after 24 cycles. The battery has been getting worse in terms of how long it actually lasts for between charges.

How many times I have to repeat myself ? Absolutely useles to check battery status before 30-50 cycles.
Btw those numbers are not so precise so don't worry if there is a variation between every measure.

 

[yanki01]

my iP5 just died at 39%?!?!?! It's been consitant dying around 10-15% starting with iOS 7. Then started dying around 20-25%. today was just straight dumb dying at 39%. Bought the iP5 on launch day and the nearest apple store is 2.5hrs away.

 

[DemonicZeus]

It's been 9 months since I've got my iPhone 5
The maximum charge capacity is 1329 mAh while it's been 435 charge cycles which means 93% from original capacity!
And it means i lost about 0.23 mAh per one cycle.

I'm very pleased knowing that my battery degradation an iPhone is way better than normal.
In my opinion, the battery degradation level depends on how you treat it so it may vary between people..

 

[Altom]

iPhone 5 bought on Launch day 2.11.2012
Cycle Count 294
Design Capacity 1430
Full Charge Capacity 984

oh I guess it's time to go and change my battery or my phone. I still have 1 year guarantee from my network provider Orange. Wanted to change on the 1 year of guarantee from my Apple but i wasn't sure if it's the battery thing or the IOS 7 and right now i've lost the apple guarantee. you think they will change my phone or my battery?
Few weeks ago had 267 cycles and battery full charge capacity at 1100 or something like that.
And now it's only 984. I think it's bad
With 3g on is draining like crazy. If i close 3g and working on wifi everything is going well.

 

[david.pinha]

In my opinion the App that we are using is not very precise, just like the battery percentage indication in your iPhone.

The first time I used it, the result was that my battery was at 93% health. One week later it was around 80%. So it is not very reliable...

 

[Altom]

That's also my case.
But even if the app it's not accurate i think it's close to that result.

In my opinion the App that we are using is not very precise, just like the battery percentage indication in your iPhone.

The first time I used it, the result was that my battery was at 93% health. One week later it was around 80%. So it is not very reliable...

 

[david.pinha]

That's also my case.
But even if the app it's not accurate i think it's close to that result.

Tried again today and I got 89%...so many variations...

 

[jayotherocks]

iPhone 5 Battery degradation - Does it look right?

What can you say about this? My iphone5 a year old and above. Bought last october 2012.

 

[pk7]

CycleCount: 85
DesignCapacity: 1550
FullChargeCapacity: 1377
Status: Success

iPhone 5s. 88% capacity already?

I am on the go a lot so my phone does go down to 10-20% quite often. And I've had to charge twice a day for the last couple of weeks.

Still though....

 

[imagineadam]

My i5 used to be jailbroken and I had an app called battery detective and it could pull this same info from the battery and I would notice quite a range that it would display for the amount of charge that it could hold at any time. Some days it would say 1330 mAH and others it would be lower down to 1180. I checked it quite often and noticed it was usually on the higher end. I was nearing 400 charge cycles and it was displaying 1330 before I pulled the plug on my jailbreak for ios 7 which ended up being a huge mistake and I've had battery problems ever since upgrading to ios 7.0.4. Same goes for the ipad 4 (minus the jb) I was getting 6-8 hours of usage on my 5 no problem with the jb. After the update I usually get 5hours and sometimes can sneak out a 6 if I keep the brightness really low and I've been playing some music with the screen off. It's clearly using more power than ios 6 as my usage habits haven't changed. And I'm having the issued with the meter dropping in big chunks but it mostly seems to happen when I'm on lte. I've done alll the recommendations such as restore as new, shut off parallax, disabled background apps ect.. Also I have drained the battery and charged overnight and the battery meter is still wonky. Could it really be that my battery is NOW defective since I have upgraded to ios7? It was fine before. I don't buy it. Frustrated!

 

[Altom]

Iphone 5 November 2012 - December 2013

CycleCount: 300
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1074
At 294 cycles said full charge capacity at 984 and now says battery at 1074
app is not accurate. But i think i'm going to orange to see if they can change/replace my phone.
cause i have problems with my battery. I'm sick of restore and set as new

In my opinion the App that we are using is not very precise, just like the battery percentage indication in your iPhone.

The first time I used it, the result was that my battery was at 93% health. One week later it was around 80%. So it is not very reliable...

 

[BarkingGhost]

It is terrible that a third party software company can make money off of a need to diagnose poor quality in Apple product components. Yes, I am bitching.

Eight month old iPhone 5 still on iOS 6.x and it is so erratic in how the battery drops in percentage on Apple's own battery meter to be unreliable. Battery usage will always come on strong usage, and depletion, during use in congested areas, and least when not being used during off-peak hours.

Mine just dropped overnight from 58% to 13%. Yesterday morning ended a 24-hour charge, followed by time out of my home, including some mild non-video surfing, GPS, and iMessage.

I got home last night and the battery meter reported 70%. By the time I got o bed at 11PM it was 58%. This morning at 6AM it is 13%, which forced me to plug it back in. I'm in the suburbs with plenty of in-home wifi available, including in my bedroom.

How does a phone lose 45%, nearly half, of its charge in 7 hours doing NOTHING? Rhetorical question, but this is my first and last Apple cell phone.

 

[takiman]

I think I need to get my battery replaced. I've had my iPhone 5 since September 2012

CycleCount: 442
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 931
Status: Success
BatteryCurrentCapacity: 82
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: false
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true

 

[Max(IT)]

We don't really know how accurate the reading of iBackupBot is ....

In my case variations are all around 1100, so I think it's the real value.
I suggest to check it when the phone is almost full charged and then when it's below 20%.

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It is terrible that a third party software company can make money off of a need to diagnose poor quality in Apple product components. Yes, I am bitching.

Eight month old iPhone 5 still on iOS 6.x and it is so erratic in how the battery drops in percentage on Apple's own battery meter to be unreliable. Battery usage will always come on strong usage, and depletion, during use in congested areas, and least when not being used during off-peak hours.

Mine just dropped overnight from 58% to 13%. Yesterday morning ended a 24-hour charge, followed by time out of my home, including some mild non-video surfing, GPS, and iMessage.

I got home last night and the battery meter reported 70%. By the time I got o bed at 11PM it was 58%. This morning at 6AM it is 13%, which forced me to plug it back in. I'm in the suburbs with plenty of in-home wifi available, including in my bedroom.

How does a phone lose 45%, nearly half, of its charge in 7 hours doing NOTHING? Rhetorical question, but this is my first and last Apple cell phone.

You just got a lemon: make an appointment with a Genius and you are going to receive a new battery, since your iPhone 5 is only 8 months old ...

Btw you don't need to pay anything to use iBackupBot to check your battery.

 

[viperGTS]

iPhone 5S

Battery

CycleCount: 27
DesignCapacity: 1550
FullChargeCapacity: 1440
Status: Success
BatteryCurrentCapacity: 90
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true

It is good ??

That's bad. After 27 charges and you already lost nearly 10% capacity! I have 70 and and at 1495. Get it replaced.