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iPhone 5 Battery degradation - Does it look right?

Here's my 2 year old 4S

Battery

CycleCount: 536
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1252
Status: Success
BatteryCurrentCapacity: 9
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
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That's good... I think?
 
viperGTS said:
That's bad. After 27 charges and you already lost nearly 10% capacity! I have 70 and and at 1495. Get it replaced.
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After 27 charges you should not look at those numbers .... Wait until 100-150 charges.
Not all batteries can reach nominal values even when brand new.

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wordoflife said:
Here's my 2 year old 4S



That's good... I think?
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Very good indeed.
Mine is worse (1120) after 10 months.
 
here is my iPhone 5 result

is it good? i saw in the thread many results with a much higher cycle count and they have higher full charge capacity

that made me worry although i think it performs very good but i don't know if other iphones can perform better or not

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ahmedouvix said:
here is my iPhone 5 result

is it good? i saw in the thread many results with a much higher cycle count and they have higher full charge capacity

that made me worry although i think it performs very good but i don't know if other iphones can perform better or not

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Excuse me, don't want to sound rude but can you do a simple math by yourself ?
You are within 93% of the maximum THEORETICAL value (and not every battery can reach 1430, and keep in mind that reads from that program are not absolutely reliable). Your battery is just fine.

I'd start to worry when my battery approaches 80% of designed value ...
 
Max(IT) said:
Excuse me, don't want to sound rude but can you do a simple math by yourself ?
You are within 93% of the maximum THEORETICAL value (and not every battery can reach 1430, and keep in mind that reads from that program are not absolutely reliable). Your battery is just fine.

I'd start to worry when my battery approaches 80% of designed value ...
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i just compared my result to this result from fel10 .. I can not imagine what will my battery capacity be when it reaches 300 cycle counts

i think it will be very bad

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ahmedouvix said:
i just compared my result to this result from fel10 .. I can not imagine what will my battery capacity be when it reaches 300 cycle counts

i think it will be very bad

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Fortunately it is not a linear degradation .
And maybe your battery was worse than his since it was brand new.
 
Max(IT) said:
Fortunately it is not a linear degradation .

And maybe your battery was worse than his since it was brand new.
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Sorry I can't get you .. What do you mean by *And maybe your battery was worse than his since it was brand new*

And how can i save my battery? What charge cycle i should go with to keep the battery performing good?
 
ahmedouvix said:
Sorry I can't get you .. What do you mean by *And maybe your battery was worse than his since it was brand new*

And how can i save my battery? What charge cycle i should go with to keep the battery performing good?
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I'll give you an example. Your battery now is 1331.
Maybe when brand new it was 1390 instead of the 1430 of the designed maximum capacity, while another user's was 1430.

To preserve your battery just use it ! Don't keep it on charge all the day, and if you can avoid to drain it until below 10% every day.
 
Max(IT) said:
I'll give you an example. Your battery now is 1331.

Maybe when brand new it was 1390 instead of the 1430 of the designed maximum capacity, while another user's was 1430.



To preserve your battery just use it ! Don't keep it on charge all the day, and if you can avoid to drain it until below 10% every day.
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Ok i understand you now .. Thank you very much mr max you are the best :))
 
the capcity changed in one day from 1329 to 1323

is that normal ? i feel worried about the battery :/ i can't replace the battery because there is no apple store in my country :(

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what should i do?
 
iPad 2, roughly two years old:

Cycle count: 584
Design capacity: 6583
Full charge capacity: 6373
Status: Success

Battery current capacity: 100%
Battery is charging: False
External charge capable: False
External connected: True
Fully charged: False
 
Here's mine! I got this 5s replacement on 12/19/2013 by the model number NE296LL/A this phone was built in week 35 September. Since this battery has a low cycle number can this mean the only thing that was wrong with this phone was the battery and is why it was taken to apple?
 

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I'm not sure what is good or bad in terms of battery but my battery doesn't last me very long, I got my iPhone from Apple in July ( Replacement for my broken iPhone 5 from launch day) running 7.0.4 software I get around 3/4 usage and about 9 hours standby (max).
Heres my results from iBackupBot

CycleCount: 378
Design Capacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1250
Status: Success

BatteryCurrentCapacity: 89
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true

Is this good or bad? I feel like my battery is quite bad as I end up charging it 2-3 times a day because it dies after a few hours of usage.
 
After a while trying to understand why my fullchargecapacity was dropping like crazy(sort of 50mAh per charge), a noticed something:

Batterycurrentcapacity:100
Batteryischarging:true
Fullycharged:false

I guess this is THE THING that is giving to the users a variety of different fullchargecapacities, my example:

Cyclecount: 38
Fullchargecapacity: 1243
Batterycurrentcapacity:100
Batteryischarging:true
Fullycharged:false

I let my iphone plugged in to my computer, and after a while i opened the ibackupbot again, but this time something showed up differently:

Cyclecount: 38
Fullchargecapacity: 1304
Batterycurrentcapacity:100
Batteryischarging:true
Fullycharged:false

So, I guess my advice is, if you want the app to accurately measure your fullchargecapacity, you have to wait till the batteryischarging:false and fullycharged:true.

Give me some feedback about this subject.
Best regards
 
ahmedouvix said:
the capcity changed in one day from 1329 to 1323

is that normal ? i feel worried about the battery :/ i can't replace the battery because there is no apple store in my country :(

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what should i do?
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Just relax !
Variations are perfectly normal, and the software is not that precise ....
Your battery is brand new and healthy. Check it again in six months from now.

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kieran9810 said:
I'm not sure what is good or bad in terms of battery but my battery doesn't last me very long, I got my iPhone from Apple in July ( Replacement for my broken iPhone 5 from launch day) running 7.0.4 software I get around 3/4 usage and about 9 hours standby (max).
Heres my results from iBackupBot

CycleCount: 378
Design Capacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1250
Status: Success

BatteryCurrentCapacity: 89
BatteryIsCharging: true
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: false
GasGaugeCapability: true

Is this good or bad? I feel like my battery is quite bad as I end up charging it 2-3 times a day because it dies after a few hours of usage.
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You are about 85% of designed maximum capacity.
This isn't bad in a general meaning, but what puzzled me is your cycle count: almost 400 cycles in 6 months is waaaaay to much. Do you completely depleted your battery and recharge from zero twice a day ?!? :eek:

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damit said:
After a while trying to understand why my fullchargecapacity was dropping like crazy(sort of 50mAh per charge), a noticed something:

Batterycurrentcapacity:100
Batteryischarging:true
Fullycharged:false

I guess this is THE THING that is giving to the users a variety of different fullchargecapacities, my example:

Cyclecount: 38
Fullchargecapacity: 1243
Batterycurrentcapacity:100
Batteryischarging:true
Fullycharged:false

I let my iphone plugged in to my computer, and after a while i opened the ibackupbot again, but this time something showed up differently:

Cyclecount: 38
Fullchargecapacity: 1304
Batterycurrentcapacity:100
Batteryischarging:true
Fullycharged:false

So, I guess my advice is, if you want the app to accurately measure your fullchargecapacity, you have to wait till the batteryischarging:false and fullycharged:true.

Give me some feedback about this subject.
Best regards
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Yes, when the battery is fully charged, or near to it, the reading is more accurate.
By the way looking at a daily variation is just waste of time. The software is not that accurate ....
 
iPhone 5. Just over a year old now:

CycleCount: 184
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1383
Status: Success

BatteryCurrentCapacity: 100
BatteryIsCharging: false
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: true
 
Paule M said:
iPhone 5. Just over a year old now:

CycleCount: 184
DesignCapacity: 1430
FullChargeCapacity: 1383
Status: Success

BatteryCurrentCapacity: 100
BatteryIsCharging: false
ExternalChargeCapable: true
ExternalConnected: true
FullyCharged: true
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Your battery is like new ...
Btw 190 cycles in over one year are not so much. I expected something like 300-350 at least.
 
Max(IT) said:
Your battery is like new ...
Btw 190 cycles in over one year are not so much. I expected something like 300-350 at least.
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I was a bit surprised by that too. However, I guess that means roughly cycling through 100% of the capacity every two days which, as an average of my use over the last year, does sound about right (bearing in mind that some of this 'average' is composed of an alternation between heavy and light usage). In any case, I was pleased to see that the battery looked OK so far :)
 
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