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iPhone battery conditioning

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TRICKorDEVICE

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Sep 20, 2014
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So, at one time it was considered good maintenance to periodically fully charge and discharge the iPhone. I recall an Apple help article saying as much. Is this still considered best practice? I want to make sure I condition my iPhone 6 battery properly to get the best battery life.

Thanks!
 
PNutts said:
The link has good information and to answer your question directly, Apple no longer recommends a monthly full discharge. That article has been removed.
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Interesting. I'll take that to mean it is no longer necessary. Thanks!
 
TRICKorDEVICE said:
Interesting. I'll take that to mean it is no longer necessary. Thanks!
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That article was likely causing more harm than good, which is probably why it was changed. I'm guessing that an occasional deep discharge does -- technically -- keep the battery meter better calibrated. However, given that many people do -- accidentally or not -- occasional deep discharges, the original web page recommendations were probably not really unnecessary. Also, any differences in long-term battery life were probably not noticed by most people for a couple of years or so.

However, given the "poor battery life" of a new iPhone in the first couple of days, I'm guessing that the meter might not be calibrated at all, initially, and that a couple of charges might be needed to calibrate the battery. If so, a fairly deep discharge (once and only once), say down to 10-20%, might be useful with a new iPhone. Of course, many owners probably do let their new shiny phones get that low, and so this advice is probably not needed.
 
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