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Make Sure to Get Your $29 iPhone Battery Replacements Soon as Apple's Discount Program is Set to End on December 31
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Future iPhones, such as the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, will also eventually receive performance management software until apple’s power management improves.
There, I fixed it for you. Remember, androids don’t experience this, so stop drinking apple’s coolaid of “its a limitation of the tech”
There, I fixed it for you. Remember, androids don’t experience this, so stop drinking apple’s coolaid of “its a limitation of the tech”
My iPhone 8 is 4 months old and the battery's maximum capacity seems to be slowly dropping. It was 98% after two months and 95% after 4 months. Should I be concerned?
It's safe to leave it plugged in even when you're not streaming anything as long as your iPhone isn't in the sun while charging. The devices stop charging once they reach 100% so you can't overcharge an iPhone.
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Only one battery replacement at that price in a year.
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No!
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Yes, that is correct.
Done this with two 6s Pluses, one in the summer (they broke it during the replacement and gave me a new one) and one the other day (asked for the same guy that did the last one, but wasn't available...). Works great.
Here in the U.S. the stores have appointments, but also walk ins. If you don't mind waiting they offered to have it back in an hour both times. Since neither was my working phone I just came back the next day to pick them up both times.
If you want your battery capacity to last longer keep the charge between 80% and 20% as much as possible. Going to 100% and 0% destroys the capacity faster. My mother in law's 6s battery was destroyed and she always charges to 100%, the other 6s went to 100% much less often and had alot more capacity left - these were launch 6s's.
Oh good lord....Android phones Li batts loose capacity just like Apple's do - that's the limitation of the tech, its just for Android you have to go with a 3rd party to get a battery changed instead of Apple's OEM battery and refurbed phone if Apple screws it up. I run Android for my work phone.
Such a pessimist...it has nothing to do with NiCad's. I had two 6s's from launch to compare with and knew beforehand (so that's ~3 years) so the one for my wife got much better charging treatment and had alot more capacity at the end. But don't take my word for it, its all over the web (#4 on that link). If you Google it you'll find it. Even Nissan gave the advice to their Leaf electric car owners to extend the life of the cars Li batteries capacity. It just requires some management when charging.
Here in the U.S. the stores have appointments, but also walk ins. If you don't mind waiting they offered to have it back in an hour both times. Since neither was my working phone I just came back the next day to pick them up both times.
If you want your battery capacity to last longer keep the charge between 80% and 20% as much as possible. Going to 100% and 0% destroys the capacity faster. My mother in law's 6s battery was destroyed and she always charges to 100%, the other 6s went to 100% much less often and had alot more capacity left - these were launch 6s's.
Oh good lord....Android phones Li batts loose capacity just like Apple's do - that's the limitation of the tech, its just for Android you have to go with a 3rd party to get a battery changed instead of Apple's OEM battery and refurbed phone if Apple screws it up. I run Android for my work phone.
Such a pessimist...it has nothing to do with NiCad's. I had two 6s's from launch to compare with and knew beforehand (so that's ~3 years) so the one for my wife got much better charging treatment and had alot more capacity at the end. But don't take my word for it, its all over the web (#4 on that link). If you Google it you'll find it. Even Nissan gave the advice to their Leaf electric car owners to extend the life of the cars Li batteries capacity. It just requires some management when charging.
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Thanks for the reminder. I’ll have to make an appointment soon. I hope it doesn’t take more than a few hours though. I’ll be lost without my phone if I have to go longer than that 
. My battery in my 6s is at 84% and has experienced a few unexpected shutdowns in the past couple of weeks. I’ve noticed it has happened when my battery level was under 30%.
. My battery in my 6s is at 84% and has experienced a few unexpected shutdowns in the past couple of weeks. I’ve noticed it has happened when my battery level was under 30%.Thanks for the reminder. I’ll have to make an appointment soon. I hope it doesn’t take more than a few hours though. I’ll be lost without my phone if I have to go longer than that
Shouldn't take more than a couple hours.
Was thinking of getting the battery on my iPhone X replaced this weekend. From anyone who has done this, do they still remove screen protectors when making the repairs? I have a fairly expensive screen protector that I don't want removed and I remember this being the case when I took my phone in for "half moon front face camera-gate"
I don't believe this is true. This is advice from the old NiCad days, and is not applicable to Lithium Ion batteries.
To counter your anecdote with my anecdote, I always charge my 6S to 100%, I let it drop to near 0% fairly frequently, and the battery performance is still at 100% after 6 months. The phone it replaced (Apple replaced it because of a GPS issue) was 1.5 years old, was treated the same way, and was still at 96%.
I replaced the battery on my iP6 and it's working fine so now I am good to go for awhile longer.
I had replaced the batteries for 3 iPhones and all took less than 2 hours at the store.
I have 2 iP7s that were showing above 80% and they went ahead and replaced both.
Got a launch day iPhone 7 Plus. Battery still shows 90%.
Probably gonna end up replacing it even thou my battery life is still good.
Had a friend just replace the battery on his 7 Plus. His showed 89% but the Apple “Genius” said that if the cycle count was above 500, they recommend replacing it. He was at 590.
Ohh and earlier this year I changed the battery on my old iPhone 6 Plus. Process took 45 minutes at the downtown SF Apple store.
Probably gonna end up replacing it even thou my battery life is still good.
Had a friend just replace the battery on his 7 Plus. His showed 89% but the Apple “Genius” said that if the cycle count was above 500, they recommend replacing it. He was at 590.
Ohh and earlier this year I changed the battery on my old iPhone 6 Plus. Process took 45 minutes at the downtown SF Apple store.
Everyone please note that just because the phone is being performance throttled doesn't mean you need a new battery.
My mother's 4+ year old iPhone 6 has 98% battery capacity and was performance throttled. I disabled performance throttling and she's been using it for the past few weeks without any unexpected shutdowns. My guess is there was an odd glitch that caused an unexpected shutdown and enabled throttling, that has not happened since.
I told her she should probably get the battery replaced preemptively but she doesn't want them "digging around in her phone" unless it actually has problems. In a way I don't blame her.
If you're throttled, turn off throttling. You might be fine after all.
My mother's 4+ year old iPhone 6 has 98% battery capacity and was performance throttled. I disabled performance throttling and she's been using it for the past few weeks without any unexpected shutdowns. My guess is there was an odd glitch that caused an unexpected shutdown and enabled throttling, that has not happened since.
I told her she should probably get the battery replaced preemptively but she doesn't want them "digging around in her phone" unless it actually has problems. In a way I don't blame her.
If you're throttled, turn off throttling. You might be fine after all.
No such thing as a refurbished battery. It's new product.
Go ahead and replace the battery in your X while it's $29 if you're so inclined to visit a GB.
Book an appointment online to minimize your wait, backup your device before showing up, and turn off find my iPhone and you'll make the world a happier place.
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Suction cups are used to open the case. It may or may not affect your display protector. It sounds like it's good quality - and if it's currently not cracked, you'll likely be just fine.
Had my two one year old iPhone 7s tested today, both failed the battery diagnostic. Next week trip to Apple to replace.
I was told by an Apple employee at the store that a phone needs to be somehow faulty to have Apple replace a battery. To my understanding you can’t just ask for a new battery?
There is an ideal range for charging/drain with lithium ion that will provide longer lifespan for the battery, but the benefit isn't really significant enough to really bother with for most users. When you get the low battery warning at 20%, it makes sense to recharge at that point if you can though. Below 20% is when the voltage supply can get less predictable in a phone sized lithium ion battery.
This article has information on the best range to keep your batteries:
https://www.businessinsider.com/the...little-at-a-time-whenever-you-have-a-chance-1
According to Battery University, the lithium-ion battery in your smartphone will last longest if you keep it 65% to 75% charged at all times.
The second-best charge range for batteries inside smartphones is 45% to 75%
Charging your phone's battery to 100% from a low 25% — or pretty much any amount — can reduce its capacity and shorten its lifespan.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the...little-at-a-time-whenever-you-have-a-chance-1
According to Battery University, the lithium-ion battery in your smartphone will last longest if you keep it 65% to 75% charged at all times.
The second-best charge range for batteries inside smartphones is 45% to 75%
Charging your phone's battery to 100% from a low 25% — or pretty much any amount — can reduce its capacity and shorten its lifespan.
YES.
The percentage is ONLY the amount of Mah the battery can still hold compared to its original design. A good "Battery health" does not mean the battery still isn't physically aging, you can have 95%, meaning the battery can still hold most of its original charge, but it cannot provide as much voltage as it did when it was new, meaning once it gets old enough, even if you still have 95% "health" you'll be throttled.
The way Apple presents it is -still- a bit misleading. You can get lucky and have your battery hold most of it's original charge, but it'll still get more and more cycles on it and won't be able to provide the voltage it once did. The way they present it makes people think if they're above 80% they're good, that's not true.
My wife's iPhone SE is at 88% capacity and has a warning about being throttled because the CPU can't get enough power. If I take it to the Apple Store when we go home a few days before Christmas, what kind of a turn around time can we expect? I always thought they did the battery replacements in the store, but this article makes it seem like they have to ship them away? Am I understanding this correctly? My wife went bug eyed when I told her she might be without her iPhone for several days.
I was told when talking to Apple taking an SE to a store would be a same day process. If I mailed it in it would be 3-7.
6,6S,SE,7,8,X (And all + models of those phones) battery = $29
All other models have a different charge.
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I don’t understand how some of you are talking about taking in your phones with very high percentage levels on your battery health status. About a month or two ago my brother took in his 6S 128gb to action the battery replacement. The battery would lose a lot of charge very quickly. In his commute to the CBD on train from a ca. 95-96% he would hop out of the train and would be left with ca. 15% battery. The commute is only around 25mins.
The battery health level was at 89% but he decided to take advantage of the offer for the 6S. The Chadstone store Genius stated that the phone was fine. He halted some services and told my brother to keep the phone on charge at all times (!!!). But the time my brother got back home, the phone had died again. It required another two charges that day.
The phone now is sleeping in its original little box and he’s using a Pixel 2XL and has sworn off using anything Apple again.
So, as I asked before, how is it that some of you are getting battery replacements? (Honest question)
The battery health level was at 89% but he decided to take advantage of the offer for the 6S. The Chadstone store Genius stated that the phone was fine. He halted some services and told my brother to keep the phone on charge at all times (!!!). But the time my brother got back home, the phone had died again. It required another two charges that day.
The phone now is sleeping in its original little box and he’s using a Pixel 2XL and has sworn off using anything Apple again.
So, as I asked before, how is it that some of you are getting battery replacements? (Honest question)