Hello,
I purchased a “refurbished” iPhone 13 mini from Green Gadgets. The product was advertised as new battery. I checked the parts & services history in iOS settings and it says the battery replaced June 2025 and “used”. According to Apple, “used” literally means it was taken from another iPhone. So I assume it is genuine Apple battery but not new.
Now I have also learnt that it is really easy and common practice for so called refurb shops to reset or spoof the battery health and apps such as coconut battery simply read the BMS data, so if it is reset it then provide the fake battery health data.
So coconut battery is saying the battery was manufactured October 2023 and battery health is 103% with 0 cycles. It seems highly unlikely that a battery taken from another iPhone would have 0 cycles. It could actually be a degraded battery with BMS data reset.
Thoughts? Anyone experienced something similar? Would happily buy a new iPhone mini if Apple still sold them.
Maybe not relevant, but I notice that coconut battery says the battery manufacturer is huapo technology whilst u3tools says Simplo.
I really wish I had just purchased the less expensive version without new battery and sent it to Apple for battery replacement. If I end up keeping this device, will Apple even replace the battery if I pay or will they not touch it because the battery has been replaced, most likely by a third party repairer.
Many thanks.
I purchased a “refurbished” iPhone 13 mini from Green Gadgets. The product was advertised as new battery. I checked the parts & services history in iOS settings and it says the battery replaced June 2025 and “used”. According to Apple, “used” literally means it was taken from another iPhone. So I assume it is genuine Apple battery but not new.
Now I have also learnt that it is really easy and common practice for so called refurb shops to reset or spoof the battery health and apps such as coconut battery simply read the BMS data, so if it is reset it then provide the fake battery health data.
So coconut battery is saying the battery was manufactured October 2023 and battery health is 103% with 0 cycles. It seems highly unlikely that a battery taken from another iPhone would have 0 cycles. It could actually be a degraded battery with BMS data reset.
Thoughts? Anyone experienced something similar? Would happily buy a new iPhone mini if Apple still sold them.
Maybe not relevant, but I notice that coconut battery says the battery manufacturer is huapo technology whilst u3tools says Simplo.
I really wish I had just purchased the less expensive version without new battery and sent it to Apple for battery replacement. If I end up keeping this device, will Apple even replace the battery if I pay or will they not touch it because the battery has been replaced, most likely by a third party repairer.
Many thanks.