Does anyone know what the iPhone Usage statistics for a newly installed battery on an iPhone 3G should say? My friend and I recently took in our iPhones to have the battery replaced at a local shop. When I got back my iPhone, it had a dash for "Usage" and "Standby" under "Time since last full charge." It has since changed after I fully recharged it and seems to be reading correct. But my friend's iPhone says "4,107 Days, 11 Hours" for "Usage" and "4,108 Days, 13 Hours" for "Standby" under "Time since last full charge." Did he get a used or bad battery?
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"Usage" on a newly installed battery
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Either way, I think the usage statistics are maintained on the phone not stored on the battery. Maybe the phone is just acting weird because a new battery was installed?
good answer chump
actually you need to let the battery get close to 0% then fully charge to 100% and the usage meter will be back to normal
No, it wasn't an Apple Store because we don't have any here. It was a shop that specializes in iPhone/iPod/iPad repairs. They gave us back the old batteries that were in our phones. I was just being cautious when I saw the differences in both our phones usage statistics. I thought maybe they just popped out our old batteries and put them back in and gave us some old batteries they had lying around.
I guess what I would really like to find out is if there is some way to prove that I have a new battery installed. Is there some kind of diagnostic or app that can tell how many charge cycles a battery has gone through?
As for my friend's iPhone, it has since reset itself after a full recharge. I've also posted the screen shots of my iPhone and my friend's.
I guess what I would really like to find out is if there is some way to prove that I have a new battery installed. Is there some kind of diagnostic or app that can tell how many charge cycles a battery has gone through?
As for my friend's iPhone, it has since reset itself after a full recharge. I've also posted the screen shots of my iPhone and my friend's.
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Seems like a very relevant answer to me, especially since the OP is concerned with whether he actually got a new battery or not.
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Yet it seems like I was correct...More information rarely hurts, but thanks anyway.