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How do I know my iPhone battery capacity?
Check your battery’s health
- Go to Settings > Battery.
- Tap Battery Health. iPhone displays information about your battery’s capacity, peak performance, and whether your battery needs to be serviced.
Is Apple battery capacity accurate?
Any measurement is a rough approximation at best. Phones can only measure your battery capacity precisely to a point. Your battery’s capacity might vary by a couple percentage points each time you charge it, sometimes as much as 10 percent. So any measurement you see could miss the mark by as much as 10 percent.
Why is my iPhone not showing maximum battery capacity?
CHECK YOUR IPHONE’S BATTERY Go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health. If this screen shows Maximum Capacity over 80 percent and Peak Performance Capability is showing “Your battery is currently supporting normal peak performance” then you are OK.
Is it bad to have your iPhone on low battery mode?
It is absolutely safe, although remember that Low Power Mode will turn off automatically if battery level reaches 80\% while charging. Also, don’t forget that LPM temporarily disables some of the phone’s features and services.
Why does my iPhone battery drain so quickly?
A lot of things can cause your battery to drain quickly. If you have your screen brightness turned up, for example, or if you’re out of range of Wi-Fi or cellular, your battery might drain quicker than normal. It might even die fast if your battery health has deteriorated over time.
When should we replace iPhone battery?
According to Apple, the iPhone’s battery is designed to retain up to 80 percent of its original capacity at 500 complete charge cycles, so if the full charge capacity is less than 80 percent of the design capacity, of the recharge cycles exceed 500, then your battery is considered worn.
Can only Apple batteries go in iPhones?
By activating a dormant software lock on their newest iPhones, Apple is effectively announcing a drastic new policy: only Apple batteries can go in iPhones, and only they can install them. If you replace the battery in the newest iPhones, a message indicating you need to service your battery appears in Settings > Battery, next to Battery Health.
Why is my iPhone battery capacity less than 100\%?
Depending upon the length of time between when the iPhone was made and when it is activated, your battery capacity may show as slightly less than 100\%. A normal battery is designed to retain up to 80\% of its original capacity at 500 complete charge cycles when operating under normal conditions.
Why won’t my iPhone show battery health?
UPDATE: Apple is now also pairing screens to iPhone logic boards. It’s not a bug; it’s a feature Apple wants. Unless an Apple Genius or an Apple Authorized Service Provider authenticates a battery to the phone, that phone will never show its battery health and always report a vague, ominous problem.
What happens when you swap in a genuine Apple Battery?
Swapping in a new genuine Apple battery from another iPhone XS resulted in the “Service” message popping up in the Battery Health section, followed by an “Important Battery Message” telling us that it’s “unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple battery.” Justin says this only affects the iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max for the time being.