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Have you replaced your iPhone battery, and was it worth it? (self.apple_enthusiast)

submitted 1 year ago by Astronomik to c/apple_enthusiast

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I’ve had an iPhone 12 mini since launch and the battery life has become pretty abysmal. However, I’m reluctant to replace it with a newer, bigger model. My battery health is sitting at 86%, which really doesn’t sound that bad, but I feel like the actual battery life is way worse than when I bought it. Has anyone replaced their battery around this percentage, and did it give a noticeable boost?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I did a battery swap on a four year old iPhone 11 Pro that did not make it through the day sometimes, despite battery health at 88%.

This did fix it, the phone feels like new. Did the swap at an Apple store, walk-in with appointment and wait two hours.

The battery health percentage is not an accurate health measure. My battery was done, even with showing 88%. The Genius guy told me the number of charging cycles is relevant as well, and he recommends a swap after 750 cycles. Mine was at around 800 cycles.

All in all: recommended.

[–] Astronomik 2 points 1 year ago

Good info about the battery cycles. Just checked mine and I'm sitting at 676 with 88.5% capacity as reported by CoconutBattery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do you see the number of cycles?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Coconut battery macOS app

[–] IamAnonymous 1 points 1 year ago

It’s also in the iPhone Analytics in settings app. You can Google it and there is a Siri Shortcut to easily find the cycle count.