Apple offers you entry to very particular details about your battery. You’ll be able to see this your self by going to Settings > Battery, and there is extra data in case you click on on Battery Well being.
However your iPhone collects much more details about your battery.
Much more.
However Apple does not make it straightforward so that you can entry this data.
It is buried. It is buried deep.
To seek out this data it’s important to go to Settings > Privateness, then scroll to the underside and faucet on Analytics & Enhancements.
Then you might want to click on on Analytics Information. This setting solely exists in case you have Share iPhone Analytics (or Share iPhone & Watch Analytics) enabled. If it isn’t enabled, you will have to allow it and wait a day or so for the iPhone to gather the info.
Sure, the knowledge is just logged in case you select to share it with Apple. However oddly, Apple does not make it straightforward for you to try it.
If Analytics Information is enabled, then faucet on it, and you will be offered by what seems like a wall of recordsdata.
Analytics Information
Do not panic!
It is advisable scroll till you discover a file beginning with the identify log-aggregated. There’s prone to be a bunch of them with dates within the identify.
The newest one will likely be on the backside of the checklist.
Faucet on it to open it and it will be full of knowledge.
A ton of it.
Contained in the log-aggregates file
And going by way of this information on the iPhone itself is a ache (though might be accomplished in case you’re affected person and do a replica and paste into an app like Notes).
What I do is I faucet the Share button and electronic mail the file to myself so I can open it at my leisure on a Mac or PC (you may at all times AirDrop it to your self).
Emailing the file to myself
The file accommodates a whole lot of data, so upon getting it open in a textual content editor you can begin on the lookout for particular data.
First off, in case you search for BatteryCycleCount, that can let you know what number of recharge cycles your battery has been by way of. In line with Apple, your battery ought to retain 80 p.c of its capability after 500 recharge cycles, so getting access to this determine.
That is most likely an important determine that Apple does not let you know.
However there’s extra.
One other metric is MaximumFCC, which refers back to the most capability of your battery when new as measured in mAH (milliAmpHour). Apple prints a rated capability on its batteries, however it is a theoretical quantity, and the precise capability will fluctuate.
The determine that you simply get from the log file would be the most capability of your battery as measured by the iPhone.
The MaximumFCC will nearly at all times be a number of p.c larger than the battery’s rated capability. This accounts for why the battery does not begin to lose Battery Well being on day one.
One other determine you may get out of the logs is NominalChargeCapacity, which provides you present capability of your iPhone’s battery. That is the present capability of your iPhone’s battery and is once more measured in mAH.
This offers a sign of how worn the battery is.
Are you able to do something to cut back battery put on?
Probably not.
Your battery will lose about one share level for each 25 cycles (observe that you simply won’t begin noticing this instantly as a result of the precise capability or MaximumFCC of the battery is bigger than the rated capability), then other than utilizing your iPhone much less, there’s not a lot you are able to do.
You’ll be able to, nevertheless, scale back on untimely battery put on by preserving the battery inside its rated temperature zone, and never overcharging it.
The iOS function referred to as Optimized Battery Charging does a very good job of stopping untimely battery put on from overcharging.
However observe that I mentioned, “untimely battery put on.”
It does not do something for normal battery put on. You’ll be able to’t change the legal guidelines of physics.
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