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battery capacity

  1. akash.nu

    Other iPhone battery myths busted

    Seeing we get at least one iPhone battery life-related thread every week, I thought of posting this video for a quick and easy summary to bust the most common myths.
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    Macbook retina new battery capacity decreasing within days

    Hello: My original Macbook retina mid 2012 battery was dying after 5 yrs of use and 850 cycle. So I bought a new battery, installed it and after few days of use, the design capacity went down to 81%.Mac shutdown at about 28%. I returned it with no hassle. Battery was a yr old. Then I bought...
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    iPhone SE (2016) Is this good battery capacity?

    I got my iPhone SE in March 2017 and after updating to 11.3 and checking the capacity it says I have 90% capacity. Is this good?
  4. CalinToma

    Battery problem

    Hi ! I'm new to the forum and I hope this is the correct section for this post. I've bought a MBP 13 " last summer but now I'm feeling the battery isn't lasting as it used to. Here is some data from coconutBattery , comparing the evolution of my battery over time and to other MacBooks. I have 5...
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    MBP Late 2016: Battery health dropped 15% in a year

    Greetings, I’m turning to this forum for help as I’m watching my battery health drop lower and lower on a machine that is a bit over a year old (got it at launch). It’s the 13" MBP without a TouchBar that had a healthy battery once (coconutBattery showed 103% when I got it), now it’s down to...
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    MacBook Pro nTB 2017 battery health

    Hi all, I bought a refurbished MBP from Apple 2 months ago (early October). The overall condition of it was near perfect and the battery life is great. I’ve been using coconut battery just for tracking purposes since I find it quite interesting to see how the battery fares over time. Since the...
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    Off Battery Percentage

    Before asking, my phone is new, iPhone 6S, 64GB. From the box the decrease volume button was sunken but I wasn't annoyed by this. I noticed the battery percentage is always off though. I have tried calibrating and also attempted charging advices, and I still think the battery isn't lasting...
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    Recently Deleted Apps at 73% battery usage?

    hi guys! I'm using an iPad Pro 10.5 and I just wanted to know what this means? What is weird is that I haven't deleted any apps? Is this a bug or is something wrong with my battery? Thank you for the answer! :D
  9. K

    New MacBook Pro Opening

    Hello, I just recently purchased a new MacBook Pro 13 inch with touch bar mid-2017 from Apple with the base specs with the exception of upgraded CPU at 3.3 ghz i5. I just started this laptop and played around with it to get used to it, after all it was my first :) I went to "about this Mac" to...
  10. javilomon

    Battery life Macbook pro 13" retina 2015

    Hi, I've already bought a macbook pro and I´m having some issues with the battery, I think it doesnt last as it should, (it lasts for about 4 hours ). Its got an i7, 16gb RAM and 128gb SSD. Here I leave some info : Thank you.
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    New rMBP 15" 2015(MJLT2LL/A) Battery guide

    Hello guys! I'm a owner of new rMBP 2015,that i have bought last summer. So to be honest,more than half time(I think better to say 80-90%) that was gone,my rMBP wasn't used. Now i'm little bit afraid about my battery,because it wasn't discharged ever(from the begining i have charged to full...
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    TIME SINCE LAST FULL CHARGE

    TIME SINCE LAST FULL CHARGE New insight about Apple's Battery Algorithm In iOS 10.2 Dev/Public Beta 1, TIME SINCE LAST FULL CHARGE populated at 90%. Next 10% is actually not required or its the reserved charge? If its not required, then why there's still the capacity to be charged? If its...
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    Modifying Original Battery Capacity

    Hello there, I'm using a 13" MacBook Pro which I've had for almost four months. I'd like to modify the original battery capacity from 6559 to 6583, so that it matches the iPad 2's capacity. I've tried TextWrangler and other text editing apps, but they didn't help. I thought there was some way...
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    Actual battery capacity of iPhone 7?

    I remember seeing posts and articles talking about the battery capacity of the iPhone 7 being 1960 mAh, but after looking at the log-aggregated file within diagnostic, I discovered that the max capacity of the battery is "2100" instead of "1960". Am I just seeing things incorrectly or is this...
  15. J

    iPhone 7 Geekbench 3 Battery Test

    I know all the limitations and don't want to get into the debates about the actual methodology geekbench uses to test batteries. It is however interesting to compare to previous iPhone releases for comparison purposes. I did the Geekbench 3 battery test on a regular iPhone 7 and I'm quiet...
  16. mac_4eva

    MacBook Pro 15" Mid-'14 Performance/Battery Status Today

    I was wondering what kind of battery performance other owners of the top-end MBP 15" Mid-2014 (w/ NVIDIA 750M) are experiencing and would love to hear your thoughts. My system stats via coconutBattery: Age: 22 Months Load Cycles: 980 macOS Battery Status: Good Design Capacity: 8440 mAh (same...
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    New Battery - Still not lasting!

    Hello, I have bought and installed a new battery for a mid 2009 15 inch macbook pro. However, the life of the battery has not increased at all! Really strange. Is there something I did wrong or something I can do to make it work properly? Thanks Neil
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    iPad mini Mini 4 battery health issue?

    I bought two iPad Mini 4 devices; one on release day, one a few weeks later (at the time, I was running a large development team with a serious iPad shortage). We had many many issues with these devices, but that's another story. Recently both iPad minis have had absolutely terrible battery...
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    Battery Capacity Dropping Very Very Quickly

    Hello, I have a Macbook Pro 15 inch Early 2011 with an aftermarket battery from iFixit (original was replaced due to high cycle count and diminished capacity). I use an application called battery guard that sits in the menubar and gives me information about the battery including health stats. I...