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Other Has anyone ever done a test of how much more a iPhone battery loses health when using it for tethering a lot to a iPad tablet?
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If you get a Home Kit smart plug socket and set up a battery charging shortcut in the Shortcuts app to automatically keep the charge between 65% and 75%, the iPhone battery will probably last 15 years or longer.
Basically, it’ll never wear out for as long as you want to use it.
Basically, it’ll never wear out for as long as you want to use it.
I haven’t seen one, but is your iPhone heating up a lot? What affects battery health is mostly amount of heat generated and charging cycles as I understand it. If your iPhone is not heating up a lot while the iPad is tethered you should be good but I stand to be corrected.
My answer above is for tethering.
The question was - will the battery degrade while tethering?
Not if it’s charged/plugged in as I described.
An iPhone can be used continuously 16 hours a day, non stop for over 8 years straight and still have a healthy battery in the end / IF it’s charged as I described.
It could probably last twice that long. In a nutshell, the battery doesn’t degrade significantly for the useful life of the phone when charged in this fashion.
The question was - will the battery degrade while tethering?
Not if it’s charged/plugged in as I described.
An iPhone can be used continuously 16 hours a day, non stop for over 8 years straight and still have a healthy battery in the end / IF it’s charged as I described.
It could probably last twice that long. In a nutshell, the battery doesn’t degrade significantly for the useful life of the phone when charged in this fashion.
Where do you get that information from?
who can do a serious test? Nobody here. How do you think someone can give u a proper answer?
So one is running a tethered iphone with an ipad for a couple of months straight and a second without as a reference to test this? Even than u don’t know if it was just the one phone going bad. So u need a couple to get a significant statistic.
The only answer is, the more u use it the more it degrades.
What is the problem of spending $50 after 2 years for a new battery?
So one is running a tethered iphone with an ipad for a couple of months straight and a second without as a reference to test this? Even than u don’t know if it was just the one phone going bad. So u need a couple to get a significant statistic.
The only answer is, the more u use it the more it degrades.
What is the problem of spending $50 after 2 years for a new battery?