iPhone 6 battery

[AndyMoore]

Having trouble with myiPhone 6 battery, it's not lasting very long under use. I realise that it's 3 years old now but I have 3 other iDevices that are older but still last a while.

Anyway, I took it into a authorised reseller where they ran a test on it and told me that it had been "consumed" and could be replaced.

I'd like to know what the test was as it was done out of sight, it took about 10 minutes. Is this something that I can run myself?

 

[Gav.Winters]

Jeez, cynical much? If you think it's dying and they say it's dying the chances are...

But you can do tests to see what percentage of the original mAh remains I believe. Do a quick search for the software you should find something.

 

[keysofanxiety]

Lithium technology will deplete over time. They probably used Coconut Battery or something similar. You can try Battery Life from the App Store as that'll give a rough wear level, though it fluctates depending on current charge/temperature etc.

Regardless, battery's dying. Get a new battery.

 

[decafjava]

Coconut battery for Mac, iBackupbot for Windows and Mac. Battery Life by Robert Tkotzyk and Lirum Device Info both give you wear level on ios but as Apple changed some things in ios 10 you no longer get access to battery cycles or exact MaH capacity on your device but have to hook it up to your computer with one of the apps I mentioned at the beginning.
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Regardless, battery's dying. Get a new battery.

Yes replace it. A caveat, check the battery afterward, a friend nearly got screwed over when he replaced his 5c's battery at a local shop.

 

[Susurs]

+1 for Coconut. Works from Mac, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[AndyMoore]

Thanks for the replies and yes, I'm getting very cynical in my older years

We were out when I posted above, my phone had around 76% battery left but it died 30 or so minutes afterwards, then managed to turn back on with 10% left then died again. So it was definitely time to replace it.

The Apple certified store wanted £90 and 3 - 5 days which was no good to me as we weren't local. There was another phone shop nearby that did it in 30 minutes and charged £35 so I got it done there.

 

[Stefan johansson]

If it took 10 minutes,i guess all the experts needed to test it was a screwdriver and a voltmeter.
Anyone with knowledge about how a battery is supposed to work,and have the factory specs for the particular battery could do this.