A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by dilap on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:08PM (#16025901)

the theory is that your battery was already worn out, putting your device at at greater risk for sudden shutdowns.

when you updated your software, it started throttling.

per that theory, a new battery should put you right again. (or wait for a future software update, which will tell you for sure if it was throttling.)

i think there is a little more going on, though, because my old ipad mini is slow a.f. w/ the new software update, and it shouldn't be affected by this throttling. my guess is it's simply lazy software engineering: apple doesn't seem to try to target good performance on old devices.

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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by MBCook on Thursday December 28, 2017 @07:53PM (#16026565)

It is knowing that sometimes reinstalling the OS from scratch can make a big difference on iOS devices. Even John Gruber posted about it today.

I’m not sure what it is but there can be some sort of “gremlin“ on a few old installs. It’s possible that’s your issue if the problem is especially severe.

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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by andrei_says_ on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:47PM (#16026192)

I will likely take advantage of Apple's battery replacement policy and give my old unlocked phone a few more years. It's perfect for travel.

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