iOS 12, reviewed

Re:iOS 12, reviewed by throwaway427 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:07PM (#18019138)

Between this and my battery replacement I opted into, my 6S Plus feels brand new. If your battery health is < 85% I really suggest you take advantage of the cheap battery replacement by year end.

https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power

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Re:iOS 12, reviewed by theogravity on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @09:43PM (#18020992)

They refused to replace my 6S battery unless I paid $150 to replace the screen (there was a crack outside of the main display).

Amazon sells a bunch of self-install battery kits for ~$21, which has a same-or-higher capacity battery, including the tooling.

It was very easy to do the self-install, and my 6S is just really snappy. This was only on iOS 11 too. Excited for iOS 12.

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Re:iOS 12, reviewed by ozmbie on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:49PM (#18019984)

I recently replaced the battery in my 6S (it was free under a replacement program). Combined with iOS12, I have no reason to upgrade to a new phone for another year or two. Performance is great.

The camera is really the only feature that I would upgrade for at this moment. But I don’t use the camera much.

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Re:iOS 12, reviewed by ben174 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:20PM (#18019744)

My iPhone X is at 90%. You don't think it's worth the $29 + trip to Apple Store?

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Re:iOS 12, reviewed by throwaway427 on Thursday September 20, 2018 @06:14PM (#18035864)

He tried to tell me that I didn't need to but I told him the battery drains precipitously in the cold and that'd I prefer we switch it and he just said ok and started the process.

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To answer your question, I guess it couldn't hurt? The thing is that I definitely did not trust the 81% that the battery health check was telling me. My battery would drain in minutes from 30% and the phone was practically useless in the cold.

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Re:iOS 12, reviewed by achompas on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:35PM (#18019871)

If your battery health isn’t low enough, Apple will not replace the battery. This happened to my mom and her iPhone 6.

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Re:iOS 12, reviewed by gnicholas on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @09:04PM (#18020814)

This was the rule early on, but I heard that they will now replace the battery no matter what. The current guidelines don’t mention any threshold: https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power

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Re:iOS 12, reviewed by androo829 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:49PM (#18019981)

The apple store replaced it for free for my 6S.

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Re:iOS 12, reviewed by MonkeyDan on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:45PM (#18019452)

And use something like coconutBattery to check. iOS reports 82% while coconut reports 62% (!) on my 2 year old 6s. Definitely getting that replacement ASAP.

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