atomic101

A lot of mud slinging and deameaning commentary here. Some forum members think that the user is the problem (or “morons” at the very least). Apple failed the communication piece. Letting the consumer know what is happening with their device is not a foreign concept. The perception of Apple’s intent (to not provide a notification of degraded performance) is in the eye of the beholder.

As promised... nothing fancy, but here is a quick before and after comparison of two diagnostic utilities (Battery Health and CPU Dasher X).  I'm sure there is some variability to this data, as it's not a professional analysis.  Also note, the battery app has been wavering between 80% and 73% health in recent days, as I've just gone over 500 charging cycles on the old battery.

Just before dropping it off to be replaced... note the current CPU frequency:




And after the battery replacement... note that the charge level is at 10% and the battery health wavers between 98-100% health:




Night and day difference in performance.  The phone is snappy and smooth now, much like when I first got it.

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

atomic101 said:

MacPro said:

"  ... including the ability to toggle the power management feature for iPhone models with aging batteries."  The toggle should say 'Sensible mode' and 'Idiot mode.'

False. But kudos for the pretentious name calling. 

The insistence that the throttlling is only for old batteries is inaccurate. Unless you consider a one year old battery with no prior instances of performance issues to be fair game for a 50-66% CPU downclock. 

False, the throttling is far from 55% let alone 66%!!! Mine was less than 12% before the battery replacement. 30% when on high usage activities.

And IT IS idiotic choosing constant random resets and app crashes over a small decrease in performance.

If it bothers you so much just change the old depleted battery for cheap with Apple.

Very worth it!

With replacing the battery, now that Apple will "let" me officially replace the battery, it is certainly in my agenda of things to do. I previously tried to have it replaced and was told that my battery was within tolerances of Apple's diagnostics and that they would not change it, but this was before Apple announced the battery program. Mind you, I went there with the full intent to pay the original $79 for the service - I wasn't asking for a free/warranty replacement. 

I am tempted to wait until this new iOS update is released to test the battery analysis options prior to changing it out.  Part of it is just curiousity and the techie in me, but then I can at least validate how much of an "idiot" I am. 😉

MacPro said:

"  ... including the ability to toggle the power management feature for iPhone models with aging batteries."  The toggle should say 'Sensible mode' and 'Idiot mode.'

False. But kudos for the pretentious name calling. 

The insistence that the throttlling is only for old batteries is inaccurate. Unless you consider a one year old battery with no prior instances of performance issues to be fair game for a 50-66% CPU downclock.