TIP: Recalibrating the battery of your iphone or ipad

TIP: Recalibrating the battery of your iphone or ipad

Having problems with your iPhone or iPad’s battery life?
When an iPhone or iPad fails at, say, 20% or even higher, it may indicate that the battery is out of overall capacity. To make sure your battery has its old charging cycle back you can perform the following steps:

1. Connect your iDevice to the original charger with the original USB cable
2. Press the home and power buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears
3. The battery is now calibrated for the first time

Make sure you charge the battery all the way to 100%. The last few percent may be a bit slower. This is the so-called balancing process in which the battery cells are discharged and fully charged again until they reach a final voltage of 4.2 volts.

When you get to 100% you charge the iPhone or iPad for about another 1 to 1.5 hours on the charger to fully recharge the battery. Tip is to perform this process before bedtime, for example, so you won’t lose your iPhone or iPad for too long.

After calibration, your device’s battery will fail less often at odd percentages and most likely last longer than before. Nevertheless, it is helpful to consider the following

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to follow to save your battery even better. Should all these tips & tricks not help for the duration of your iPhone or iPad battery, you can possibly have it replaced at ThePhoneLab.

Thanks for Appletips the helpful tip! We recommend you check out the Apple Tips website for even more useful tips & tricks.