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iPhone 6s Battery issue

Recently, after updating my old iPhone 6s to iOS 14, the Battery slowly declines to 50% and from then on its like jumping off a cliff to hit 1% almost immediately - the phone so far doesn't shutdown at that point.


Oddly The Battery Health screen shows Maximum Capacity of 87% and with a "Peak Performance Capability" ... so something doesn't seem right. Could it be that iOS 14 has a bug for Battery status reporting on the iPhone 6s (Model : MKQU2J/A)


Whats the estimated life-time for such Li-On batteries before needing replacement ?

iPhone 6s

Posted on Mar 7, 2021 2:42 AM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2021 4:22 AM

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Mar 7, 2021 4:19 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

I've owned that device since it was new - it hasn't received a battery replacement.


What do you mean by 500 Cycles or 80% Health ? 500 recharges ... ie. about 2 years ?


I'm asking because of the sudden change in battery status after the recent iOS 14 I applied. Is there a way I can rollback to an earlier version ? Or perhaps consider a Jailbreak option - if that would help ?

Mar 7, 2021 6:03 AM in response to Alancito

Certainly the information upon the 69 US$ replacement fee for the new battery is helpful. (Though apparently I will only have a 20 US$ trade-in value for my iPhone 6s with 12GB ram)....


However, my question is, why, following the iOS 14 upgrade, has this issue suddenly arisen ? And isn't 87% considered good performance /capacity ?


Why when it hits 50% capacity does it drop off a cliff -edge ?


Should I/can I paste a picture of what I am seeing ?


I leave my iPhone with no other apps running over 24hrs and the same situation happens.... consistently... the Home Screen is seen as being the biggest Consumer of power.


OK, I think there are other processes running under iOS x.yz that we are not in control of, and it's these processes that consume the power and that we have no control of between successive updates... or information upon.

Mar 7, 2021 6:43 AM in response to svaardt

With COVID, I don't normally wear a suit jacket, but today was an exception, and with my iPhone XR slipped into my Jacket pocket, it became a noticeable source of heat - the screen had become hot, and uncomfortable to touch, even though no apps were running.


I powered it off.


The ambient temperature wasn't that hot - maybe 24'C indoors, so I don't think that was a contribution.


However I feel something is not right, yet I do not have the tools available to pinpoint where the issue is...


Now, this is diverging a bit from the iPhone 6s issue - though the two issues are aligned... in both cases I have no way of seeing what is running under iOS in order to cause the high Power Drain.


Is there a debug mode, which I can invoke inorder to investigate further ?

iPhone 6s Battery issue

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