ios 11 battery question

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MIKEinMICH Author

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ios 11 battery question

Hi, I am in a bind having to replace a damaged iPhone 6s as of last night, after it

was irreparably damaged (bent and logic board damaged). I can't recover anything

off of it, and have a backup 6s Plus on hand that i need to activate. The 6s Plus has

ios 11.2.2 on it. My 6s had 10-something and the battery life was quite good. I read

a lot of disturbing stuff about the iOs 11+ battery though..and even just powering it

on for a few minutes, the battery dropped 5 % or so with all the usual stuff turned off

like background refresh...reduce motion... (i play all those tricks ) - Haven't checked

out the 'health' of this particular battery but meantime, what are my options if i wanted

to A) get it back to 10.3.3 or 10.3 , (i suspect not) or otherwise can i expect better battery life if i

advance it to the latest version of ios 11? Or a "different" version of iOs 11 if that's doable?

Any advice majorly appreciated, Thank you very much!

Mike in Mich

iPhone 5s, iOS 10.3.3, Wanted to stay on 10.3....or 8 or 9

Posted on Apr 21, 2018 8:33 AM

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ProustGiulio

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Apr 21, 2018 8:55 AM in response to MIKEinMICH

A) Downgrade it is not possible.

As you might know, now batteries are replaced in Apple Stores paying only $29 + taxes, work included, in US (check the same thing in your country, if different).

So, on your 6s+, I would: have your battery replaced, then upgrade the device to the latest iOS 11.3.

Regards and best of luck.

Giulio

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MIKEinMICH Author

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Apr 21, 2018 8:58 AM in response to ProustGiulio

Ah, I forgot about the $29 battery deal. Was going to do that - presumably it is ok

though to just activate my replacement 6s Plus and get the battery replaced at a later

date this year... If I can ask a follow-up which is not battery related... it has been awhile

since I've had to do a new-phone activation. As I say, my 6s was damaged beyond repair

but possibly there was a fairly recent backup to ICloud. I assume that data that was on

the phone can be recovered/downloaded to a desktop or other i-Device, yes?

Thanks! Sorry i'm just not that fluent in iCloud ...it's just sort of "there" but I don't really

actively "use" it...: )

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