Table of contents:
- Access analysis data to find out battery cycles
- Use a text app to find the upload data
- With how many charge cycles should I change the battery of the iPhone or iPad?
iOS 11.3 introduced a feature that lets you know the battery health status of iPhones and iPads. This estimate is made based on the battery charge cycles, data that reflects the number of times the device has been charged from 0 to 100%. Until a few years ago we were forced to resort to third-party programs, such as iBackupBot or Coconut Battery, to find out this information. Today we can know the battery cycles on iPhone and iPad without resorting to any application, but through the iOS options themselves.
Access analysis data to find out battery cycles
To know this information we will have to refer to the iOS analysis data, which can be found in the Settings application. Within the application we will go to the Privacy section and then to the Analysis option. Finally we will go to the Analysis data option, where we can see a list of files generated by iOS.
Of all the available files, the one that interests us is the one that contains the following text string:
- log-aggregated -filedate.ips
Once we have located the file in question, it is most likely that there are several elements with the same name. Ideally, use the most recently dated file for the most up-to-date record.
After having found the most recent element, we will access its content and copy the text contained in it. Due to the size of the file, we will have to resort to a third-party application to find the text string that interests us this time.
Use a text app to find the upload data
There are many text applications that we can use. In our case we will use the Notes application.
Within the application, we will paste the text that we have just copied and click on the Share button. Then, we will click on the option to Search in the note and we will introduce the following text string:
- BatteryCycleCount
Next, the editor will show us information very similar to the following:
The number specified in the 'integer' field will be the number of battery cycles recorded by iOS on its last charge. Typically, this number ranges from 0 to 100 if the phone is relatively new and between 300 and 500 if it has been in use for several years. On the iPad, these figures can be significantly lower for its battery life than the iPhone.
With how many charge cycles should I change the battery of the iPhone or iPad?
As specified by Apple on its website, the iPhone battery is prepared to offer 100% of its capacity during the first 500 charge cycles. Subsequently, the battery could be depleted up to 80%, depending on the number of cycles it has experienced. The ideal would be to change the battery before this figure reaches 1,000, which in the best case is about 3 years of use.
As for the iPad, Apple does not set a specific figure. If we compare the battery capacity of the current iPad with respect to the MacBook Pro, the amount set by Apple is 1,000. Predictably, the battery will suffer obvious wear from this figure, although we emphasize that Apple has not provided any figure. Probably the recommended figure could be between 700 and 800 charge cycles.
