The iPhone can be said to be one of the durable devices. Not a few iPhone users have used their gadgets for years but are still normal.
Even so, not a few users also experience problems with their iPhone. Like iPhone stuck on iTunes logo , iPhone accessories not supported and others.
Including the battery, the iPhone battery can be problematic. Which sometimes can happen within a certain period of time.
To solve this problem, you don’t need to worry, you can try calibrating the iPhone battery as explained in this article.
Reasons You Should Calibrate iPhone Battery
iPhone battery calibration, is a way to reset the battery. This method is done to solve certain problems that might be happening to the iPhone battery.
The problems in question are inappropriate battery percentages, iPhone battery percentages that decrease rapidly, and others of the sort.
When should iPhone battery calibration be performed?
iPhone battery calibration doesn’t have to be done often. But its nature is only occasionally when you need it, that is when you are having a problem that was just discussed.
Or you can also calibrate the iPhone battery, if indeed the iPhone has been used for years.
Preparation Before iPhone Battery Calibration
Before going to the calibration stage, there are some preparations that you must do first, so that the process can run normally. Please follow:
Disable background refresh:
- Open Settings on iPhone first
- Then open the General menu
- Open the Background App Refresh option
- Tap Background App Refresh again
- Then please set it to Off
Disable location services:
- Open Settings on iPhone
- Next, open the Privacy menu at the bottom
- Select the Location Services menu
- Next set Location Services to Off
Reduce iPhone brightness:
- Open iPhone Settings
- Find and open the Display menu
- Please reduce the screen Brightness there
Turn off Auto Updates:
- Open the iPhone Settings menu
- Please open the App Store menu
- In the App Updates option, please set it to Off
How to properly calibrate the iPhone battery
After you have done all the preparations mentioned earlier, you can now proceed to the calibration process.
This calibration process is not difficult, it’s just that it will take a little time. So it is recommended to do it in spare time.
Here’s how to properly calibrate the iPhone battery:
1. Drain iPhone Battery Power
The first step that must be done, is to drain the iPhone battery first. To speed things up, you can play videos with the volume up to the maximum, play games and so on.
2. Wait For 3 Hours
After the iPhone is used continuously, the auto shutdown feature will be active. Here you wait in advance for at least 3 hours.
Apart from cooling the iPhone, the function of this point is to reset the battery status of the iPhone.
3. Recharge iPhone
Next, please recharge the iPhone as usual. Keep in mind to always use an original iPhone charger, and connect the charger directly to the wall plug (not the usual cable plug).
4. Spend More Battery Power
The next step after the iPhone battery is fully charged, you can drain the battery again. Please repeat the previous point if you want to quickly play videos at full volume.
5. Wait Again For 3 Hours
After the battery runs out, we wait again for 3 hours to make the iPhone enter the second battery reset process while cooling the components.
6. Battery Charge iPhone Battery Again
Finally, you can charge the iPhone battery again. With a note that you still pay attention to the previous three points. When it is full, the calibration process is complete, you can use the iPhone again as usual.
The final word
Performing the steps above, your iPhone battery will automatically finish calibrating. All of the above processes are not difficult, but you could say it is quite time consuming. It could take hours.
So as I said earlier, you are advised to do it in your free time. If you have certain questions, please just write and send comments via the column below.
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