Just bought an OG SE 128gb for 100$. The battery health is 94% and the guy told me it has never been repaired.

The problem I’m facing is that the battery is draining very quickly from 100% to like 80% (I can actually see it drop 1% every couple of seconds).

After 80% it starts to slow down normally.

What could be the cause for this?

  • Third_X_the_A_charm@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Back when I had the OG SE I had a battery case as it had 82% battery health. Whenever I woke up after it being charged, I would go to my campus gym from my 2 mile runs, listen to music in my wired 3.5 mm headphones, come back to my dorm and it would get down at 22% from 100%, with no charging. I would hit the button to charge it on the case, at it would be absolutely fine the rest of the day. Point is iPhones have weird battery issues often, but I wouldn’t worry about it. Never phased me.

    Also I have a XR now, and there was this one week where the battery was dropping like mad but then it eventually stopped doing that, and now I have a Mophie juice access pack on it just in case (I’m pissed Mophie gave up on those btw because they had the best design for battery cases)

    • leburu@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      that mophie case for iPhone 5s/se looked sick, maybe i’ll get one since it seems there’s some still available on ebay

  • sw1tch7@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    What iOS version are you running? Mine came with 16.6 and my battery would just drop all day/night with no use. I saw others mentioning that iOS 17.1 corrected their battery drain issues, so I downloaded the stock 17.1 image and installed that through finder — now my battery life is FAR better. It’s night and day.

    • rorood123@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I wouldn’t go to 0% ever though as each time it dies something to it and drips the “Battery Health” a few %. Even Apple recommend never go to 0%

      • leburu@alien.topOPBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        It turns out what the guy recommended me to do (to drain it to 0% and then leaving it charging on 100% for a while) actually fixed the calibration, since it is now draining normally. Really happy about the result. Battery health was 94% now it’s showing 92%