Month: June 2019

Smartphones and tablets are very convenient inventions, but sometimes it seems that their batteries work not long enough. Despite the most advanced technological developments, the battery always discharges at inappropriate times. The situation is aggravated by the fact that iPhone has a non-removable battery, and the backup power source is not always at hand.

Gradually, with an increase in the number of charge-discharge work cycles (especially if the cycles are short), the actual battery charge of the mobile device diverges from the digital battery control circuit in the operating system. That is, the user receives distorted data about the level of charge. Regularly calibrating iPhone battery, you maximize its service life and get the opportunity to have always accurate information about its charge.

Most users do not calibrate batteries in their smartphones and tablets, despite the recommendations of computer equipment manufacturers.

Let’s consider the signs by which you can understand that the calibration of iPhone 7 battery is necessary:

• fast discharge;
• sudden turning off at 10–15% charge;
• frozen charge indicator;
• sharp jerks of the indicator;
• you have not discharged your smartphone for more than 3 months.

What to do?

The action algorithm for calibrating iPhone 8 battery is quite simple, but not the fastest, you need to carry out two full cycles of discharging and charging. Let’s look at each step one by one.

• Fully discharge your gadget, it must turn off from a lack of energy. To speed up the process actively use all the features of the device: play games, listen to music and watch videos.
• Connect your iPhone to the charger, preferably connected to the electricity network, rather than to the computer, to ensure a constant and powerful supply of energy.
• Wait for the device to charge up to one hundred percent.
• This is not enough, because the controller is not synchronized with the battery and it is not known how much it is charged. You should leave the smartphone charged for another hour.
• Disconnect the gadget from the charger.
• Discharge your iPhone fully again, until it turns off, as the first time.
• Charge it up fully to one hundred percent.
• Like last time, leave your iPhone charging for another hour.
• Now you can use it as usual.

Such battery calibration is suitable not only for iPhone, but also for any other devices from Apple. For example, iPad or iPod also needs such a procedure and their batteries will last longer without turning off earlier than necessary.

With each new device, Apple engineers are improving the power system of the phone, ensuring optimal battery consumption. But at the same time new communication format – LTE (Long-Term Evolution), a new camera and a new ultra-clear LCD consume a large amount of energy.

IPhone battery lasts on an average from 6 months to 2 years. IPhone battery life depends on how you take care of it. The battery has a good memory, but it still needs to be periodically reminded of its capacity. In other words, at least once a month, you should completely discharge your phone and fully charge it without interrupting the whole cycle. The average battery life is 500 cycles. If you charge your phone several times a day with short recharges, then only in one day the battery produces up to 3 cycles, which has not the best effect on battery life.

You need to replace the battery if:

• the device turns off during a call when there is enough charge;
• the battery discharges quickly;
• iPhone works only when you connect the charging cable.

Replacing the battery on iPhone 8 takes not much time. It is enough just to remove the display with a special suction cup and perform several manipulations. It often happens that the problem is not in the phone battery, but in the power supply circuit of the motherboard. Our MR Fix iPhone repair specialists will check the motherboard for increased power consumption. If the consumption is within the acceptable values, the battery needs to be replaced. In that case, if the battery still discharges quickly enough, you will have to visit our service centre again to make a complete diagnosis of your iPhone.

Before replacing the battery, MR Fix iPhone repair specialist will diagnose your iPhone and the battery as well. It is extremely important to establish the fact that it is the battery that needs to be replaced. After all, sometimes the problem lies in a faulty motherboard or charging cable. All diagnostic work is free. Diagnosing and replacing the battery will not take you more than 30 minutes. We use only original batteries. Unoriginal power sources can lead to the failure of the gadget or even its ignition.

It is not recommended to repair the phone yourself; unprofessional replacement of iPhone 7 battery can lead to the failure of individual mechanisms and components responsible for the functionality of the device as a whole.

In the settings of iPhone, you can find out the battery life, and which applications consume the most charge of the device. But, in the settings there is no information about the condition of the iPhone X battery and what level of wear it has.

Fortunately, you can obtain this information using third-party applications and programs.

1. Battery wear test using iOS apps

The easiest way to check the level of the iPhone battery wear is to use iOS apps that are available in the AppStore. You can install one of them on your iPhone and see the assessment of battery wear. Also such applications show the current battery capacity and its original capacity.

For example, you can use the Battery Life app. After starting this application, you will see the percentage of your battery wear, as assessed by the application.

If you wish, you can see more detailed information about the battery of your iPhone. To do this, click on the button in the upper left corner of the screen and go to the “Raw Data” section.

Here you will see two parameters: Capacity and Battery Charge. The “Battery Charge” parameter is just the current charge level of your iPhone, it is not interesting. But the “Capacity” parameter is more exciting. It shows the current capacity of your battery and the initial capacity of your battery. It is the difference between these values that is calculated as a percentage. The greater is the difference between the current and the original capacity; the worse is the battery condition.

2. Battery wear test using iBackupBot

If you want to get more detailed information about the wear of the battery, then you can use the programs for the desktop PC. For the Windows operating system, there is a program called iBackupBot. It is paid and costs $ 35, but during the first 7 days you can use it for free.

In order to check the level of battery wear using iBackupBot, run it on your computer and connect iPhone with a cable. After that, you need to wait a bit until the program detects the device and creates its profile. When the device is detected, pay attention to the left part of the window and select your iPhone here.

Then open the “More Information” section. As a result, you will see information about the wear level of your iPhone battery. There will be many parameters, the most important of which we will consider separately.

The number of charge and discharge cycles is another very important parameter that indicates battery wear. The more cycles passed the battery, the worse is its condition. If your battery has more than 500 cycles, then it’s time to think about replacing battery iPhone 8. Mr. Fix’s specialists will help you with this

The iPhone battery capacity is growing, but iOS is not becoming more optimized in terms of energy consumption and therefore one of the most discussed topics of Apple smartphone users is still associated with the problems of quick iPhone discharge. In this article, we have collected all the proven methods that will improve smartphone battery life in the future.

1. Do not discharge your iPhone completely

One of the features of lithium-ion batteries is the almost complete absence of the so-called memory effect. This concept implies a reversible loss of capacity, which occurs when the charging mode is violated, in particular, when charging an incompletely discharged battery. Since the iPhone 7 battery has almost no memory effect, it is strongly recommended to charge your smartphone before it turns off due to lack of charge.

You need to connect your iPhone to a charger when the battery level drops below 10-20%. How much it helps? Experts have found out that in such case the life of lithium-ion battery increases to 2.5 times.

2. Do not overheat and overcool your iPhone

Heat and cold are the most evil enemies of lithium-ion batteries. Overheating and overcooling of iPhone can significantly reduce the capacity of the smartphone battery, so in no case you should not keep it in adverse conditions. You can use your iPhone without endangering the battery at temperatures from 0 to 35° C.

3. Use original charger

It is especially important. Original charger for Apple smartphones is not cheap, and Chinese alternatives, on the contrary, attract by their reasonable price. However, it is better to pay a fair amount of money once than a few months later to type in the search box “Why my iPhone discharges so quickly”.

4. Discharge the iPhone every three months

If you decide to start following (or already follow) the first advice, then you need to know something else. A full charge of lithium-ion batteries for a long time is just as harmful as a constant discharge to zero. Due to the fact that we charge our iPhones at the first opportunity, experts strongly recommend performing a full iPhone discharge every three months.

5. Charge the iPhone without a phone cover

Some iPhone covers can overheat a battery, which adversely affects its capacity. To determine whether your phone cover is detrimental to your smartphone is very simple. If you notice that the iPhone gets very hot during charging, first remove it from the cover.

The short answer is “no, you shouldn’t erase your iPhone before screen repair.” However, the complete answer would be “yet, you should save your data before handing your device to the repair shop.” And here is why Mr. Fix cell phone repair services always insist on our customers doing so.

Initially, screen repair most iPhones require is related to the actual replacement of the front glass. This means that a professional repairman takes off the old cracked glass and replaces it with the new one. So basically, there is no intrusion into the phone memory, hence there is no need to erase any data from your phone. The same case goes for the screen + LCD replacement iPhone X .

Now, let’s get back to the advice from Mr. Fix to save your data before handing over the iPhone X to any repair service. Since screen repair is mostly required after the cell phone falls down, the scope of service your device needs might be greater than just screen repair. During the falls from the pockets or tables on the floor most often these are button issues, GPS and wireless problems as well as charging capabilities that get affected. And since all of these parts have connections to the insides of the phone, where the memory is stored, all your data might get impacted by such repairs.

For this reason following the official requirements of Apple products, Mr. Fix phone repair team always asks our customers to save the data on your computer or in the iCloud before handing over your device to us. We will also always ask whether the data was saved before accepting the device. Of course, we will do our best not to impact your phone’s insides, yet this is a safety precaution that can save a lot of nerves should the data get lost.

You can store your data either via the iTunes (connect the phone to your MAC or PC, plug your iPhone, and just click “Backup”) or via the iCloud (on the computer, select Settings > iCloud > Storage and Backup > Backup). Once the repairs are finished, you will be able to easily bring back all your photos, music, and contacts back to your device. Should you have any issues with backing up your data, do not hesitate to ask Mr. Fix Team for assistance in-store or via the phone, and we will gladly help you with any problem.

The cost to repair an iPhone screen with Mr. Fix varies from $49.99 and up to $419.99. But do not get scared since your case might be a minor problem for us and hence the price would be closer to the lower end. Our Team always scrupulously examines every iPhone screen before naming the cost and deciding on the scope of work required. Please note, that our consultation and estimation services are free of charge so you can always ask about the project cost.

Now pay attention to the following information. The cost of iPhone screen repair or replacement depends on:

• iPhone model and make (iPhone SE Glass + LCD replacement service is significantly cheaper than repairs to the iPhone Xs Glass + LCD replacement)
• Complexity of repairs needed (a minor crack may require some minor assistance as well as screen replacement as opposed to major cracks and impossibility to replace a screen)
• Other issues involved

Since the last point usually causes a lot of questions, our Mr. Fix Team rushes to answer them all.

Whenever a repairman investigates the problem with your iPhone screen, they might spot problems with screen functionalities (some screen parts do not work), in such cases replacement of both screen and LCD is the only way to get the phone back to life. Besides that since most cracks appear on iPhone screens due to the falls, the sudden strong collision with the floor, as a rule, may also cause the start button to break, the cover to become scratched or broken, the inner parts of the phone to fall out. As a result, such complex iPhone repairs would require more time and materials needed to get the phone working as before.

When coming to any Mr. Fix cell phone and computer store you should always remember that we take no interest in offering your more repairs than required. Our experts will always outline the scope of problems before getting down to fixing them. You always have the last word in everything related to your device. So please do not hesitate to ask questions or request clarifications of your case to ensure that you completely understand what is happening and why a particular package of services is offered to you.