You may have heard that there is significant gnashing of teeth (i.e, lawsuits) over Apple’s decision to throttle back processor speed on iPhone 6’s that have batteries nearing the end of their lives.
In their divine wisdom Apple just decided to do it without telling anyone. Phones went from shutting off unexpectedly to lasting a bit longer, but with the side-effect of running a lot slower. After reading about it, I realized that I had recently begun to be frustrated with my phone (iPhone 6s) on both counts: battery life and speed. Testing my processor with a downloadable utility, I saw that the processor was indeed running about half of what it should have been. So I replaced the battery. This can be done at any iPhone repair place or the intrepid/brave/stupid can attempt it themselves. Being the latter, I bought a nice little kit off of Amazon for $25 and did the job myself in about 30 minutes. It just so happens that my efforts were rewarded with what feels like a brand new phone! The test utility now shows that the phone runs right at its expected speed. And I don’t have to charge it three times to get it to last through the day! For anyone experiencing speed/longevity issues with an older phone, it’s totally worth the effort. This battery is inexpensive, has higher than normal capacity and comes in a really nice metal box with all the tools you’ll need: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__a.co_bWdJdhg&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=hnE-KKU5EmDtuPz2j31E3Ds0UNu3ICM6RYfjd77nOl0&s=vZ_13--UbEeJlCan_OZ17dcifrThGQPTG3eWtsMgLu0&e= Jonathan -- Jonathan Fletcher [email protected] Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group Next Meeting: 1/23/18 _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
