> On Dec 24, 2017, at 15:03, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
What utility did you use? > 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. I wish you'd said something sooner.... this would've been a good christmas present ;<) Bill
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