Introduction
Has restarting your iPhone become a part of your normal life? Are you missing those days when your iPhone applications used to load swiftly? Batteries do age. With time, your iPhone battery will not be serving you as it used to. When you buy a brand new iPhone, your apps will load very fast, you will watch YouTube and even Netflix until your battery is at 5%.
We all know that there is nothing as worse as a bad iPhone battery. After some time, you will need an iPhone battery replacement in one way or another. The only tricky part is that you cannot just buy a battery and do the replacement by yourself. You will have to look for experts who will do the replacement for you. If you do not have an idea of whether your iPhone battery needs replacement or not, here are some indicators to watch
Your battery outgrew your phone
This is the first indicator that will tell you that you need an iPhone battery replacement. This is very obvious, if your iPhone battery has outgrown its case, the only thing that you have to do is consider replacing the battery immediately. Even if the battery has not swollen that badly, taking immediate action is very important. Signs that your battery is swollen include a separation between screen and phone body, a hazy white screen, and a squishiness of the screen. With these warning signs, you should do nothing less than replacing your battery.
Your iPhone shuts down anyhow
This is the second indicator that your iPhone battery is not in good shape and it needs replacing. If your iPhone shuts down itself all of a sudden, that means that your battery is half-drained. It may also mean that the calibrations are off. For you to recalibrate your iPhone, there are things that you should do. You can use your phone until it shuts itself down due to battery low, You can plug your iPhone in a reliable charge and let it charge until its 100% and once it is full, perform a soft reset.
Sluggish phone
For those who have iPhone 6 or later versions, any sign of sluggishness can mean that your iPhone is not in good shape. It may be because you are just a victim of throttling or it can be your battery. You will know what is affecting your phone by checking the peak performance capability. Tap on your Settings App, select the battery option, go to battery health and check the peak performance capacity. It is from that point that you will know if your phone is being throttled or not.
If your iPhone only works when plugged in
When you cannot do anything on your iPhone unless it is plugged in, this an indicator that your iPhone battery is not in good shape and that you need to consider doing some upgrade. Using your iPhone while it is plugged in is an indicator that your iPhone battery is completely dead.