How to test an iPhone's Battery

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Description: This test is very helpful when you are having...

Steps:

  1. Head on over to the coconutBattery website and grab a copy of coconutBattery.
  2. I used coconutBattery 3.7 for this tutorial, and if the UI ever changes in the future I will promptly update this guide as needed.
  3. Hit that download button. It should be downloading into wherever you set your downloads to download to.
  4. coconutBattery Website
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  5. Lucky us! coconutBattery is already ready to run after being downloaded.
  6. Double click on the coconutBattery application.
  7. The location of where you have saved the coconutBattery application may vary. For me, I saved it to my Downloads folder.
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  8. Now, get the charger (lightning pin cable) for your iDevice and plug the USB-A port into your Mac and the Lightning Pin into your iDevice.
  9. Click the iOS device icon and you should be directed to the iOS device battery page.
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  10. All done! Now you can see...
  11. Device information...
  12. Advanced device information...
  13. Battery information
  14. Charger information
  15. If you have been sent here by a user on the Answers Forum or are going to ask a question about your iDevice's battery on the answers forum, take a screenshot of this entire window and upload it with your question.
  16. If you are unsure how to upload your screenshot to your existing question, you can use guide Adding Images to an Existing Question.
  17. I was using my iPad for this guide because I left my iPhone at home. The steps should be no different with using an iPhone.
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