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After installing the replacement battery the battery health stats do not populate. Prior to ordering the replacement it was clear the original battery was done for. So I order the replacement and everything went fairly smooth. Let the battery drain (below 10% as I got the pop up alert). I think proceeded to charge the battery to 100% uninterrupted. My problem - battery health still reads the status service. Even after doing a full reset on the phone it still says service. With exception to one random reboot the phone is running fine. A third party app seems to confirm the battery capacity is going to a full charge. So as far as I can tell everything should be fine. It did seem like the phone got warmer then I’m used to with the new battery, but then it was always in a case. Any clue why apples Battery Health reading would say I need to service the battery still? Is there an extra step for reseting that?
The battery health feature in iOS is a bit of a hit and miss. It works one some batteries and it doesn’t work on other batteries. This is particularly more common when it comes to aftermarket replacement batteries. There isn’t a way to get it working other than trying another battery but in my opinion I would leave it as it is.
Apple did remove this feature for replacement batteries, its stupid but that is the way it is, my iphone 6s+ got a battery from apple and its reading the percentage just fine, but my friend got a battery for his 6s from some website and the health meter isn’t working.
