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This tweak badgers iPhone users about their low battery until they charge it
While a lot of iPhone users tend to be sticklers when it comes to their handset’s battery level and keeping it charged up, we also see a fair share of folks who don’t seem to mind gambling on the cusp of a completely dead or just barely charged device. Can anyone say “triggered?”
BatteryFlow Reborn is a new and free jailbreak tweak developed by ItzNebbs with the intent of making iPhone users more actively aware of their handset’s low battery situation by continuously bombarding them with notification alerts and banners.
BattRate provides jailbreakers with real-time battery discharge info and more
Lots of iPhone users take their handset’s battery performance very seriously, and given just how much of our lives appear to be driven by the apps we use every day, this doesn’t come off as much of a surprise.
While the iPhone’s Status Bar displays a persistent battery level indicator to alert users to the current charge state of their device, one thing it doesn’t do is provide users with an adequate understanding of the current load on their battery. That’s where a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed BattRate by iOS developer Julio Verne comes into play.
Apple agrees to pay $113 million to settle ‘Batterygate’ investigation in the U.S.
It appears the last threads of the "Battery" gate issue have finally been settled. At least in the United States.
Eliza gives the Status Bar’s battery icon a wider array of colors to use
Apple makes it easy to discern the state of your iPhone’s battery, not only with a convenient icon in the Status Bar that depicts the current charge level, but also with unique colors that hint about its current condition. For example, a green battery icon indicates a good charge, while a yellow battery icon means that Low Power Mode is turned on and a red battery icon suggests a low charge.
Apple has used the same colors to depict battery states for as long as I can remember, and so it tends to be somewhat monotonous. Fortunately, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Eliza by iOS developer WilsontheWolf provides the Status Bar’s battery icon with a wider range of colors to help it express your current battery state.
iPhone 12 mini teardown shows a smaller 8.57Wh battery with more juice than iPhone SE
Repair experts over at iFixit have now posted their full teardown analysis of Apple's miniature 5.4-inch iPhone 12 mini, revealing a few interesting details about the entry-level device.
A teardown confirms that the iPhone 12 Pro Max battery is only 3,687 mAh
A user in China posted on the country's microblogging site Weibo images of an iPhone 12 Pro Max that has been torn apart to reveal a 3,687 mAh battery inside the device.
Some iPhone 13 models may use a more power efficient backplane necessary for ProMotion
Some iPhone 13 models to be released in 2021 may take advantage of LG-made OLED panels with low-power LPTO backplane technology, resulting in a more power-efficient device.
How to use the Optimized Battery Charging feature to reduce AirPods battery aging
Learn how to use Apple's Optimized Battery Charging feature with your AirPods to slow down battery aging by delaying charging past 80% until needed.
Electrifying gives jailbreakers an upgraded low power alert & charging UI
If you’re harder on your iPhone than most, then you might be somewhat familiar with the low power alert that appears when your battery level drops to a certain percentage. For what it’s worth, Apple is a large company with vast resources, and so it’s somewhat thought-provoking to think that this alert hasn’t received much of a redesign over the years.
Fortunately, jailbreakers won’t need to wait for Apple to take action. Electrifying a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developer SouthernGirlWhoCode that brings a redesigned low power alert to the iOS platform, complete with user-configurable features to personalize the interface however you might see fit.
The iPhone 12 Pro Max has a smaller 3,687 mAh battery than the iPhone 11 Pro Max
A Chinese regulatory filing indicates that Apple's new flagship, the iPhone 12 Pro Max, is equipped with a less capacious battery than last year's iPhone 11 Pro Max even though the Apple website listing both two smartphones as having the same battery life.
Testing shows using 5G will cost you 2 hours of iPhone 12 battery life
Using 5G networking on Apple's latest shiny drains the battery about twenty percent faster than 4G, according to testing conducted by Tom's Guide. The twenty percent reduction when using fast 5G networking translates into a two-hour hit in terms of battery life versus 4G.