Instructions to check cycle count of iPhone / iPad battery

For any mobile device, batteries are always one of the factors that are most interested by users and manufacturers. Of course, Apple products are no exception, the following article will guide you to check cycle count, also known as the iPhone / iPad battery cycle.

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What is the cycle count or battery cycle and how is it calculated? Simply, the device will charge a battery discharge from 100% to 0% as a cycle, for example, the previous day you used up 25% of the battery and plugged in the charger, until today you use 75%, equivalent to 1 battery cycle ( 25% + 75% = 100% ).

iPhone uses Lithium-Ion ( Li-Ion ) battery and according to some information, Li-Ion battery after 300 to 500 charge times will reduce to 80% of performance compared to the time when it was originally shipped, of course in addition. There are also external factors that will affect the battery like temperature . To be able to check the battery cycle for iPhone, iPad you need to download iBackupBot software.

Go to icopybot.com and select the Download tab, then download iBackupBot to the computer with the corresponding operating system. ( Note that the software requires Microsoft Windows ™ XP / Vista / 7/8 or Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) /10.7 (Lion) /10.8 (Mountain Lion) /10.9 (Mavericks) /10.10 (Yosemite) .

After installing on your computer, open iBackupBot and select the device name to check the Cycle count

Select the More Infomation tab.

A window will display a battery status, memory, and other device information. The first line of the Battery section is Cycle count, as you can see on the picture of the iPhone 6 Plus, it has charged 64 cycles.

Try with another iPhone 6 and the device's notification software has charged 105 cycles. iBackupBot will help those who buy used machines choose a less-used device with a higher battery life.