iPhone battery questions

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I found this article, which describes several mechanisms:

Quick summary:

On an iPhone 15 (and presumably later), the cycle count is available in the phone’s Settings.

  • On iOS 17.4 and later, it’s in Battery → Battery Health
  • On iOS 17.3 and older, it’s in General → About

On an iPhone 14 and earlier, there’s nothing conveniently built-in to iOS, but the article lists four ways:

  • Retrieve the value from analytics data
    • Go to Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements → Analytics Data
    • Find a recent analytics report (one at least 24 hours old). Copy the text to something you can use to perform a search (e.g. a new note). Then search for last_value_CycleCount or batterycyclecount to find the value.
  • Use the Battery Stats shortcut.
    • Install the shortcut by visiting the above link from your phone
    • Add it to the Shortcuts app
    • Locate and open a recent analytics report (see above)
    • Use the Share button to send it to the Battery Stats shortcut
  • Use Coconutbattery on a Mac to pull the data from your phone
  • Use iMazing on a Mac or PC to pull the data from your phone
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