
Your battery has a lifespanĮvery battery has a lifespan. iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices all use lithium-ion batteries. To understand why it’s a bad idea to calibrate your iPhone, iPad, or iPod you need to know a little bit about the lithium-ion battery inside it. What’s wrong with calibrating the battery in an iPhone, iPad, or iPod?

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In this post, we’ve explained why that is the case. These days, it’s not only unnecessary to calibrate the battery in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, it’s downright damaging to do so. There was a time when Apple recommended calibrating your device’s battery every month. The idea is that doing this teaches your iPhone, iPad, or iPod how much power the battery can hold, allowing your device to make the most of it. When we talk about calibrating a battery, we mean charging it all the way to 100% then draining it down to zero. But the battery on your iPhone or iPad uses lithium-ion, and calibrating it is not a good idea. It’s a relic of recommendations for older, nickel-based batteries.
