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After a while my iPhone 5 battery started swelling. It swell so much that the screen popped out. I took it to an Apple Store, paid the fee and got a refurbished

After a while my iPhone 5 battery started swelling. It swell so much that the screen popped out. I took it to an Apple Store, paid the fee and got a refurbished new one. With iOS 10 it's really responsive. The only complaint I could make is about storage. In the age of spotify and bloated applications, living with 16G of storage is not pleasant.

drawkbox 9y ago
I have lots of devices for testing apps/games and four 5/5s generation iPhones/iPods. All of them did the same lithuim-ion/swelling with the battery within 2-3 months where the screen pops out and you can see inside on the edges. This is heavily common and prevalent with that generation I found out. iPhones/iPods both had it happen. It was a little bit twilight zone like before I looked into how common it is, bought them at different times. If you aren't constantly using a device turn it off because LiB batteries they use only last about 2 years / 400 charges and overcharging ends up swelling.
- terminalcommand 9y ago
  Thanks for the notice, I didn't know about it. Unfortunately iPhone 5 is my primary phone so I use it daily. I was always charging the phone with a 2A charger back then, now I switched to 1A. I thought maybe slow charging will help preserve the battery. Anyways 2 years is a reasonable time for me considering the age of my phone, after 2 years I'll probably switch to a new phone.
- gaadd33 9y ago
  400 charges would be a little bit more than 1 year for most people. Do you have any links that show most cell phone batteries only last that long?
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  - drawkbox 9y ago
    There are lots of articles on it but here is one from 6S/7 regarding 300-400 cycles [1]. You can look for Apple battery swelling and nearly every gen since 5 has some issues with it, it seems related to overcharging. Even iPhone 8 is having issues with swelling. [2] [1] http://bgr.com/2016/11/30/iphone-7-vs-iphone-6s-battery-drain/ http://bgr.com/2016/11/30/iphone-7-vs-iphone-6s-battery-drai... [2] https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/01/apple-looking-into-iphone-8-battery-failures/ https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/01/apple-looking-into-ipho...

drawkbox 9y ago

I have lots of devices for testing apps/games and four 5/5s generation iPhones/iPods. All of them did the same lithuim-ion/swelling with the battery within 2-3 months where the screen pops out and you can see inside on the edges. This is heavily common and prevalent with that generation I found out. iPhones/iPods both had it happen. It was a little bit twilight zone like before I looked into how common it is, bought them at different times. If you aren't constantly using a device turn it off because LiB batteries they use only last about 2 years / 400 charges and overcharging ends up swelling.

terminalcommand 9y ago
Thanks for the notice, I didn't know about it. Unfortunately iPhone 5 is my primary phone so I use it daily. I was always charging the phone with a 2A charger back then, now I switched to 1A. I thought maybe slow charging will help preserve the battery. Anyways 2 years is a reasonable time for me considering the age of my phone, after 2 years I'll probably switch to a new phone.
gaadd33 9y ago
400 charges would be a little bit more than 1 year for most people. Do you have any links that show most cell phone batteries only last that long?
- deleted 9y ago
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- drawkbox 9y ago
  There are lots of articles on it but here is one from 6S/7 regarding 300-400 cycles [1]. You can look for Apple battery swelling and nearly every gen since 5 has some issues with it, it seems related to overcharging. Even iPhone 8 is having issues with swelling. [2] [1] http://bgr.com/2016/11/30/iphone-7-vs-iphone-6s-battery-drain/ http://bgr.com/2016/11/30/iphone-7-vs-iphone-6s-battery-drai... [2] https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/01/apple-looking-into-iphone-8-battery-failures/ https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/01/apple-looking-into-ipho...