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Does anyone have any idea how the slowdown was implemented? What was the literal if conditions to cause the slowdowns? Was it if battery cycles > x then slowdo
by giorgioz 3y ago
Does anyone have any idea how the slowdown was implemented?
What was the literal if conditions to cause the slowdowns?
Was it
if battery cycles > x then slowdown y%
OR
if currente date > 2020 then slowdown y%
OR something else?
- acdha 3y agoIt only kicked in under certain conditions so I’d bet it was based on monitoring current battery output. I had a phone affected by it and first noticed the problem in the winter when cold temperatures meant it was relatively easy to trigger outdoors but it still never happened indoors.
- alpaca128 3y agoIt's based on battery performance. So technically correct, they just didn't inform users about it which in the end had the exact same effect as if Apple deliberately slowed down phones in order to raise sales. Effectively it was planned obsolescence with (more or less) plausible deniability.
- madeofpalk 3y agoif battery voltage < 80% then slowdown y%
- thebruce87m 3y agoAs I understand it, it kicked in after the first brownout.