3rd swollen battery

Submitted by BoxterMaiti t3_zxf745 in iphone

Hi. I have an iPhone 11 pro. The original apple battery started swelling 2 years into its life. I replaced it with a non apple battery that swelled after 2 months. I then replaced it again with another non apple battery and after 4 months it too has started swelling up. At this point it must be something I'm doing wrong. But I don't know how. Because I'm charging the phone with apples own usb c 20w charger and occasionally a 15w wireless charger at my desk. That's it. I try as much as possible to keep it away from extreme temperatures. Am I just very unlucky or am I doing something wrong here?

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dskatter t1_j20hjk6 wrote

Perhaps replacing it with an actual APPLE-MADE battery is the issue that should be considered.

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AggravatingPath9160 t1_j20sbsl wrote

I get what you are saying, but some “APPLE MADE” battery’s aren’t from Apple. You see, some batteries companies put a sticker on the battery so it looks original. People go out of their way to get one and they don’t know that it’s not an apple battery. You can even change the health of the battery if it’s damaged. So it’s better off buying a reliable 3 party battery than risk buying a battery that says it’s from Apple.

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dskatter t1_j20tlqf wrote

That’s a lot of words for “Have Apple replace your battery instead of having Rando McRanderson do it.”

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AggravatingPath9160 t1_j20wrkl wrote

I can’t afford apple to replace my battery for my phone and I don’t think they even have the battery for it anymore. So a 3rd party solution would be better and cheaper than apple. But if you’re giving to “Rando McRanderson” to reinstall the battery. You risk getting your phone damaged in general. I would recommend taking it to a professional repair shop or at least a reputable repair shop for this type of repair. The risk of damage is minimal and if something goes wrong with the phone after the repair was made and not there before, you can tell them about the problem and see if they did it. In OP’s case, he has to take it to a phone guru because I suspect his board is damaged and apple won’t do anything about it.

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dskatter t1_j216mk9 wrote

I’m willng to wager that OP would have saved money long-term with one Apple-done battery replacement than the multiple they’ve had.

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I_Lick_Vaginal_Blood t1_j201aod wrote

> I replaced it with a non apple battery that swelled after 2 months. I then replaced it again with another non apple battery

Was it a reputable battery/repair manufacturer?

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BoxterMaiti OP t1_j20sqlh wrote

Yes I've replaced phone batteries at this place with several older phones without any problems. And I've always used nonapple batteries because it was cheaper and they have always worked perfectly fine until now.

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hmmmmmmble_trauma t1_j201vrf wrote

Send it to phone repair guru, maybe it’s a problem with the board that stops the battery from overcharging

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osxdude t1_j204e19 wrote

yeah, it really sounds like something’s wrong with BMS, and off brand batteries are just not helping. Wireless charging does heat up the battery a lot more than usual as well, I wonder if that’s a factor here

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Straight_Wealth_8933 t1_j21i9tg wrote

Cost to replace a battery in a iPhone 11 at an Apple store with a genuine Apple batt was $69 .. don’t know how much you’re paying to replace with a aftermarket batt but im sure by now you would’ve paid less by just replacing with a Genuine Apple battery.. Not to mention you get a 1 year warranty with Apple 🤷

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BoxterMaiti OP t1_j21jtls wrote

Yeah I'm just gonna go to Apple and get it replaced. I honestly thought it was way more expensive to get apple to replace it, but on their website it estimates $80 in my country. That's literally what I paid for the non-genuine apple repair. Am I missing some hidden costs?? I really thought it was like double the price

EDIT: My closest Apple Authorized Repair shop quotes $130 for an 11pro battery replacement. Whatevs. If there 1year warranty I can always come back if the fucker starts swelling again

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Straight_Wealth_8933 t1_j21mik2 wrote

No there are no hidden costs..I was surprised at the price actually being reasonable myself lol… I just got a battery replacement that was at 71% about a month ago .. They even replaced the batt with my glass back being cracked to hell and didn’t try to sell me a new back or anything

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