Download Battery Stats Shortcut
Malia Farabaugh
Note: When using the shortcut you should tap on the latest available Analytics file. However, if you end up seeing missing information in the shortcut popup, then try a different date. In our case, a 3-day old file worked instead of the latest available file.
The processing limit for shortcut text, etc. seems to be approximately 2.6 MB.
In the rare case that the parsed data, which is usually a few hundred KB, exceeds this limit, the direct execution will time out and you will have to paste it into a memo application and delete the first half of the second and subsequent lines and retry.
This could prove a roadblock for some users. For whatever reason, the only way for us to read battery health data is if you've agreed to send it to Apple. If like me you had shared analytics turned off, you'll need to enable Share iPad Analytics and then come back in a day or two when the necessary data's been recorded. Once it's available, tap Open Analytics Data.
The file type you're looking for is named Analystics-year-month-day-time.ips.ca.synced, and should be one of the first entries in the list.
\nTry and pick the one with the most recent date on it, although in my case I had to pick the file from the day before to find the information I needed.
\nOpening the file up confronts you with a whole lot of indecipherable text. Brace yourself and scroll all the way to the bottom, then select and copy the last continuous block of text. You should see a few mentions of \"battery\" in there to tell you you're in the right place.
The figure listed by MaximumCapacityPercent is, as the name suggests, the current capacity of your iPad's battery compared to what it was when it was new. This should give you a good idea of how your iPad's battery health is doing, though it's not fully accurate.
Divide the NominalChargeCapacity figure by the MaximumFCC figure, and the result will be your current maximum battery capacity as a percentage of what it was when new. This is the calculation that an iPhone makes when you look at the Battery Health setting in iOS, and is more accurate than the MaximumCapacityPercent one because it accounts for the original capacity of your specific iPad's battery.
The reason this is the case is that no two batteries are alike. The manufacturing process means some cells of otherwise identical specs can carry a greater or lesser charge. This is why electronics companies give battery size as a \"typical capacity,\" as they can't guarantee a specific one.
The listed battery capacity of this model (an 11-inch iPad Pro 2021) is 7538 mAh, but the original capacity of my iPad's particular battery was actually 8,022 mAh. That's why in step 4, the 7605 mAh current capacity is rated as 100% healthy, even though I've in fact lost just over 5% of the original capacity.
Head to the Battery Stats shortcut page and download the shortcut. There's nothing to worry about with this shortcut in terms of security. It's effectively an automated custom text search that then pops up the findings in an easy-to-read text box. Your data isn't recorded or sent anywhere in this process.
You can follow steps 1 to 3 from the previous section to get to the file you need. Once you're in, tap the Share icon in the top right corner, then tap the Battery Stats shortcut icon partway down the list.
Your results will appear in a pop-up at the top of your screen. Everything's laid out simply for your convenience, however it doesn't include your MaximumCapacityPercent, which lets you compare your battery health to the original battery capacity listed on Apple's specs pages.
Knowing how to check your iPad's battery health might sound easy, but it's actually strangely hard information to find, despite how important that data is. Batteries degrade over time, so it's handy to know how your long-serving tablet's faring, or how healthy an iPad is if you're trying to buy or sell it second-hand.
Conveniently, your iPad is likely recording key battery data already. The annoying thing is you have to enable the analytics, then comb through the technical gobbledegook to find the figures, unless you use a handy shortcut we'll share with you shortly.
Opening the file up confronts you with a whole lot of indecipherable text. Brace yourself and scroll all the way to the bottom, then select and copy the last continuous block of text. You should see a few mentions of "battery" in there to tell you you're in the right place.
The reason this is the case is that no two batteries are alike. The manufacturing process means some cells of otherwise identical specs can carry a greater or lesser charge. This is why electronics companies give battery size as a "typical capacity," as they can't guarantee a specific one.
If you're familiar with the Shortcuts app for iOS and iPadOS, then there's an easier way to do all of this. Installing this Battery Stats shortcut (courtesy of Reddit's r/iPad and users u/nairazak and u/ericswpark) allows you to quickly get your key details with the Analytics file open in the Settings menu.
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The shortcut, named Battery Stats can be downloaded thanks to this Reddit thread, and it works well. What it actually does, is that it looks at iPadOS 16 logs and then pulls out the information that tells you your battery capacity and charge cycles.
I have the same complaint. I love the system and how I can easily set up devices and control them. When you have multiple battery-powered devices, it is unreasonable to expect us to regularly check the device status individually. I get tons of phone notifications from multiple apps, and I regularly miss a low battery notice. I usually figure out I have a problem when I see a light not working.
I think it would be useful to have a screen in the app showing battery status icons for all ring devices at once (alarm devices, cameras, etc). It would be much more convenient than clicking each device individually to find out which ones will need batteries charged or replaced soon.
Add widgets to your watch to see your daily stats, log your water intake or weight, check the weather forecast, and start a session in the Relax app or EDA Scan app, and more. To see your widgets, swipe up from the clock face.
If your watch's battery is low (20% or lower), a warning appears and the battery indicator turns orange. If your watch's battery is critically low (8% or lower), a second warning appears and the battery indicator flashes.
I have created a shortcut that causes the default notification sound and then has Siri announce the battery percentage and says "time to charge." It Then enables low power mode. It isn't possible to share an automation, but it is possible to set up an automated trigger on your phone that will run this shortcut.
Just go to the Shortcuts app and tap the automations tab at the bottom. There will be a "create new automation" button in the top left corner. Choose that option for battery level and then pick run shortcut as the action.
I have attempted to share a link to my shortcut, but I don't know if it will work. I know you have to first run one shortcut, then go to Settings, Shortcuts, and enable use of untrusted shortcuts in order to use it.