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Hi guys, I just replaced my iPhone 5 battery from a local mobile repair guy and found (through a software) the capacity to be 1500 and cycle count to be 1. This looks suspicious as it is more than 1440mah. Although it is possible because this is not original apple battery. Yesterday this guy had given me a battery having cycle count of 626 and capacity of 700. It was draining very quickly, so I got it replaced. I also told him about the cycle count and capacity data i found for that battery. So now I suspect that he deliberately made the count to 1 and capacity to 1500 for this new battery. So my question is, is it possible to alter/fake the cycle count and capacity of a battery? Thanks.
To my knowledge there is not a way to alter a cycle count nor would you want to. If you are having problems with a certain repair shop i would demand your original battery and go to a reputable shop. Its not super hard to replace the battery yourself and ifixit does sell great batteries that would be more sufficient than ones purchased elsewhere.
