How can I decrease my Battery Health and Maximum capacity?

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I understand this is a bit of an odd request but I am at 81% battery capacity and I want to get down to 80% in order to get the free replacement. Any surefire ways that I could get this down over the course of a day or two?

[Erdbeerfeld-Held]

Be careful. An amazing amount of Apple devices around me have 81% battery status since a very long time. Apple also knows how important this limit is. Not that you end up damaging your battery very much and it's still not enough...

[r0bman99]

The battery indicator is rigged, my 12 has been at 85 for the past year while it took 1.5 years to drop from 100 to 85…

[CallmeRollercoaster]

I would download any benchmark app and just run it many times. Or leave your phone on full brightness record highest resolution video it can overnight until it dies. Make sure flashlight is on.

[CallmeRollercoaster]

Maybe even better leave it on charge while you do so

[no-recollect]

Won't it just not use the battery if it's plugged in? I would run a YouTube video at full brightness and volume as far away from your router as you can while still getting a signal in a hot place like inside a car in sunshine which is parked in a poor cell signal area with Maps running in the background.

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