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"12 watt" vs "5 watt" charger on iPhone 6 Plus
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Understood, I thought you were saying a higher wattage charger will automatically use more amps, regardless of the load... My mistake.
Agreed and understood.
That's why I kept using an iPhone 5 in my examples.
It's already been proven that an iPhone 6 and a 6+ will charge faster on a 12W iPad charger, as they've been designed to do that.
No other iPhone has, so any non 6 owner claiming that their iPhone 3, 4, or 5 charges faster on an iPad charger, is mistaken.
"12 watt" vs "5 watt" charger on iPhone 6 Plus
I received my phone on the 19th and noticed that it wasn't charging like it should later on when I got home. I went to sleep the next morning around 2:30am with it being at 38%. When I woke up this morning at about 9am, it was at 84%. I then use another apple charger and it was charging, but slow. I called apple support and they ran a test on it from their end and everything looked good. He then had me do a small reset which didn't wipe my phone out completely. He told me to keep a close eye out on it to see if the reset worked. He then said if it doesn't work to do a complete wipeout of the whole phone, which I just did about 30 mins ago. He suppose to call me back tomorrow to see how it's working. The phone is holding a very good charge. It's just not charging up normal. Also I do have two iPhone 5s, and three iPads in the home, so I am familiar with how they charge up. I'm hoping it's not the hardware. Right now it's at 98%. I plan on letting it die down some and then see how it charge.
I just tested my phone out after doing a hard reset last night. I have been charging my phone for an hour and this is the result. Look at the times and percentage at the top of the pics.
Is this normal?
I received my phone on the 19th and noticed that it wasn't charging like it should later on when I got home. I went to sleep the next morning around 2:30am with it being at 38%. When I woke up this morning at about 9am, it was at 84%. I then use another apple charger and it was charging, but slow. I called apple support and they ran a test on it from their end and everything looked good. He then had me do a small reset which didn't wipe my phone out completely. He told me to keep a close eye out on it to see if the reset worked. He then said if it doesn't work to do a complete wipeout of the whole phone, which I just did about 30 mins ago. He suppose to call me back tomorrow to see how it's working. The phone is holding a very good charge. It's just not charging up normal. Also I do have two iPhone 5s, and three iPads in the home, so I am familiar with how they charge up. I'm hoping it's not the hardware. Right now it's at 98%. I plan on letting it die down some and then see how it charge.
I just tested my phone out after doing a hard reset last night. I have been charging my phone for an hour and this is the result. Look at the times and percentage at the top of the pics.
Is this normal?
What exactly are you saying "no" too? Lol. I don't see the relevance of what you are saying vs what you quoted.
I think the confusion is that I said 12 watt and you are assuming I said 12 watt charger maybe?
I think he's probably thinking the same thing I was. At any rate, it appears that we are all actually saying the same thing, just having some communication hurdles along the way.
My motivation for doing this has absolutely nothing to do with damage to the battery.
Lol, sorry!
To be clear...
To be clear...
- The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus will charge faster when connected to an iPad 10 or 12W charger, than with the supplied 5W charger.
- No other iPhone can do this.
- If you charge any other (2G/3G/3GS/4/4S/5/5S) iPhone using an iPad 10/12W charger, it will take the exact same time to charge, as if you had used the original 5W charger, as it designed to only take the 5W (not the 10 or 12W that the charger is capable of giving).
I believe so too.
I do find it fascinating that this thread is the first time I've seen one of those plug in watt measuring devices used with as much debate has gone on with using an iPad charger on an iPhone.
Would you mind taking a picture of the wattage as the charge nears completion and when completely charged?
Sure, i'm fully charged now but it should be well drained by the end of the day. I'll try and snap a photo at 80/85/90/95 and 100%
That's why I kept using an iPhone 5 in my examples.
It's already been proven that an iPhone 6 and a 6+ will charge faster on a 12W iPad charger, as they've been designed to do that.
No other iPhone has, so any non 6 owner claiming that their iPhone 3, 4, or 5 charges faster on an iPad charger, is mistaken.
BS! Ever since the 4S, all my iPhones have charged noticeably faster on the 10/12watt iPad chargers.
Not sure what Azzin's agenda is in the claim that pre-iPhone 6's don't charge any faster. Do your own test...it's perfectly safe.
I have no agenda whatsoever.
The pix earlier in the thread prove that any non 6 iPhone only draws 5W: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/19827412/
How can you argue with a design feature?
There are pics in this thread proving otherwise. At least with the iPhone 5 I believe.
OP has an aftermarket charger.. that's not an OEM ipad charger.
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Did the new ipads come with 12w adapters now? I noticed that my stock gen1 has 10w... and that's what I'm using for everything. nice so middle ground of 12w and 5w. 10w is perfect.
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Did the new ipads come with 12w adapters now? I noticed that my stock gen1 has 10w... and that's what I'm using for everything. nice so middle ground of 12w and 5w. 10w is perfect.
A couple of things: I see what the measurements are, and I'll have to make my own. As others have said, that doesn't match up with what we've seen in real life!
Also, can someone point me to where these references are that the older iPhones only 'take' 5W? I'd like to see that, as I never have.
The fact that the iPad mini comes with the small charger just means that the charge times on the large iPad with the 5W charger would be unusable, as anyone who ever has tried that knows. It's a cost-saving measure, I expect.
More to come...
Also, can someone point me to where these references are that the older iPhones only 'take' 5W? I'd like to see that, as I never have.
The fact that the iPad mini comes with the small charger just means that the charge times on the large iPad with the 5W charger would be unusable, as anyone who ever has tried that knows. It's a cost-saving measure, I expect.
More to come...
