Lately my 4S has been shutting down at around 12% of its battery life, then displaying the red empty battery screen when I try to start it up again. I've been on iOS7 since release, and this has been happening for the past week or so. Anyone else in the same boat?
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4S shutting down at ~12% battery
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been some time since ive done this but if i remember correctly you must leave it completely drained for a couple of hours before charging it - with no interruptions - fully.
One more for battery issues. Starting with iOS 7, my battery has been acting weirdly. Sometimes it drops from 14% to 5% in a few seconds, sometimes the phone dies at 3%.
Don't even try to tell me to recalibrate the battery. This didn't happen with iOS 6.
Don't even try to tell me to recalibrate the battery. This didn't happen with iOS 6.
It's not your battery. It is the update. Mine does the same thing now. Only if I try and make a call with 13% otherwise it is fine if I just text.
I have the 5s
I have the 5s
Same problems. Yesterday my phone died at 13%
Same weird thing was in beta 2 or 3. Hopefully they fix this issue in future update.
Same weird thing was in beta 2 or 3. Hopefully they fix this issue in future update.
I had this issue and I found out it was caused by using my iPad 3 charger on it instead of the charger that came with the 4S. I reckon it must have a different amperage or something that makes it charge too quickly.
IPad chargers at 10W chargers and iPhone/iPod chargers are 5W, so yes it will charge faster.
Same issue here, having this problem on 4 different Iphone5 in the family. I have a friend with an iphone 5s that appears not to have the problem. The weird thing is that we both have the same things such as location services and background apps turned off. But yet my battery will drop from 30 to 15% instantaneously sometimes. i have cycled the battery 3 times in a row and still nothing. I have also done it the other iphones with the same results. I think the iOS7 algorithm for the battery meter is either grossly or "purposely" mis-representative, in regards to the iphone5.
I hope 7.0.3 will fix these issues.
I hope 7.0.3 will fix these issues.
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Hello all,
A 10W charger will not charge the Iphone faster. The Iphone dictates how much energy to take from the charger, anything above 5W will not charge faster (same as you charge a macbook air with a macbook pro charger). I have similar issues with my IP4s that is a couple of years old. With 350 battery cycles, and 80% of the original battery capacity remaining, I ordered a new battery. You may be in a similar situation.
Yes it will charge faster as the device gets more amperage delivered from the iPad charger. The same happens conversely that you can charge an iPad with iPhone charger but it takes longer and if using it may only maintain at best (needs to really be idle and possibly off to actually charge). Same holds true for the 65 w and 80 w MacBook chargers. The devices will only take the voltages they need but will get more amperage. This is why car chargers that deliver 2 A charge the iPhones faster.
Both me and my girlfriend has had this problem on our 4 and 4S respectively, after the update to iOS7.
I have charged my iPhone 5 with iPad and iPhone charger and it charged from 0% to 100% on same time, maybe +- 1minute.
The device will decide what amp it needs, of course if you charge an ipad with an iphone charger the iPad will not get the 2 amp or 10W it needs and therefor it will charge slower (or it will not even charge if you use it).
Try to charge a macbook air with a 45, 60 or 85W charger, charging time will be about the same.
I have done this and my wife's 13 inch definitely charges faster with my 15 inch charger. My iPhone also charges faster with the 2a car charger than the standard included wall charger. I haven't looked carefully at the iPhone but the MacBook circuit uses voltage regulation (this tells it how much voltage to draw) and over current limiting so it will charge faster with the higher amp chargers. It just depends on the circuit tolerances of the current over limiting triac (it doesn't select the amount of the current draw like you state but instead controls the over limit situation and protects the circuit from too dangerously high of current conditions). My wife's charges about 30 min faster with my 80 watt charger than with her 60 watt.