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Apple Studying Issue With iPhone 6s & 6s Plus Not Updating Battery Percentage
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I have this problem on my 6s almost daily. The battery level continues to go up and down, but the indicator doesnt change. It can get stuck whether or not it's charging. Restarting the phone fixes it, but it is kind of annoying.
I am also having these issues and I have an iPhone 6. I'll go from 27% to 1 % in a flash
Apple this week posted a new support document addressing an issue some iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users have been experiencing with the battery percentage displayed in the status bar on their displays not updating as the battery drains.
The company notes it is investigating the issue and working on a solution, although it appears to be related to time zone or clock settings. In the meantime, users experiencing the problem are advised to restart their devices and make sure the time is being automatically set in Settings.A fairly lengthy discussion thread in Apple's discussion forums reveals a number of users running into the problem, dating back nearly to the new models' launch last September. Many of the users experiencing the issue had been manually adjusting their phones' clock settings in order to bypass timer-based barriers in certain games, and Apple's suggestion about ensuring the time is being set automatically indicates the battery issue is indeed likely related to clock settings.
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I like how it stays at 100% for so long and then quickly drains to about 20% and then slows down again...
#BatteryPercentageNotUpdatingProperlyGate
Great, another Apple flop.
Great, another Apple flop.
My battery percentage tends to be funky. I have a 6, but I'll be there playing on my phone and it'll say 55% and then just drop to 30%. Then it will die at 12%. Just weird.
To remove mumbo-jumbo on battery behavior, I always use the (free) coconutBattery app (Release 3.2.1) on my MBP. It is the bee's knees, as it provides accurate values for both iOS- and OS X-based devices. iOS battery is measured off a USB connection. [app by http://www.coconut-flavour.com]
Here are the published FAQs within their Help:
Disclaimer: I have no relationship with those good guys -- only a satisfied user.
Here are the published FAQs within their Help:
How do I keep my maximum battery health over time?
Among all the tips these should be the most practical:
My current maximum capacity is higher than the design capacity. What's wrong?
"Design capacity" is the capacity your battery should have, when it left the factory. As battery manufacturing is still a more or less chemical process, it may be higher (congratulations) or lower when it is put into your MacBook.
Battery percentage on my iOS device differs from the percentage coconutBattery is showing. What's wrong?
iOS uses a defensive calculated battery capacity value to define 100% (and the percentage calculation). coconutBattery reads out the raw battery data and can give you more precise information. (for example you will see that the device actually is still charging when iOS tells you that it is fully charged).
Why does coconutBattery gives a range at "Maximum charge"?
The maximum reachable charge (in mAh) should be between these two values. The lower value is the defensive calculated maximum capacity for your battery. In most cases your maximum reachable capacity is higher. You can calibrate this range by charging your phone to 100%. The larger value is the current theoretical maximum capacity of your battery. It only can be reached under optimal conditions (temperature, charge/discharge rate ...). In most cases you'll never reach this value. If you can charge your phone beyond this value, write me a message.
Among all the tips these should be the most practical:
- Try to avoid high temperatures.
- When you know you'll not use your MacBook for a few days try to discharge the battery to about 50%-80% and keep the charger unplugged.
My current maximum capacity is higher than the design capacity. What's wrong?
"Design capacity" is the capacity your battery should have, when it left the factory. As battery manufacturing is still a more or less chemical process, it may be higher (congratulations) or lower when it is put into your MacBook.
Battery percentage on my iOS device differs from the percentage coconutBattery is showing. What's wrong?
iOS uses a defensive calculated battery capacity value to define 100% (and the percentage calculation). coconutBattery reads out the raw battery data and can give you more precise information. (for example you will see that the device actually is still charging when iOS tells you that it is fully charged).
Why does coconutBattery gives a range at "Maximum charge"?
The maximum reachable charge (in mAh) should be between these two values. The lower value is the defensive calculated maximum capacity for your battery. In most cases your maximum reachable capacity is higher. You can calibrate this range by charging your phone to 100%. The larger value is the current theoretical maximum capacity of your battery. It only can be reached under optimal conditions (temperature, charge/discharge rate ...). In most cases you'll never reach this value. If you can charge your phone beyond this value, write me a message.
Disclaimer: I have no relationship with those good guys -- only a satisfied user.
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My iPhone was eligible, Apple changed my battery already one or two years ago. Health is at 70% by now, so I guess this is a software issue (I think this problem occurred after OS 9 or 9.1) ...
Apple's not the only one confused with this one.... I am as well.
What the heck does a battery indicator have to do with time zone changes ? There is noting "time based" about a battery...
I agree with the Coconut Battery app, since Apple has even admitted to me on the phone that the battery status indicator is not always accurate, and not supposed to be... its by deign....
(That in itself, worries me
) If an simple third party app can be "more" accurate, then why can't the company who made the phone ? You would think Apple would be better at how it's able to accurately show info rather than a third party app doing it....
But then again, Apple is all about "using smarts in software"... Isn't this what they do with their own Macbook batteries and the reason why u must calibrate them ?
Since its only Apple batteries that need this to help "improve" battery life, It fools uses since its not u need to calibrate anything... it's their software implementation that causes this.
So, knowing Apple is like that anyway, I wouldn't be too surprised a third party app could more accurately maintain battery read-outs.
What the heck does a battery indicator have to do with time zone changes ? There is noting "time based" about a battery...
I agree with the Coconut Battery app, since Apple has even admitted to me on the phone that the battery status indicator is not always accurate, and not supposed to be... its by deign....
(That in itself, worries me
) If an simple third party app can be "more" accurate, then why can't the company who made the phone ? You would think Apple would be better at how it's able to accurately show info rather than a third party app doing it....But then again, Apple is all about "using smarts in software"... Isn't this what they do with their own Macbook batteries and the reason why u must calibrate them ?
Since its only Apple batteries that need this to help "improve" battery life, It fools uses since its not u need to calibrate anything... it's their software implementation that causes this.
So, knowing Apple is like that anyway, I wouldn't be too surprised a third party app could more accurately maintain battery read-outs.
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When you time travel to the past you see your younger self. Apple just gave us a hint, what if they can use the same principle to our devices. We're closing to have an infinite source of power to our iDevices. This is what they called time and space continuum it will continually looping in time. Every year Apple will be shaving the battery size and get the same amount of power or gain a litttle. Obviously they are giving us an infinite power on our iDevices yet. They just trick ordinary people into believing that it was a hardware and software engineering.
So I had a somewhat related issue with my iPhone 6. I only do wifi syncing so I never plug my phone into my Mac. I plugged it in last week to mess with El Capitan's screen recording features and I noticed that the time changed to 9:41, (which apparently is an Easter egg as to the first iPhones announcement time or something to that effect). When I unplugged the phone the time went back to normal.
Ever since then, the accuracy of my battery percentage was going absolutely crazy. My phone died once at 87% and then I plugged it in and it was actually at 3%. A few days later it died around 33%. When I plugged it in it came back at 33% so I did the batter recalibration thing I read about online in the past (drain it as much as I can, including replugging it in and draining it down to almost 0 even after it died a few times). I left it dead and not charging overnight and then the next day I plugged it into the wall using the included charger and let it charge to 100 and left it on for an extra hour, rebooted the phone and then unplugged it once the reboot completed.
It seems to be back to normal, but this new phenomenon being discussed here is just an extension of an ongoing iOS issue that needs to be resolved with this whole battery accuracy thing.
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Hahahahaha that made my day. I just added this to my reality distortion field lol.
Ever since then, the accuracy of my battery percentage was going absolutely crazy. My phone died once at 87% and then I plugged it in and it was actually at 3%. A few days later it died around 33%. When I plugged it in it came back at 33% so I did the batter recalibration thing I read about online in the past (drain it as much as I can, including replugging it in and draining it down to almost 0 even after it died a few times). I left it dead and not charging overnight and then the next day I plugged it into the wall using the included charger and let it charge to 100 and left it on for an extra hour, rebooted the phone and then unplugged it once the reboot completed.
It seems to be back to normal, but this new phenomenon being discussed here is just an extension of an ongoing iOS issue that needs to be resolved with this whole battery accuracy thing.
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When you time travel to the past you see your younger self. Apple just gave us a hint, what if they can use the same principle to our devices. We're closing to have an infinite source of power to our iDevices. This is what they called time and space continuum it will continually looping in time. Every year Apple will be shaving the battery size and get the same amount of power or gain a litttle. Obviously they are giving us an infinite power on our iDevices yet. They just trick ordinary people into believing that it was an hardware and software engineering.
Hahahahaha that made my day. I just added this to my reality distortion field lol.
When you time travel to the past you see your younger self. Apple just gave us a hint, what if they can use the same principle to our devices. We're closing to have an infinite source of power to our iDevices. This is what they called time and space continuum it will continually looping in time. Every year Apple will be shaving the battery size and get the same amount of power or gain a litttle. Obviously they are giving us an infinite power on our iDevices yet. They just trick ordinary people into believing that it was a hardware and software engineering.
wow, u'r good... This guys been watching Back to the Future movies
Maybe we should ask Apple engineers who designed this way.Apple's not the only one confused with this one.... I am as well.
What the heck does a battery indicator have to do with time zone changes ? There is noting "time based" about a battery...
I agree with the Coconut Battery app, since Apple has even admitted to me on the phone that the battery status indicator is not always accurate, and not supposed to be... its by deign....
(That in itself, worries me
But then again, Apple is all about "using smarts in software"... Isn't this what they do with their own Macbook batteries and the reason why u must calibrate them ?
Since its only Apple batteries that need this to help "improve" battery life, It fools uses since its not u need to calibrate anything... it's their software implementation that causes this.
So, knowing Apple is like that anyway, I wouldn't be too surprised a third party app could more accurately maintain battery read-outs.
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Sure it has to do with setting the time to a different zone, you change the time on the phone, battery is also calculated with voltage drop and time, you can also see how much time an app uses the battery so there can be simply a bug in iOS.
I drain my battery once in a while, just so that it can calibrate itself, the chip needs to know what is full and what is empty, overtime a battery capacity changes so it does not know accurately what is 100% or zero.
In many factories it is normal to calibrate industrial hardware, if they don't it can cost them a lot of money, example-each extra 1 gram of chocolate bar can lead to massive losses if you make tens of millions of them in a week.
iPhone 6 owner here. I get about an hours worth of 100% when its done charging, and that last 1% lasts maybe another hour. Or maybe it will switch itself off at 10%. Who knows what it'll do next!
This has been happening to me for about two months now. I'm happy Apple finally addressed this. Hopefully they will fix this sooner rather than w/ 9.3. As long as there is a fix by 9.3 then I can wait. Otherwise