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iPhone 17 do not charge iPhone while sleeping

There’s nothing to stand on here.

1) A phone that was charging while you were sleeping and was stuck to your leg was clearly not being “used normally.” The way this could happen is maybe in a pocket (who charges while pocketed) or fell asleep and rolled over on top of it.

2) If this was caused by a fundamental design flaw, this wouldn’t be the only occurrence we are hearing about.

3) There is always a very small risk of fire when it comes to any battery or electronic device with a battery in it.

4) There are many details to investigate the actual cause and circumstances. Was it plugged into an Apple genuine charger and cable? Was it ever repaired with non-genuine parts or by a non-genuine repair center? Did the fire start from inside the phone or was it started by an external source like the charging connector? Is the home’s electrical system functioning normally? Certainly other factors beyond those I can think of.

I don’t mean to diminish what actually happened to this person - it’s certainly scary and tragic for them, but this story/lawsuit really seems to sensationalize the events. The most likely outcome here is that this is found to be a one off event caused by perhaps a defect or perhaps something damaged or of poor quality somewhere in the chain - but the cause doesn’t really matter, it isn’t a widespread defect and Apple will certainly end up paying out this man’s medical bills.
 
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I have been charging my iPhone with Apple’s original 5W charger overnight for as long as I can remember. However, it sits on a shelf some 3 metres away from me and nowhere near my body.
 
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cjsuk said:
My mother burned half her kitchen down because a RIFA X2 class capacitor, which is permanently connected across the mains before the isolation switch caught fire in a mixer. This is a known failure mode much reported and understood due to the epoxy encapsulation failing, moisture getting in and then the capacitor dissipating power and thus generating heat and eventually fire.

And we have the whole Grenfell tower fire here which took the lives of 72 people which started as an appliance fire and spread through cladding into the rest of the building. Don't assume a minor thing can't turn into a major thing.

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Sleep well.

Source: actual qualified electrical engineer...
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Have any of these fires been caused by a quality mobile phone charger, though? I mean any decent charger nowadays has an electronic safety module to prevent it, Apple’s own chargers certainly do.
 
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Have any of these fires been caused by a quality mobile phone charger, though? I mean any decent charger nowadays has an electronic safety module to prevent it, Apple’s own chargers certainly do.
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Yes. Even high quality components wear out over time.

As for electronic safety module, not sure what the definition of that is. You probably get a thermal fuse. So when the capacitors dry out and turn into resistors and get hot, that goes open circuit and the charger stops working. The safety difference here between a crap charger and a good charger is how long that takes and whether or not there's a thermal fuse or not. There are other things like leakage, PCB design, transformer design etc which contribute to the safety outcome of course.

I have seen extremely high quality power supplies go up in flames however. As in avionics. They have a service life.
 
The crappy charger issue is definitely a thing. My sister bought a cheap charger for her Samsung after I told her not to and about a week later she sent me a photo with no accompanying text of her plug socket with a massive black scorch mark on it after it blew her plug out the wall! I knew exactly what it was without her having to say anything.

I just replied with a thumbs up lol.
 
The headline from this OP is pure nonsense. Literally hundreds of millions of iPhone users have been charging their phones overnight for many years problem free.
 
rui no onna said:
The exploding Samsung ones? :p
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Now you hold on just one dingly dangly minute! I have it on good authority, that “they should not get away with their utterly bad and low quality batteries that are worse than from budget Android phones.” So, if they’re worse than budget phones, iPhones HAVE to be worse than exploding phones.

So, this must mean that iPhones not only explode, but break down the very bonds between atoms to disintegrate which is why they’re able to merge with flesh! Either that or the other post was factually incorrect and no one does THAT on the internets. /s
 
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I've been using a wireless charging since... oh, man... I can't even remember. But anyway, nothing like that has ever happened (thank God). I am either extremely lucky or that person had a defective unit.
 
dylanwho said:
"A B.C. man is suing Apple Canada after suffering a severe burn when his iPhone caught on fire in the middle of the night, according to a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court."

Who is ABC man?
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I think it’s the Canadian version of “Letterman” :) Wonder what their version of the Spellbinder is?
 
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Charge the iPhone, or any phone, only when necessary. Otherwise, you risk damaging the battery by charging it overnight. Ultimately, that's what the manufacturers want—selling you another phone next year.
 
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