How do I tell when my new iPhone 6 is fully charged? I thought you get a "plug" icon when its fully charged and a "lightning bolt" when its charging. But it's been on the lightning bolt for at least 30 mins. (FYI I am plugged into the computer, not wall, so maybe that matters?)
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Itunes always show a plug for me, if it does not show for you than keep the iphone plugged in.
Ok, that makes sense. There was no mention of 100% in your previous posts. I wouldn't worry too much about the difference between 100% and "fully charged" though.
Charging from laptop gives slower trickle charge as opposed to a wall wart which gives stronger/faster charge. If you want fast, charge with wall charger.
Charging from my iMac. Been at 100% for probably a hour now, and no indicator it's fully charged.
It's not a big deal, just curious.
Give it another 30 mins and then see how long battery status stays at 100% while using. Could be another glitch that you don't get an indicator. I'm still waiting on UPS delivery but I'll post later tonite or tomorrow (after I get set up) whether or not I see the same thing as you.
If you really want to test quickly, go and plug into a wall outlet and see if it makes a difference.
Ok, good luck. The phone is great! I was lucky.. FedEx left for delivery at 8:10am and got here at 10:45am.
Thanks. On Launch Day 2012 for iPhone 5, my delivery was at 9:00 AM. Today, not so prompt. *tapping foot impatiently*
UPDATE: I just checked my iPhone 5 which was plugged into the wall charging. Reads at 100% with tiny bolt to the right of the battery icon. Unplugged the iPhone and now it reads 100% with no symbol next to or on battery icon. I think you're good to go.
UPDATE: I just checked my iPhone 5 which was plugged into the wall charging. Reads at 100% with tiny bolt to the right of the battery icon. Unplugged the iPhone and now it reads 100% with no symbol next to or on battery icon. I think you're good to go.
I think the bolt means its charging. Usually you see a "plug" icon when it is fully-charged.
I remember that from iPod but not particularly from iOS 6 and up. I'll plug my iPhone back in for a while longer.
Wait so, do you guys wait for your battery to reach 100% before unplugging or do you wait till you see a plug to unplug?
Do you see a plug when your phone is done charging from a wall outlet on your iPhone to unplug it? (Any version of iPhone, preferably iPhone 5/5s)
Do you see a plug when your phone is done charging from a wall outlet on your iPhone to unplug it? (Any version of iPhone, preferably iPhone 5/5s)
When I see 100% I unplug the device. I'm going to have to charge my phone later anyway so I don't care too much.
There hasn't been a plug icon for over a year now since iOS 7. You only get the lightning bolt when you plug the phone in whether its charging or done charging. You simply look at the percentage and if you want wait til 100% to know that it's basically done, or take it off whenever you want--today's batteries are designed to work no matter how much or really how often you charge them, so it basically makes no practical difference.
Nope. Pre-ios7 somewhere were posts/charts about the charging process for i-devices. Something like: From 0 to X% it goes slow, then from X% to Y% it charges very fast, then from Y% to 100% it goes slow again, and from 100% to "Really-this-is-as-charged-as-the-device-is-ever-going-to-get" it trickle-charges. Then when you see the plug icon, it's actually 100%.
I'm paraphrasing of course because I don't have the chart/website at my disposal and have never really found out how things may have changed since.
With today's batteries it really doesn't matter so if someone really wants to get all the way to full seeing 100% is good enough basically to not worry about it.
Oh I agree with that. I was just addressing the technical aspect of 3 digits popping up that say "100" might not actually mean it. Sort of like all the bars on my gas tank meter being lit up even though I may have already driven 30 miles.