iPhone Showing Fully Charged Icon in Corner When It Really Isn't

[Smileytechguy]

No, there are two icons in the corner, one with a lightning bolt looking thing in it indicating it is chargING and one with an plug looking thing indicating it is fully chargED

:edit: When i plug it into the wall charger I get the icon probelm but when i plug it into itunes it is fine, the same with my OG iphone with no service or anything......interesting...

On my iPhone it only displays the plug icon in the battery is when it is either:not plugged in correctly or fully charged. Also, when it is dead and when you plug it in incorrectly it will say charging then turn to black after a minute.

 

[JHZR2]

I know this is an ancient thread, but the iPhone 3G did not tolerate poor quality power supplies very well. If you were using a cheap wall charger with a poorly regulated output voltage, the iPhone 3G could show the "charged" icon when it shouldn't. This is because the iPhone thinks that it's done charging when in fact it just has an unstable input voltage. As one of the posts mentioned, the iPhone's battery is actually draining quickly when this failure happens.

I think this problem is unique to the iPhone 3G. I have not observed it with the iPhone 3GS. But this kind of failure is why it actually is smart to pay a little extra for a "Works with iPhone" or "Made for iPhone" charger.

It's not just the 3G. I'm typing this from a 4S 64Gb and I am getting it.

I am trying to charge from a remote location via 12V solar panel to a car charger to take it to 5V USB plug. This is tropics afternoon sun.

So not sure if it is the Chinese adapter or instability in the panels, but I get very very seldomly the lightening bolt, typically the plug yet my battery is 50%. The battery is perfect and has great life and runtime when charged from 120Vac via the standard cube.

 

[chrfr]

So not sure if it is the Chinese adapter or instability in the panels, but I get very very seldomly the lightening bolt, typically the plug yet my battery is 50%. The battery is perfect and has great life and runtime when charged from 120Vac via the standard cube.

It seems rather obvious that the trouble isn't with the phone but rather with your solar setup.

 

[JHZR2]

It seems rather obvious that the trouble isn't with the phone but rather with your solar setup.

No kidding. Notice I said my battery is perfect when charged from AC. My point was the sensitivity to the voltage and electronics as was pointed out in the post I had quoted.

 

[Ricklerush]

mine shows the plug, i've tried three chargers... replaced the battery, replaced the charging port, and even bought one of those cases with extended battery's......... plugs all around, will be trying a OFFICIAL apple charger when i find one.