I have an iphone15 pro. Has same problems lately. Battery goes dead, overnight, nothing on app side showing serious battery drain, wireless charger won’t help get it started again, have to plug it in, wait several minutes then phone starts up. Really seems to be some sort of os induced issue. I don’t think this is just 17 models with the issue.
Earlier this week, 9to5Mac's Benjamin Mayo reported on an apparent charging issue affecting at least some of Apple's latest iPhone models.
In short, Mayo said that when he attempted to charge his iPhone Air with a USB-C cable just seconds after the device ran out of battery, it failed to turn on and did not display the usual red battery icon that indicates charging is occurring.
Mayo subsequently realized that several users have posted about this issue across websites such as Reddit and iFixit Answers, but it is unclear what the root cause is or how widespread it is. Apple has yet to publicly comment on the matter, and the issue does not appear to be fixed in the latest iOS 26.4.1 and iOS 26.4.2 software releases.
As far as I can tell, I also experienced this issue with my iPhone 17 Pro Max earlier this month. While staying at a hotel, I accidentally forgot to charge the device one night, leading it to shut off on me when I woke up the next morning. Naturally, I plugged in a USB-C cable, but the screen remained black with no battery icon for many minutes. At the time, I thought that maybe the hotel's outlets were not working correctly, but I knew something was up after I tried a variety of different outlets and chargers without success.
Just like Mayo, I was eventually able to get my iPhone to turn on by placing it on a MagSafe charger and waiting about 10 to 15 minutes. In my case, it was a MagSafe battery pack from Anker that I carry with me while traveling.
A few Reddit users said the standard iPhone 17 model is also impacted.
All in all, it would appear that the new iPhones have a hit-or-miss charging problem when they fully run out of battery, but there is no guarantee that everyone will experience it. With the issue now receiving attention on 9to5Mac and MacRumors, hopefully Apple is made aware and provides a fix in an upcoming iOS version.
Article Link: Some iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air Users Experiencing a Charging Issue
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Some iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air Users Experiencing a Charging Issue
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Some actress was recently quoted saying if a date showed up with an extremely low phone battery, she regarded it as a glaring red flag for personal responsibility. I find most celebrity news irritating but that got a "you, you're all right" out of me 😛
Momof2.1107
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I ran into this issue a few months ago and not course panicked. I made an appointment for the Genius Bar and decided after a few hours of a black screen to use a MagSafe charger and after 10 minutes, my 17PM turned back on. I always discharge my phone down to 0% so I’m not worried about this happening again, which it hasn’t, and I always carry a MagSafe portable charger anyway, and within 20 minutes from 3-4 Apple Stores.
If it completely drains to nothing and plugging in doesn't start charging, that is a huge issue. If you don't have MagSafe, you have a $1,000.00 brick.
davitur
macrumors newbie
I think there may be a difference between charging the battery and the visual representation of charging the battery. The battery likely needs to hit a certain level before it shows the graphical charging image.
Also, USB-C is not an analog charging cable. A completely dead phone cannot negotiate faster charging with the cable, so charging may be stuck in slow lane for a while.
It's my understanding the phone won't charge--at all. You could leave it plugged into a 20 watt charger for 10 hours and it would still be dead. Or did I not ready this correctly?
I'm having charging issues with my Air. Until the most recent update, it started to not charge on my 3rd party MagSafe charger beside my bed unless I rebooted it, but it worked fine on the one in my car. After the update, that issue with the bedside charger cleared up, but now it doesn't like to charge on the one in my car. A reboot doesn't seem to make a difference, this round. It may or may not charge on the car MagSafe charger.
I'm doing an early upgrade to the 17 Pro Max, and it'll be arriving today. This is when AT&T's Anytime Up Next actually seems worth the extra $10 per month. I just had to make sure the Air was 1/3rd paid off to get $1,100 trade-in for it. My 17PM will be under $3 per month.
I'm doing an early upgrade to the 17 Pro Max, and it'll be arriving today. This is when AT&T's Anytime Up Next actually seems worth the extra $10 per month. I just had to make sure the Air was 1/3rd paid off to get $1,100 trade-in for it. My 17PM will be under $3 per month.
Simple--just order a MagSafe battery to slap on the back. Apple will be more than happy to sell you the solution to the problem😉
10millimaniac
macrumors newbie
I had a similar issue last night. Placed my phone on the MagSafe charger and didn't realize it didn't "ding" because I had music playing. Realized when I got to work this morning the battery was 23%. The phone would not charge via wire or MagSafe until I hard reset it. Clearly seems to be a firmware problem since a restart fixed it for now.
That has nothing to do with my statement. PS if you plug it in when it prompts you to when it turns yellow you’d have enough time to get a wireless charge from the store before it dies and your SOL. I get that it shouldn’t have an issue but it’s an electronic, they have issues sometimes.
Choosing to turn your phone off and disconnect is different from having an emergency and the phone being dead.
IDK finding out your phone will no longer charger at 1% seems like a serious ISSUE or PROBLEM
It's the "your [sic] SOL" which is the problem. That should never be a thing no matter which way you try to spin it.
boswald
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SactoGuy18
macrumors 603
This story--which (I believe) came out about a week ago--was the reason why I just got myself a Baseus E00285 10,000 mAh Qi2 MagSafe power bank that attaches to the back of my iPhone 16 Plus. This is for just in case I can't revive my iPhone by plugging in a USB Type C charging cable connected to a USB-C charger.
I’m not saying the phone should have an issue, it’s a ton of money. That being said if you like electronics you’re well aware that they have issues from time to time. Seems stupid to find out you’re having an issue at 1% when it could be found out at 20% when you may have time to do something before it’s at 0%
The mental gymnastics you are displaying is insane. Just come out and say that it's total incompetence to even allow this scenario to escape QA. It's an abomination.
SactoGuy18
macrumors 603
If you have an iPhone 17 series model, get a 5,000 mAh Qi2 MagSafe power bank or a MagSafe charging puck connected to a 30 watt USB-C charger. It appears charging from MagSafe revives the phone.