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Some iPhone XS and XS Max Units Won't Start Charging While Screen is Turned Off [Fix Coming in iOS 12.1]
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I’m not downplaying anything and if you think I am you’re obviously not paying attention
Its a big deal sure, I never said it wasn’t and you’re putting words in my mouth. But it’s not a serious issue unless it’s hardware or it doesn’t charge at all. 5 out of 8 phones? Where are you getting bull stats like that because I’ve seen most people say they don’t have a problem. If you’re gna get stats from a forum about the issue obviously the results are gna be screwed towards more people having the problem.
I’m not downpaying it, of course it’s a problem that’s needs attention, every bug and problem deserves to be fixed, but your acting like I said it’s no biggie when I CERALY didn’t and you’re antagonizing me for it. I siad it’s a big deal, but not a serious problem yet, it’s a difference in words and you’re completely over reacting to my view on it because a few damn words
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Back on the actual topic of this thread, my iPhone X is having trouble charging as well. I normally leave it on my RavPower wireless charger all night. This morning I picked it up to find it had 30% charge on it. I put it back on the charger and it started charging again. I came back to it a couple hours later to find it had stopped charging again at 50%.
You’re right. But I don’t see Apple 2018 doing this.
Actually, 90% of this thread is speculation. Let’s see what Apple does to solve the problem. Steve Jobs is gone, so no “you’re using it wrong”
Yeah, you're right, they were indeed ordered to collect the money, probably had a brainfart earlier on today.
But we all know, in the Apple world, the only thing that mattes is looks.
The issue is consistently reproducible with my iPhone X's and XS's on iOS 12. One X actually goes as far to end up not charging no matter how many times I plug it in until I make use of the device. I think this is some sort of charging circuit suspend state bug because I can still plug it in and get data transfer through iTunes despite not indicating the phone is charging and also displaying the message 'Unlock iPhone to use Accessories'.
I ordered an iPhone XS Max on the UK Apple store and when it arrived I couldn’t charge it via the lightning port at all. I tried 5 different power sources and three differnt lightning cables, OEM and 3rd party on both counts. Locked, unlocked, didn’t matter. It does charge wirelessly. I’ve contacted Apple for a replacement.
My iPhone 8 does this occasionally and begins to charge when I lift the phone and ‘raise to wake’ triggeres the chargeing to start. But it’s not consistent.
How tiny is the sterile windowless bubble you have to live in for this to constitute a serious problem? Unbelievable.
Yet over half of the readers here bitch about how laggy the Samsung phone’s are and they don’t own them
To be honest, it's kinda sad that most people here resort to the "It's $2,000 so it should be perfect".
That shows that most of you do not buy luxury goods often. Being $2k does not mean that it's going to be perfect. Nothing is perfect. Yes that bug is annoying, but what really matters is how and how long it's going to take for Apple to fix the issue.
I constantly buy what people would consider luxury goods, and sometimes defects happens. What matters is that they replace the good/fix it (even 4-5 years after I've bought it), whereas if I would get the same issues at, let's say H&M, they'd probably just laugh and do nothing about it.
Also, remember that Apple will probably patch this in the next week or so, whereas if this issue was happening with an Android device, it could take up to two months before it would be patched so... Let that sink it.
That shows that most of you do not buy luxury goods often. Being $2k does not mean that it's going to be perfect. Nothing is perfect. Yes that bug is annoying, but what really matters is how and how long it's going to take for Apple to fix the issue.
I constantly buy what people would consider luxury goods, and sometimes defects happens. What matters is that they replace the good/fix it (even 4-5 years after I've bought it), whereas if I would get the same issues at, let's say H&M, they'd probably just laugh and do nothing about it.
Also, remember that Apple will probably patch this in the next week or so, whereas if this issue was happening with an Android device, it could take up to two months before it would be patched so... Let that sink it.
I’ve been using an iPhone X for about a year now and have never plugged it in to charge and have always charged wirelessly. Never had an issue. Maybe people with phones that are affected by the wired charging issue could just charge wirelessly till this issue is solved with an update?
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And they say the non "S" buyers are the guinea pigs for a new design.
I hate Lou so much. However, we need big youtube channels like him to call out problems with Apple products so we can get faster fixes.
