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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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Those I am referring to have hundreds of posts on this site defending Apple, including dozens in those threads. So perhaps you should direct your comment at those folks as to why they feel a trillion dollar company needs their help in defending.
Where did I say he said it’s a hardware issue? Are you sure you’re replying to the right person?
What is not “accurate”?
How about replacing the above drama with “iOS 12 has a minor, irritating bug where initiating charging sometimes requires unlocking”. Super dramatic and worthy of the hands on temples, right.
That’s not a defense of Apple, as so many seem eager to paint it, but a defense of fact and rationality. There’s a software bug in iOS 12, not a “Serious Problem” with the XS.
I can't comment on the iPhone XS and XS Max, but I have been having this exact problem with my iPhone 6. Though its seems to have gotten less so a problem since iOS 12. At first I thought it was my connector going bad or being dirty but I've had plenty of times connecting the lightning cable and it not immediately charging without "waking it up" at which point it starts.
Noticed this on my iPad Pro last night. Thought it was charging only to return and find it not charged.
Apple’s biggest issue as a company right now is that just about every new release faces some kind of initial bug or missing feature. These issues are fixed but only after being identified in negative reviews.
Apple’s biggest issue as a company right now is that just about every new release faces some kind of initial bug or missing feature. These issues are fixed but only after being identified in negative reviews.
I thank him for the message and bringing it to our attention. However, I did not care much for how that message was delivered. Some in here cannot separate the two it seems.
Edit: Personal experience - I noticed this sometimes on my iPhone 7 on ios 11, but I haven't experienced it on ios 12. It wasn't really a nuisance when it happened because it wasn't often, therefore I didn't pay any attention to it.
Edit: Personal experience - I noticed this sometimes on my iPhone 7 on ios 11, but I haven't experienced it on ios 12. It wasn't really a nuisance when it happened because it wasn't often, therefore I didn't pay any attention to it.
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That behavior is best described in this video.
I experienced this issue. Idle phone when plugged in did not charge. Pressing the screen activated charging, other times it did not. Unplugging and replugging in the phone resulted in charging
Device: XS Space Gray 256GB
Charging setup: standard inbox cable and included Apple charge brick
Solution: joined the public beta, updated to 12.1
I haven't been able to reproduce the no charge issue.
Side note: I had my box and was ready to return it, saw that people weren't experiencing the issue on 12.1
Hope this helps others, and mostly hope that Apple acts transparently and owns up to it as well.
Device: XS Space Gray 256GB
Charging setup: standard inbox cable and included Apple charge brick
Solution: joined the public beta, updated to 12.1
I haven't been able to reproduce the no charge issue.
Side note: I had my box and was ready to return it, saw that people weren't experiencing the issue on 12.1
Hope this helps others, and mostly hope that Apple acts transparently and owns up to it as well.
Now front page of the BBC news
Apple silent amid iPhone 'chargegate' complaints http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45707211
Apple silent amid iPhone 'chargegate' complaints http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45707211
The "Tesla Effect" applies here and in the skin smoothing thread.
Look, you pay for a high-end device. Ideally you want everything to work, sure, but the rest of the device is good enough that you dont really care about these things as much as the rest of the Apple-hating world. You will not start RABBLING about a software quirk or something that will inevitably get resolved on the back-end.
Generally it's the people who cant afford the product that are the loudest in these situations.
Look, you pay for a high-end device. Ideally you want everything to work, sure, but the rest of the device is good enough that you dont really care about these things as much as the rest of the Apple-hating world. You will not start RABBLING about a software quirk or something that will inevitably get resolved on the back-end.
Generally it's the people who cant afford the product that are the loudest in these situations.
I feel bad for apple software developers. They never catch a break. Always one fire to another..
I've seen this issue w/ my iphone 8 plus from time to time. I have had to flip my lightning cable over for the charge to work. Also have had my phone start to charge wireless, but the tone and the image on the lock screen doesn't come up. Tell me something new Dr. Rama. What's w/ the creepy ominous music also?? lol
It has been happening randomly with my phone (6s) and two ipads ever since the security measures were introduced.
I noticed this started happening with my iPhone 7 a few months back when I would plug it in to my USB port on my car. Sometimes it would charge, other times it would not. I figured it was a bad cable. So I switched to a new cable and the same thing happened. I'm guessing now that it started happening when 11.4.1 came out, which introduced USB restrictive mode. Never had a problem before. So a software update will probably restore order.
LOL, people are just trying to put this situation into perspective. Every year when a new big, high profile product comes out there are some minor problems like we're seeing with the charging issue. Almost always these are blown way out of proportion, and they wind up being resolved somehow or other, either with a software update and/or the problem phones being replaced. That's what these defenders are trying to point out. What do you think we're supposed to do, tell Apple to torch the company or something?
This is just a silly comment.
Have experienced it once on my iphone X. Running iOS12. Definitely software bug.
I've had some charging issues with my Anker inductive (i.e. wireless) charging base. But maybe it just isn't connecting to that third party device right. So far, since the phone gets such good battery life for my use of it, it hasn't been a big enough problem for me to totally pay attention. I've been writing it off as that I just missed the charging base putting it away at night. But I will pay more attention to this.
Seems to recognize a lightning cable despite being asleep though.
Seems to recognize a lightning cable despite being asleep though.
That's what is damaging Apple's reputation more than the problem itself. People, who have problems with Apple products, are ridiculed by Apple-fans in a totally unacceptable language. If your are using your phone to pay or as ticket on your local commute and it is not charged, this will put you in a very awkward and potentially expensive situation.
Are you not Feenician?
And aren't you making a connection here between his claim that "the iPhone Xs has a serious problem" and hardware, when he never said there is one? Sorry, I thought you did. Please forgive me! :-(
For you it is only a minor(?) software bug, but others see it as a "serious problem" if their phone is not charging under some conditions.
“The iPhone XS Has a Serious Problem” when, over the course of the thread it’s become clear it’s an iOS 12 issue not dependent on hardware". By which I pretty clearly meant "not tied to a specific device" as claimed/
I'm not going to waste any more time on this absurdity.