This is driving me crazy! - charging cable

[lordofthereef]

How many times can people repeat the same answers. Use the Apple power adapter (it's not a charger) and use the Apple cable. Remove the app, charge the phone, what does it say % in top right corner? If it won't reach 100% then go to Apple Store and have them check it. Batteries can and do fail. I would not suggest this person fiddle with removing lint from the lightening port.

This will be the same answer no matter how many times it is asked. And forgive us if we find the flow of electricity affected by gravity. The space time warp age is not great enough here to affect electron flow. At the event horizon of a black hole yes. It's just too plain ridiculous not to laugh.

It's not about being repetitive. It's about word choice, my friend. Nobody i forcing a single person to respond. If it's getting under one's skin, they can move on, hell, even block the poster if it's that big a deal.

I'll admit, some of the questions come off as strange, but they're exactly the sports of questions my mom would ask. She still doesn;t understand the concept of data and that watching a movie takes up a thousand times more data than reading an email. It is what it is. I try not to judge. At the end of the day "lol what a stuid question" is a completely self seving response.

But now we are straying off topic because of me, and that wasn't my goal. Apologies.

 

[dr.delinquent]

I believe that the iphone will charge to 100% and then cease charging, allowing the battery to discharge slightly before accepting more electrons. However 82% is more then a bit low for this hypothesis, perhaps some regulatory device inside your phone has malfunctioned. At the very least plug the phone into an available powered computer USB port, see if that makes a difference. That is if you do not have the OEM cube, ideally use all the stock charging equipment and start from there. As the others have said your options are limited to trial and error, or visiting the Apple store. I do suspect if the battery is not properly conditioned there could be limited instances of such occurrences.

 

[a-m-k]

You paid actual money for that? lol
"Adjust battery capacity" appears to be nothing more than some kind of calibration of the battery display so it shows a (hopefully) more accurate number for remaining charge, and you would then have this BS number that purports to give you an estimate (a guess) for the remaining charge, depending on what you are doing. Not likely important, or good enough to be worth even the 99 cents you paid for it.
If that app ends up affecting your battery's real charge, then uninstall that app.

If you don't trust your charging cube, then get some other charger. This is not high-value, high cost stuff. I must have a dozen different USB chargers, all different. Many are less than $5. Most work quite well with iPhones. Same chargers may not always be enough power to charge iPads in a timely manner, but that's not what you need.

NO! I would NEVER do that. (Paying for a battery app.... seems stupid.)

 

[lordofthereef]

We still haven't heard where the 82% is represented (in the app or on the upper right of the phone)? Are you able to post a screenshot?

 

[dr.delinquent]

NO! I would NEVER do that. (Paying for a battery app.... seems stupid.)

Truthfully, as lordofthereef stated, a screenshot would be of great benefit to aid in facilitating assistance. If you could post a snapshot in the section of the settings app labeled "battery" that would provide some slightly more useful information. Did you by chance try and charge it via a different route?

 

[a-m-k]

Folks. Why not try and be polite? This person is asking for help and far too many people are either laughing, taking jabs, or both. Nobody is forcing you to be here.

Thank you. I have stopped using that charging cable. I'm using a borrowed one for now. It's charging as I type this.

 

[HEK]

Thank you. I have stopped using that charging cable. I'm using a borrowed one for now. It's charging as I type this.

Great, post results

 

[dr.delinquent]

Thank you. I have stopped using that charging cable. I'm using a borrowed one for now. It's charging as I type this.

I agree with not being rude to posters such as yourself; however I cant help but be irritated when some people are trying to help you, and you selectively ignore them to answer other idiotic questions. For these reasons I will no longer attempt to be of assistance in this thread, good luck.

Sincerely,
Dr. Delinquent

 

[a-m-k]

I will have to be more exact later. I don't have access to my MBP right now.

 

[a-m-k]

I'm almost positive I have my problem fixed. Since I thought I was having battery issues, I put a free battery app on my phone (I took it off a few days ago) I was watching the battery capacity. I put something on my phone. Others I have talked to suggested I take that app off. I just put my phone on my good charger and I got that 'dwong' sound. So, we'll see.

 

[a-m-k]

I am sorry I have been way so long. I've come up with a possible solution. I eliminated one possible culprit. I was thinking that the two charging ports were connected. (The USB port and the port in some cars where a ighter usually will sit.). I tested it in the car last night and it charged beautifully.

This makes me think that my long wonderful charging cable may not work so well with the original charge cube OR my cube is slowly going.

 

[a-m-k]

Gee. I had forgotten I had this going. I no longer have my 5c. I now have a 6s and I must say that I am very pleased with it so far. I went from a 16 gig to a 64 gig phone. (I wasn't going to replace my old 5c so fast, but it had an issue that turned it into a paper weight and wasn't fixable.)