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What is the definitive answer on Power Draw and charging
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iPhones charge at either 500mA or at 1A depending upon the charger.
If the charger was built according to Apple's standards then the charger will tell the phone what it's capable of and the iPhone will draw accordingly.
But there is no 2.1A setting in the iPhone -- only 1A or 500mA.
If the charger was built according to Apple's standards then the charger will tell the phone what it's capable of and the iPhone will draw accordingly.
But there is no 2.1A setting in the iPhone -- only 1A or 500mA.
Anybody else having an issue where the battery won't charge if its too hot? Happened today while i was driving. It would recognize that it's plugged in but it would stay at a certain percentage.
+1 same thing happened to me yesterday charging my iPhone 5 while using tomtom. The battery icon in the top right corner showed the plug icon while the charge was only about 64 and stayed that way even after I closed tomtom. I had to manually unplug the phone and re plug it back in to get it charging again... Other than that phone is great my luck I'd get a replacement with much worse problems
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Yup, exactly what was happening to me. I was using waze while driving and my iPhone 5 got really hot and the battery icon changed to what your pic shows.
It can, yes, as an iPad charger can charge an iPhone faster than the iPhone charger
Nope.
Placebo effect.
You just think it can.
Yep - If it's overheating the iPhone will first stop charging, then if that doesn't solve it, shut down completely:
http://wackao.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/HT1871_1.jpg