So I was just browsing random YouTube videos and came across this
. Note around the 2:00 mark there is a green charging indicator while the phone is switched off. I am not aware of this feature, nor could I find a jailbreak tweak that does it, so is this phone real. The rest of the video appears to look legit, but I've seen some really well rendered clones before.
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iPhone 5 or earlier WTF is this? (green charging icon while phone is off)
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8 years ago when this phone was new it even had a different charger connected sound (don't know what phone and firmware changed to the softer sound of now) so it could have easily been part of the phone. I doubt it is a jailbreak tweak as it happens before the phone boots up. Android does this when the phone is off as it doesn't turn on the phone for you, so if this is a clone this could be an indicator. The note about original screws is somewhat strange.
Today you don't get that battery screen as phones boot up too quickly (although they could have removed it like they remove everything). It still exists if your battery is empty and you try to turn on the phone. It will show a battery until about 5% and then automatically turn on.
The warning card is a little odd (don't update over WiFi, don't update without getting a notification, reboot the phone every 7 days, don't charge overnight) but it has a nice warning about water-resistant vs water-proof and about not keeping it in the sun. Maybe this is an introduction for completely new smartphone users.
What is interesting is that MacBooks do this battery capacity display if they are sleeping with the screen open and you connect power. So it would seem possible that the old iPhones did this.
Today you don't get that battery screen as phones boot up too quickly (although they could have removed it like they remove everything). It still exists if your battery is empty and you try to turn on the phone. It will show a battery until about 5% and then automatically turn on.
The warning card is a little odd (don't update over WiFi, don't update without getting a notification, reboot the phone every 7 days, don't charge overnight) but it has a nice warning about water-resistant vs water-proof and about not keeping it in the sun. Maybe this is an introduction for completely new smartphone users.
What is interesting is that MacBooks do this battery capacity display if they are sleeping with the screen open and you connect power. So it would seem possible that the old iPhones did this.
No, the phone is running iOS 9, as is shown later in the video, I have had a few older ones and I'm sure they did not do this, even my 4 on 7.1.2 did not do it. I am 100% sure I have never seen it before.
??? you never saw that??
?? they all do that when you plug in the charger (?)
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& this when the battery is dead
& you try to use it
?? they all do that when you plug in the charger (?)
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& this when the battery is dead
& you try to use it
Please read and watch carefully, I think you have misunderstood my post, it had a GREEN charging icon around 2:00 in the video and the phone was OFF, the guy turns it on immediately afterwards, IIRC after the phone charges to about 5-10% it automatically TURNS ON from the red charging indicator, but does not continue charging with a GREEN indicator while still OFF (although you could turn it off while still plugged in, and it will still charge, albeit not show anything on the screen). The first image you gave I have seen, and the second one, yes.??? you never saw that??
?? they all do that when you plug in the charger (?)
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& this when the battery is dead
& you try to use it
That’s just what the screen shows when you plug in the charger and the phone is off.
I have an old 5S that is for emergency backup and I just plugged it into the charger:
Here, the icon is red as the battery is flat. In the YouTube vid it is green because the battery is already over half charged. But it’s still the same thing and part of vanilla iOS.
I have an old 5S that is for emergency backup and I just plugged it into the charger:
Here, the icon is red as the battery is flat. In the YouTube vid it is green because the battery is already over half charged. But it’s still the same thing and part of vanilla iOS.
No, if it is alreday half charged the phone turns OFF, if yours turns green without it turning on, I have yet to see it, because I have never seen it on an iPhone before, that is why I suspect it is fake, I have plugged in a 3GS with a faulty SIM tray/battery, and I can confirm that it turns on after a while on the red icon when sufficiently charged and does not display a full-screen green charging indicator, iOS has NEVER had that icon before.
Update: Here is a link to a thread describing that, a couple of other users also suspect it is fake.
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OP, why is this video bothering you so much? What are you trying to get out of it? Who cares what icon you get when you charge your phone, I swear the threads I read these days.
The green charging indicator came on when the iphone was plugged into the powerbank. It looks like it took a second to boot up. It could be because there was no sim, the phone was refurbished etc. Or a new battery was installed half-charged and then the phone was put in the box. Or that it was connected to a power bank and not the power brick. Hard to tell. I don't think there is anything wrong or out of place.