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Whiffler OP t1_j4mg41q wrote

This happens half the time. Sometimes it’ll charge to 100%. Rest of the time it’s 50-60%.

Im using one of those thicker iPad chargers with factory usbA cable. Don’t want to use a usb c fast charger for overnight charge

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BananaBaconFries t1_j4mg9zx wrote

Could be a bad charger and/or cable and/or your lightning port dirty AF

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yellowshelf14 t1_j4mghsc wrote

Noticed this whilst charging sometimes. Some say a good old restart should fix it but I feel like it’s deeper than that

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nrron t1_j4mgjfa wrote

It's the battery optimization. This is what you want the charger to do. It will only fully charge right before you usually take it off the charger to reduce wear on the battery.

It will not fully charge the battery until it thinks it needs to or you explicitly tell it too via the optimized charging notification on the Lock Screen

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Whiffler OP t1_j4mh91c wrote

No, it literally stops at 56% and stays like that. In other words half the time it is at 100% at 9 am. The rest of the time it’s at 56% at 9am (like today).

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ryansc0tt t1_j4mmn9g wrote

I would suggest calling Apple Support, and asking them to run a battery diagnostic remotely. That way they will have the result logged under the serial number of your iPhone. Then they might suggest a restore (erase/reinstall iOS), or taking it in for repair. In either case, the battery history will be erased along with the rest of your user data.

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Baku7en t1_j4movw5 wrote

The cable and or the charging brick you use for overnight charging your problem then.

Swap the cable with a known good one you have in the house and see what happens. If problem still occurs then swap charging bricks.

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Mysterious-Can-9413 t1_j4mt99l wrote

Isn't this due to option to charge only when green energy is available?

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Geraman1015-_- t1_j4myx97 wrote

Change the cable or charger. I have this problem before, changing charger helped me

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Masongill t1_j4n68dv wrote

This is apples optimized charging. It learns when you unplug your phone and maps out how to charge it to 100% 30 min before you wake up. There is nothing wrong.

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AngryAlien21 t1_j4n8sbe wrote

It’s optimized charging. You absolutely do not want to plug your phone in, take it to 100%, and keep it topping off the rest of the night. Lithium batteries are happiest and healthiest between 20% and 80%. The optimized charging learns your trends and slowly charges your phone to keep it in that ideal range as long as possible. It greatly improves the longevity of your battery’s health

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EScootyrant t1_j4nc0qo wrote

Your post just reminded me to unplug charge my 13 PM (on slow 1.5A rate via an $10 Energizer dual pad Qi USB port). I always aim for 80%..

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_--TiTaN--_ t1_j4ncfod wrote

That’s not how optimised battery charging works, it should charge at full speed to 80% and then wait. It wouldn’t make sense otherwise, you may want to charge your phone before going for night out and phone wouldn’t charge?

“With iOS 13 and later, Optimised Battery Charging is designed to reduce the wear on your battery and improve its lifespan by reducing the time your iPhone spends fully charged. When the feature is enabled, your iPhone will delay charging past 80% in certain situations.”

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT210512

My bet would be on damaged cable or socket full of pocket lint.

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EScootyrant t1_j4ndkcl wrote

Well, I'm after preserving Battery Capacity (99% currently) for the time being. Though I have (2) 20W USBC adapters, a MagSafe puck, an NOS 5W (at work) plus several USBC cables (all OEM Apple) at my disposal..Slow charging is best for prolonging Li-ion batt life/less stress to battery (when in no hurry or for overnight charging).

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nikenick28 t1_j4nfog5 wrote

Try doing hard restart on your phone. Change the cord.

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GHUATS t1_j4nhacl wrote

Call AppleCare and they will run an MRI (mobile resource inspector) remotely from your device.

This will determine whether it is hardware, software or environmental.

If it’s hardware, could he replaced under warranty. If not, argue your case.

If it’s software (hopefully it is as it’s the easiest fix) then backup, restore software from PC/Mac, restore backup and monitor for few days.

If it’s none of the above then it’s environmental. Wall adapter, cable, power board or wall socket.

Give it a shot, call takes 10 minutes and you’ll have a better direction to head in that way.

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MarimbaMan07 t1_j4nhqya wrote

Every once in a while my iPhone says it is charging but the battery percentage doesn’t change. After restarting the phone the battery updates, if you haven’t already, try a restart.

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boolonut100 t1_j4nomgm wrote

Why is nobody suggesting Optimized Battery Charging?

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sxdkardashian t1_j4nrspz wrote

Restart it the same thing was happening where my phone just wouldn’t charge past certain percentage and a restart fixed it have no idea why it happened tho.

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Darth_Chehiko t1_j4ns7z2 wrote

Do you have optimized charging on? When I charge mine it stays at 80% until a certain time then finishes charging later

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caligirl_ksay t1_j4nuisj wrote

Omg everyone on here is wrong - you have your phone set to optimize battery life and that means not fully charging until close to when you normally disconnect it. This makes the battery last longer. Turn off “optimize battery life” and it’ll charge fully every time.

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dankmeme_medic t1_j4nxx9a wrote

yes, if you plan on keeping your phone for years and years, it’s optimal to not charge beyond 60 to 70% because charging to 100% every time wears the battery out faster

but if you’re one of those people that buys a new phone every year then I guess it doesn’t matter

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TupperCoLLC t1_j4ny6ol wrote

pausing at 60% is way better for preserving overall battery capacity long-term than 80%. If you leave the battery in a suspended state it should ideally be as close to 50 as possible. I’d consider him lucky.

Damn all these downvotes and yet no replies. kisses biceps damn it feels good to be a gangsta

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joatlyn t1_j4o11oq wrote

Try turning off your phone and charging it. That way, you can identify jf the charger/cable/port is faulty.

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rush86999 t1_j4o1kdq wrote

All my Apple power chords broke easily because I'm a power user. I had to recycle through cheap power cords. Each time I had a power charging problem.

Right now I'm using skull candy power cord but have no Idea how long it will last.

I'm saying this it's because you might suspect it's the battery but think of that last and check everything else before that. I also thought it was the battery for my mac air but it wasn't

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Whiffler OP t1_j4o3grz wrote

I usually charge on slow chargers (5W or 10W) overnight to avoid heating up the battery. Is it better to just stick with the usb C (20W or even more?) brick and let the phone optimize the charging?

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Whiffler OP t1_j4o3uo7 wrote

Yep, optimized charging is on and I've witnessed it first hand (if say I have to wake up for early meetings, I'll see my phone sitting at 80%). The issue described in the original post shows the charging stop at 50% or so and stay there

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ryansc0tt t1_j4odebs wrote

That will tell you the "health" of the battery, which you can already see under the battery menu in Settings. There is a separate "Battery Usage" diagnostic Apple support can run; which doesn't provide much additional information, but might be useful if the problem persists after a restore.

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cbdubs12 t1_j4ori1d wrote

If you rule out physical symptoms (port is clear, symptom is replicated with known good cables and adapters), then power the device off. Don’t do a hard resetc that won’t change the device state.

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nikenick28 t1_j4osz1d wrote

Press volume up, down, then press and hold side button till apple logo appears and let go. If there’s a software glitch preventing the charging this should clear that.

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cbdubs12 t1_j4ote7w wrote

A hard reset interrupts the processes that are running and restarts the device to the same state. It will not resolve this issue. Powering the device off entirely will purge temporary files and possibly resolve a software related issue.

Source: I am an ACiT that has directly observed and resolved this issue multiple times.

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bobjoerules t1_j4ouyaz wrote

it does so because it wants to save battery from dying faster it charges again as it thinks will be enough time before you wake

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Disquiet173 t1_j4p3wum wrote

I use a wooden toothpick that I’ve nibbled the end a little bit on. The roughened up slightly moist wood works great for grabbing lint and dust really well and no metal on metal damage.

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megamehmeho t1_j4p40g8 wrote

I’m pretty sure it’s to preserve battery health, it should go straight back up near the time you wake up but that doesn’t seem to have happened here, id recommend getting a 20w charger from Apple or a MagSafe one

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wow_i_suck_at_halo t1_j4p7kcj wrote

this happened with my 14 pro max it's just a dodgy cable. are you using a third party cable or an old cable from an old iPhone box?

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Dashi- t1_j4p7uu8 wrote

Bad cable/charging brick

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Local-Protection2330 t1_j4p8xpt wrote

You might have optimised charging on that makes it only charge half to protect the battery. Make sure that setting is switched off if it’s not what you want.

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IncredibleGonzo t1_j4p97j5 wrote

Bit off topic but what does that dark orange colour mean? I only see green for normal, yellow for low power mode, and red for very low charge.

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LavishnessHot8434 t1_j4p9p6e wrote

Same problem here with iPhone 13 mini. I posted some issues and reported them to Apple, no news. Some software bugs they don't want to address. Neither related to the cable (factory USB cable) nor the port. Hopefully, this gets resolved in iOS 16.3.

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_--TiTaN--_ t1_j4pxpuy wrote

It’s not always that clear, charging with 5V requires more amps and that will lead to components heating up. So you may no be doing any favours to your battery by charging with slower brick (unless it’s one of those 5V 1A brick)

I had flir picture of power bank with charging chip running at 110C/230F charging at 5V 2.5A, can’t find it though, probably deleted.

There’s a reason why electricity from power plants is transferred at up to 1.000.000 Volt.

“The USB PD PPS (programmable power supply) technology determines the charging status of a battery in real-time, adjusting the voltage and current to deliver maximum power while minimizing the temperature rise.

Qualcomm’s Quick Charge technology has evolved with a focus on temperature management. Quick Charge 2.0 added Dual Charge, which uses two power-management ICs (PMICs) in the handset to split the charging current into two streams. This reduces handset and, therefore, a rise in battery temperature.

Quick Charge 3.0 without Dual Charge+ is up to 6° C cooler, 16% faster, and 38% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0, and Quick Charge 3.0 using Dual Charge+ is up to 8° C cooler, 27% faster and 45% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0 with Dual Charge.”

https://www.batterypowertips.com/how-fast-can-li-on-batteries-be-charged/

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chadster1979 t1_j4q059t wrote

Had the exact same issue on my iPhone 11 after upgrading from iOS 15 to 16.2. Was using a non genuine wireless charger that charges my watch, AirPods and phone. Simply swapped the power brick to a genuine Apple charger and my phone charges as normal again.

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PMMeMeiRule34 t1_j4q6ikb wrote

Settings -> Battery -> Battery Health and Charging -> Optimized battery charging.

Is this turned on?

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EScootyrant t1_j4qsopg wrote

I am aware of those you posted above. Did research prior to buying those Apple adapters.

However, explain to me why 13 PM get very warm with the 20W Apple wall wart?

With the 5W brick, this 13 PM is cool to the touch. Both times were inside a case.

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solarmindy t1_j4qu774 wrote

Why do your colors look so washed out??

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_--TiTaN--_ t1_j4quikg wrote

Yeah, with MagSafe 25% of energy is wasted as heat (takes 20 watt but delivering only 15 to phone). 20 watt is almost at limit how fast 13 can charge (22watt max I think), and 5 watt (5V at 1A) charger is super slow in comparison. That’s why in my original comment I said specifically that if you use that charger you’ll be good. How long does it take to fully charge? Must be 4h at minimum?

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IncredibleGonzo t1_j4sfgkm wrote

It’s a very different colour than on mine! But actually, so are the greens, both in the chart and on the switch - they’re much darker than they appear on my devices. Weird.

Edit: actually the blues are also darker. The yellow up in the battery indicator are the same though.

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