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How do I override my iPhone's Photo "sync paused to save battery" feature?
I suspect this so-called battery-saving feature is mainly to benefit Apple's servers, but it's a huge hassle for me as I'm constantly taking photos on my phone that I need to be synced to my laptop immediately for work and email correspondence. Heck, I'd pay a monthly fee if I could toggle this feature off.
Today, I had the phone in my hand with 100% battery connected to gigabit wifi and Photos on the phone had the "pausing upload to save battery" message-- ha, ha -- so I plugged in the phone to a charger and the message instantly went away. There is no error. Apple does this by design and there's no way to turn it off.
I don't need to "save battery" to upload 1 image to iCloud with a 100% battery with gigabit wifi. It should upload the image in the background if I choose to override this feature-- but Apple won't let us.
Today, I had the phone in my hand with 100% battery connected to gigabit wifi and Photos on the phone had the "pausing upload to save battery" message-- ha, ha -- so I plugged in the phone to a charger and the message instantly went away. There is no error. Apple does this by design and there's no way to turn it off.
I don't need to "save battery" to upload 1 image to iCloud with a 100% battery with gigabit wifi. It should upload the image in the background if I choose to override this feature-- but Apple won't let us.
My guess is that Apple gets a lot fewer complaints about too much battery saving than they do about not enough. But there’s nothing wrong with having the option to go ahead with background processes, anyway, after being notified. The thing is, griping to us users will do you no good. If you’d like to make a suggestion that Apple will read, you should go here:
That's not a solution-- that's the problem. I want it to sync when I'm not plugged in. I do not need to save battery.
I didn't come to gripe, I came to get support on how to turn off this feature. The lack of support caused me to gripe. I'm only guessing that Apple doesn't permit turning off this feature; I don't know for sure. I was hoping that some other user might know, which is why I posted here.
Apple Feedback is like spitting into a bottomless pit.
if you connect the iPhone to power and the problem persists, you will at least know, if the error message is really caused by an attempt to save battery power,or reason for the syncing problem is a different one.
The message might be wrong - occasionally the error messages are giving the wrong reason for the error. Occasionally the syncing did not resume immediately, after connecting my device to power - which indicated a problem with Apple's iCloud servers.
I sometimes use a small portable charger (an external battery.) It doesn't have to be much-- I saw a tiny thing on Amazon for $14-- but it will convince the phone that it's plugged in and the phone will be happy to continue.
I use a larger on on my Mac Air when I'm away from home, and I want the Mac to continue background processes that it would suspend if not plugged in.
Xenu007 wrote:
I'm only guessing that Apple doesn't permit turning off this feature; I don't know for sure. I was hoping that some other user might know, which is why I posted here.
No, they don't permit turning off that feature.
Connect the iPhone to a charger. You will not see this message, if the iPhone is not using the battery.
The message states that "syncing is paused to save battery power," so I don't need to plug in to verify what the message already states.
How to override Photos "sync paused to save battery" on an iPhone 14 Pro
