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iPhone keeps randomly turning off

Hello everyone, I find myself in a rather challenging situation with my iPhone 13 mini. Ever since I updated to iOS 17, my iPhone has been shutting down randomly and refuses to turn back on, regardless of what I try. I've attempted the volume up, volume down, and hold power button technique (trust me, I've repeated this process more times and for longer durations than you can imagine). The only solution I've found so far is to take my seemingly lifeless phone to an Apple store, where they perform a forced reboot. I've had to make this trip a total of three times because I'm a student and can't afford to purchase a new phone outright. This suggestion came from an Apple Genius technician since I originally bought my phone in the US, and it couldn't be repaired in the UK.

Each time I visited the Apple store, they ran a diagnostic test, and each time, everything appeared to be in good health. My battery and hardware checked out fine, and the only explanation the Apple Genius technicians provided was that it's a "glitch." Living this way is not an option for me, as I rely on my phone for both school and work, and I'm currently unable to afford a replacement. I almost got fined in the London subway as my phone had died during a trip and I didn't have a way to prove that I had bought a ticket at the exit. I'm feeling frustrated and like I've been taken advantage of by Apple, the Genius technicians aren't providing me with any sort of useful help or information and I've exhausted all available solutions. I'm strongly convinced that this problem is a result of iOS 17, something that is completely out of my control. What options do I have?


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iPhone 13 mini, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 15, 2023 1:43 PM

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Posted on May 15, 2024 12:29 PM

This is probably the best answer. I took the sim out before seeing this post, but had to take the phone (13 mini) to the Apple Store since I was at a point where it wouldn’t charge, and it wouldn’t even get to the unlock screen before shutting down again. I noticed that the SIM card was actually the problem and removing it earlier when I still had the ability to reset while it was attempting to charge would have most likely fixed the phone and prevented it from getting damaged more to the point where it doesn’t finish booting at all. When I took it to Apple they said it was a rear harness issue since the phone wouldn’t charge at all it wasn’t a battery issue. They obviously recommended I replace the entire part $299 or buy a replacement 13 mini for $400. Apple has seriously gone down hill and they’ve become more like an auto dealership that doesn’t fix the problem or repair decides, but just recommends the most expensive and profitable option (replace the majority of the components, or buy a new phone). I’m sure Apple is aware that the SIM cards are causing the logic board/rear assembly to become unusable, but knowing Apple it’s either a known planned obsolescence method, or they are award of it and prefer to let the phones die from their software update/sim malfunction to make people buy new phones and hardware for repair.


I can confirm that the SIM card was the main issue, since after I removed the sim and tried to use a back up work phone (iPhone 8) until I got a replacement, the phone did the exact same thing as the 13 mini started to break which was go from around 30% battery down to 1% and say it was charging initially but unable to go above 1%, then eventually not say charging at all and continue rebooting. Once I took out the SIM card after noticing that the exact same thing was happening to my iPhone 8, the battery went right back to its previous charge of 30% without it having charged back up. It was then able to charge normally and stopped power cycling. Something with the iOS update causes the sim to overload the logic boards ability to charge the battery, and that inability to charge will cause the phone to be unable to have enough battery to finish booting. Apple knows this is the issue since another used mentioned that an Apple Genius had recommended removing the sim and resetting to fix the problem, but they keep these solutions from the rest of the company/sales people/technicians or tell their employees not to mention it to their customers so the phone will become unusable/unrepairable with this method and they can try to profit from replacing huge components or forcing users to buy a new phone which is all they care about.

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User profile for user: Chalonzy
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Jun 16, 2024 12:53 AM in response to willkg

I am using an iPhone 13 and I have the same issue, my phone suddenly shut off and the battery goes back to one percent when it turns on and it stays on one percent and suddenly it shuts off, and it comes back with the percentage. the battery was . right now as I’m writing this comment my battery is one percent but my battery was charged up to 75% earlier. Please I need a fix for this

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User profile for user: Hashley79
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Jun 27, 2024 8:59 PM in response to lavinia119

Yes!!! Last week my daughters 13 just died. She was using it and the screen went black. It would not charge. We took it to Apple and they sent it off for repair. It’s working again BUT my son’s 12 died and turned off and now won’t turn back on or charge at all. When my daughters phone died we took it to our carriers store and they told us that they had like 20 other customers in the past few days come in with this exact issue.

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User profile for user: Alancito
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Jun 28, 2024 12:03 AM in response to Hashley79

Hashley79 wrote: "...my son’s 12 died and turned off and now won’t turn back on or charge at all..."

Hashley ~ With your son's iPhone 12 possibly being 3½ years old, it's likely that the battery needs replacing. Then it will turn back on and charge normally:


iPhone Battery Service


About genuine iPhone batteries


Repair Provider Verification


(Articles found by searching Apple's Knowledge Base.)


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Jul 6, 2024 1:00 AM in response to deepu251

deepu251 wrote: "I have i phone 13 and I faced many times my i phone automatically turned of still waching videos"

deepu ~ As an iPhone 13 could be almost 3 years old, it's worth asking about the battery...


Does your iPhone 13 still have its original battery?


And what's the Maximum Capacity % here?...


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