I just upgraded to 17.1 and now my iPhone 15 Pro Max makes a repeatable sound and wave on my iPhone when charging. How do I turn off this feature?
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iPhone 15 Pro Max
I think I've figured out the issue—it's an AirDrop bug. For me ... it's my Apple Watch Ultra v1 trying to AirDrop something to my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I have also recreated the issue with both devices not even on a multi charger. And I can replicate it multiple times.
After restarting my iPhone I was getting a message to bring "the devices" closer together to "complete the AirDrop". Though I'm not sure the message may have flashed in my Dynamic Island. And I could only reproduce it when restarting my iPhone and putting it back on the charger next to my watch.
So if I went into AirDrop settings and turned off " START SHARING BY : Bringing devices together" the "Rainbow Wave & Stars" stopped it happening on the charger. If I turned the setting back on while both devices were next to each other the wave & sound happened immediately.
I could also get the wave to happen even if both the watch & phone were off the charger and right next to one another. Very odd.
At one point I did something & the Rainbow and Stars wave was happening on the watch and not on the iPhone. WHAT???
This is definitely an Apple AirDrop issue. If you don't use AirDrop just uncheck "Bringing device's together." That will stop the bizarre problem until Apple can fix it.
And for the guy who turned his iPhone to landscape, stopping the phone wave ... that makes total sense. The phone & watch are far enough away from each other to stop the bug.
And it is a bug. I'll be calling Apple to report it tomorrow.
Funny thing is ... normally when I charge my watch & iPhone for the night I put the phone in Airplane mode so I don't get calls in the middle of the night. For whatever reason, tonight I forgot to put it into Airplane mode & the wave happened.
Pretty wild! And a bit scary too.
So y'all aren't hallucinating!
Ive been an Apple/Mac consultant for 20+ years. I do know how to troubleshoot. Took a bit to figure it out, but at least I got it to stop. 👍
Thank you so much! I felt like my phone was about to blow up. I would have figured that eventually. Totally not.
Mine does it too. It didn’t until my watch also did update. And I have used my charger for a few months. Just now started
I have the same charger as you, have used it for 1.5 years. Now since the update, my phone was the on screen wave and tone as well.
mine is also doing a pebble in water wave effect and making the same space sound that electric cars do
the wave effect and noise happened when listening to audiobooks, not charging
Hey, thank you for figuring this out. This information was very timely and helpful!
I’m having the same issue
I’m experiencing the same thing. So, the charger (wireless) that I used the last two years is the issue that coincidentally started after the latest update? I’m not sure that makes sense.
Same issue. Rainbow wave and noise while charging iPhone 14 and watch after the latest update.
Same for me. And it’s definitely only happening on the charging station with the watch next to the phone.
Mine just did this too. I don’t use a charging station. Only plug it in with the Apple charging cord. My Apple Watch was also charging the same time near it.
Omg that was it….thank you so much
I am facing same problem . Any one solve this ?
This happened to me last night! I was thinking the same thing, like this is aliens! 😁
Same thing is happening to me. It’s annoying!!!
iPhone 15 Pro Max makes a repeated sound when charging
