Should the iPhone be completely turned off to recharge the battery?

arcatared wrote:

To the many who responded to my question about charging my iPhone: Thank you for your help and for educating me. I got the iPhone plugged into the service provider recommended charger, had the phone on and unlocked and it immediately began to charge.

So glad to hear it!

No.

Are you using a wired or wireless charger?

If wired, are you using the original cable that came with the phone? What is the power source?

arcatared wrote:

To the many who responded to my question about charging my iPhone: Thank you for your help and for educating me. I got the iPhone plugged into the service provider recommended charger, had the phone on and unlocked and it immediately began to charge.

Frank

Have a happy new year.

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If your iPhone or iPod touch won't charge - Apple Support

MoomasterT wrote:

No need to shut the phone down just plug it in, or set it on the magnetic charging pad ( make sure it is one you bought from Apple because the Apple ones have chips inside to protect you phone if you use a off brand or 3rd party you risk overcharging your phone and because you used a 3rd party Apple won’t help you.

As Kurtosis12 explained, using a non-Apple charger will not cause your phone to overcharge. Yes, there is a chip in the Made for iPhone certified cables but it that just makes the phone recognize it as such. It has nothing to do with regulating charging. There are many reputable manufacturers of cables and adapters who are not Apple. I'm especially fond of Anker and Belkin.

About Made for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch accessories - Apple Support

Try unlocking the phone before connecting it to the charger.

No need to shut the phone down just plug it in, or set it on the magnetic charging pad ( make sure it is one you bought from Apple because the Apple ones have chips inside to protect you phone if you use a off brand or 3rd party you risk overcharging your phone and because you used a 3rd party Apple won’t help you.

Zachyy wrote:

May I ask why you are powering off your iPhone to charge? You can charge your iPhone on and normally.

This is another example of the Moderators retitling something and confusing everyone. I think the OP is actually saying they are having a problem charing their phone, that they've tried with it off as well as with it on and it's still not recharging.

nibor209 wrote:

Try unlocking the phone before connecting it to the charger.

That shouldn't make any difference. Generally, you want the phone to be locked while charging so it can back up to iCloud (especially if you're charging overnight). For phones that support Standby Mode, it seems to work more reliably, at least for me, if I lock the phone before putting it on charge.

Of course, as there does seem to be a problem, it certainly can't hurt.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

There are many reputable manufacturers of cables and adapters who are not Apple. I'm especially fond of Anker and Belkin.

About Made for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch accessories - Apple Support

I would add Griffin, and, perhaps surprisingly, Amazon Basics; I’ve had good experiences, and they are actually more durable than Apple’s own.

nibor209 wrote:

BTW how do you link the post you reply to?

Do you mean how do I quote? When you start a reply, look at the toolbar at the bottom of the box. You'll see an icon that looks like quotation marks. Click on that and it will put the entire post with the attribution and the shading into your post. Some people do it manually (copy, paste, format) but I'm lazy.

Now that the default sort order for threads seems to be by upvotes, I think quoting has become especially important as people may not be reading posts in chronological order.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

nibor209 wrote:

BTW how do you link the post you reply to?

Do you mean how do I quote? When you start a reply, look at the toolbar at the bottom of the box. You'll see an icon that looks like quotation marks. Click on that and it will put the entire post with the attribution and the shading into your post. Some people do it manually (copy, paste, format) but I'm lazy.

Now that the default sort order for threads seems to be by upvotes, I think quoting has become especially important as people may not be reading posts in chronological order.

Thanks. That's how you do it.

Using a third party charger will not overcharge your phone. The phone's internal charging circuit will stop charging once the battery is fully charged, it has nothing to do with who makes the charger.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

I would add Griffin, and, perhaps surprisingly, Amazon Basics; I’ve had good experiences, and they are actually more durable than Apple’s own.

Verizon used to sell Verizon-branded lightning cables (don't know who actually made them) that had the braided covering and lasted much longer. And they were cheaper.

Yep. Apparently, they are not getting the message… reporting it.