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Why doesn't the iPhone 4s charge to a full 100% when charing over night?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1
It should. Try fully discharging (till it shuts off) and then fully recharging (100% or 4 hours) to recalibrate your battery meter. You might need to do this 2-3 times.
Should I contact apple to see if there is a reset for this?
No, there's not a reset for that, except for what I described.
If that doesn't work, you can try a Restorewith your backup.
What's a restore, and do you think it's better to do the 4 hour charge or let it die and then charge it? This is my first iPhone so I am completely sure on how to deal with this.
Try the discharge/recharge first. If still a problem, click the link in my earlier post to learn how to Restore.
Ok great thank you, and recharging overnight shouldn't be a problem right?
No problem at all... you can charge as often and as long as you like... like most all modern consumer devices, the iPhone will stop charging when full.
Ok great thank you so much!
You're welcome.
OK sort of an old thread now but this apparently is a common issue. Restore wont help. I have researched it for the past week (did several months ago too and gave up) but I now have somewhat of a solution to this phenomena. For whatever reason mine seems to stay at 100% most of the night than around 7:00am it would drop to 97% or so within a few minutes. This sorta stopped when iOS 5.1.1 came out. Now it stays at 100% until I unplug it then it drops. What I was doing was each morning when wake up, I unplug then plug back in while I was getting ready for the day and it would go back to 100%. So for the fix. What I have discovered over the past week worked 100% of the time. When go to bed I turn off the phone with the slider. Then plug in charger and let the phone come alive again by itself. But I do not log it in. Just let it sit at the lock screen. Now every morning its at 100% and stays that way for more than an hour (If not used). So it is being fully charged and remaining that way. iPhone will quick charge to 100% by meter but in reality it still needs longer to fully charge. Anyway this process has solved the waking up to less than 100% while still being connected to the charger.
Why doesn't the iPhone 4s charge to 100%?
