Am I missing something?
When my iPhone dies completely, I plug it into my MacBook Pro and it takes a solid 7 or 8 minutes before the silver apple shows up and it turns on. Whenever I push the home button, the drained battery icon shows.
Is this normal? The same thing happens with my iPad, so I'm guessing it is...really *****.
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1, White, 32GB
Paul, your response is totally off the mark. Think about why people are in this discussion.
The point of this discussion is that some people are wondering why it can take about 10 minutes for an iPhone to turn on after its plugged in. Suggesting that they adapt to it or deal with it makes no sense. Obviously we are dealing with it because we've already experienced it. Nobody is leaving here saying oh I'm gonna take Paul's advice and adapt to an imperfect world.
I will defend the iPhone against all other cell phones without a doubt but the fact is its a poor inconvenience that it takes so long for a dead phone to start up even after being connected to a power source.
The answer to take away from this discussion is that it is normal for an iPhone to take up to 15 minutes at times to turn on after it completely dies so whenever possible, charge your phone before it reaches 0%.
I doubt that Apple is working on it, as it's how the hardware is implemented. Basically, external power is never used to power the phone. Instead, the phone always gets its power from the battery. So if the battery has insufficient charge to power the phone the phone won't come on. When the phone shuts off due to low battery the only way to bring it back is to put sufficient charge into the battery to power the phone. For me this takes a couple of minutes using a 10 watt Apple USB adapter, or 5 minutes with an Apple 5W cube adapter on an iPhone 6 (the 10W adapter will not speed up a 5 series or earlier model, but it will for the iPhone 6). If your need is that critical get an external battery powered USB adapter. The Mophie Juice Pack is popular choice, as some models are built into a case for the phone. I use a MyCharge (http://shop.mycharge.com/collections), which I've been very happy with. In almost 8 years I've only had one occasion where my phone actually shut off due to low battery (I run it down intentionally every month or 2).
Or get a phone that better meets your unusual need.
A few minutes would be fine, and no I would not be surprised at that. I just timed it to see and it took 12 minutes.
Good thing you don't have a Blackberry. Restarting those things, even with a full battery takes about 10 minutes.
As I said, it might be a bit quicker if you connected it directly to a power source rather than through a computer.
Sorry, battery doesn't make the differences whether you waited or you don't.
I thing you meant "know" the difference...
Great, thanks.
I don't understand, battery doesn't know the differences whether you waited or you don't?
You don't have to understand me, just pay attention to your battery and you won't missed a beat.
You should write for television!
Thanks to those who gave a serious response.
Well, I have seen it with my own eyes so...
As have I...
It should take <10 minutes for the charge icon to come on.
Think illl just put up with it till contract runs out 🙂 thanks for the fast responce people 🙂
Why does the iPhone take so long to start up after it dies?
