Best iPhone charging tips

Plug it in when you want to charge it. Unplug it when you need to take it with you. There's really nothing more to it than that. You can leave it charging overnight. You can use it while it's charging. Just make sure you use either genuine Apple chargers and cables or ones that are certified MFI (Made for iPhone)

https://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/

tips:

• Don't leave it plugged more than 2 hours after it reached 100%, that means try not to recharge it at night. An evening charge should get it up to 100%.
• every once in a while (once a month is fine), get it go down to 1% then back up to 100% in a single charge.
• when you plug the phone, try to keep it charging at least 20 min; it tires the battery to get it plugged unplugged plugged etc in the space of 5 min. (i destroyed 2 batteries doing this).

"Is it okay to use the battery while it's charging?": sure, as long as you're not doing intensive gaming apps: overheating slightly damages the battery, and since charging already heats the battery, using the processor a lot, might get the phone at the same time might make it even hotter.

but don't worry, normal usage is no problem while plugged.

Japib wrote:

tips:

• Don't leave it plugged more than 2 hours after it reached 100%, that means try not to recharge it at night. An evening charge should get it up to 100%.
• every once in a while (once a month is fine), get it go down to 1% then back up to 100% in a single charge.
• when you plug the phone, try to keep it charging at least 20 min; it tires the battery to get it plugged unplugged plugged etc in the space of 5 min. (i destroyed 2 batteries doing this).\

None of this matches what Apple says.

- There's nothing wrong with leaving a phone plugged in all night. It will stop charging when it reaches 100%

- Draining the battery and then charging it completely was something Apple used to recommend but doesn't anymore. It has no effect on the battery. It was intended to calibrate the battery sensor.

- Huh? Please provide some citations to confirm this notion.

Japib wrote:

tips:

Don't leave it plugged more than 2 hours after it reached 100%, that means try not to recharge it at night. An evening charge should get it up to 100%.

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG. You can leave it plugged in for 1,000 hours if you want to. The BEST approach is to charge it over night, every night, so it is fresh the next day. It is impossible to overcharge an iPhone, because the charger is in the phone, not in the cable or the wall adapter. And its a very smart charger; it shuts off when the battery reaches 100%. This nonsense about overcharging appears every once in a while and it's infuriating that people perpetuate this falsehood.

every once in a while (once a month is fine), get it go down to 1% then back up to 100% in a single charge.

Yes, but that is to recalibrate the battery gauge; it has nothing to do with managing battery life.

when you plug the phone, try to keep it charging at least 20 min; it tires the battery to get it plugged unplugged plugged etc in the space of 5 min. (i destroyed 2 batteries doing this).

More nonsense! Where does this stuff come from?

Japib wrote:

tips:

• Don't leave it plugged more than 2 hours after it reached 100%, that means try not to recharge it at night. An evening charge should get it up to 100%.
• every once in a while (once a month is fine), get it go down to 1% then back up to 100% in a single charge.
• when you plug the phone, try to keep it charging at least 20 min; it tires the battery to get it plugged unplugged plugged etc in the space of 5 min. (i destroyed 2 batteries doing this).

"Is it okay to use the battery while it's charging?": sure, as long as you're not doing intensive gaming apps: overheating slightly damages the battery, and since charging already heats the battery, using the processor a lot, might get the phone at the same time might make it even hotter.

but don't worry, normal usage is no problem while plugged.

None of that is legit. Let me ask you something; if I'm not supposed to leave it on a charger overnight, then when, exactly, should I be expecting my iCloud backups to automatically occur?

Automatic iCloud Backups require:

A) Device connected to charging.

B) Device connected to wi-fi.

C) Screen locked.

So, what, I'm supposed to keep an eye on my device while it's charging & backing up to iCloud? Or do you mean that if I"m already at 100%, and my iCloud backup may take more than two hours, then I have to let the phone drain battery power first, then calculate how long it will take to charge up to 100%, add two hours, then collocate how long the iCloud backup will take?

Cite your sources.

austin6180 wrote:

Hi! Around two months ago I purchased my iPhone 6 in Silver. The battery on the device has been great so far, however I want this battery to last unlike my iPhone 5. I owned the iPhone 5 for a year and a half and by this time the battery had become trash, it would only have a 2 hour battery. Obviously my charging habits were not good

There's also a good possibility that your iPhone 5 battery fell in the range of ones that were defective and recalled by Apple. It is HIGHLY unlikely that anything you did affected the lifespan of the battery.

austin6180 wrote:

Hi! Around two months ago I purchased my iPhone 6 in Silver. The battery on the device has been great so far, however I want this battery to last unlike my iPhone 5. I owned the iPhone 5 for a year and a half and by this time the battery had become trash, it would only have a 2 hour battery. Obviously my charging habits were not good and now I'm being more careful. I was wondering if any of you have any tips regarding how to charge to battery properly for longetivity. Is it ok to charge it over night? Is it not good for the battery to charge it often? Is it okay to use the battery while it's charging? I've been googling many answers and have gotten conflicting results. Please let me know. Thanks!

Ignore Japib. Listen to Meg, Lawrence and me.

austin6180 wrote:

No, I purchased the iPhone 5 in May of 2013, I was a late adapter of the iPhone. I also would FaceTime while charging which overheats the battery, and I would also let the phone die down to 0 many times.

When you purchased the phone and when it was manufactured may not be the same thing. However, that's water under the bridge. Yes, your phone may get warm while doing certain things. That's normal. Trying to turn the phone on and continuing to use it once it shuts itself off due to low battery is not especially good for it. Try to avoid that. However, using the phone until it shuts itself off is fine.

Remember, batteries are considered "consumables". There's a reason they're not warrantied for more than a year.

austin6180 wrote:

No, I purchased the iPhone 5 in May of 2013, I was a late adapter of the iPhone. I also would FaceTime while charging which overheats the battery, and I would also let the phone die down to 0 many times.

It is impossible to overheat the battery. The phone has a thermal protection feature; if it gets hot beyond safe limits the phone shuts itself off to cool down. If the phone never shut down while using it then it never overheated enough to damage the battery. Even letting it die to 0 won't hurt it, as long as you charge it within a day or so of it reaching zero. The reason is that "zero" isn't really zero; the battery still has some of its charge left when the display reaches zero and it shuts down. It does this specifically so the battery will never become completely discharged, which IS bad for it. The only thing you could do that might hurt the battery is to not charge it after it reaches zero. You can easily check to see whether your battery is covered by the recall. See: https://www.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/