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Alx2011 Author

Level 1

92 points

iPhone 6 battery dies in cold weather

Battery dies on my iPhone 6 in cold weather. Phone is about 15 months old, and dies from good battery 50% to 30% down to nothing and auto switch off. ON normal weather the battery is still very good and doesn't show sign of weakening on any normal day. But if it is cold outside, phone will dye in minutes if used outdoors. I first noticed when we went skiing around -5C (20-25F) and it was really bad there. But now it started doing it when it's around +5C (41F) shutting the phone down from 30% battery. When I plug it in, it immediately turns the phone back on and shows 25 or 35% remaining....

Anyone? Design issue? Specific app to kill? Running iOS 9.3, but it was already doing it on iOS 9.2 .... Thanks

Posted on Feb 13, 2016 7:49 AM

340 replies

Csound1

Level 9

60,033 points

Dec 22, 2016 11:14 AM in response to Lawrencemele

It is up to you to decide whether you would rather replace the battery or the phone.

Dec 24, 2016 4:33 PM in response to Alx2011

Same here on iPhone6. It only seems to happen outside in the cold, when I use the camera. The screen goes black and is unresponsive. When I attach to power, it starts up with a low batter signal (the red empty battery, but once running, the battery is at 30, 45, 50%. It happened 3 times today.

Dec 26, 2016 9:49 AM in response to Alx2011

Having same problem out of the blue with my iPhone 6 plus. Out running in 30-40deg weather on 3 occasions, battery was in the 40-50% range and then after about 20 min. of running phone dies and says it must be charged. After returning home and phone presumably warmed up the phone turned back on (without being charged) and indicated the same battery percentage as when it did just before dying. Currently running iOS 10.2

Jan 4, 2017 1:55 AM in response to Visualo

So you are 100% sure that replacing the battery will resolve the issue?

Csound1

Level 9

60,033 points

Jan 4, 2017 6:27 AM in response to FreyaSun

You need to meet more people, EVERYONE I know is NOT having the problem, do all the people you know live in the same town?

FreyaSun

Level 1

4 points

Jan 4, 2017 6:32 AM in response to Csound1

It helps to read the full sentence and welcome new commenters instead of talking down to them for no particular reason.

Csound1

Level 9

60,033 points

Jan 4, 2017 6:40 AM in response to FreyaSun

I read the sentence which said that EVERYONE you know has the same problem, what did I miss?

And I am not the welcome committee.

Csound1

Level 9

60,033 points

Jan 4, 2017 6:59 AM in response to marktso

Then again EVERYONE I KNOW is not having the problem, regardless of how many winters have passed, so I don't believe the poster, I think that exaggeration may be in play.

Wxgeek02

Level 1

4 points

Jan 4, 2017 4:49 PM in response to Ttran4497

Well this didn't happen to me last winter and if this is really a feature I would rather have my phone break from the cold than have it be a useless piece of metal every time I go outside.