iPhone 6 battery dies in cold weather

Iphone 6 - battery condition under normal temp. good, that is 1500 of original 1810 mAh.

I made some screens of my battery wear after I was able to swith the phone back (warming the phone in pocked after it died in 0C) and the soft showed this

Notice the capacity droped to 700 mAh

After 8 min of playing with the phone (notice it shows 1%) I made another screen.

Notice that in just 8 min the capacity almost doubled - yet the battery level remained 1%.

The I plugged it in - it instantly showed 48%.

Just saying that this can be somehow related to a soft bug, but yes obviously the capacity of the battery decreases significantly in low temperatures.

And yes Apple probably is very well aware of this problem but they calcuted the loss this would generate so they keep quiete.

That lithium powered devices don't work at temperatures below freezing is not new, until battery chemistry comes up with another electrolyte it is unlikely to change. And it is not something the manufacturer of the device being powered that way can change. Unless of course they also make batteries in which case they can invest in research.

You are quite right, any lithium powered device is not to be trusted when operated beyond its acceptance range.

Fortunately the same problem requires the same remedy as it did the first time, when it runs out, replace it. That batteries do not last for ever is not a secret.

Cold temperatures adversely affect batteries. I don't know what the exact specifications are for the 6S temperature range and I will leave it up to you to find some online. It would surprise me if it couldn't take temperatures in the range you mention. You could take the phone to an Apple Authorized Service Provider for assessment in case you got a bad battery. In the meantime keep the phone in an inside pocket.

iPhones have an operating temperature ambient situated between 32° and 95° Fahrenheit, that's 0° and 35° Celsius. The manufacturer also provides information about a non-operating temperature interval ranging between -4° to 113° F, that's -20° to 45° C

Here we go again.... Days after installing the new iOS to my iPhone 7, it started dying, without warning. It has happened twice when hiking in moderately cold weather, i.e. 37 degrees. I used to have this issue with older iPhones where when skiing with adequate power it would simply die, without warning until I plugged it into power, and then it would show 30%+ battery life.

This JUST started happening, coincidentally? I called Apple up and they told me "it is a known issue for phones to die in cold weather." I disputed whether 37 degrees is cold. It is clearly not. To be clear, the phone is in my pocket mostly during my morning hikes, but when I take it out briefly, it just dies, no warning whatsoever and now way to turn back on, even though I am certain there is power remaining.

I was told that I need to backup and uninstall everything and reinstall the OS, which takes HOURS, to narrow the issue down before they will investigate further or replace my phone with the Apple Care I have paid for.

I love/hate Apple!

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I have the same issue on my 17 month old iPhone 6. Phone is usually 25% - 30% charged. Leave it in the car to play football for an hour - come back and it has either switched itself off - in which case it asks me to plug it in to a charger - or is down to 1%.

It was especially frustrating last night as I had a tyre burst on the motorway. Thankfully, as it was warm in the car the phone was ok initially and I managed to call a breakdown company. However, for safety, I had to leave the car and stand behind the motorway barriers. After ten minutes outside in the cold (around 4 degrees Celsius) it shut down. Not good when you are expecting a call back from the breakdown company, or need to phone people to tell them your predicament!

Plugged it in via the cigarette lighter as soon as I could get back in to the car about 90 minutes later - hey presto - 30% battery!

Suppose the easy solution is to carry round a USB charger and spare lightning cable, but this is far from ideal.

Was thinking of wiping the phone and restoring from back up, but this is pointless if it's a hardware issue.

6S about 13 months old. iOS 10.1.1.

Last week in Scotland - temp around +3 - battery about 60%. iPhone kept shutting down claiming no power. But restarted eventually with original battery level.

I found keeping the phone in an inside pocket - i.e. warmer - improved matters, but didn't solve it.

This issue is soo annoying I can't even describe.

It just dies in the middle of phone callls no matter how much battery has left.

Such a shame.

The only solution I've found is to heat the phone with your hands in your pocket. Few mins and you can try switch it on sometime first try won't work, but second one a few sec after usually works. However the problem is that startup eats your battery a lot. So u may find ur phone 20% less charged

I am also facing The same problem. My battery was 30% and I was taking pictures outside and just after one picture.. The phone died. I read somwhere that Lithium in battery performance degrades with cold temperature.Howeve, Apple should keep that in mind while selling phones in North America, where the mercury remains below zero degree Celsius almost 70-80% time during the Winter. That means we won't be able to use the phone outside. On top of that they are now saying to upgrade the OS to fix this, which is another BS as my wife did the same and her phone is freezing like anything.... These are just negative marketing strategy to force people to buy the newer version of iPhone..unacceptable.

I find keeping it close to you. Or somewhere warm is better. The cold isn't good for the phone

Just got my iPhone 6 returned from service.

Likely it was still under warranty (1 year old).

They just replaced it with a new one!

I presume they are well aware of this issue...

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

So, erase and reinstall the software, make a backup before you do.

Mine's dying, and the battery is almost full. It died yesterday when out walking, but it was fairly warm at 10 Deg C, and sunny. Battery was at around 65% and restored to that after warming up again. I wonder if it's a contact breaking somewhere instead of just the battery issue?