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How to tell if your iPhone is charging

My iPhone 5s has got kind of temperamental, and I have to jiggle the cable around a bit before it'll charge sometimes. Normally that's fine, 'cause you just look for the lightning icon next to the charge indicator.


On this occasion, the phone has died completely, and now I can't tell which of the cryptic symbols on the screen is telling me it's charging, and which is telling me it needs to be plugged in.


Sometimes I have an empty battery icon with red low power, and sometimes I have the same, only with an icon of a lightning connector at the bottom of the screen.


Which is which?

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iPhone 5s, iOS 9.3.5

Posted on Aug 30, 2016 11:12 AM

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Posted on Aug 30, 2016 11:16 AM

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On the left: needs to be charged, charger not connected.

ON the right: needs to be charged, currently charging.

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Nov 22, 2017 6:10 PM in response to ADAMdotK

The fact that this can be wrong way around is proof, if ever it was needed, that the symbolism is highly ambiguous.

Since a lightning bolt is used at top menu to indicate phone is charging, why not also use it next to the big red battery to indicate the same?

The inclusion of the bolt symbol with the cable is the source of the confusion.

How to tell if your iPhone is charging

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