iPhone XS Max lightning port charging issue

Hi, I'm located in Canada and I have an iPhone 8 which is about 9 months old now. About a month ago I began noticing this issue. I don't think its something exclusively on the XS. When I plug my phone in to charge at night it won't register that its been plugged in. I have to wake the phone or unplug and plug it in again for it to register the charge. I didn't really think to much about it at the time until I saw Unbox Therapy make a video about it. I think it might be a port issue with newer iPhones, or maybe it's an issue with all iPhones that support wireless charging. I didn't really notice this until a while ago but it could be possible that this has been happening since I had the phone.

Exactly, my original message:

Isn't there a new feature which blocks the USB port entirely (Normally except charging) after the device has been idling for about an hour or hasn't been unlocked for 2 weeks?

This is a new feature which should lock out police and hackers more hardly. Maybe it's a software bug at this place which confuses the charging port with the idling time and also blocks charging which it shouldn't in the first place. It should only block USB connections.

I don't have the problem with my iPhone XS.

I had the same issue but tried this and it seems to be working fine now.

"Open

Settings app and browse for Face ID & Passcode. Provide your Passcode. Next scroll for the “Allow Access When Locked Section” make sure that the USB Accessories feature is enabled, to allow access to the USB port when the iPhone is locked."

Credit: iPhonetricks.org

Lemme know if this was helpful. I will update if anything changes

I found about this issue after Unbox Therapy made a video on it, I have a gold xs max 64gb, i tired everything on this thread to re-create the issue, i charge with the 29w usb-c fast charger, didnt lift it, left it for like 10 mins, plug it in, and it works, i have not been able to re-create this issue at all. Maybe it is a hardware issue? if it was software would it not affect all of us

There is a youtube video about this issue from Unbox Therapy.

The iPhone XS Has A Serious Problem... - YouTube

Looks like it is not an isolated issue. I will be getting a iphone x s max soon as well... kinda making think about that decision...

Under Face ID & Password, by default It has USB accessories ticked off not allowing it while its locked. Just like awhile back when Apple had Wifi Assist on by default and it drove up everyone's data. See if this fixes the issue

its like people don't read, i know its coming from good intentions but please read, people have stated that even with doing this, they have encountered the issue, i've spent the last hour trying to reproduce the issue on my phone, fortunately to no avail. I hope it doesnt happen to me, the phone costed $1200 after tax, i'd be tight

I know.. At least a dozen users have posted this fix but it does not work for all users, if at all.. There are 11 pages of postings, it doesn't take that long to go through it. Even the first few pages have at least one person posting the same "fix".. Society has become so lazy that no one can take the time to read..

I Don't know if this works for you guys,I've just connected my device to my mac with the screen turn off and it was start to charge,And then i've disabled USB Accessories option and Plugged the device again and it worked too.iPhone XS Max.

I don’t have an iphone XS but a 7 plus and I’m experiencing the same problem :(. The phone recognizes the charge when my screen is on but when it goes to sleep, it stops charging. It started to happens right after ios 12 update.

Not to muddle this thread but I have a new iPhone 8 which I tried charging wirelessly overnight and noticed not charging once the phone is idle on the wireless pad. I don't know if this is more to do with the wireless charger, the phone moving during the night because of a taptic notification, or potentially this is an iOS 12 software bug. Any insight would be helpful.

I am having the same issue with my XS Max. It does not charge after i plug in the cable. Sometimes i have wake it up or even take the cable out and plug it again. I hope apple recognizes this problem and fixes it soon. This was my first iphone and i am disappointed.

If you will check YouTube, Unboxing Therapy channel tested many iPhones (X, XS, XS Max) and some of them have a related problem as yours. Others don’t charge if the phone is locked.

So far on my iPhone XS Max I don’t have this issue.

It’s probably a software issue (and I hope so), rather than a hardware issue.

I hope Apple will give us an insight of this.

Me and two others within this thread are on beta 12.1

Out of us three, one says it didn’t fix the issue. Maybe the one is a legit defect? It’s been half a day for me and i have had no problems on 12.1, which suggests to me Apple knew about this.

A couple of youtubers have now made videos on this issue, the main one being Lou from Unbox Therapy, videos been up for 6 hours. It’s had just over 1.1 million views. He tested multiple Max and standard XS with some having the issue and some not, but he believes it’s a Software issue. I also believe I saw 9to5 tech do a video on it so here’s hoping that this raises the stakes and Apple give an official response and that they move fast on this issue.