This is so far the best setting for me. The only thing is doesn't turn off automatically ,I have to press the right side button to turn it off. I'll try with 20 seconds to see how that works .
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iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 15 Pro Max - Optimized Battery Charging not kicking in.
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Here’s what Apple says about it;
* Optimized Battery Charging needs at least 14 days to learn your charging habits, so it won't engage before then. Also, your iPhone needs to experience at least 9 charges of 5 hours or more in a given location for Optimized Battery Charging to engage.
Published Date: September 21, 2023
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* Optimized Battery Charging needs at least 14 days to learn your charging habits, so it won't engage before then. Also, your iPhone needs to experience at least 9 charges of 5 hours or more in a given location for Optimized Battery Charging to engage.
Published Date: September 21, 2023
If Optimized Battery Charging doesn't activate
Follow these steps:- Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services and turn on Location Services.
- Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > System Services and turn on System Customization.
- Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > System Services > Significant Locations and turn on Significant Locations.
About Optimized Battery Charging on your iPhone - Apple Support
In iOS 13, your iPhone learns from your daily charging habits to improve the lifespan of your battery.
This isn’t anything new and I don’t think anyone knows why except for Apple. I’ve never been able to find a reason lol
Sorry wasn’t more informative. I want to say in past I turned Optimized Charging switch OFF and reboot phone, then turned it back ON and started back a few days later. Not 100% on that, but worth a try
Same here...started working a few weeks ago, then last week mysteriously stopped. I also charge using MagSafe.
I believe that with every update the whole proces starts again from scratch. This could be the reason why optimised charging takes this long to kick in. Because the new iPhone 15 series was followed by a few updates.
Mine bought on the first day it was up for selling, started optimised charging last night. However I had it switched to 80% 3 days ago. Then switched to 100% again last night. Because I vaguely remembered that the battery level also had to be below a certain level, besides the conditions mentioned above, I used the 80% method to make my battery go faster to a lower level.
Can anyone confirm this? ( or did it all come to me in an apple iPhone dream)
Mine bought on the first day it was up for selling, started optimised charging last night. However I had it switched to 80% 3 days ago. Then switched to 100% again last night. Because I vaguely remembered that the battery level also had to be below a certain level, besides the conditions mentioned above, I used the 80% method to make my battery go faster to a lower level.
Can anyone confirm this? ( or did it all come to me in an apple iPhone dream)
I have my 15 PM set to stop charging at 80% and it works fine.
My question is why my 15 PM feels slightly warm in the morning when I unplug it from the charger? Most mornings it is stone cold when I unplug in the morning but I have noticed that it is warm to the touch occasionally. It charges the phone to 80% when I first plug it in so hours later when I unplug it why should it be warm? I close all apps before putting it on the charger so . . . . .
My question is why my 15 PM feels slightly warm in the morning when I unplug it from the charger? Most mornings it is stone cold when I unplug in the morning but I have noticed that it is warm to the touch occasionally. It charges the phone to 80% when I first plug it in so hours later when I unplug it why should it be warm? I close all apps before putting it on the charger so . . . . .
At the moment you use the Optimised Charge feature your phone will do the 'final bit' just before you usually start using it. These final bit's are also the ones that take more effort in order to get all them electrons inside the battery and to keep 'em there. All the electrons that are already in your battery are charged negative. And as a result they try to get as far away from each other as they can. And when you put in ever more, these 'hotheads' start to compete for the 'best places'.
And because this all happens just before you wake up and unplug your phone, it may feel slightly hotter.
When the battery is empty the electrons have a lot of space and will produce far less heat. Which by the way will also be a result of the charging proces itself. But also at an empty battery this process will cost less energy and thus produce less heat.
But when you can bake a pancake on your phone it has become too hot.
When I look at the battery graph, it shows that when I plug it in, it immediately charges to the 80% and stays that way until I unplug in the morning.
FYI, after upgrading to 17.1.1 yesterday, optimized charging started working again overnight.
No reason for my phone being so warm in the morning when I take it off the charger. It charged to 80% hours ago.
Anyone know why?
Anyone know why?
Powering on and off not working and still getting warm. It is like when it is done charging, it redirects the charging current to a heater!
Ok, still a lot of factors could be doing this. How your phone is setup and what you have On (Background app refresh, Always On, etc).
Oh I remember you now! lol. Told me I didn’t know crap about shipping and gave bad information lol
Made a video (with sound) for you back in early Oct and never sent it 😎🤣
Anyways, hope this warm battery issue gets figured out for you ASAP!
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Have done multiple resets. Yes the 80% is engaged and when I plug it in, according to the battery graph, it immediately charges to that 80% within the first hour when plugged in. For the next 8 hours the graph show it at 80%. when I take it off the charger in the morning.
Never used always on as I wear an Apple Watch, can't believe that apps are refreshing in background. I am closing all apps before putting it on the charger just to make sure. The battery program shows nothing is happen out of the ordinary at nigh while sleeping.
Thanks for the suggestions. I have owned a lot of iPhones and the only time one of them was warm are charging was using wireless charging. I charge via a cable.
Not a big deal, as mystery and was just wondering why it is warm.
Wow. I had given up hope that my optimized charging would ever work and then last night I woke up at about 1:00 am and saw the message that it kicked in for the first time since I got it on launch day. What the? Crazy. Geez
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