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iPhone Optimized Charging Not Working
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Apparently it can take some time.
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iOS 13 iPhone features: What is Optimized Battery Charging? - 9to5Mac
What is Optimized Battery Charging? The iPhone charges to 80% and then waits to charge to 100%. This is how iOS 13 extends the lifetime of your battery.
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It works fine here. It seems to be a bit on the safe side and hits 100% a couple of hours before I wake up, but it stays at 80% for a long while before going up to 100%.
funny, i was about to start this thread just now. it's not working yet, and i did just read that it can take several weeks, but i'm a bit confused as to why - if my alarm is set to 8:03am daily, why can't this ingenious pattern finder use that as a hint?
Working good for me. I plug it in at bedtime, it charges to 80% then holds until 3:30 am when it kicks back in and finishes it to 100%. The first time it did it I got a notification on my lockscreen that said something like, "your phone will start charging again at 3:30 am".
It still needs to figure out somewhat of your routine and consistency of your schedule.
certainly, but why wouldn't it start with the info that is right there for it?
Maybe if you set Bedtime alerts instead of ordinary ones it would figure it out. Haven’t tried it myself though.
At first, I disabled the feature completely since my schedule is so not consistent because I change shifts several times during the week and it seems it would do more harm than good, but then I figured I’d give it a try anyway, maybe it’s smarter than we think it is and I generally don’t need a 100% charged battery most of the time. Will see how it goes.
At first, I disabled the feature completely since my schedule is so not consistent because I change shifts several times during the week and it seems it would do more harm than good, but then I figured I’d give it a try anyway, maybe it’s smarter than we think it is and I generally don’t need a 100% charged battery most of the time. Will see how it goes.
Consistency is my biggest issue as well. I go to bed at the same time every night, but depending on the day, I’m up any time between 4-6am. Maybe I‘ll stick with 4am regardless of day for a while and see if that does anything!
It seems to be working fine on my XS
Yep. I’m only using the Logitech wireless charger to charge my phone.
Working on my 6S. I noticed it stopped when I changed my routine slightly then started again but then stopped again as my routine changed. In my experience so far it looks like it needs a consistent routine for it to work consistently (aka obvious things are obvious).
Do you have Bedtime set via Clock.app? Wondering if this has anything to do with it working or not
No, I do not have bedtime set up. Just a regular alarm.
Optimized charging worked for me for one night but then the next night it didn’t.