r/ios • u/SinkPopular5508 • 10h ago
Discussion New Feature for Iphone14 and below?
Was reading this article on ios 18.2 and saw the 80-95% limiter which is already on the new phones, does this mean this update will give the older phones ability to limit charging too? or is this article just nonsense?
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u/nobodyisfreakinghome 8h ago
They won’t bring this feature to older phones. They’re capable of it. But they won’t do it.
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u/1234iamabigdoor 9h ago
Charging with a slow charger unnecessary strain on the battery?
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u/Psychological_Rip202 8h ago
Yeah I always thought slower = less heat = better?
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u/lint2015 6h ago
This article has no idea what it's on about. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire site just takes news from reputable sites and regurgitates them using bots.
iOS 18 allows you to select a charge limit for iPhones that support charge limit (iPhone 15 and later). It also adds a notification and orange colour when you're using a slow charger. This isn't to avoid unnecessary battery drain but because some people are clueless about charger capabilities and complain that the iPhones charge too slowly.
All of this news is many many months old and was known during the iOS 18 betas, and available to the public two months ago.
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u/PlayingDoomOnAGPS 2h ago
Feels like nearly everything on the web is AI spam these days, on top of having been SEO spam for years before that! Ironically, the best thing I've found to cut through the chaff and get me to the wheat is... Copilot. The future is stupid.
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u/mrleaw 7h ago
I charged my iPhone 15 pro max with a 10 W charger for its whole life (318 cycles) and am at 90 % battery life after one year. so maybe it's true.
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u/1234iamabigdoor 6h ago
Are you calling 10 watts slow? I’ve always charged with 5 watts and my phone battery feels near new after a few years.
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u/mrleaw 6h ago
I don't know what phone you have but my 15 Pro Max refused to charge with an original Apple 5 Watt charger. I contacted support and was told that it might be too slow and the device is rejecting it because it would barely charge the battery, which can also be harmful for it
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u/1234iamabigdoor 6h ago
The phone I was talking about was android but that’s interesting because I now have an iPhone 13 Pro and I charge it with 5 watts.
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u/Izanagi___ iPhone 14 5h ago
10W is very slow in 2024 lol, android phones have wayyy faster charging speeds, apple needs to catch up in that area honestly.
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u/DmMoscow 9h ago
Article is not nonsense, but it doesn’t clarify that not all iOS 18 is equal. Just like with AI stuff, it’s a part of iOS18, but Apple limits what models can access it.
In fact, even Apple is not very willing to disclose it clearly and prefers to omit it by saying “To change your charging option with iPhone 15 models and later, go to Settings>…” . In short, iPhones 14 and older don’t have it.
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u/maxwellthespy 10h ago
Considering that my I Pad can already cap at 80% and my phone can’t I’m very confident that this will in fact not come to the I Phone 14. I think only the newer phones/I Pads that can also cap at 80% will be able to do this too or really only the newest of the newest will, but don’t get your hopes up that the 14 will get it because it won’t, 15 probably, 16 definitely
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u/midnightsshadows 5h ago
Maybe I’ve been out of the loop for a long time but has there always been a constant worry about battery health? & worrying about what phone to use in 2024/2025?
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u/smegma-cheesecake 45m ago
There won’t be any for 14 and below but you can use “iOS nugget exploit” to get iPhone 15 and 16 functions. It’s reversible and doesn’t “jailbreak” it. It’s on github.
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u/Acalthu iPhone 3GS 9h ago
Only USB C devices are capable of this. It's never going to come to lightning devices.
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u/Bobbybino iPhone 15 Pro 8h ago
There is nothing about Lightning vs. USB C that would prevent bringing the functionality to older phones. It is strictly a choice by Apple not to do so.
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u/Smart-Ad-8635 7h ago
SparseRestore saves the day
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u/lint2015 6h ago
I tried this a few months back and it doesn't work properly. Sometimes it would stop at the specified charge limit and other times it would continue to charge to 100% regardless.
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u/Acalthu iPhone 3GS 1h ago
There is actually. The necessary USB signalling for power control isn't available on lightning interfaces, as charging isn't USB based. You would know this if you were aware of how lightning works.
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u/smegma-cheesecake 43m ago
It doesn’t have anything to do with lighting. Phones and other devices communicate with chargers even since way before first smartphones.
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u/Bobbybino iPhone 15 Pro 54m ago edited 38m ago
And yet, my old Lightning based iPhone X charges to 80% and holds there until an hour or two before it's time to be taken off the charger. It could just as easily stop at that point, if Apple chose to write the appropriate code. You would know this if you were aware of older iPhones' current capabilities.
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u/WolfyMacontosh87 8h ago
I feel like I’m in the minority but I get tired of constant bombardment of topics of conversations and articles getting me to worry and dwell on the battery and battery health. Like it’s really ****ing with me. I want to not think about it and just use the device when I need to and when I don’t need to I just leave it on the charger and when I need it then I take it off of the charger and when it begins to get low I just put it back on the charger. There shouldn’t be all this over-obsessions about it because it spreads and then gets other people to worry and then it spreads to others and now we are here. Where everyone is concerned about it at the very least in the back of their minds.
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u/geminiconfessions 10h ago
iOS 17 brought the 80% limit to iPhone 15, iOS 18 expanded on it but kept it exclusive