I don’t know if this is exclusively an iPhone thing or not, but every smart phone I’ve had takes a ridiculous amount of time to charge to the point of powering up after it dies. Anyone know why?
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Rechargeable batteries do not like being completely discharged. If the battery is discharged enough that the phone has to power itself off, the phone is designed to charge up to a certain percent above “dead” before it allows itself to be powered back on. That way, if the phone is unplugged, it does not have to shut down right away.
Also, forcing the phone to stay off allows it to charge up to the “power on” threshold more quickly, since all the power from the charger can go to the battery, and not be split with running the phone as well.
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