iPhone 6s Battery Fun
Posted on: 2023-03-17Updated 2023-06-13
My iPhone 6s has decided to go all in on not working. It had this odd pattern of saying 100% charged, and then minutes later it would be 10%. I'd be thinking to myself - was it really 100%? Perhaps it wasn't plugged in properly? Yes, I was being gaslit by a phone. Yesterday it went all in - it was plugged into a charger and said "it is not be compatible with this accessory" - huh that never happened before. Then it would drop to 1%. So I tried it in other places to no avail - clearly the charger/s were not the problem. Just to keep things interesting sometimes it would jump to 50% and then seconds later drop back to 1% and shut down.
Hmm perhaps it's not that uncommon or even. In my case the battery claims it's in good health (95% charge).
Ok lets try this...
Now I'll try and restore
I get to the "update" option, and now have a page saying "iTunes is downloading a software update for this iPhone and will install it when the download is complete".
Okay... but there is no indication that it is downloading anything. I guess I just wait "15 mins" as in the instructions say and hope it's working. I don't think this is the amazing Apple UI experience I've heard so much about.
If I go into "Activity Manager", and the Network tab I can see iTunes is receiving a lot of packets, so maybe, hopefully it is actually downloading.
That eventually completed, and now I no longer get the odd "incompatible with accessory" message. I also get the little charging icon, and the charge appears to be on the up. Time will tell if this actually worked...
Update 1
Well it didn't fix the problem. The actual problem seems to be some issue with the charging cable. It did appear to be able to sort of charge but not very well and sometimes gave the message. With a new cable charging is faster, and I no longer see the message. The phone still has some battery issues, but not enough to make it worth changing the phone. I guess thats a win?