After you read the title of this article, I could almost correctly predict your countenance – from a relaxed you to a ‘somewhat concerned you’, right? ah ha! I gotcha!
Being an Apple lover and iPhone user, I can feel your sentiment – the burden of having to connect your phone to a charger or sticking around a socket area can be very annoying.
I’ve been there before so, trust me when I say I know exactly how you feel – not a good feeling if you ask me.
Some of the things that may get you upset are when your phone is critically low and you need to perform an important task but you’re unable to do anything as a result of low battery?
Have you ever been in a low battery fix and it felt like you were never going to get past it? Or have you been so mad at yourself for not taking your power bank all around?
Perhaps you never thought that you could find an article that explains exactly how you feel regarding charging your iPhone 12?
Well, seems you just got yourself a ‘genie in the bottle’ to grant you every tech wish. sit tight for this because I’m about to take you on a bump-free ride. And yeah, grab some chips and smoothie as we coast off!
A little backstory about my user experience when I got my first iPhone; Let’s say I had the best of experience when it came to enjoying iPhone qualities except for one thing. Yeah, you guessed right – the battery power.
It felt like one hell of a task to carry around my pouch. The pouch contained my power bank and I carried it everywhere with me that at a point, I was nicknamed the ‘pouch guy’.
This continued until I got my iPhone 11 and then, the story changed. Perhaps you’ve been in the same shoes as mine, hence the reason for this article.
Again, my curiosity found its abode and I stayed up for days searching for a solution to this problem. Did I find one? Yeah and maybe some more.
I bring to you, 10 simple tips to charge your iPhone 12/12 Pro/12 Pro Max faster than ever before. Sounds like magic? Well, not until you read and digest this till we Klink our wine glasses in cheers!
Below are 10 Simple tips to charge your iPhone 12/12 Pro/12 Pro max faster:
Toggle on airplane mode
Perhaps you think the airplane mode on your device was for fancy? Sorry to burst your bubble, it has an important function it performs. When it comes to battery consumption, your mobile carrier is a culprit! And when turned on, it slows down the charging capacity of your iPhone 12. So, if it’s difficult to stay away from your device during the period of charging, you can toggle on your airplane mode for a faster charge. This would help turn off your Wi-Fi connection and mobile data.
The downside? You can’t make or receive calls, access the internet while this mode is on. Navigate through to the control center which is located at the upper right corner of the screen to toggle on the airplane mode.
Switch off your phone
You, definitely, must have heard about this before and perhaps never tried it. Switching off your device while charging will help close all other apps (background apps, included) and channel the charging power to the charger thus, allowing your iPhone 12 to charge faster.
To switch off your iPhone 12, press and hold the power buttons alongside any of the volume buttons until the power slider pops up, then move the slider from left to right.
Reduce screen brightness
Except you’re in a poorly illuminated area, you do not need to increase the brightness of your iPhone 12 because this will only consume your battery within a short period of time.
For a faster charge, reduce brightness to the minimum. To do this, navigate through to the control center where you will you’re your screen brightness bar, then move it up or down.
Avoid wireless charging
Contrary to popular belief, wireless charging is a no-no for fast-changing your iPhone 12. Although they are safe and suitable they are just not the fastest means of charging your iPhone 12 because as your phone gets heated up, it reduces the amount of charge in order to protect your phone battery thus making it slower than charging with a USB-C cable.
The slow charge is a result of the imperfect alignment of your iPhone 12 coil with those in the wireless charger. Another downside of the wireless charger is that it consumes more electricity.
However, the iPhone 12 Pro has a magnetic zone (Magsafe) on the back of the device which allows you to pair MagSafe accessories like the Halolock magnetic wireless charger which keeps your device perfectly aligned to the charging pad.
Take off the protective case
While a protective case protects your device from falls, scratches, and bumps, it is not advisable to have it on your device while charging as it may obstruct the heat flow of your device. iPhones are programmed to automatically reduce the charging speed when the phone heat level rises, thus, getting off the protective case during charging may help increase charging speed.
Do not charge and use
It’s tough getting off your device and allowing it to charge but I bet your device would appreciate your kind gestures if you can stay off during the charging time. No fiddling, or calling… just charging.
Disconnect optimized battery charging
The optimized battery charging feature is programmed to be enabled by default on the iPhone 12 Pro in order to monitor charging speed. This makes charging stop intermittently when it gets to a certain percentage and this happens in a bid to increase the lifespan of your battery.
However, you can turn this feature off by navigating through to your phone setting, scroll down and select battery, then click on battery, then battery health and select optimized battery charging, then turn it off.
Use a fast charger
Since the iPhone 12 series comes with just one cable in its box, the USB-C charger, there’s just one alternative way to speed up charging and that is to use the Apple 20W USB-C charger like the 3.3 ft/1m MFi USB-C to lightening PD charging cable which can boost charge to 50% in just 30 minutes.
Use a wall outlet
Ever noticed your device charge slower than usual when charging via your computer USB port? Thus, in order to speed up the charge, be sure to plug directly into a wall outlet.
While some tips are not so popular, they are effective and you can give any of the options above a shot. Hope you found this helpful.
