How to charge an iPhone faster than usual?
Every now and then you have to languish while waiting for your iPhone to charge at least to 15-20%? There are a few effective ways to speed up charging of any iPhone. You can speed up the charging process by two to three times if you use the right methods and accessories. This manual covers valuable tips for charging your iPhone faster.
1. Charge your iPhone with it turned off
Let's start with basic tips. Charging your iPhone when turned off is noticeably faster. This has been proven many times.
The difference compared to conventional charging cannot be called huge. But even an extra 5-10% charge on the iPhone is a lot when the smartphone will be needed for the whole day.
? Many users think that the iPhone cannot be charged when it is turned off, because it automatically turns on. Actually it is possible. It is enough to first put the iPhone on charge and then turn it off, and not vice versa.
2. Set up your iPhone to charge
If you can’t turn off your iPhone, for example, you’re waiting for a call, then optimizing the charging settings will help:
- turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in the Settings app,
- reduce the display brightness to minimum,
- turn on the “Do not disturb” mode in the “Settings” → “Do not disturb” menu,
- activate the power saving mode in the “Control Center” or in the “Settings” → “Battery” menu.
Activating the latter mode is the main thing. When power saving mode is turned on, the iPhone discharges significantly less and blocks background app updates, which slow down charging the most.
3. Remove your iPhone case
Silicone and leather cases negatively affect the iPhone while charging. Because of them, the smartphone body heats up more than usual. This leads to faster discharge, including when charging. Testing has shown that without a cover iPhone charging can be performed several percent faster than with a cover.
In addition, charging your iPhone without a case will save battery life. It will heat up less and therefore lose its original capacity more slowly.
4. Don't use your iPhone while charging
Many people continue to use their iPhone while charging, doing it automatically. But even if you're not playing games on your iPhone, but reading the news or scrolling through your Instagram feed, the battery is putting a strain on it. If the display also operates at high brightness, the charging speed will be significantly reduced, despite all other preparations.
Putting your iPhone down while it charges will allow it to charge faster than usual. Remember that the display consumes power iPhone battery strongest.
5. Use a powerful power adapter: options
Top tip - use a more powerful power adapter. This will increase iPhone charging speed by up to two times. Moreover, regardless of whether your model supports fast charging technology or not.
Which charging adapter should you choose? For safe and really fast iPhone charging, it is recommended to use models from Apple. In the company's official store they are very expensive, but you can buy them from Apple partners much cheaper.
⚡For all iPhone models
A universal option for everyone iPhone models is a 12W iPad charging adapter. Adapter model number - MD836ZM/A. You can buy such an adapter for 1390 rubles, although not long ago Apple itself sold it at a much higher price.
Is the adapter worth the money? Absolutely! iPhone charging actually speeds up to two times faster. Moreover, regardless of the model, whether you have an iPhone 6 or an iPhone XS Max.
The reason for the acceleration is extremely simple. The standard charging adapter that comes with every iPhone model has significantly less power (5 W).
⚡For iPhone 8/X and newer
Starting with iPhone 8/8 Plus and iPhone X, Apple smartphones received support for fast charging. Here full list models that support it:
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone X
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
However, all these iPhones do not come with the necessary accessories to charge smartphones faster. Yes, they come with the same adapter with a power of only 5 W! These are the stingy people at Apple.
To significantly speed up the charging of these smartphones (up to three times), you need to purchase two accessories. The first one is the Apple charging adapter USB-C power 29 W, model number - MJ262Z/A. It's worth it 2890 rubles. A little expensive, but when first iPhones With fast charging they just came out and it sold even more expensive.
The second accessory is a USB-C/Lightning cable, since a regular USB/Lightning will not work with a powerful adapter. Meter cable is cheaper - 1590 rubles. Its model number to ensure you get the correct one - MQGJ2ZM/A.
Using these two accessories will greatly speed up the charging of new iPhone models. The increase in charging speed will be truly impressive, up to three times!
6. Use original components
Some of the most popular products from AliExpress in Russia are cables and adapters for charging iPhone. Unfortunately, most of them are frankly unsuccessful.
Often, due to low-quality charging accessories from AliExpress, the charging speed of the iPhone only decreases. Users, in bewilderment, blame iOS optimization and try to disable some functions, but all in vain. No amount of settings can help if the charging speed is limited by a cable or a cheap adapter.
Since 2017, all new iPhones support fast charging. However, only the flagship smartphones of 2019 finally received an 18-watt charger included, allowing you to try out this wonderful feature. The rest of the iPhones are still equipped with the traditional (since 2007) 5-watt charger. In this material we will talk in detail about the types of charging, which iPhones support fast charging, as well as chargers that provide maximum speed charging.
The main advantage of fast charging
With the fast charging option, you can top up your iPhone's battery from 0 to 50% in just 30 minutes.
Which iPhones and iPads support fast charging?
iPhone 11 Pro Max;
iPhone 11 Pro;
iPhone 11;
iPhone XS Max;
iPhone XR;
iPhone X;
iPhone 8;
iPhone 8 Plus;
12.9-inch iPad Pro;
11-inch iPad Pro;
10.5-inch iPad Pro.
What do you need to quickly charge your iPhone?
To quickly charge your iPhone you will need a charger. USB-C device with a power of at least 15 W.
Don't confuse fast charging with simply faster charging, which is available for older iPhones by using a more powerful power supply.
To use fast charging you will need a compatible adapter USB-C power supply(charger) and Lightning/USB cable (prices and options below).
USB-C / Lightning cable
USB-C adapter
And although fast charging is slower than fast charging, using the iPad's power adapter is still advantageous compared to slow charging using the standard 5-watt iPhone power adapter.
What is the difference between regular, boost and fast charging?
Speaking about charging speed, there are five types of charging:
Regular wired charging: uses the small 5-watt USB power supply that comes with the iPhone.
Regular wireless charging: Any standard 5-watt Qi-compatible power supply is used.
Accelerated wired charging: The power supply from the iPad is used (10 or 12 W). In addition, accelerated wired charging (10.5 W) is possible when you connect your iPhone in sleep mode to USB port 3 on Mac.
Accelerated wireless charging: Uses an Apple (MFi) certified Qi charger starting from 7.5 W.
Fast wired charging: Only possible with USB-C power supply and cable.
Comparison of normal, boost and fast charging speeds on iPhone
The iPhone charging speed directly depends on external factors, the device’s battery capacity, its condition, iOS versions, as well as on the nature of use (working interfaces and display, presence of notifications, background activity, etc.).
As an example, here's a rough comparison of normal, boost, and fast charging speeds on the iPhone 8 Plus (similar results apply to newer iPhone models).
For tests, branded Apple chargers are used: 5 W (MD813 adapter included with iPhone), 10 W (adapter included with iPad or USB 3 port on Mac), 12 W (adapter MD836 included with iPad), 30 W (adapter MR2A2 included with iPad) MacBook and MacBook Air), 61 W (MNF72 adapter included with 13-inch MacBook Pro) and 87 W (MNF82 adapter included with the 15-inch MacBook Pro).
Wi-Fi and data transfer are disabled on the tested iPhone. cellular communications, the screen is turned off (sleep mode), notifications are turned off and there are no running applications.
And although the blocks Apple power supply USB-C 61W and 87W were designed for 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops, charging iPhones with them is safe.
Approximate iPhone 8 Plus charging speed from 0 to 50% using various adapters:
USB adapter 5 W – 1 hour 20 minutes.
USB adapter 10 W – 40 minutes.
USB adapter 12 W – 37 minutes.
USB-C 30W adapter – 34 minutes.
USB-C 61W adapter – 29 minutes.
USB-C 87W adapter – 29 minutes.
Approximate iPhone 8 Plus charging speed from 0 to 100% using various adapters:
USB adapter 5 W – 3 hours 12 minutes.
USB adapter 10 W – 2 hours 13 minutes.
USB adapter 12 W – 2 hours 4 minutes.
USB-C 30W adapter – 1 hour 59 minutes.
USB-C adapter 61 W – 1 hour 54 minutes.
USB-C adapter 87 W – 1 hour 54 minutes.
So, Apple's 30-watt USB-C adapter allows you to fully charge your iPhone 8 Plus in two hours. A standard 5-watt power supply will take more than three hours to do the same.
Using a 12W iPad charger or a USB 3.0 port on a Mac will only take 15-20 minutes longer than using 30W USB-C fast charging.
In other words, fast charging does not significantly reduce the time it takes to fully charge an iPhone battery compared to using fast charging using the iPad's 10/12W power adapter or a Mac's USB 3.0 port.
Why does fast charging charge your iPhone slower after 50% charge?
Your device's battery charge rate decreases over time. When your iPhone's battery charge reaches 50 percent, Fast Charging starts using less power from the charger. This helps protect the battery. As a result, after reaching the 50 percent mark, the difference in speed between regular and fast charging will not be so obvious.
Where to buy Apple chargers for fast or accelerated charging of iPhone
Luckily, in 2019, Apple began including the necessary USB-C chargers and cables as standard with iPhones. Previously, customers had to spend extra money to take advantage of convenient technology.
As we said earlier, to fast charge your iPhone you will need a USB-C charger with at least 15W of power.
If you want to charge your devices with the suggested Apple way, then you will need to additionally purchase a USB-C charger and a proprietary cable (prices below).
Your iPad, regardless of model, comes with a 10 or 12 W adapter. As we wrote earlier, you can use it to safely speed up iPhone charging. But to take advantage of fast charging technology, you will need one of the following Apple-made adapters or one of the recommended third-party models.
List and prices of power adapters and Apple USB cables for regular, accelerated and fast charging of iPhone
Apple iPhone charging cables
USB-A / Lightning cable for regular and accelerated charging, 1 meter (ME291) – RUB 2,499;
10 and 29 W are no longer sold. In June 2018, the 29-watt adapter for the 12-inch MacBook was quietly discontinued. He was replaced by new block power supply at 30 W.
At the same time, an 18-watt adapter is also available for sale for 3,499 rubles, which is the most affordable branded USB-C adapter with support for fast charging technology.
Contents of delivery new iPhones, which, according to the latest leak, from Lightning to a mini-jack, will not receive a charger with support for fast charging. This follows from a note to investors published by TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
According to Ming-Chi Kuo, known for the high accuracy of his forecasts, Apple has decided not to supply an 18 W power supply with the new iPhones, as previously expected. Instead, even the top-end Plus package will include a 5-watt charger, forcing consumers to purchase fast-charging accessories separately.
iPhone with USB-C
The analyst did not disclose the reasons why Apple refused to include a high-performance charger with the new iPhones, but clarified that its release is planned for next year. It is possible that this has something to do with Apple’s plans to transfer branded smartphones to USB standard Type-C.
Fast charging on iPhone
Last year, Ming-Chi Kuo was the only analyst who believed that Apple would pack the iPhone X with 5-watt storage, giving it the ability to wireless charging using third-party accessories. At the same time, many of his colleagues argued in unison that a more powerful power supply would be supplied in the box with the “ten”.
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The answer was suddenly rolled out to Apple; on June 13, 2017, an entry was published under the ominous title “Using iPad power adapters with iPhone devices, iPad and iPod." The markings on the power adapter are like this.
The statement says that the 12W power adapter can charge gadgets much faster than a regular power adapter, and this applies not only to smartphones, but also peripheral devices — Apple Watch, AirPods, Magic Mouse and so on. With small things everything happens even faster. But most of all I like what’s happening with the iPhone 7 Plus, just a song, just real fast charging.
The adapter is called MD836ZM/A, in the official Apple store it costs 1,590 rubles. Power, as already mentioned, is 12 watts. There are a lot of fakes on sale and you can find them everywhere, so pay close attention to the price and choose the place to buy very carefully.
On the power supply USB connector, in principle, you can use any cables, but I really like either the two-meter original one, or the Griffin Extra-long Premium Braided Lightning Cable - a three-meter cable with fabric braiding, reliable, I’ve had it for two years now and Everything is as it should be, I can’t break it.
I hope this advice will help you - after all, 1,500 rubles is not such a big price for high-speed, safe charging.