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This Is Why Your iPhone Battery Always Dies At 25 Percent

This Is Why Your iPhone Battery Always Dies At 25 Percent

Devious bastard.

Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan

I'm sure we've all felt the pain of enjoying a video that's popped up on our timelines before our phones decide 'haha, screw you' and conks out at around 25 percent battery life. This would not have happened in the 3310 days but, then again, nor would you be watching a video in the first place.

When this happens, it is usually greeted with a series of four letter words that perfectly sum up your frustration. If you're lucky enough to be near a plug socket, you can throw your phone on charge and see quite clearly that your battery life will shoot up quickly.

The good people at ShortList became enraged with the phenomenon I'm going to label 'iPhone shithousery', and sought after a reason as to why we're persistently being done over.

It's usually down to an app sucking all your juice like a succubus, and you can identify that app by entering Settings > General > Battery and scrolling down to see a list of what activity is going on.

Apps with notifications switched on, location settings and all sorts going on behind the scenes are usually the worst offenders, and, unfortunately, one of those is Facebook.

The best way to completely remove the problem is, as ShortList claims, to delete the app and use Safari instead. It also helps if you update all your apps, but I assume most of you do because the small red notification in the top right corner of an app is horrible to have on your home screen.

There is also a way of re-syncing your battery though, as now and again it becomes a bit of a lazy bastard and drifts in and out of consciousness.

ShortList has given some handy steps in how to reset the battery if it's really getting that bad for you. First, let your battery completely drain before leaving it switched off while you recharge it.

When you reach the unfamiliar landmark of 100 percent, reset your iPhone by holding down the home and lock button simultaneously for a few seconds. When the device comes back on it should have recalibrated the battery levels, actually telling you just how much you have left, rather than hoodwinking you by saying you have something like 25 percent.

You're welcome.

Featured Image Credit: Apple

Topics: iPhone