IPhone battery symbol on iTunes
Battery symbol on iTunes changing randomly between charging (lightning bolt symbol) and charged (plug symbol).
For example, it happens to change from plug symbol to lightning bolt, although my battery percentage is 100% and back to lightning bolt without any reason.
Any fix for this? Is this a serious issue?
Marios K wrote:
Battery symbol on iTunes changing randomly between charging (lightning bolt symbol) and charged (plug symbol).
For example, it happens to change from plug symbol to lightning bolt, although my battery percentage is 100% and back to lightning bolt without any reason.
Any fix for this? Is this a serious issue?
Why would it be a serious issue? If your iPhone is being charged, I wouldn't be concerned by which symbol is being shown in iTunes. Perhaps the iPhone (fully charged) doesn't need charging for a while, and after a while has used enough battery to enable the charging to take place, and these two states continue to alternate the charging status shown in iTunes?
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