Usage Meter/ Power off charging
I have two questions.
1) When does the usage meter reset? Every night I charge my iPhone and it'll say something like 65 hours after awhile, with a message of "iphone has been plugged in since last full charge." Does this mean i haven't fully charged only partially charged it? I seriously leave it on the hook for like 10 hours or so. I'm a student about to start classes so i'm sleeping in a lot.
2) People keep posting to charge it while it's off to charge it faster for, lets say your leaving and it's almost dead. Can this be done? Everytime I plug my powered off iPhone into the dock connected to the wall charger it turns itself back on.
If your battery charges fully the usage meter will be at 0 and there will be no message stating the phone has been plugged in since the last charge. You need to fully charge the phone (make the lightning bolt symbol on the battery in the top right turn to a plug symbol) to reset the usage meters and reach a 'full charge'. You may want to try restoring your phone and adding the new update then charging the phone overnight with bluetooth and wifi off, but you don't 'need' to turn your phone off in order to completely charge it. My phone charges fully with bluetooth and wifi on.
Sometimes it seems like the counter starts in the middle of the night, I haven't had that happen recently so it might have just been some odd charging issue or it had downloaded some data that caused the charge to drop.
In short, plug it in and let it charge fully. If the counter doesn't reset after you have tried turning it off and charging it then do the restore/reset. If the counter still won't reset and you do not see the plug symbol call Apple.
The 'plugged in' message means that since you FULLY CHARGED the phone you have also put it in a dock. Sync it, leave it plugged in, or drop it in the cradle for a couple of seconds and you will get that message.
Good Luck,
-j
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http://s8.postimage.org/6e6elfzat/bpusage1.jpg
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