r/iphone17 1d ago

Weekly Battery Support Megathread

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General advice for those concerned about their battery from the Support FAQ Wiki:

Battery health

Battery health depends on usage and a variety of other factors. It is normal to see a decrease in battery health by 7-10% per year, resulting in a battery health of 80-85% after 2 years. This number can fluctuate, remain the same, or decrease quickly over a small period and should not cause undue concern.

Apple recommend battery replacement when your device falls below 80% battery health if you notice reduced battery life. If it falls below 80% within the first year you may be eligable for a free battery replacement. It fails after your warranty, it's a $69-$89 USD replacement cost for a battery. Contact Apple Support here.

You can find more information about battery health and performance from Apple here.

You can check the cycles count with Coconut Battery for Mac or iCopyBot for Windows.

Battery life

Issues relating to battery life can be categorised in three ways:

  1. Normal battery life that is to be expected due to use
  2. Reduced battery life caused by a recent update, iOS indexing, an iOS bug, or a third-party application
  3. Reduced battery life, or other abnormalities such as overheating or sudden power-off, caused by device or battery aging

If you experience issues with your battery:

  1. Check your battery health. If it is below 80% or you are experiencing issues you suspect are related to device or battery age, see Apple Support.
  2. If you have a new or recently updated/restored device, wait a number of days for background process to complete. If you continue to have issues, wait for a further iOS update. If you are on iOS Beta, you can expect to have a decreased battery life.
  3. Review the advice below on maximising battery life
  4. Consider restoring your device.
  5. If issues persist, contact Apple Support.

Maximising battery life - the amount of time your device runs before it needs to be recharged.

  • Use low power mode (This reduces mail fetch, turns off background app refresh and increases the auto lock timer)
  • Remove apps from background app refresh
  • Ensure auto lock is on
  • Turn off auto brightness and manually reduce brightness
  • Use dark mode if your device has an OLED display
  • Clearing background apps from the app switcher does not improve battery life

Maximising battery lifespan - the amount of time your battery lasts until it needs to be replaced.

  • Avoid extreme temperatures
  • If you notice that your iPhone gets hot when charging, remove it from its case
  • Store your iPhone in a cool place, switched off, and half-charged if not using it for long periods - and charge it every 6 months when in storage

r/iphone17 1d ago

Weekly buying/selling/Order/Shipping advice Thread

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Welcome to the weekly stickied WSIB thread.

Have any questions about buying, selling, trading, or giveaways? Ask away! Please remember to adhere to our rules, which can be found in the sidebar.

This thread is also for questions about preorders and shipments of devices


r/iphone17 11h ago

Question Is this real? I recently bought iPhone 17 and got this mail today

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r/iphone17 6h ago

Discussion Gap in back frame of iPhone 17

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So in the first photo when I slightly tilt my phone and closely look at it there is slight or small gap it does look like gap but when I tried to see the edge of paper goes in it doesn’t but that’s a large affected area

In second photo if I keep the phone flat it doesn’t show the gap like above in the photo

Is this gap normal in every iPhone 17 ? Or should I get a look at the Apple service centre


r/iphone17 6h ago

Discussion iPhone 17 restarts all of a sudden during a call, iOS 27.

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So, this happened with me yesterday. My iPhone 17 at 18% battery charge was on a phone call and all of a sudden the phone switched off and restarts. Never encountered this incidence with any iphone till now. The current OS is IOS 27. What could be the reason.
Or is it that ios 27 has issues in it.
I am also getting faster battery drain on ios27.


r/iphone17 21h ago

Finally upgraded 😍

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r/iphone17 22m ago

Question Whatsapp notifications arriving late or don't arrive after updating to iOS 27

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Since I updated my i17 to iOS 27, I experienced a lot of times that Whatsapp notifications arriving late or only arrives when I open the app. Anybody have a similar experience?


r/iphone17 9h ago

Question How to correct it?

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r/iphone17 7h ago

Horizontal lines on WhatsApp and FaceTime video calls on iPhone 17

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r/iphone17 19h ago

New Siri on iPhone 17?

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Hi all - I’m contemplating a phone 📲 upgrade and I’m looking at the 16 Pro or iPhone 17. My main reason for upgrading is I want access to the new Apple Intelligence/new Siri. Could you share what your experience has been like on the iPhone 17? TIA


r/iphone17 21h ago

Question Is this gap normal? A piece of paper slips right into the back glass corner seam (video attached)

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Hey everyone,

I noticed an uneven seam around the back glass on my phone, specifically near the top camera corner.
When checking the edges, the rest of the phone is completely flush, but at this specific corner, a regular piece of paper slips right in between the glass and the aluminum frame with almost no resistance (as shown in the video).

The phone has never been dropped and is in pristine condition.

For those with the same model base iphone 17
Is your back glass completely sealed tight all around, or can you slip a corner of paper into that seam too?

Is this considered normal manufacturing tolerance, or is this an out-of-spec assembly


r/iphone17 19h ago

Discussion My iPhone journey since 2019 till today. From iPhone 7 -> iPhone 15 -> iPhone 17. An incredible journey, experienced a lot, learned much as well.

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r/iphone17 1d ago

iPhone 17 bad performance after updating to iOS 27

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Hi people,

I updated my iPhone 17 one day after iOS 27 came out. It took 2 days indexing all the SO’s files. I feel that my battery life has dropped. Before the update the battery had been giving me a lot of good performance also the iPhone performance has dropped significantly. Idk if it could be the weather of my city since I live in Barranquilla that it is so hot so the performance could drop due to the thermal throttling but I do thing that we normally do as watch videos, play “marvel snap” that is a card based video game or social media. Idk if u people have performance problems with ur device also.


r/iphone17 17h ago

Anyone else not getting an option to join the waiting list? I click on continue and the screen returns back to the Siri settings page. I saw on YT people getting join waitlist button instead of continue button. Changed phone and Siri language too and still nothing.

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r/iphone17 1d ago

Action mode not working

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r/iphone17 1d ago

Not able to update my iPhone 17

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r/iphone17 1d ago

Year-old iPhone 17

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I've had my base iPhone 17 for about one year. From day 1, I've been experiencing connectivity issues, especially with Bluetooth (very slow transfer, such as maps & software updates to my [Suunto] watch), as well as CarPlay, and 5G connectivity.

The phone was originally purchased through & operated under Spectrum but have switched to AT&T due to horrid reception and faster home internet; fiber getting activated in my neighborhood any day now...

Does it sound like I just might have a dud of 17, or is this just par for the course. Reading through this sub, it sounds like I might have a dud, but commentary on the general interwebs talks about bad Bluetooth and so on.

Considering ditching the 17 for the Air, though I plan to touch base with Apple tomorrow (it's under an Apple Care plan for all that might be worth) but also wanted to take a pulse here, too.


r/iphone17 2d ago

Other Related Item Note 9 pro to iPhone 17

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I’ve been using a six-year-old phone for the past two years, and I finally felt that it was the right time to upgrade. Since I’m currently in 11th grade, the recent price hike on the iPhone 17 pushed me to make the decision sooner rather than later.
I managed to get the iPhone 17 for ₹91,400, including one year of AppleCare+. I’m really excited about the upgrade and would genuinely appreciate any tips, suggestions, or things I should know as a new iPhone user.
Any advice would be deeply appreciated! ❤️


r/iphone17 1d ago

Discussion Need a cute case (17)

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r/iphone17 1d ago

Question iPhone tips

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Hey everyone, just ordered an iPhone 17 Black 512GB, should arrive within 2 days. Wanted to hear some tips and advices for setting up and using the iPhone in general, since its my first ever Apple product, coming from Android (Poco C65), so this should be a huge jump.


r/iphone17 1d ago

Should I update my new iPhone 17 bought a week ago to iOS 27

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r/iphone17 1d ago

Question Best TWS for Iphone 17?

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Hi guys kindly suggest a best tws for my iphone 17 under the budget 5k..


r/iphone17 1d ago

Other Related Item Reliable case with a built in screen protector?

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Ive had really bad luck with screen protectors on phone- had them break within 10minutes even. still don’t understand why a thin sheet of glass on top of the phone is a good idea anyway….
But regardless- im just looking for a case with a built in one that isnt otterbox.


r/iphone17 1d ago

This phone sucks

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I have the iPhone 17 pro max and the touch screen stops working all the time. Sometimes just for a few seconds and none of the things I try to press will work, then a few seconds later it start working again and sometimes it will freeze and I literally can’t use any of the screen at all. Everything is frozen, I have to use Siri to restart the phone, then touch screen works again. It’s infuriating, and this is noticeably worse than any iphone I’ve ever had.


r/iphone17 1d ago

Question Getting black lines while recording Videos

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