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iPhone 6s Plus: Battery goes from 100 to 1% in 2 hours and stays at 1% for a long time

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 08:26:06 -0700

I charge my phone, like always to 100%. Next thing I know after 2 hours my phone is at 1% with flash light on, for like an half an hour. I have no idea wtf is going on. Like I can watch one of "The Flash" episoed at 1% with flashlight on + with background music on. Like right now I'm typing this at 1% battery life with my flashlight on.....

⟐ Commented Kasım 26, 2022 at 8:26 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Can I use tape instead of adhesive strips when replacing the battery?

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:33:28 -0700

I didnt realize you had to buy adhesive strips when also buying a new battery. I am desparate however and dont want to wait another week for the adhesives to come in. Can i use double sided tape instead?

⟐ Answered Aralık 30, 2022 at 17:33 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Phone won’t charge unless dead

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:49:33 -0700

my phone will only charge after it completely dies and after it dies and i plug it in it charges but i can’t be on it because it won’t charge while unlocked.

⟐ Answered Ekim 26, 2022 at 9:49 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: iPhone won't charge and keeps restarting, it won't even die.

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:19:57 -0700

I'm completely stumped by this.

Last night, I dropped my phone (protected by a case) but my charger broke. I have a spare one that I decided to use but I woke up this morning and it was at the same percentage, 6%. Now it's completely stuck at 2%. The phone keeps restarting every few minutes, if it goes to 1% it'll jump back to 2 after it restarts. It seems I can't let it die at this point which is weird.

I had the battery replaced a couple of weeks ago, so it's brand new. Could it be the charger? But if so, why is it keep restarting?

Many thanks to anyone who can help or give some insight.

⟐ Answer edited Aralık 24, 2024 at 5:19 GMT-7

iPhone 6S Plus: Touch ID Not Working After Screen Replacement

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:15:56 -0700

I recently changed the screen + digitizer on my 6S Plus, and transferred the home button over for touch ID, but it's not working, aside from the normal home button. TouchID isn't activating, and it doesn't look like it's from a bad cable. No cracks, no tears, nothing. I read the connector is made for the specific logic board, but that doesn't look like a cable that can be transferred. Any help here? I know it's been asked a few times before but I haven't found an answer yet. Thanks in advance!

⟐ Commented Nisan 01, 2020 at 9:15 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Battery punctured while removing (small flames) Still need to remove

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 01:56:25 -0700

Hi everyone,

The adhesive tabs on my battery broke during removal of the battery, using a hair dryer I heated up the phone to assist with prying the battery off the device.

While attempting to remove the battery of my iPhone 6s Plus, I puunctured the battery with the plastic spudger. There was a small hiss and pop and a small flame.

The battery is still very much attached to the metal rear chassis of the phone but I dare not continue to try and pry the battery off.

How can I remove this battery from the phone for replacement? (the battery was not connected to the main board when the battery was punctured)

I am very much scared of this phone right now that it is going to go up in flames and if I continue to pry the battery it is not going to end well as I reckon there is still a lot of energy in the battery..

⟐ Commented Temmuz 26, 2022 at 1:56 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Phone suddenly turned off and died.

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:56:36 -0700

Was browsing Youtube. The phone suddenly went black or dark blue. I managed to turn the phone off using only by pressing Power Button and Home button simultaneously. After that, the phone resisted to turn back on, but after some rigorous tries, it showed some life signs (1. An apple logo on a white screen appeared, but nothing after that happened. It was just stuck in that position. 2.The apple logo appeared and then the same black (dark blue) screen that was in the beginning.

After that no matter how I tried I was unsuccessful at repeating and forcing the phone to display the apple logo.

Phone nonresponsive , doesn't vibrate, doesn't display any sound.

Tried charging it. Tried connecting it to the computer (doesn't even recognize that I connected it).

Everything was normal and nothing unusual was happening before this event.

Could you please guide me towards what could be wrong? I have a spare battery that I'm willing to try changing, but if it's the logic board, I think I'll just give it to a specialist.

⟐ Commented Aralık 09, 2020 at 20:56 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: iPhone 6G Plus battery fit 6S Plus?

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 05:06:10 -0700

Hello,

As title say does a iPhone 6G Plus battery fit 6S Plus? I see they have same connector but can't find a anwser on the internet. If they fit there are any downside in using the 6GP Battery on a 6SP? Asking because i only have 6GP Batteries at the moment and want to replace the 6SP damaged battery.

Thanks

⟐ Answered Ekim 23, 2020 at 5:06 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: iPhone 6s plus unexpected shutdown and not getting turn on

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:28:07 -0700

hello guys,

My phone died the other day unexpectedly, although it was charged like 60 percent.

First i tried force restarting it. but it didnt help. then i plugged it to be charged. Nothing happens as i plugged it to power. however, after like six hours it turned on by itself. next day it again died and again after some hours it just turned back on. this has happened to me like four times by now.

i have tried force restarting it. i have reset the phone using the phone when phone was on. i have recovered it using itunes when the device was working. but non of this has helped.

i should say i has not been damaged physically or has not been wetted.

When for the first time it turned off, my cars AUX jack was plugged to the device's headphone jack.

Guys i dont have access to apple stores or their repair centers. so please help me what could have caused this problem.

thank you

⟐ Answered Temmuz 21, 2019 at 9:28 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Why does my glass screen protector keep cracking?

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:02:24 -0700

I don’t drop my phone and anytime I have dropped it the screen protector remained unchanged. I’ll put it in my pocket and take it out and there will be a new crack even though there was nothing other than headphones in my pocket. This started happening recently and it’s the winter in New York right now. Perhaps it is the temperature change but I was just using my phone and a little piece of glass came off. I’ve had this for about a year now should I get a new screen protector?

⟐ Commented Aralık 27, 2024 at 3:02 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Phone will not go to LTE and is stuck in 3G

Tue, 21 May 2024 03:54:59 -0700

My wife and daughter took their iPhone 6S Plus over to Japan for vacation and purchased a Japanese SIM card. When they returned home, their phones were stuck in 3G. I have done a complete factory reset 3 times as per the Verizon rep which did not make a difference. Apple was brought into the trouble shooting and was on a 3 way call with Verizon. Apple ran several tests which proved the phone to be working and that it was a carrier issue. Verizon has passed me along to all their tier support levels and I am not waiting for an Engineer to call me and work this out. I have been waiting nearly 5 days. Has anyone ever experienced this? I have located several things on the web but it's all the things I have already tried and nothing works. Verizon even sent me 2 new SIM cards to try and that did not work either.

⟐ Commented Mayıs 21, 2024 at 3:54 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Why are we repairing ourselves?

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:13:38 -0700

I have been buying parts from ifixit and repairing phones and tablets for some time. Today I found out apple will repair them for half the cost of parts sold on the internet!?! WTH. I am not talking about warranty repairs, this is cash repair "I dropped it and broke it" repair! why did I not know this? I thought it must be something new. I googled and found articles from a few years ago stating the same thing. Just thought I would share and ask for your thoughts.

⟐ Commented Aralık 03, 2021 at 13:13 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: How to transfer contacts from windows phone to iPhone 6S Plus

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:23:37 -0700

My windows phone (Lumia 920) becomes slower and slower since the beginning of this year. I was long planned too replace it as new phone and made my decision last week.

I received the iPhone 6S Plus this morning and want to transfer all the contacts(1000+) from my windows phone to the new iPhone.

Manual input works but it takes too much time. Is there any comfortable way to transfer the massive contacts?

⟐ Answer deleted Ocak 16, 2020 at 23:23 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Phone went through washing machine, dried, new battery, what's next?

Sat, 09 Dec 2017 12:47:52 -0700

My sleep deprived wife (we just had our third child) accidentally put her IPhone 6s Plus in the washing machine along with the kids laundry. It went though a complete cycle. It was in a dustproof Supcase (link: http://a.co/1rtocyr) case that covered 99% of the phone although the charging port was left about 45 degrees open.

It was suprisingly dry when we removed it from the case. I made sure not to power on or charge it, and opened it up and gave it a thorough inspection. I found very little moisture inside and zero signs of oxidation. I took out the old battery and placed the opened phone in a sealed ziplock bag along with 2 Re-usable Silica Gel Dry packs and as much rice as I could find. We left it sealed in that bag, in a warm closet for 7 days.

Today I installed the new battery, replaced the waterproofing gasket and sealed everything back up. I plugged it in to charge and can feel the phone getting warm which seems to indicate the charging circuitry may be okay, but couldn't get it to power on. I did try rocking the mute switch to see if the haptic vibration might indicate it was on but the screen not functioning, but no - nothing.

So is there anything else I can try - or is this a hopeless cause. Everything looks very good inside, and I could find no signs of damage, but I have to imagine 30 minutes spinning around with my kids underwear and a hole bunch of cold water and detergent is not going to do a phone much good - case or not!

Many thanks for any help you can offer. My wife was devastated. It was the day before her birthday, and the day after her birthday she got Strep. It's been quite the week for her. Would really love to get it working again for her and really appreciate any help.

Kind Regards,

Andy

⟐ Answer edited Aralık 09, 2017 at 12:47 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Dark shadow top right corner of screen?

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 17:58:59 -0700

Hi all,

My iPhone 6S + 128gb has developed this fault since replacing the screen and home button.

I took it back to my local repair shop who did the screen replacement and they fixed it so off I go all happy and then I see screen flicker when pressing the top enter of the screen. After a few flickers the dark area returns.

I go back to the store, he fixes it again only for it to return a few hours later to a lesser extent than before.

Due to the fact that it can be free of the dark area at times I don't suspect the cathode anode or diodes

What else can this be please ?

The appearance is just like the issue on this thread

Black shadow top right corner

Fix was to replace the front facing camera and mic assembly

⟐ Commented Temmuz 14, 2017 at 17:58 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Are ifixit replacement batteries better then say battery from eBay?

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:34:38 -0700

I really don’t mind paying extra for a better product. However, I can’t tell if these batteries are actually better quality or pretty much the same as eBay batteries with a fancier packaging.

Where are the battery sourced from and what guarantees that I have the battery will perform better then say batteries on eBay/Amazon that are sell for like $15?

Reason I’m not going to Apple is because it’s very inconvenient for me.

⟐ Commented Mart 26, 2026 at 4:34 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: How to bypass activation lock

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:52:40 -0700

How to bypass activation lock for iphone s6+

⟐ Commented Aralık 04, 2019 at 17:52 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: How to fix self touch

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 06:07:34 -0700

So I work at a cell phone repair company and for the most park I am pretty knowledgeable with phones. So I have a customer that brought there iPhone 6s Plus. She was in a abusive relationship and said her boyfriend threw her phone at the wall. So I replaced the screen about 3 times and every time she has touch issues. My question is, could the touch ic chip cause the phone to touch on it's own? I know the touch can go out but I didn't know if it can touch on it's own. Just really wanna get her phone fixed. Thanks!

⟐ Answered Ekim 10, 2018 at 6:07 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: Front-facing camera and mic not working after battery replacement

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:13:31 -0700

I recently replaced the battery on an iPhone 6s Plus and after the repair the front-facing camera and microphone are no longer working. The only way to make calls is to use a headset.

I’ve taken the phone apart again and re-seated all of the connectors that had been removed, yet the problem persists. I’m thinking it could be a logic board problem, but perhaps its the flex cable for the camera?

⟐ Commented Mart 31, 2021 at 17:13 GMT-7

iPhone 6s Plus: No sound after replacing screen

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:21:37 -0700

I recently replaced my 6s plus screen and have replaced quite a few screens over the years,

But I've got a problem, there is no sound from the phone, I can make and receive calls fine through the ear speaker but there is no loud speaker, ringtone, message tone etc, also when I flick the toggle switch down it doesn't vibrate, the front and back cameras all work fine.

⟐ Answered Ocak 29, 2019 at 16:21 GMT-7