My iPhone is not charging after updating to iOS 18.6.2

Perform a Force Restart:

• Press and release Volume Up
• Press and release Volume Down
• Press and HOLD side button until Apple logo appears. This may take up to 15 seconds and you have to ignore anything else on the screen during that time. If you do not see the Apple Logo, try again.

Post what your Battery Health is at Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging > Maximum Capacity.

Try with a different cord/charger

Schedule a genius appointment.

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

Force your iPhone to restart:

1. Press and quickly release the volume up button.
2. Press and quickly release the volume down button.
3. Press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo (this might take longer than 10 seconds).

If that doesn’t help, then I recommend service.

Service Checklist:

• iPhone service pricing.
• Check AppleCare Coverage.
• Get your iPhone ready for service.

Need more help?

• Call 1-800-APLCARE.
• Contact Support.
• iPhone Support.
• iPhone User Guide.

Click ▶︎ Check Repair Status. 🔧

Good luck! 👋🏼😉

Mines doing the same thing. Tried about 6-7 different type c cords, 4 of them official apple cords a few that weren’t

It completely died and only charged using a QI charger. Up to 30% after 3 hours. I’m trying to download the ios26 update to see if it fixes it. I’ll let you know.

I’ve had this phone since January, it worked and charged yesterday perfectly fine. Until I went to work and it started draining.

it’s also drained 2% in the last 8 minutes. Idk what’s going on but this is ridiculous

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Unable to update

The topic of this thread is that the phone is not charging.

Please start a new post if you are unable to update the software on your phone. Include details about what model of iPhone that you have, what you have tried so far, etc.

I am also experiencing this issue and it's awful. My phone is basically useless after updating to 18.6.2. It will not charge except a tiny bit on a cheap 3rd party wireless clock charger. It won't play any podcasts or music or book. No apple charging cable works, and I keep getting the error "Battery not Recognized", despite never replacing my battery. I have an iphone 13 mini.

I have done every technical solution possible and I am in the queue for days to get call backs from a technician. Now they want to get photos to check my cables. Are you serious? Who has time to talk for days with a technican when it's obvious that the patch broke something.

(about 10 years ago, the reason I left the Pixel was for an update that ruined my phone)

I have a iPhone 13 mini. Worked perfectly fine pre the latest iOS update (18.6.2). Now my phone doesn’t charge via a lightning cable at all (either via plug in wall or via pc). The cable works with my other iPhone (which is a iPhone 14) which I have not updated to latest ios(still in 18.6.1).

why is this happening? I’ve tried a hard reset (volume up/down, right button) but not changed anything.

frustrating there is no ability to roll back updates when critical things like this happen for no explanation

O8o_osiris_o8o wrote:

I have a iPhone 13 mini. Worked perfectly fine pre the latest iOS update (18.6.2). Now my phone doesn’t charge via a lightning cable at all (either via plug in wall or via pc). The cable works with my other iPhone (which is a iPhone 14) which I have not updated to latest ios(still in 18.6.1).

…

Ok update the 14, then come back with the result; you are in a unique position to prove it is the update or not.

I’m also having this issue. I got my phone 5 months ago. New. No damage to the phone, phone charger, or power cord (all Apple products and in perfect condition). No issues till the update. It will charge on 3rd party adaptor. I tried turning off Energy Charging to see if that resolved the issue.

Hi,

My problem is that wireless charging has stopped working immediately after the latest update to 18.2.6. I've tried several wireless charging points and none work. Charging through cable still works.

I've followed the advice here and Forced a restart with no change.

Apple Pay contactless has also stopped working.

iPhone 14 Plus

Turning off Energy Charging did nothing. My phone is still not charging. I tried the power cycle above and it did nothing to help either. I’m guessing a new update won’t change anything. My husband’s phone has been having trouble for a little bit and we couldn’t figure out why…. I’m guessing it was an update. This is not okay. I hope Apple has a way to resolve this without me having to buy a brand new phone 5 months after buying a brand new phone… How often does this happen? I can think of multiple times over the last 20 years that my Apple device has suddenly stopped working properly. Were these issues all from updates as well???? I just feel like Apple is purposely sabotaging its user’s products… is this true Apple???

Update to the current version which is 18.6.2

Unable to update

I am also experiencing this issue. I have forced a restart, made sure it was updated and have tried everything else I can think of.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

I am facing this issue too on iphone 16 pro. Only wireless charging is working. Everything was working fine before 18.6.2 update. Tried restarts but no luck. Any resolution for this? Thanks!

Try Force Restart