{"id":416458,"date":"2026-04-29T10:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/416458\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:31:16","slug":"iphone-17-models-refuse-to-turn-on-after-battery-drains-completely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/416458\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17 models refuse to turn on after battery drains completely"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running your iPhone down to 0% and plugging it back in is usually a non-event. But for a growing number of iPhone 17 models<\/a> and iPhone Air owners, that simple habit is turning into a surprisingly stubborn problem.<\/p>\n

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Across Reddit and other forums, users are reporting<\/a> that once their device fully dies, it sometimes won\u2019t power back on when connected to a standard wired charger. The issue doesn\u2019t seem limited to one specific model either. Reports span the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and the new iPhone Air.<\/p>\n

One of the earliest posts, dating back several months, described an iPhone 17 Pro Max that shut off at 1% and then showed no signs of life when plugged in. Since then, similar complaints have kept popping up, suggesting this isn\u2019t just a handful of defective units.<\/p>\n

The behavior isn\u2019t consistent. Some users say their phone eventually comes back after sitting on a cable for 10\u201315 minutes. Others report waiting hours. And in the worst cases, the phone doesn\u2019t respond at all to a wired connection.<\/p>\n

Oddly, the most reliable workaround so far has been switching to a MagSafe charger. Multiple users, and even some Apple Store employees, have had better luck getting the phone to respond wirelessly. Even then, it can take a while before anything happens.<\/p>\n

As for the cause, it\u2019s still unclear. It could be a software bug, a charging handshake issue, or something deeper with battery calibration. Apple hasn\u2019t publicly addressed it yet.<\/p>\n

For now, if your iPhone refuses to turn back on after dying, skipping the cable and dropping it on a MagSafe charger might be your best bet. Just don\u2019t expect instant results.<\/p>\n

(Sources: _noreasontolive<\/a>, iFixit<\/a>, georgethornguy<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Running your iPhone down to 0% and plugging it back in is usually a non-event. But for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[670,85,46,321,125],"class_list":["post-416458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}