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7 - Disable Optimized Battery charging Your iPhone knows how valuable its battery is, which is why it uses a feature called Optimized Battery Charging. This feature is simple but effective. Once your iPhone reaches the 80% mark while charging, it'll slow down, and it might take up to several hours before charging completely. The reason? Your iPhone learns your charging patterns so it can slow down its charging when it's almost done. This helps it slow down your battery's wear and tear. Of course, this means that your iPhone will charge really slowly once Optimized Battery Charging gets triggered. Luckily, you can enable or disable this feature as much as you want. This is how: 1. Open the Settings app. 2. Scroll down and select Battery. 3. Tap on Battery Health & Charging. 4. Turn off Optimized Battery Charging. On iPhone 15 models, the Optimized Battery Charging is found one more level down, under a Charging Optimization menu. You'll also find an 80% Limit setting here that, when enabled, will nearly always stop charging at 80%. It's worth mentioning that Optimized Battery Charging is actually pretty helpful, and you should keep it on as much as possible to reduce the wear and tear of your battery. With that said, if you need a quick charge every now and then, you can temporarily disable it and turn it on once you're done. If you're monitoring your iPhone while it's charging, you can also override optimized charging when your iPhone reaches 80% by touching and holding the Optimized Battery Charging notification when it appears and choosing Charge Now.