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Charge your iPhone with your Smart Battery Case

Your Smart Battery Case protects and charges your iPhone, giving you more time to use your device. Learn how to use your Smart Battery Case.

Charge your Smart Battery Case

Before you start using your Smart Battery Case, update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS. Also make sure that you charge your Smart Battery Case before you use it.

1. Plug the Lightning to USB cable that came with your iPhone into the Lightning connector on the case.
2. Plug the other end of the cable into an Apple USB power adapter, then plug the adapter into a power outlet. For the fastest charging, use an Apple USB-C power adapter that provides 18 or more watts of power.
3. You’ll see an amber status light while the case is charging. When the case is fully charged, you’ll see a green status light.

Attach and remove your case

To attach your case, pull back its top edge and slide your iPhone in. When you put your iPhone in a Smart Battery Case that has a charge, your iPhone charges automatically.

To remove your case, pull back its top edge and slide your iPhone toward the top of the case. Slide up—not toward you—or you could damage the connector.

Check the charge

When you attach your iPhone to your case, a charging status appears on the Lock screen. The status also appears when you connect the case to power or disconnect from power. If you already attached your iPhone to your case, look for the charging status in Today View on your iPhone.

Lock screen

Today View

Charge your case and your iPhone

1. With your iPhone in your case, plug the Lightning to USB cable that came with your iPhone into the Lightning connector on the case.
2. Plug the other end of the cable into an Apple USB power adapter, then plug the adapter into a power outlet. For the fastest charging, use an Apple USB-C power adapter that provides 18 or more watts of power.

When your iPhone isn’t in the case, you’ll see a green status light when the case is fully charged or an amber light when the case is charging.

If you have the Smart Battery Case for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 11 Pro Max or the Smart Battery Case for iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, or iPhone XR, you can wirelessly charge it with Qi-certified charging accessories.

You can also charge your Smart Battery Case without your iPhone.

Get help

Follow the steps below if your Smart Battery Case won’t charge, charges slowly,* if it won’t charge your iPhone, or if you can’t use an accessory while using your Smart Battery Case.

If your Smart Battery Case won’t charge or charges slowly

Follow these steps. Try to charge again after each step:

1. Unplug your Lightning to USB cable from power, and then plug it back in.
2. If your iPhone is attached to the case, remove the case. Then try to charge your iPhone and your case separately.
3. If you have a film, sticker, or label on the back of your iPhone, remove it.
4. Reattach your case.

If you’re using a Qi-certified wireless charging mat to charge the Smart Battery Case for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, or iPhone XR, make sure that there’s nothing between the case and the wireless charging mat. Also, center the Apple logo—on the back of the Smart Battery Case—on the charging mat. Or place your iPhone where the manufacturer recommends.

* Charging both your iPhone and your Smart Battery Case takes longer than it does to charge your iPhone alone.

If your iPhone won’t charge

Follow these steps. Try to charge again after each step:

1. Make sure that you have the latest version of iOS.
2. If you have any accessories plugged into your case, unplug them.
3. Remove the case.
4. Reattach your iPhone to your case.

If you can’t use an accessory while using your Smart Battery Case

If you can’t use an Apple or Made for iPhone accessory with your Smart Battery Case, follow these steps:

1. Unplug the accessory, then plug it in again.
2. Remove your iPhone from your case, then reattach the case.

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Question: Q: iPhone Smart Battery Case charging problems

I have the iPhone Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 6. I keep getting errors it is a not approved accessory. It charges, then stops as I keep hearing it ding. Last night the battery case was at 2% and phone was at 77%. I cleaned the contacts on both sides and no avail.

I have replaced it and same thing still occurs. It is not the case, it is Apple being Apple, as it charges fine on its own. It only has issues when charging when mated to the iphone at the same time. The iphone itself charges fine on its own. So therefore its either the lightning connector inside the smart case, or the iOS firmware rejecting it.

Why would this keep occurring? I want a real answer and not one that says see Apple because it doesn’t make logical sense.

iPhone 6, iOS 10.2

Posted on Mar 7, 2017 12:08 PM

The following steps may help:

• Check the charging port on the case and on your iPhone for any debris or lint.
• Remove your iPhone from the case and then reattach it.
• Unplug your Lightning to USB Cable from power and then plug the cable back in.
• Check that you are using a genuine Apple or MFi-certified cable.

If possible, also test using another such cable.

Apple also recommends using genuine Apple USB Power Adapters.

If the issue persists, I suggest that you contact Apple Support, make a Genius Bar reservation or visit an Apple Authorised Service Provider to arrange for your products to be checked and, if necessary, serviced:

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Iphone case that charges battery

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* Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using preproduction iPhone 11 units and software paired with preproduction iPhone 11 Smart Battery Case units and software. Video tests consisted of repeated playback of a 2-hour 23-minute movie purchased from the iTunes Store. All settings were default except: Bluetooth was paired with headphones; Wi-Fi was associated with a network; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks, Auto-Brightness, and True Tone were turned off. All battery claims depend on network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary.

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Apple Smart Battery Case Review: iPhone XS/Max & XR design, wireless charging, still bulky [Video]

— Jan. 17th 2019 1:50 pm PT

Does your iPhone have trouble making it through a full working day without dying? If so, then Apple’s just-released Smart Battery Case for the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR may be the answer to your problem.

But with a better, yet still polarizing design, and a $129 price tag, the Smart Battery Case isn’t exactly an impulse buy. Do its smarts and new features like Qi wireless charging make it compelling enough to consider? Watch our new iPhone Smart Battery Case review video for the details.

Specifications

• Available in black and white versions
• Models for iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR
• Soft-touch silicone exterior protects your iPhone
• Microfiber interior lining
• Elastomer hinge design for easy insertion and removal
• Compatible with Qi-certified wireless chargers
• Charge iPhone and battery case simultaneously
• Lightning pass-through port
• Supports USB-PD for faster charging
• Talk time up to 37 hours
• Internet use up to 20 hours
• Video playback up to 25 hours

Video review

Unboxing & Design

Unpacking the Smart Battery Case is a simple affair, and if you’ve ever unboxed the iPhone 6s or iPhone 7 version, you’ll know exactly what to expect. Inside the box you’ll find the Smart Battery Case, a few pieces of documentation, and not much else.

The design of the Smart Battery Case is similar to previous iterations, though it loses the ‘chin’ found on older models geared towards iPhones featuring Home buttons. The lack of a chin allows the iPhone XS, XS Max, and iPhone XR to retain the ‘all screen’ look.

The chin in previous models also served as a way to port sound from the bottom speakers, essentially turning them into front-facing speakers. Because the new case lacks a chin, this speaker channel was removed in favor of simple holes in the bottom of the case that align to the asymmetric holes on the bottom of your iPhone.

The case is designed using the same silicone material used in Apple’s standard Silicone Case. Inside the case you’ll find a soft microfiber lining to help protect the sides and rear of your iPhone. Like older models, the Smart Battery Case features an elastomer hinge on its upper area, allowing a compatible iPhone to be easily inserted and removed.

The Smart Battery Case features a 10.1 Wh battery, which is 13% more total energy storage than the previous version. As we noted in an earlier article, the Wh on the new cases is higher than the previous models because the voltage was doubled.

The battery, located underneath the hump on the rear of the case, has a new design. Unlike the previous two iterations of the Smart Battery Case, the battery on the third-generation model extends fully to left, right, and bottom edges. Such a design provides a more seamless appearance, which looks less like a prototype, and more like an Apple-designed product.

Charging

As has been reported for those that got their hands on the Smart Battery Case early, my case arrived dead with 0% charge on arrival. Charging the case can be accomplished via one of two methods — you can charge using the traditional Lightning cable connection, or place the Smart Battery Case on a Qi-enabled wireless charger.

When your iPhone is inside the Smart Battery Case, it charges the iPhone first, and once the iPhone is full, the Smart Battery Case will begin to charge.

If you wish to quickly charge the Smart Battery Case, simply remove the iPhone and charge it separately. There is small LED charging indicator inside the case that turns orange when charging, and green when fully charged.

After charging the case on my Mophie Wireless Charging Base (hands-on) for 10 minutes, the battery percentage went from 0% to 10%. When charging the case with a Lightning to USB-C cable + 29W charger, the battery percentage went from 0% to 15% in 10 minutes.

Qi charging is new for this generation of Smart Battery Case, and it’s a welcomed addition. Just like hardwired charging, charging the case wirelessly recharges the battery inside the case. In other words, you can charge your iPhone and battery case simultaneously via the Lightning port or Qi wireless charger.

A couple of points of note:

It can be tempting to place the battery hump on the Smart Battery Case directly on the Qi wireless charging surface, but the charging coil area is located near the center of the case. Hence, you’ll need to rest the center of your case on the charging area instead of the entire battery portion.

And just like with previous iterations, the Lightning port on the Smart Battery Case can be used like the Lightning port on the bottom of your iPhone. That means you can connect EarPods and other compatible Lightning accessories directly to the case and it will communicate with your iPhone.

Truly Smart

One of the reasons why I’ve always been fond of the Smart Battery Case is because it truly lives up to its name, managing charging intellegently. The third-generation model continues in this manner.

For starters, you never have to remove your iPhone from the Smart Battery Case to charge or maintain the case, because there’s nothing to maintain. It essentially becomes an extension of your iPhone, so there are no buttons to interface with, allowing you to use your iPhone just the same as you always do.

The Smart Battery Case is smart in the sense that it intelligently manages power distribution to your iPhone. Here’s is a quote from my hands-on review of the iPhone 7 version of the Smart Battery Case, which still holds true today:

The Smart Battery Case doesn’t wait until your iPhone is about to die before it begins to charge your iPhone. Instead, the case is designed in a way that causes it to top off your iPhone’s battery when needed, and at times, power your iPhone even when it’s sitting at 100%. It’s far from the typical experience that you get from most third-party battery cases, which often rely on the user to manage power distribution.

Unlike third-party offerings that usually rely on a series of inaccurate LED lights, the Smart Battery Case provides you with an exact report on its battery status via iOS. As with previous versions, it hooks directly into iOS to report the state of the Smart Battery Case on the Lock screen and within the Notification Center Battery Widget.

Smart Battery Case Performance

Given that the iPhone XR has the best battery life of any iPhone ever, it’s no surprise that when combined with the Smart Battery Case, it posts the best battery life metrics compared to all other iPhones.

When combined with a Smart Battery Case, your iPhone transforms from a device that may last an entire day to a device that will last the entire day. Both talk time and video playback eclipse 24 hours on all three of the current iPhone models. Internet usage, while not quite 24 hours, comes within striking distance of a full day on the iPhone XR.

iPhone 6s	iPhone 7	iPhone XR	iPhone XS	iPhone XS Max
Talk time	Up to 25 hours	Up to 26 hours	Up to 39 hours	Up to 33 hours	Up to 37 hours
Internet use	Up to 18 hours	Up to 22 hours	Up to 22 hours	Up to 21 hours	Up to 20 hours
Video playback	Up to 20 hours	Up to 24 hours	Up to 27 hours	Up to 25 hours	Up to 25 hours

Downsides

While the third-generation Smart Battery Case is a great upgrade for those looking to extend the battery life of an iPhone on a day-to-day basis, there are some downsides to consider.

The most obvious downside is the price: at $129, this is the most expensive Smart Battery Case to date, costing $30 more than the previous-generation model. You can get battery cases much cheaper than $129, but they lack the Apple fit and finish, lack the iOS integration, and most importantly, they lack the smarts.

The next big downside is how bulky the Smart Battery Case makes an already large device. This is especially true with the iPhone XS Max, and to a lesser extent, the iPhone XR. It’s one thing to put a silicone case on your iPhone, but you’re putting a case with a large battery protrusion on the back, conspicuously adding to the bulk of the device.

Coupled with my iPhone XS Max, the Smart Battery Case makes an already large device feel downright gargantuan, and I have fairly large hands. The good news is that it’s still relatively comfortable to hold, it’s just unwieldy for small to medium hands and pockets.

Does the Smart Battery Case work with iPhone X?

The final downside isn’t really a downside of the existing Smart Battery Case, but more of a complaint. For whatever reason, Apple declined to produce a Smart Battery Case for the iPhone X, and although last year’s flagship fits inside the iPhone XS case, it’s far from a perfect fit. I’m not sure why Apple has essentially dissed iPhone X owners, but that’s the reality of the situation.

9to5Mac’s Take

The Smart Battery Case is a wonderful device if your daily workload demands more battery life than your iPhone is capable of providing on its own. Not only is the case more aesthetically pleasing this time around, but it retains the same smarts as previous iterations.

What I love about the Smart Battery Case is that it takes the thinking out of using a battery case. Simply slap your iPhone inside, and keep it charged like you normally do. The Smart Battery Case intelligently handles battery management, so there’s no switches to toggle or anything else to manage; it’s truly a set-it-and-forget it affair.

Not everyone will like the design of the Smart Battery Case. I like the design, but acknowledge that it adds a lot of extra weight and bulk to an otherwise sleek device. Since I normally use my iPhone XS Max without a case, I understand that I’m more sensitive to the added weight than the average person who uses a case day-to-day.

The biggest barrier to entry with the Smart Battery Case is the price. Indeed, it is smart, but smarts come at a cost. $130 for a case may seem absurd, but this is no ordinary case, and now it has Qi charging built in, which is a major convenience.

Buy this case if you struggle to get through a full day with your iPhone and have no convenient way of charging it throughout the day. For a lot of people though, I imagine an iPhone XR or an iPhone XS Max provide enough battery life on their own to make it through a working day.

What’s your opinion of the third-generation Smart Battery Case? Sound off in the comments with your thoughts.

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