You might be in a romantic relationship with your iPhone, as you love it very much and take good care of it. You might not allow it to get through bumps or in the water. If that’s the case, it’s totally understandable, as iPhones, in general, are more stable compared to Android-based smartphones. That’s because, on an iPhone, Apple is responsible for building both the hardware and software parts.
Regardless of how carefully you use your iPhone, glitches and inconveniences can still occur. And one of them has more to do with aesthetics rather than functionality. The battery indicator of your iPhone will turn yellow after a while, which can be a little problem that many users have to deal with. Usually, the battery indicators of iPhones appear in either green or red.
Before finding out how can you turn your battery indicator back to its normal color, let’s find out the cause of the problem!
iPhones’ battery indicators turn yellow due to the battery-saving mode
In order to save more battery life to the detriment of cutting off some functionalities and animations that you don’t necessarily need, iPhones will activate their battery-saving mode. By doing so, the battery indicator will also change its color to yellow. In other words, there’s no use worrying that there’s anything wrong with your iPhone if its battery indicator becomes yellow. It’s just part of its ways of saving battery life as much as possible when the battery runs low. What you need to do is connect the iPhone to a socket and charge it, not panic!
Battery-saving mode (aka low power mode) works by using much less power than usual, and it all works in the user’s favor! The low power mode kicks in when your iPhone’s battery drops to less than 20%.
How to fix the battery indicator from turning yellow
It’s easy as a walk in the park to turn the battery indicator back to its normal color in an iPhone. You’ll just have to disable the low-power mode. But once again, we have to emphasize that the low-power mode is there to help you, so it’s best not to disable it.
However, if you’re still willing to get rid of that annoying yellow color of your battery indicator, you’ll have to start by accessing the settings menu of your iPhone. The next step is to hit the “Battery” section, and you’ll find two options: Low Power Mode and Battery Percentage. Head for the Low Power Mode and turn the toggle to “Off.”
That’s all, you’ve successfully got rid of the yellow battery indicator on your iPhone. But at the same time, you won’t be warned anymore by your device when the battery power drops below 20%. This can be a dangerous game to play, as you never know when you’re in the middle of something important on your iPhone, such as responding to an urgent email or DM or even watching an important video, and suddenly, the device runs out of power and automatically shuts down. We don’t always keep an eye on the battery percentage, which is why the Low Power Mode can be extremely helpful.
Apple has even implemented Low Power Mode on MacBooks as well, not just iPhones. At least in the case of laptops, Low Power Mode can halt performance as well. macOS-based laptops won’t be capable of providing peak performance if the Low Power Mode is enabled.
In other words, there are both advantages and disadvantages to keeping Low Power Mode enabled on Apple devices. Each person should carefully manage their wishes and needs before deciding if they keep the Low Power Mode activated or not on an iPhone or MacBook.
Tim M. Hill helped bring Digital-Overload from a weekly newsletter to a full-fledged news site by creating a new website and branding. He continues to assist in keeping the site responsive and well organized for the readers. As a writer to Digital-Overload, Tim mainly covers mobile news and gadgets.
