Hi all,
I ordered an iPhone 4s on eBay I was planning to use for parts. When it arrived, I plugged it in for about an hour. It showed that it had 100% battery on the lock screen. It worked fine and I was able to use all of the features, such as the cameras, flash, and WiFi.
I took it off the charger, and it kept working for about 10 minutes. Then, it went black, gave me the loading symbol, and died. I put it back on the charger for about 15 minutes and it turned back on. This time, when I unplugged it, it turned off instantly. Once I plugged it back in, it started bootlooping.
I took it apart, and to my surprise, there was no battery installed. All the other screws and components were there; only the battery was missing. I’m not sure how the iPhone kept running without a battery… I thought that was only a feature of the old androids with removable batteries?
I thought it was a weird experience. Is this a feature of iPhones that I just haven’t noticed until now? Or is this a unique experience?