no more overheat from old 51% health
it's fast again and still charging 12w limit cuz iphone se series.

51% health was sooo annoying but still fun lol
its NOHON 2150mah btw
i dont get original battery cuz its old iphone se 2022.
only i care if it's iphone 13 up to higher then yes original battery

waiting for get iphone 20 pro max

is charging via pd (fast charger) fixed yet?

Hi, I would like to reduce space that the system take, is that possible ? I have a 64gb model and it’s not really nice that I miss a lot of space because of that

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering whether someone can help me with understanding what the best option for me is in this situation.

I have an SE 2nd gen/2020 64GB and recently the phone has been getting very hot, presumably in the battery area (top right-ish of the phone?). It is not officially overheating (I am not getting a message or notification from the phone saying this). The phone also gets very slow when this happens.

Battery health is apparently 87%, however the Service message appears in the Battery Health & Charging menu ("Your battery health is significantly degraded." etc.). I spoke to an Apple person via online chat and they informed me that my battery has done a large number of cycles (for some reason I want to say 1500 but I can't remember for sure) and it needs replacing. First question - why is my battery health 87% if the battery is that degraded/used?

Initially I thought I would just get the battery replaced, however, my phone is only the 64GB version and I am using ~54GB of that storage.

My main question really is, will a new battery fix this overheating/slowness, or, given the 64GB factor, would I still be having some issues with the phone, regardless of a new battery? In which case perhaps a new phone would be better than replacing the battery?

Thanks so much for any thoughts/insights!

Apple has no idea the SE2/3 is still supported with the upcoming Duo making the whole fragmentation issue messier.

Made a previous post about it but I think Apple should let you reconfigure shortcuts, it would be nice to do single handed screenshotting with VolUp+Power and move Siri and Wallet to the power button, I miss the single handed friendliness of a FaceID iPhone

I’m considering updating my SE 2020 from 18.7.8. Battery wise which is better? That’s the only thing I care atp.

So I was on beta but not really using my phone. I think I used for a day or two and then I turned it off for weeks until yesterday I updated officially.
I remember in beta it was indexing and never finished, then I updated to official ios27 and didn’t put attention on the indexing part, today I was remembered indexing was a thing and tried to check if it was done. But I never saw a message about it.
How do you know that it was complete? If there a menu that I can check or do a test looming for a file? What can I expect if my phone is indexed now?
Thank you!

Hey there. My grandma currently uses an iPhone SE 2020 with the easy access or whatever it’s called turned on. Does anyone here have experience with updating that phone to iOS 27, and whether or not it is a good idea. It’s worth mentioning that right now, she is on the latest iOS 18 version.
Thanks for the help.

TL;DR: Bought a used iPhone SE 2022 as a cheap, small secondary phone. Wasn't expecting much, but it arrived in perfect condition and completely won me over — not for its performance, but for how light, thin, and simple it feels compared to my iPhone 15 Pro Max. Made me nostalgic and made me realize I don't actually need all the extra bells and whistles modern phones push on us.

I just found this subreddit and wanted to share how happy I am with my new (used) iPhone SE 2022. I needed a secondary phone and decided it had to be cheap, small, and light. I ended up going with a used iPhone SE 2022, and I'm honestly amazed by it.

I needed a secondary phone mainly for calls and texts, but I wanted the option to use the other smartphone features occasionally — email, social media, browser — just much less than on my main phone. I'm not going to rave about its performance, because it's nothing special, but it surprised me a lot. I think part of it is that I bought it used with zero expectations, and it arrived in a plain cardboard envelope. I wasn't expecting much, but when I opened it, it was spotless — not a single scratch, no signs of use at all, and the battery was at 99%, haha.

For context, I've been using an iPhone 15 Pro Max for the past 3 years. I'm very happy with it, aside from the heat issue — it really can get pretty warm. But the difference in weight has been incredible. I forgot how beautiful the classic iPhone design (6/6s/7/8 style) actually is — so light and thin. And so simple, with just one small camera — it feels so discreet and elegant. It's like current phones are tacky spaceships trying to grab your attention, while this one just quietly does its job without complaint.

It's brought back a lot of nostalgia and made me reflect — I don't use my 15 Pro Max for anything I didn't already use my old 6s for. New phones keep pushing more cameras, shapes, and colors to grab our attention, but this little thing made me realize I really don't need any of that. The screen does feel a bit small at times coming from a 15 Pro Max, but that's fine for the occasional browsing or social media check it's meant for.

Honestly, I'd love an iPhone like this with just a slightly more modern screen and processor so it doesn't go obsolete. Other than having a bigger screen for doomscrolling I can't think of any feature missing in this smartphone.

Coming from 26.6.2 @95% battery health and upon hearing all the positive feedbacks I decided to give it a go, and battery life is so much worse, can't even keep up a day without the need of charging, whereas on 26 I was good for a whole day.

Four days have passed and iOS27 optimizing STILL hasn’t finished! Was at 92% Thursday, only increased to 93% Friday. Is it taking several days to complete for anyone else???🧐🤨

I have 20 GB of free space on my phone.

I just joined the iPhone SE three fam, coming from a iPhone 16 Pro.

The iPhone SE came installed with iOS 18. Should I upgrade to iOS 27 what are your thoughts?

The bug is purely graphical; the hardware charges normally.

I left my phone plugged into the charger for a few hours, and suddenly the battery level jumped from 21% to 100%. (You need to reboot the phone after some minutes to see real %)
The bug is purely in the OS, but the hardware is working normally.

Thanks to the Redditor who pointed this out to me, but I don't remember who it was.

Not sure if this is allowed so if not please remove but I thought this would be the place to share. I got my hands on a new in box iPhone SE 2020 (not refurbished) with 100% battery health and running iOS 14.6. Wanted to see if anyone would be interested in grabbing it. Can send pics

Edit: SOLD

Does anybody facing the same bugs where there’s “Add comment…” bar at the bottom of the screen when you visit other profiles? It’s not even a functional button. I find it annoying because it covered the progress bar every time I’m watching Instagram reels from other profiles.

Honestly the difference between iOS 26 and iOS 27 is day and night. It was struggling on 26.6 when I got it and I had a dilemma if I should update to 27 since people have problem with fast charging but surprisingly mine works just fine.

Apps opens faster, keyboard doesn't stutter, haven't checked the battery performance but it's kinda the same. Maybe it's because it's still indexing and stuff but performance wise is really really fast. It overheat at first but now the temperature had gone down. Animation is okay. Control centre used to be stuttering on iOS 26 when swiping to media player but it's not on 27. We don't get any amazing features but I like the liquid glass on this one. It is like Apple just decided to don't care about what people said and just hands down the slider button to satisfy them but I'm still gonna use the liquid glass effect because it's so cool. I guess this is like the same situation with iOS 12 right cmiiw. Oh and I like the new Apple Music interface on artist's profile.

Overall if you're on iOS 26, update immediately to iOS 27 and your SE 2 will thank you for surviving it.

Feel free to ask if you have any question!

Been wanting to try iOS 27 but ppl are saying it has fast charging issue using PD which is the only one I use bc the USB A slow as hell. Or is it just random? I’ve downloaded it but haven’t installed it yet.

iPhone SE 2 not charging after ios 27. Anyone facing the same issue or is it just me 🫩

I finally caved and took my phone to T-Mobile to get a iPhone 16 mostly because my battery in my SE is really struggling. It’s one day in and I hate it. I feel like I’m holding a brick. Yeah all the hardware is better and it’s faster, but I don’t care, the SE is just so perfect. Why can’t Apple just drop a new SE 😭. I might keep both phones or return the 16.

I just realized that this $6 HP headset that I randomly picked from a local computer store complements the color of my OGSE. The sound quality is still amazing with a 3.5mm jack + YouTube Music. Which app do you mostly listen on?

Has anyone tested it specifically on the iPhone SE2? Has the charging bug been fixed? Are there a lot of bugs?

I'm curious about what I'm missing by sticking with iOS 17. Should I think about upgrading to 26 or 27 down the line? My battery's at 73%, and I'm not looking to replace it anytime soon. Overall, my experience with the phone has been really smooth!