--- description: Make sure to take off the case title: 5 Steps to Charge Your iPhone Faster image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07d8e4eadd278fdc/698868830a4a22663f9c6966/apple-iphone-6s-plus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 5 Steps to Charge Your iPhone Faster by [Will Wei, Alyson Shontell / Business Insider](/author/business-insider/) ## Will Wei, Alyson Shontell / Business Insider Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 15, 2015 7:07 PM CUT  A customer looks at an iPhone 6s Plus in Palo Alto, Calif. A customer looks at an iPhone 6s Plus in Palo Alto, Calif.David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Will Wei, Alyson Shontell / Business Insider](/author/business-insider/) ## Will Wei, Alyson Shontell / Business Insider Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 15, 2015 7:07 PM CUT Constantly tethered to a wall, trying to give your iPhone extra juice? Here are some tricks that will [speed up the charging process](http://www.businessinsider.com/charge-iphone-faster-apple-battery-life-2015-2 "undefined"). 1\. If you plug an iPhone 6 Plus into a regular wall charger and wait five minutes, you’ll likely see a 3% or so increase in battery life. Good news: There’s a way to double that. 2\. First, put your iPhone in Airplane mode. Your iPhone won’t waste energy on notifications, texts, or searching for a signal. 3\. Next, take off your iPhone’s case. Batteries in the iPhone don’t do well in heat, and your case could be generating excess heat, according to Apple’s website. 4\. Also, use an iPad charger instead of the one that comes with your iPhone. 5\. Lastly, leave your phone alone while it’s charging. When the display screen is on, it eats up your battery. If you do all those things, your iPhone should double the amount charged from about 3% to 6% in five minutes. This video will walk you through that whole process: _This_ [_article_](http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-charge-an-iphone-fast-in-five-minutes-2015-4 "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Business Insider_](http://www.businessinsider.com "undefined") _More from Business Insider:_ * [21 things you didn’t know your iPhone could do](http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-tips-tricks-hidden-features-2015-3 "undefined") * [10 new things your iPhone can do](http://www.businessinsider.com/new-ios-9-features-iphone-2015-9 "undefined") * [9 things you can do with the new iPhone 6S that you can’t do with the iPhone 6](http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-6s-vs-iphone-6-features-2015-9 "undefined") * [How the iPhone 6S camera compares to that of the Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6](http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6s-vs-galaxy-s6-vs-iphone-6-camera-2015-9 "undefined") * [16 reasons Android phones are better than iPhones](http://www.businessinsider.com/android-phones-vs-iphone-2015-9 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4075474/charge-iphone-faster/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4075474/charge-iphone-faster/"},"headline":"5 Steps to Charge Your iPhone Faster","datePublished":"2015-10-15T19:07:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:48.180Z","description":"Be sure to take off the case","url":"https://time.com/4075474/charge-iphone-faster/","keywords":["Tech","Smartphones","iPhone","battery"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07d8e4eadd278fdc/698868830a4a22663f9c6966/apple-iphone-6s-plus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Wei, Alyson Shontell / Business Insider"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07d8e4eadd278fdc/698868830a4a22663f9c6966/apple-iphone-6s-plus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A customer looks at an iPhone 6s Plus in Palo Alto, Calif.","caption":"A customer looks at an iPhone 6s Plus in Palo Alto, Calif.","creditText":"David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4075474/charge-iphone-faster/","name":"5 Steps to Charge Your iPhone Faster"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tech Time: How to Use a Smarter, More Convenient Siri","description":"TIME's Alex Fitzpatrick shows you the ins and outs of using Siri.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/P6k2lZo2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-14T23:45:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/P6k2lZo2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4075474/charge-iphone-faster/","duration":"PT1M25S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4075474/charge-iphone-faster/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```