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iOS 26 iPhone won't charge and keeps restarting.

I have an iPhone 14 Pro. I downloaded the iOS 26 beta and had a SERIOUS error, rendering the phone unusable.

  • I charged it to 60% and kept it plugged in while updating.

  • While updating, I restarted several times at the Apple logo, then at the Welcome screen, and it had quite a few bugs with low battery warnings.

  • When I turned it on, I noticed I had 1% (I thought it was strange).

  • When it was plugged in, it wouldn't charge; it only had 1% left, and it also restarted every 2 minutes. Off-plugged, it did exactly the same thing.

In the end, I had to go back to iOS 18.5; I had no problems with this version.

Accepted Answer

There was a misunderstanding in point two: The iPhone restarted three times under the Apple logo. Upon startup, it only showed a white screen and a "Low Battery" warning, then restarted again. When it turned on, the rest happened.

Hi @valennwft,

Were you able to resolve your issue? If not, I'd initially suggest following Step 4 in this process to put your device into recovery mode, then try the install again.

If you continue to have this problem, please file a bug report via Feedback Assistant so that we can better trace down the issue!

Best,

-J

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