Liquid Detected In Lightning Connector Bug (iPhone Not Wet)
iOS 14 Liquid Detected In Lightning Connector bug
Is your iPhone displaying a popup that reads ‘Liquid Detected In Lightning Connector’? Is this happening although your device hasn’t been anywhere near a water source? This Liquid-detection alert has been triggered out of the blue for a series of iPhone owners. All of them are running iOS 14 which makes us conclude that this might be a software related bug.
We’ve got reports of the ‘Liquid Detected In Lightning Connector’ popup showing up on an iPhone 12, iPhone X and iPhone SE 2, without any obvious reasons. None of the readers that reported this bug, couldn’t pinpoint the cause of the liquid ingress protection warning.
To be clear, although the popup asks you to ‘Disconnect to allow the connector to dry. This may take several hours’, in most cases they dialog box is triggered without the user connecting the iPhone to a wired charger.
Fact: Most of the times the liquid in lightning connector warning pops up while the iPhone is in use, for gaming or while interacting with any third-party app.
How To Fix Liquid Detected In Lightning Connector
1. Dismiss It
Although the liquid-detection popup is most likely caused by an iOS 14 bug, you should check the charging port of your iPhone for any signs of water. Perhaps liquid reached your device accidentally, without you noticing it.
The pop-up comes with a Dismiss option. Tap it to close the warning after you finish inspecting your device.
2. Use MagSafe
If the water presence is confirmed and the popup isn’t just a false alarm, you have to allow the Lightning port to dry out before attempting to charge again. A good workaround is to use a MagSafe charger or any other wireless charging mat that you have available.
3. Emergency Override
Last but not least, iOS 14 has introduced a new option to the liquid-detection alert called Emergency Override. When available, it’s displayed above the Dismiss option. This means that you can force your iPhone to charge even though it’s warning you that it detected liquid in the Lightning port.
Have you also been prompted with the Liquid-detection alert in iOS 14? Was it a false alarm or a justified notification? Use the comments section and let us know. If you want to confirm this bug please also mention your iPhone model and the iOS 14.x version that runs on it.
Fact: The iPhone liquid-detection alert has been introduced in 2016, as a new iOS 10 feature.
Related: Other common iOS 14 bugs are:
– Messages notifications bug that randomly prevents notifications for iMessages and regular SMS from getting triggered.
– iPhone keyboard lag when attempting to type Messages.
– Optimized battery charging for iPhone is automatically re-enabled after each iPhone restart or new charging cycle.
I am so glad I found this. I have actually had a hard time charging my phone for the last couple days and this morning I had this error message, (XR) which of course made 0 sense. Hopefully an update to fix this bug comes out soon.
Darci, thanks for confirming. Is your iPhone charging if you tap Dismiss?
I am having this liquid detection problem every time I plug the charger, and the charging port is always wet with my new I phone 12 pro max. Now mobile is off and is not responding. Plz help me out as I am really worried
I have an iPhone X Max running on iOS 14 and I have all of the above mentioned bugs, plus- I can barely hear the person when I get a phone call. It’s maddening.
I hit dismiss when getting the liquid detection error, but my phone doesn’t start charging until I unplug and plug it back in.
This is the worst update ever and it feels like Apple is forcing us to upgrade our phones.
Sneaks, thanks for sharing your feedback. iOS 14.3 should be out soon, perhaps even today. Let’s hope it will fix most of these problems.
iPhone 12, iOS 14 and I have been getting this message over and overrrrr!!!! 😤
Rachel, thanks for reporting. You can attempt to install iOS 14.3 RC 2 or wait until Monday for the iOS 14.3 public release. Let us know if it fixes the Liquid Detected issue for you.
I just bought an SE two days ago, and got the “Liquid Detected” message there is no liquid around, but tried to charge on a different plug, still same message. Thanks for the advice about a bug fix… will wait until tomorrow!
Aria, you’re welcome. Thanks for reporting. To get back to us and let us know if iOS 14.3 fixes it for you.
Hello. iPhone 12 not wet, iOS 14.3. The message “charging not available liquid ….” appeared. Very frightened
Petyr, does the pop-up occur when you try to charge, or out of the blue without connecting the Lightning cable.
When trying to charge. I ignore this message because lightning is not wet. but this is unpleasant. Sorry, my english is bad(
Petyr, thanks for getting back to us. Yes, I’m sure it’s annoying. iOS 14.4 Public Beta 1 is out. IF you want you can update to it and check if it fixes the liquid detected bug: https://www.iphonetricks.org/ios-14-4-beta-brings-homepod-mini-new-features/
Do, perform a full iPhone backup if you decide to proceed.
P.S.: Don’t worry about the language.
Today the message did not bother :) Thanks for the help
Great. You’re welcome.
I rebooted my smartphone. Waited 5-7 minutes and the error disappeared. If you don’t wait, a reboot may not help.
Thanks for mentioning this.
thanks for helping people. You are cool.:)
Glad I could help. ;)
Evening, I suffered the same thing and upgraded OS to 14.3 and issue no longer there.
Thanks
Tab, thanks for confirming. Glad that this worked out for you!
iPhone SE 14.3, suddenly started with this message a couple of days. Left iPhone for a day , message went away. Phone charged, used it for an hour, message displays again. Phone hadn’t been away from the lounge.. there is no high humidity.. no obvious cause of message.
Neil
Neil, sorry to hear about this. We thought this bug had been fixed in iOS 14.3. Not sure what else to suggest. Have you contacted Apple support?
I have a brand new IPhone 11 running on ios 14.3. This message pops up when I use an audio to lightning connector. I think Apple wants me to buy airpods 🙃
Esther, thanks for confirming. What happens if you reboot your device? Does the Liquid Detected error still pop up?
Exact same issue here on an xs max as soon as I updated. Definitely no water near my phone. It’s been triggered twice. Dismissing it gets rid of the notification then I’ve left it and not tried to charge it again for a few hours. Any news of Apple recognising this fault?
Pippa, thanks for your feedback. We’ve submitted a feedback request to Apple, regarding this issue. They don’t reply to feedback submissions. We can only hope that this will be addressed in an upcoming update.
Iphone 12 Max, running on ios 14.3 – this is happening to me. won’t let me update to the beta update you suggested above. :(
Summer, thanks for confirming. You need to download the iOS 14 beta profile to be able to download iOS 14.4 public beta. A detailed step-by-step tutorial is described here for iOS 14.2. Everything is identical in for iOS 14.4: https://www.iphonetricks.org/how-to-update-iphone-to-ios-14-2-beta/
P.S: If you go for it make sure that you backup your device before. Just in case you want to revert to iOS 14.3 or something goes wrong during the installation.
Important: We’re not sure if iOS 14.4 beta fixes it. We can replicate the Liquid detected error message on our own devices in iOS 14.3 either. So we’re not able to confirm yet if this is fixed in the beta or not.
It just happened to me out of the blue. I was responding to a text and other than that my phone has been on a charger (aftermarket) and untouched for hours. Model: XS Max running 14.0.1
I dismissed the warning. The phone has 100% charge, so I will see what happens later when I need to plug it in.
Neal, thanks for reporting. To get back to us and let us know if this comes back? You say it’s running iOS 14.0.1. Any particular reason you’re not upgrading to iOS 14.3?
I have bought new iPhone 12 Pro max one month ago and its running on latest iOS 14.3 stable update but I don’t know why Liquid detected message is troubling me alot from past 2-3 days. There is no liquid at all. I am wondering if there is any issue with the sensor, please suggest what I should do?
Rita, this seems to be a common problem. We haven’t found a workaround yet. It should be addressed by Apple in an upcoming software update.
Same Issue, it happen on me either. i have bought iphone 12 promax one week ago and it also running on latest ios 14.3, the liquid warning keep pop out, when my charging is reaching 97 % and it already happen twice.
there is no liquid at all on my phone.
already consult at the apple support but no solution been given.
they asked me to start diagnostics with apple support via my iphone, and they already got the analytics result and claimed thats nothing wrong with my phone hardware.
actually its a little bit annoying
Ricky, yes it is annoying. You can share with them the link to this article and have them check the comments to convince themselves that this is a quite common issue!
My iPhone 11 Pro, running iOS 14.3 started this last week. Even if I try the Override option it won’t charge. I can only charge wirelessly.
Shayne, thanks for your feedback. This is a software bug that should be fixed soon.
I am on my third iphone 12 pro max and they have all had this error message no matter which of several chargers I use. In all three cases the error message about liquid started from the first time i charged the darn thing after taking it out of the box. I have five or six portable chargers and they all generate the error message and my husband has no problem charging with his samsung. I sent the first two phones back and I am probably just going to keep this latest
one and keep hitting the override. it is an obvious problem with these phones and you would think apple would know of it, and have a fix by now.
Eileen, I just got the Liquid Detected error out of the blue on a perfectly dry iPhone XS. The device refused to charge when using the Lightning cable. I had to force restart it and the error message went away. this seems to be a software related problem that’s affecting various iPhone models running iOS 14.
I have an iphone SE (II) with latest 14.3 ios but still this popup showing up frequently, Can anyone please help
It must be a software issue, but we couldn’t pinpoint yet the triggering factor. Force restart your iPhone to temporary solve it. But it might flare up again, anytime.
I just got this message on my iPhone XR running ios 14.3. Never got it before. Phone is totally dry, and humidity is only about 10% today, so it is a bull&^%t message.
Jack, thanks for confirming. Reboot your device and it should disappear.
iPhone 12 pro 2021. I am getting the liquid detected during charging message also there is no liquid I can guarantee that. I’m hoping it’s just a bug in the software!
It’s a bug indeed. Update to iOS 14.4 and let us know if it’s still occurring.
I have an iPhone 11 running IOS 14.3 and I just started getting this yesterday. My phone has not been anywhere near liquid so it makes zero sense. I’ve also had problems with it charging at night, which I guess this now explains that issue. I’ve attempted to restart my phone and nothing. I’ve
This should be fixed in iOS 14.4. Update please and let us know if it’s still occurring.
Got this message today without any liquid contact. My phone is iPhone 11 iOS 14.3
I simply restarted the phone and it’s all fine now.
Thanks for informing us. iOS 14.4 should have fixed this. Can you confirm?
My kids iPhone 11 IOS 14.1 does this yet not from charging. Just when plugging her headphones in does this message pop up. She was using my iPhone 8 headphone accessory with her favourite monster headphones. She has had this iPhone 11 for a year doing this and it just popped up yesterday. She has 14.3 available to update. Should updating it fix this?
Started doing it only yesterday
Kim, iOS 14.4 should fix this.
i have iphone 12 IOS 14.3 and still got the liquid msg. and the phone is totally dry
Thanks for sharing. iOS 14.4 should fix it.
My XS showed the error on my way home from work tonight. I plugged in unplug a few times and it kept popping up. And then left it unplugged and five minutes later the car smells from smoke and I saw the end of my charger wire smoking (non-apple lightening). I unplugged it from the power immediately! When I got home I tried plugging into several different chargers and kept getting the error. After a half hour or so the error went away and I updated the iOS. So far it has not happened again. It never got wet.
Thanks for sharing this. Please avoid charging your iPhone with aftermarket accessories.
I have had this happen to me a few times lately and my phone has not been around any liquid. I have an iPhone 10xr.
Has iOS 14.4 fixed this?
It’s been happening to me on occasion. I have iPhone 12 and am running iOS 14.4
I recently bought a iPhone 12 Pro Max and the iOS is 14.4 and I have been getting this message from the day I got my phone. Honestly it is getting on my nerves. So glad I found this article. Is it possible it’s a hardware issue with certain phones. If it’s software related everybody should be getting it. Isn’t it ?
It’s most likely software related. We’ve been getting it on our iPhone XS test device in the office. I hoped though that it would be fixed with iOS 14.4. However, it doesn’t seem to be the case.
I had this issue today. My Phone (11) had already been charging For a while when suddenly the warning popped up while I was browsing some web pages. My phone has not been near water or any other liquid. Just in case this was lint or something (dust?). I cleaned the charging port with a fine felt tip dental tool. Hope I don’t have to deal with this issue any further
Thanks for sharing your ‘liquid detected experience’. Do let us know if it pops up again, or the lint removal did the trick!
Just got an iPhone 11 charges good , charged it and went to bed then I woke up and saw liquid detector since then my iPhone 11 refuses to charge
Pls help .. How can I charge my brand new iPhone that shows liguid dector once and refuses to charge
Have you tried to reboot the device and try again?
My iPhone 12, 14.4, just had this pop up. It had been charging all night no problem and I was on it while it was still plugged in. No liquid around what so ever. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and it popped up again. I used a qtip and dabbed the charging port lightly and it went away
iPhone 11 iOS 14.4. Started a few days ago with the liquid warning. It will charge in the car with no warning but no matter which block or cord I use I continue to get the message.
Hi
I have SE 2020 sw 14.4 , most of the time I am charging this popup is shown.
Just to notice I am using a 3rd party charger.
Now I am using the override option to overcome this issue
Avi
Thanks for sharing. For me, this ‘Liquid detected in lightning connector’ erroneous message has stopped displaying since iOS 14.4. I am only using certified Apple chargers.
I’ve had this issue for months, currently hav IOS 14.4. I’ve had my phone swapped out 2 times now and it still pops up on my third SE. It has happened with both third party and Apple brand cords.
Thanks for sharing. We did not encounter this erroneous message since updating to iOS 14.4. Thought it was already fixed.
I also notice this on my iPhone 11. There is no sign of water or any liquid.
Same liquid detection problem happens with my iPhone 12 pro max, it’s charge hot finished 2 days ago, now it isn’t charging. When I know on charging port with my mouth, liquid comes out. I am really having a hard time, bcoz I have purchased it recently
Don’t blow on it with your mouth as your breath holds moisture content which doesn’t help with moisture sensor :-). Try a hard reset and afterwards leave phone for around 30 minutes running without connecting lightening cable. Hard reset.
1. Quickly press Volume Up button
2. Quickly press Volume down button.
3. Press and hold Side button until Apple logo appears, do not release and use slider to power off !!!
Once rebooted leave for around 30 minutes before re connecting the lightening cable.
NOTE: If this fails you could always buy a magnetic charging mat.
So I was just on a game and then I got off and tried charging my phone then the liquid error popped up and I did not leave any liquid near my charging connector I just updated to iOS 14.4.1 and this error still popping up so I still press emergency override even tho there is no liquid near my charging connector?
iPhone XS Max running 14.4.1 just started popping this notification either today or yesterday. I honestly can’t remember the first time I saw it. My phone has been no where near water and I don’t blow in it. It has been finicky with the direction of chargers recently. Sometimes I have to turn them around or wiggle them.
mine has the same situation. I wasn’t playing games or anything but texting. It wont charge and now my touch screen stop responding as well. all within 30 min apart. Makes no sense, I didn’t drop it to water either.
Ya same happen to me but I updated to 14.4.1 and then I force restart my phone then waited 30 minutes while my phone was running and once I plugged in my charger it started working no problems so I think you just gotta force reboot your phone!
IPhone 11 – iOS 14.4.2 Received message when neither charger connector or phone were wet or had been near any water. Tried a different connector and still got message. Waited about 10 minutes, tried again and no message ! Phone is charging now. Thanks for posting this information.