my iphone 5 is taking forever to turn on after dying
add a comment |. up vote 0 down vote. The reason this takes some extra time is that your iOS device will not turn back on from dying completely because it must charge up to 5% first.This is normal. There is no way I am aware of to disable this function.f I plug it into a wall socket it takes about 3-5 minutes (it shows the red battery with power symbol below) to turn back on, but if I plug it into my laptop it understandably takes longer. Occasionally once it has finally powered back up the battery percent will be more than 1%.