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I knocked the power point and my iphone didn’t charge overnight, so now it’s completely flat and dead.

But my Series 8 watch (no cellular, GPS only) is still receiving and sending SMS (not iMessage) messages.

I’m very surprised and curious if anyone can explain how is this possible?

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[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

When your phone is off it’s still running basic functions under power in the background.

Perhaps the answer is in that feature somewhere? I wouldn’t suspect anything ominous.