I ran into the issue a couple of times where my iPhone ran out of battery, and I forgot to charge it. In the morning, it was completely dead when I needed it.
To avoid this problem, I created two Shortcuts automation, which makes sure that I won’t forget to charge my iPhone.
When my iPhone battery is below 15%, Shortcuts creates a new reminder 5 minutes into the future to remind me to charge my phone.
![](https://decoding.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/automation1-scaled.jpg)
When I’m sitting at my Mac, Reminders will ping me to charge my iPhone. I can grab my phone and plug it in.
The other automation runs when I plug my phone in. It finds all reminders created by the previous automation and marks them as completed.
![](https://decoding.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/automation2-scaled.jpg)
This automated reminder requires no work from my side, but it saved my bacon a couple of times.