Lightning Cable Not Charging Ipad

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Lightning cable not charging ipad.

Your iphone or ipad has been working just fine but now you can t plug your lightning cable into it and get the phone to charge. The lightning connector was introduced in 2012 with the arrival of the iphone 5 and shortly thereafter the ipad 4. In fact i recently experienced this issue myself after a long weekend trip to vegas with my girlfriends my iphone and a lot of all nighters. Try another cable to see if that fixes the problem.

If you see the lightning bolt on the battery meter you know the cable is working. To see if your lightning cable is what s causing the ipad charging problem try charging your ipad with a different cable. Before you toss away your cable or bring your phone into apple for repair you should take a moment and try. Are you experiencing problems charging your iphone or ipad using your lightning cable.

If the computer does not react when you plug in the ipad it doesn t recognize the ipad is connected. Any mfi certified lightning cable should support up to 12 w of charging power or up to 18 w if it s a usb c to lightning cable and usb 2 0 data transfer rates up to 480 mbps. Try charging another device with the same cable. If your ipad starts charging with one cable but not the other then you ve figured out that your charging cable is causing.

If you are one of the unlucky ifolks who experience problems charging your iphone ipad or other idevice using your lightning cable you are not alone. If the charging port is damaged your ipad probably needs service. You can troubleshoot the cable by connecting the ipad to your computer. Remove any debris from the charging port on the bottom of your ipad then firmly plug your charging cable into your ipad.

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