iPad won't charge at all

[Pueblo]

Hello everyone,
My iPad appears to be broken. It completely ran out of battery life, and when I went to plug it in, it didn't charge; it just flashed the Apple logo over and over again. When I plugged it in to my computer, the screen just blinked, and the computer wouldn't acknowledge the iPad. I tried the hard reset while plugged into the wall charger, but it just told me to plug it into iTunes (which, of course, didn't work). Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas/suggestions? In case it's relevant, iTunes is up to date, and my iPad was running iOS 4.2 before it wacked out on me.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

Hello everyone,
My iPad appears to be broken. It completely ran out of battery life, and when I went to plug it in, it didn't charge; it just flashed the Apple logo over and over again. When I plugged it in to my computer, the screen just blinked, and the computer wouldn't acknowledge the iPad. I tried the hard reset while plugged into the wall charger, but it just told me to plug it into iTunes (which, of course, didn't work). Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas/suggestions? In case it's relevant, iTunes is up to date, and my iPad was running iOS 4.2 before it wacked out on me.

Thanks in advance!

OK - first of all, welcome to the Forum.

Second - don't panic!! We have had several members with this problem.

Turn the iPad off and leave it to charge, with it switched off, for a couple of hours.

Now try again. If the problem persists it's time for a reboot...

Turn the iPad off and then hold down the Home and Power buttons together for 60 seconds - yes, sixty seconds - until the white Apple logo appears. The iPad will then perform a reboot; it takes some time, so be patient. Hopefully, when the reboot is finished, it will be back in its normal state - no apps or user data lost.

I hope this works, please let us know.

Tim
Scotland

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

Just one final thought to add to the above - I assume you are using the normal iPad charger and not an iPod or USB charger from your computer? You need to use the iPad charger because it has a current capacity of 2A versus the 500 mA capacity of a USB port.

Tim
Scotland

 

[Stephen19]

Just one final thought to add to the above - I assume you are using the normal iPad charger and not an iPod or USB charger from your computer? You need to use the iPad charger because it has a current capacity of 2A versus the 500 mA capacity of a USB port.

Tim
Scotland

Tim, I use an ipod charger and works fine. Any reason why I should not?

I like to have ipad charger near pc to sync when need to whilst keeping other old ipod one plugged in elsewhere ready for easy chargng.
Lazy I guess.
S

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[tzimisce]

The iPod charger delivers a lower current (1 amps, compared to the iPad charger's 2.1 amps) so charging an iPad will take a bit longer.

Because externally they appear identical, most users who aren't aware of the difference sometimes use the chargers interchangeably, and then think there's a problem when their iPad charges very slowly.

 

[Max]

aaaand the iPad won't charge from a pc, only macs with USB 2.0.....

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

Just one final thought to add to the above - I assume you are using the normal iPad charger and not an iPod or USB charger from your computer? You need to use the iPad charger because it has a current capacity of 2A versus the 500 mA capacity of a USB port.

Tim
Scotland

Tim, I use an ipod charger and works fine. Any reason why I should not?

I like to have ipad charger near pc to sync when need to whilst keeping other old ipod one plugged in elsewhere ready for easy chargng.
Lazy I guess.
S

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The previous posters have said it all!!

Tim
Scotland

 

[Stephen19]

Thanks all, will change my approach and use proper lead full time.
S

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[Hasty]

So much to learn, so little time. Read the forums!

 

[tzimisce]

Thanks all, will change my approach and use proper lead full time.

If you have both iPod and iPad adapters, it might be worthwhile using a small sticker to differentiate between the two. Sure beats using a magnifying glass to check the small print every time.

 

[Stephen19]

If you have both iPod and iPad adapters, it might be worthwhile using a small sticker to differentiate between the two. Sure beats using a magnifying glass to check the small print every time.

Ha ha, I had a look and the ipod one has a slightly larger bit on the end that slots into the hardware ... 10 mm v 5 mm on ipad adapter.
S

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[David79]

Are we talking about the sync cables? or actual brink (usb) wall charger? Because I have 4 differnt sync cables, 1 came with iphone, 1 with ipod, 1 with ipad and the other with the longer ipad cord I bought, I use whatever one is closes at the time and have never had an issue, was just wondering.

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

Are we talking about the sync cables? or actual brink (usb) wall charger? Because I have 4 differnt sync cables, 1 came with iphone, 1 with ipod, 1 with ipad and the other with the longer ipad cord I bought, I use whatever one is closes at the time and have never had an issue, was just wondering.

The cables don't have any influence on the charging capabilities, only the source suppling the charge (i.e. wall charger) has.

 

[David79]

oh ok then, ya I always use ipad charger, well for pretty much all of them lol works better.

 

[Stephen19]

Oh ok, as I was then, I was talking about the white leads. One came with ipod, other with ipad. The plug part I use came with ipad.
So I can use either to charge and wont delay? But shoukd se iad one to sync or does that not matter?

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