iPad Not Charging – Problems and Solution

Being the latest launch by Apple, iPad is one of the most prized possessions one can have! iPad which brought in the fashion of tablets, provides everything that a mobile or PC has. Thus even one small fault in its working is enough to let its owner feel bad.

As the process of submitting the iPad for repairing and getting it back, takes quite a big time, one must try solving the problem using various resources, if it can without opening or damaging the iPad more.Many people we have seen complaining about their iPad not getting charged. For them, who are facing the same issue, we have some basic steps to follow which might help you solve your issue.

Basically, to charge an iPad, one can use any one of the ways:

• Connect iPad to the power source using provided cable and USB power adapter.
• Connect iPad to computer using a high power and USB 2.0 compliant port.

While using second way, one should provide attention towards the power output of USB port, if the power output of USB port is less than what it requires for an iPad, the message “Not Charging” will be shown to the user. So all the iPad owners getting “Not Charging” message while connecting it to the computer, this might be the root of your problem. If the message is being displayed to you, disconnect your iPad from your computer and charge it using power cable or high power USB cable.

The battery icon situated in upper left corner of the screen, shows battery status of the iPad. The icon also notifies about approximately how much charge is left to use. The rechargeable batteries provided with any cell, have limited life time and thus after some months of use they can become useless and user may have to change them.

Some tips exclusively for our readers about how to charge iPad safely:

• Charging iPad using the 10W USB power adapter is the fastest way of doing so.
• Even if an iPad is connected to the computer, it will start charging but the battery will be charged slowly. (Only if iPad is connected to the computer with high power USB cable or iPad power adapter).
• If an iPad is connected to the computer using a USB 2.0 cable, it will charge much slowly and that too when it is in sleep mode.
• For additional information on “Not Charging” issue, one can also visit Apple’s own support site.

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iPad Not Turning On – Problems and Solution

All the cell phone users might have experienced the somersaults in stomach at least once, when their cell phones refused to turn on. And if your cell phone is none other than iPad, we won’t be surprised if one dies with heart attack! Ok, jokes apart, but at times it may happen that one tries to start its iPad but iPad doesn’t respond at all. So what care one should take in such situations or what are all the reasons that might be behind this problem? To get an answer for all these questionsread down!

If something is not quite right with your iPad, restarting or resetting it will solve problem in most cases. If the iPad is not turning on it is not responding, following steps must be carried out. But before carrying out any of these steps, make sure that you have latest version of iTunes installed.

Rest your iPad

For resetting an iPad, all one has to do is press sleep/wake and Home button for 10 to 15 seconds until the logo of Apple re-appear.

Restart your iPad

Restart your iPad by pressing sleep/wake button.

Contact Apple Support

All the information on turning an iPad on can be found on Apple’s own support web site. The web site also contains all the error codes along with the details on those errors.
Sometimes it may also happen that even after resetting your iPad doesn’t start. Then under such condition, you should try above two steps by connecting your iPad to the computer, i.e. first press wake/sleep button for at least 10 seconds until Apple logo appear on screen; if it doesn’t make any difference press wake/sleep button and home button at the same time and hold these buttons for 10 seconds.



Submitting your device in Apple iStore to repair, should be the last resort, if nothing is turning out to work. Although the last sentence may not be needed at all, one must be ready for it as nothing in this world is perfect and thus not even Apple can make fault free devices.

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