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The iPhone 5 refuses to charge once the battery is completely discharged. I have changed the battery and the charging port and problem is still there.
When I put a charged battery in, the phone shows that it's charging when plugged in. But again, once it empties to zero, charging it does nothing.
Someone said i should be doing a hard reset. Anyone have any definitive answer please?
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No charging on flat battery or turned off means bad U2 Tristar charging chip.
Get the U2 Tristar Charging IC chip replaced.
It's a component on the logic board that goes bad when the user uses a copy lightning cable / non-certified MFi lightning cable or a car charger.
You will need to find someone that does microsoldering for charging IC on iPhones.
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Thanks. I suspected it was IC related. But it's been very strange. I put a new battery in and after a couple of minutes it started charging. I also updated to iOS 10.2 and during download and install, the phone turned off a couple of times but it finally installed.
I've discharged and recharges a couple of times and seems to be a lot more stable now. See how it goes and thanks for the advice
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