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Released November 4, 2017. Model A1865, A1901. Available as GSM or CDMA / 64 or 256 GB / Silver or Space Gray. (Pronounced the same as "iPhone 10.")

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iPhone X Won't Charge or Turn On

This morning I woke up with iPhone battery at 1% after charging an entire night. I charged the phone for the next hour while it wouldn’t charge past 1%. The phone died and after trying different charging cables and even wireless charging the phone will not come back on. It shoes on the screen the icons of a dead icon as it is charging and not charging but won’t come back on. I’ve tried several methods of restarts including iTunes with no success. iTunes on my MacBook won’t even recognize the device. Help with my issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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When troubleshooting charging issues, I would do the following (in order):

  1. Always try another Lightning cable and charger, preferably Apple original or MFi certified units.
  2. The Lightning cable 8-pin connector should be sitting flush with the housing and completely inserted. If it is not, there could be lint/dust/debris inside the port impeding a proper connection. You can clean it out with a toothpick, fine point tweezers or a dental pick. Just be careful not to damage the pins inside the Lightning Port.
  3. Change the battery. The battery is the weakest link in the entire phone and certainly for charger related issues. It is also the easiest thing to replace. Use a battery utility, such as coconutBattery (for Mac) or 3uTools (for Windows) to test the battery prior to removal. Anything less than 70% of design capacity will require replacement.
  4. If the battery is in good condition, you can use a USB Ammeter to determine if the phone is really drawing current when it says it's charging. If it isn't drawing current, then I would change the Lightning/Charge Port.
  5. If a new battery and charge port still don't resolve the issue, then you either have faulty replacement parts (possible) or a logic board issue. There is an IC (commonly referred to as Tristar) responsible for communicating with the charging device and uncertified chargers can damage it. Unplug the battery and connect a known-good (preferably Apple original or MFi) charger to the phone. A properly working phone will show an Apple logo and boot loop. If the Tristar IC is bad then the phone will not do anything.

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I have the same problem had the X for 9 months then it stopped charging sent the phone to apple as it was still in warranty .. just, and apple sent a new handset and didn’t say what the issue was.

Now fast forward 3 months and the new handset is suffering the same issues (intermittent charging). I’ve turned my phone off then plugged in the charger and the phone boots up has the charge symbol on the battery icon for about 3 mins then stops charging.

I’m now thinking it’s a design fault somewhere in the phone as it’s happened with 2 new handsets in a year.

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