Why won't my iPhone charge after the battery drained completely?
I went camping recently, and of course my battery drained completely about a day and half in. Once it drained I put it away in my bag.
On the way home, I plugged it into my Griffin iTrip to charge it, and I got nothing - no red battery, no screen flicker. I left it on there for at least a solid hour.
When I get home, I plugged it into a wall charger thinking it just needed more juice. It had been taking a really long time to charge lately, but once it's charged, the battery seems to hold it just fine. I left it on the wall charger for several hours, and I still got nothing.
At this point I tried rebooting it by pressing Home+Power, and I actually see a little flicker - like it's trying to kick over. If I hold them down for about a minute, it will actually keep flickering until finally it shows the dead battery screen, but that will go away in a few seconds or as soon as I unplug it from the wall. I can't get back to it unless I repeat the process from the beginning.
My first thought was the battery, but after reading some posts here, I'm not so sure anymore. It seems like it might be the charge circuitry or the dock connector. It's out of warranty, so I'd like to try fixing it myself. I figure at this point I can't make it any worse.
Is there any way to help pinpoint the cause other than guess and check? If not where should I start? Has anyone seen something similar to this?
I've had the phone for about seven months, but it was a refurbished unit from Apple.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
Is this a good question?
What worked for me was that i took my iphone to a technician and they resolved the problem. Apparently the battery went... It was swelling. Be careful if you desire to use the hair dryer to heat up the battery. I am in Morocco and i had to pay 300dh to get that problem resolved
by blessed4life
Thanks wiz i just did the "hair dryer thing" and now my phone is charging goodjob
by Sophie
The hair dryer trick worked for me too. Thank you!
by rpdcj107
I had the same problem and I took it to apple. They said the charge port was no good and that part isn't covered by their warrantee. Really? They make an offer. Wow for 299.00 I get a replacement phone. This is an iPhone 6s and I'm still paying on it. (Bought highest gig phone they offered). If I did purchase a replacement then I'd own a 1300.00 plus phone. I'm currently looking for an unlocked replacement. And it will be anything but an apple
by cher ruais
Update. Forgot to mention in my answer that the battery was replaced and once the new battery drained the phone still wouldn't take a charge. Hence the apple tech saying charge port(dock) wasn't any good. Currently we are trying other suggestions given in the answers here.
by cher ruais
Hi - instead of the hairdryer, I put my phone on my dashboard in the sun for about an hour. It was so hot when I retrieved it that I could not hold it, but then when I plugged it in, it started charging and was at 100% in about 1/2 hour. It is now losing battery power quite rapidly, so I will need to keep it plugged in. I won't let it get under 1% again.
by Shalini Nataraj
WOW! My wife was bugging me day and night to get it fixed. She wanted to go to a store to pay to get it fixed. heated the back using a blowdryer and plugged it in:
phone came back at 92% charged!
Thanks a bunch!!
by Paul Yee
wow i just did the hair dryer thing lol nice one it worked a treat :)
by jenheenan
If you remove a battery that will not charge, plug it into an external charging source fo as little as a few seconds then back into the phone it will charge absolutely fine,i have done it dozens of times.This is a fault( deliberate or unintentional ??? ) with ios 10 and needs complaining about and fixing by apple,simple.
by Steve Pollitt
idk why but you must be a gift from god. i went to probably 50 different pages looking for an answer and when i clicked on yours my phone turned on... thank you god bless
by michaeljsanchez
So, the hairdryer trick totally worked. the phone would not charge at all, left it unplugged for like a week, still nothing. Found this thread about the hair dryer trick and what do you know, it totally worked!
by Brian Johnston
I tried to heat the back of the iPhone up as directed, then I have reconnected the power it's just coming up with red battery box so I assume if I leave it an hour or so it will turn itself back on, previously to this I have just connected the charger and the red battery box came on and nothing happened so I do hope that the heating the back of the iPhone does help get the battery charging and doing so turns the iPhone back on, fingers crossed let's be optimist about this though..
by John Drinkwater
One way I fixed a similar issue on iPhone5 was: a) put iPhone into DFU mode then b) restore iPhone completely. The fix worked after 5 or 6 tries.
by Alex Kopaigora
i encountered the same problem just now. my iphone was not charging and now its dead. tried changing chargers, wont work. then rebooting still wont. until my last recourse, cleaning the charging port. it worked!!!! thank so much. this was so helpful.
by tona_mercado
I also forgot to charge my cell phone during the night. The next morning I only got a red battery on the screen, after 2 hours trying to charge, still nothing has changed. I read about the hair dryer here and tried it. Just by blowing warm air on my mobile (while he was in the charger) he jumped on!! #lifesaver
by Ellen Schellemans
I had the same problem. Left phone turned on when I went away for four days and on return the battery was as dead as could be. I could not get charge into it no matter what. I replaced the battery and all was good until I went away for four days again and the battery was dead again when I got back and no matter what I tried I couldn't get any life back into it. I replaced the battery again and all was good again. it appears that so long as I don't let the battery drain completely it will accept charge no worries but if I let it drain 100% it won't let me recharge it. Can someone tell me if there is someway that I can recharge an iPhone battery that is dead flat..
P.S. I left the phone plugged into the charger for two whole days and still nothing. And yes I did try the charger on another phone and it worked fine..
by Stephen Powell
I beleived the chip that is responsable for charging the battery is BAd and it is solded so you have to change your board
by woody Home
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