Why won't my iPhone charge after the battery drained completely?

Mine doesn't show anything...it's just black

Yes, I've been trying this for so long now and it still doesn't work.

I plugged my Iphone in at 13% but it died. My Iphone 5 showed it was charging but would not power on after several hours of being plugged in. When hitting the power button the red low battery signal with the charging cable icon would show up

I tried doing a hard reset, same issue. I tried 2 different cables and USB ports on 2 different Apple laptops and an Iphone charger.

I saw this post and the cautions about overheating the battery so I put the phone next to my skin on my chest and the phone powered on at a 3% battery charge. The phone showed that it was charging but soon dropped to 1%. I put the phone back against my skin again since I started writing this message and now the phone is showing 1% and will not charge.

I just tried a settings reset with that last 1% and the phone rebooted, now I'm back to the red low battery signal with the charging cable icon

thanks a lot, I'm so happy it works on my IPhone 5 :) just resurrected 30 mins ago...

I was in Jakarta when the disaster struck! I do not speak Bhasha and couldnt get to a service center. This tip was a life saver. Thanks a million wiz.

Hey is this hair dryer thing is for only cold area or also applicable in other not cold area?

Do just like wiz said, warm the phone with a hairdryer (don't need to remove the battery) and when it's really hot plug on charge. Worked for me.

Did just like wiz advised and my phone came now. Worked for me

Thanks Wiz. I used the hair dryer and heated it up nice and hot and it started charging in about 5 minutes. I was about to install my backup battery but you just saved me the trouble. Good karma is coming your way.

Don't do it - it's dangerous

Worked for me just spent the last hour with my phone charging and used the hair dryer for not even 2 mins and boom the apple appeared. My phone is at 13% and charging away. Literally not even a min is all it took never took it apart nothing. Thanks Wiz

It's not dangerous, dob. The temperature need to be raised to just warm to touch., about 35 to 40 degrees centigrade.

Hey wiz

I brought a battery new and it worked very good on my phone. After some time my phone restarted many time . then became dead. I don't know why..then I came to know battery had a charge but it is working...please fixit

Pleas post a new question. You have just dug up a 5 year old article

i drained my phone last night then i charged it overnight hoping that it will charged but when i woke up this morning i can't open my iphone 6 anymore, there's no sign of charging and even the low battery sign, it was all black screen, when i try clicking the power button it just stay the same, what should i do?

I didn't have a blow dryer at home, I thought about placing my iPhone at the top of my rice cooker for about two minutes, face up. And it worked, too! It's charging properly now. Thanks for the idea!

I placed my ipad 3 over a laminating machine for about 5 minutes at 150 d celsius with a couple of bond papers and tried charging... Voila!!! its alive... Thanks man! GOd bless

One day I came home and my iPad was on 3% when I got out the shower I put it on the charger and nothing came up not even the red battery icon just a black screen I've tried everything

I really need help...the power+home concept isn't working for me !

I got on my iPad Air one day and it was on 3% I took a shower and the put it on the charger but nothing happen it was just a black screen ever since then I left it in a bag in my closet I just took it out of my bag today and I'm trying everything to fix it

I really need help

@wiz do you have to do that every time the phone dies or is it a permanent solution that needs to be done only once?

it worked for me. thanks for advise:)

Lol stay away from this advice really heating a flammable battery up is crazy!

Heating up the phone with the hairdryer for like a minute also worked for me. I had tried charging it for hours and nothing, after I heated it, in less than 5 minutes it came back to life, this saved my phone!

8th oct 2016 i have an iphone 5 my phone was in 1% charging when i put itbon charge via power bank but it turned off and ibhad been trying to turn it on for an hour but nothing but 3 red cells inside the battery showing that the phone is charging . i read this article snd decided to heat my phone a bit up but everyone's sleeping so instead of using a hair dryer i used an iron and pressed a cloth and rubbed my phone against the warm cloth then again put it on charging and pressed the power button and ALHAMDULILLAH it worked. thankyou so much to everyone who has made efforts on this article. jazakallahu kayra

Remove battery from iPhone, boost-charge it with a powerful charger after building up to say 2%, put back on phone and continue the charge with a laptop. Megasoft

I used our flat iron to heat my iPhone 5 up for about 10 minutes. It got quiet hot and I plugged it to the wall, and it turned on! Wow! Thank you, Wiz!

So effective! Thank youuuuu so muuch! <3

My iphone 5 did not charging. Just heated up for a few minutes the CIRCUITS of the battery ( not the battery it self !!).

You concept worked. instead of blow driver; I used an iron. it worked! I wrapped in t-shirt. and 3 seconds. It was hot and i wipe off the steam. I plugged it and did home+power and got the apple. - thankyou i would have never thought of that.

Posting this in two parts because of comment length restriction. PART ONE:

I'm not sure which part worked, me doing the warming thing or me doing the cleaning the contacts thing, but I tried both. I cleaned the inside of the charging port with compressed air. When it wouldn't charge after that, I pulled the tip of a Q-Tip till the cotton was extended, and twisted it to make a small brush with which to clean the contacts inside the port. Still didn't charge.

I had to try the warming thing a few times, but after blasting it with the hair dryer for almost ten minutes, several times, it still wouldn't charge. I got nervous about the idea of letting it get super hot on top of the stove, or using the dryer anymore, and then I saw the comment one poster made about holding the phone by his body.

PART TWO:

So I sat on my phone, and plugged it into my laptop. Amazingly, it finally came on. THANK YOU to everyone who made the suggestions and commented. The entire process took me almost two hours, so don't be discouraged. I think it also didn't help that it's freaking cold in my place, like 43 degrees (that's chilly for Southern California), and my house insulates backwards, so the phone was cooling off quickly once I plugged it in.

Also, when it came back on, it came on at 100%. So weird. And irritating. For $600 this %#*@ thing should do my dishes and wash my laundry too!

Wow this worked safes me thanks

shoutout to u on foe nem grave my phone was dead for almost three hours. i watched hella videos and blogs about it. they did work. I tried the hairdryer solution and onnna guys it worked the third time good looks folks

nice trick, my iphone is working and charging now, tnx man

I completely discharged my iPhone 7 Plus. It wouldn't charge when I plugged it onto the charger. I tried applying the blower to the lower half of the phone for roughly 90 seconds. It turned back on and is charging fine now. Thanks for this advice it works!

I just tried wiz's advice and it worked great

I just tried wiz's advice and it works for me after 2 minutes. Thank you so much :D

Just got my iPhone back on thanks to wiz. Thanks bunches!

my iphone six wouldnt turn back on after charging all night after it died. so i placed my phonr between my legs and my phone turned on within seconds i took out my phone from between my legs and it stopped charging when i put it back it began charging again.

Thank you very much. I did the Hair Dryer trick and it worked!

I've tried this technique. I used the hair drier at 6 inches from the battery on the high setting for 5 minutes on both sides of the battery.

I did this technique on the washer to prevent a fire from spreading if one happened. I also (not knowing what water does to a possible flaming battery) kept water nearby in a container to put a fire out if it had happened.

I immediately put the battery back into the iPhone 3GS and tried to charge it, it failed to charge any differently than before (new battery shows 100% but does not hold charge).

I took the new battery out and tried the technique to my old battery and it inflated a little and the room smelled like lithium. I couldn't fit the battery under the mobo after so I discarded my old battery.

I'll be sending my new battery back for a replacement.

I do not know for sure if this technique does work or not but it did not work for me.

There was a recall on the iPhone 5 batteries 3 yrs ago, but I doubt they will honor it now. It's the iPhone 5 batteries...they are crap

Did this using hair dryer on my iPhone 6. 2 minutes and done! it works! Thank you!!!!

It kind of helped but I cannot take the battery out so I just put a hot ass brick of metal on the back of my iPhone and that did the trick.

(iphone 6) Hairdryer worked for me! My battery was dead for about 8 hours until I could get it to a wall socket, and after an hour plugged in, I only got the red line battery icon. 20 seconds under a hairdryer, and whoohoo! APPLE LOGO! THX! :D

thank you so much for this advice :)

This worked for me. Phone was showing that it was charging (with low battery symbol), but would not turn on. Even after plugging in at the wall for 2 hours it wouldn't turn on. I used a hair dryer for around 3 mins (half on the front and half on the back), I plugged in and boom! The phone reset and now works.

It worked with my flat irons, crazy advice but it worked. Very happy

Iphone 6

Same problem. It got discharged and died... 2 years old and was working properly so far. I put it inside a t-shirt and pass a few times the iron over. It got a bit of heat and magically turned on!

Battery was 54% when turned on... I guess it needed some heat to wake up

I encountered problem that,last night my battery percent was so low that started giving signal of red and during the time i got asleep.after next morning my phone wax compleletey switched off and i tried for charge but on the home screen only red siggnal is appearing and doesnot get charge so left for a day to get charge but still no work...................any suggestion that please

so this worked for me thankyou very much what i did was rub my hand on the back of the iphone quite hard to the point where you could feel the friction heating the back (while plugged in) and the charging light flashed back up.

I can confirm the hairdryer method works. Not first time for me, but after about 15 mins of a hairdryer while plugged into macbook with itunes open, and it took 3 attempts until recovery mode began. couldn't get it into DFU.

This works I plugged my iphone 5s in and rubbed it between my hands until it was hot after a few minutes I got the apple logo and the phone is charging. I still can't believe it.

I trying now with hot water in a bottle iwish its works

You don't always find the answer online but this worked great! Thank you.

My iphone 6 wasn't charged last night and it drained out completely. I just used my office drier for 10-15 secs and then put it over charging & bingo... it started and charging...

I want to praise the guy that put out this information. This worked for me. I did not have a screwdriver to take the battery out so I just used a hair dryer on the back of the case. I couldn't be more pleased. I really appreciate this.

Sat it in front of a space heater for maybe a minute & it worked!! I can’t believe it!! Awesome!! Thank you so much for the advice!! My bedroom is cooler than the rest of the house. Easy fix but hope to never have to use it again!!

Omg...thank u so much! It worked! Just make sure u don't heat for too long or else the battery can blow up...I only.heated my phone up for a min on the highest setting on the blow dryer...literally just got enough to touch...it turned on instantly...again thank u for the info and suggestion

This totally works! But you don't need a hairdryer directly on the battery for 5-10 mins (that does seem a little dangerous) - just put the phone in your armpit or between your legs (while plugged in) for like 2 min. Mine turned on, no problem. Thanks for the advice! :)