On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 7:23 PM, Jim Warthman <[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you for your help! THese are great suggestions, but... Since similar things happen when you try to charge two different devices, > perhaps the problem is with the cable and/or the USB port on your iMac. > I suspected that, so I changed cables, and varied the USB ports that I use (there are 4 on the iMac). Same outcome. > > I suggest you try charging using the little charger “brick” that came with > your iOS devices, and see if they will charge that way. > The iPhone is fine plugged into the wall (I assume that's what you mean), but the iPad shows the same intermittent symptoms regardless of where it's plugged in. > > If that still doesn’t work, try using a different cable. > I've tried 7 different cables, all of which I know work with other devices. I wonder if there's a way to test to see if my iPad battery is dying? > > Enjoy, > > Jim > > On Nov 18, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Jeff Weinberger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm wondering if anyone has seen these issues or has managed to solve > them: > > When I attempt to charge my iPad (iPad Air 2, iOS 11.1.1), I connect it > directly to a USB port on my iMac (no hubs, or anything between the iMac > and iPad other than the actual cable). > > One of four things happens: > > 1. It shows charging, then quickly changes to appear like it > disconnected (as if it's not connected at all), then quickly shows > charging, then disconnected, and goes rapidly back and forth like this. > 2. It shows charging for 1-2 seconds, then shows "Not charging" next > to the battery indicator. > 3. It shows charging, but simply doesn't. The battery percentage > continues to drop as though it were not plugged in > 4. It charges slowly > > Obviously (4) is the best outcome. I can almost - but not always - resolve > the others with a hard restart of the iPad. > > (1) happens with my iPhone (6, iOS 11.1.1) also, but less frequently. > > Any help is much appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk > > >
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