I did try different cables, and the battery was between 45 and 50%
during all these tests. We didn't try different adapters, but neither
my mac nore her windows pc picked up the iPad (again, with plenty of
charge left).

On 8/22/12, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> How long have you left it plugged in?  If the battery is totally dead, it
> can take 10 to 15 minutes of charge before it will get enough life in it to
> register on a computer.  If you have a different cable, say from an iPod or
> iPhone, use it.  It is also desirable to to try it in two different
> locations for the extended time, that is, with the cable both in the wall
> adaptor and in the computer.  If none of these work, let me know.
>
> Later...
>
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>
> On 2012-08-22, at 3:11 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> My sister's iPad1 won't charge. We tried three wall adapters,
>> connecting it to a pc and a mac (neither of which registered it was
>> even connected, though the mac was booted into windows at the time),
>> and two different usb cables. We even plugged in a cheap iTouch
>> battery I picked up a while ago, but nothing. The iPad seemed to be
>> trickle-charging for a while, like it will on iPhone chargers or
>> low-powered usb ports, but now it isn't even doing that. Oh, and yes,
>> re did a home/power reset.  Apple, Best Buy, and a local computer shop
>> all say it would be expensive to work on and it wouldn't be worth it,
>> though Apple did mention a program where you can pay $250 to replace
>> the unit with a new iPad1 (not a New iPad... what a horrible name!)
>> So, my question is: can anyone think of anything we haven't tried to
>> get the iPad working? She uses this as a laptop, and is thinking of
>> replacing it with an actual laptop if we can't fix the iPad, but we
>> don't have the money to just run out and buy a MacBook or even a
>> cheaper Windows laptop. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>
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