- Here's what to do when your iPad won't charge.
Step number one, hard reset.
- Hard reset, why?
Because it's possible to the software actually froze
on your iPad but it froze on a black screen.
Not like it usually freezes on an app or something.
So it's frozen on a black screen.
All you need to do is hard reset your iPad.
Mine is actually not charged.
- Spoiler.
- Yup, mine will charge.
I bet will charge but that video would be much less popular.
(audience laughing)
So to hard reset an iPad without a home button,
quickly press and release the volume up button
then the volume down button,
then press and hold the top button on your iPad
until the Apple logo appears on the screen and then let go.
So mine is on, it's about to turn black.
- Well, this is a reset and I will say home button,
power button if your iPad has a home button.
- Indeed. Look at that Apple logo.
- For a lot of people, this probably just fix the problem.
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If the hard reset didn't work,
our next step is to clean out your iPad's charging port
with an anti-static brush.
- Or a toothbrush you've never used before.
So you could be kind of aggressive.
Just getting here with this thing.
You can't be aggressive if you're using something
you shouldn't use like a toothpick or something metal.
- Thumbtack.
- Thumbtack. (laughs) - Don't use that.
- Nothing metal, nothing that can damage it,
but an unused toothbrush.
I'd even go so far as to say,
you could get a hard one and use it, like this one.
- A lot of the time, it's that just clogged charging port
that's preventing your iPad and your charger
from making a clean connection and it just..
- Yeah, it doesn't work.
- Doesn't work.
- It doesn't charge, that's why you're here.
Hopefully I fixed it.
- If it didn't try different, you know,
different power charger, different charging cable,
different power outlet.
- Right. If you're using this charger with an iPad,
it's going to take forever to charge.
It will charge but iPad chargers are more powerful.
- Yup.
- But definitely it should still charge, just slowly.
- One thing you need to make sure of too
is that your iPad is within standard operating temperatures.
Like don't charge your iPad out in the hot sun.
The standard operating temperatures
are 32 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
So don't charge it in a blizzard.
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- [Narrator] Well this sucks.
- Or in the sun.
This isn't going to be the issue for 99.9% of people.
But we just wanted to make you aware
that is a potential problem
- Hot temperatures can permanently damage
your iPad's battery, cold temperatures can not,
but it won't work until it heats back up again.
There you go.
- Yeah, next connect your iPad to your computer.
See if it shows up in iTunes, if...
- You have a Mac running 10.15 or earlier, or is it 10.14?
- One, four, or a PC.
If you have Mac running 10.15 or newer, it'll be in Finder.
See if it shows up there.
There might just be a display issue with your iPad.
- Cause that would mean that the screen is actually on,
but you can't see it cause the display is broken.
- And if it doesn't show up on your computer, back it up
- Back it up could have a software problem.
Probably does, if there's a display problem
or actually it might be a hardware problem.
In any case, something's wrong, back it up.
It's a good idea to back it up anyway
even if everything's okay.
- Our next step, really the last step
to all out the software problem is the DFU restore.
- A DFU restore takes everything off of your iPad,
all the software I mean and puts it back on again.
Make sure you know your home wifi password
and that you have a backup before you do a DFU restore.
To do that watch our video about how to DFU restore an iPad.
- Cart above.
- Cause it's kind of a process.
- Description section below.
If your iPad still wont charge, bring it to apple.
- Right. Make an appointment first before you go
to the apple store because they might send you away
if you don't have an appointment.
They love doing that.
So make an appointment, bring it to the apple store.
You can bring it to a mom and pop shop.
Sometimes these types of repairs can be very expensive
through apple because they'll have to repair and replace
the entire iPad.
It's less than buying a new one,
but it's still hundreds of dollars.
Sometimes depending on the model,
the mom and pop shops can actually just get in there
and replace the charging port.
So you might want to investigate that if you have an iPad
that isn't still under warranty
and it was kind of long-winded.
But if you bring it to a mom and pop shop,
it voids your warranty to apple, you're on your own.
So that's a long-winded explanation, but hopefully helpful.
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