HELP!!! iPhone not charging!!!

monkeysrock0622 · 07-11-2007, 05:38 AM

ok so I plugged my phone in to the dock and 5minutes later I noticed it wasn't charging. The little lightning bolt didn't show. I checked to see if everything was plugged in right and it was. Please help me find the prob. I even reset it and it still didn't work

veedubcos · 07-11-2007, 06:58 AM

stupid question, but is your charge/doc connected properly? Do all the pins line up or is there anything in the charging port, maybe a piece of lint from your pocket??

rebelace · 07-11-2007, 07:04 AM

I had this happen one time i just turned it off and back on and then plugged it back in and it worked. But i think it was more a spec of dust or something.

MTG · 07-11-2007, 09:31 PM

What method are you using? USB to the computer or using the A/C power adapter?

Mine would only charge about 20% of the time on the A/C power adapter... and then a few days ago it stopped charging entirely! (the computer charging would still work, though) Anyway... I went to the Apple store and they determined my A/C adapter was dead. They gave me a new one free of charge.

SO -- maybe you have a defective adapter? I, too, was at a loss... thinking "it cant be this hard... what am I doing wrong?" ... turned out... bad part!

monkeysrock0622 · 07-11-2007, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by MTG

What method are you using? USB to the computer or using the A/C power adapter?

Mine would only charge about 20% of the time on the A/C power adapter... and then a few days ago it stopped charging entirely! (the computer charging would still work, though) Anyway... I went to the Apple store and they determined my A/C adapter was dead. They gave me a new one free of charge.

SO -- maybe you have a defective adapter? I, too, was at a loss... thinking "it cant be this hard... what am I doing wrong?" ... turned out... bad part!

I am using a/c adapter but I think you were right about being defective cause I tryed my old a/c charger and it worked just fine so I'll go to the apple store and get a new adapter

JnC · 07-11-2007, 10:58 PM

My wall wart stopped working for one day. As a test I tried to use it to charge a 4th gen iPod... no effect. I was resigned to having to take it back to Apple. Then mysteriously the next day it began working again.

blogmenow · 07-23-2008, 12:27 PM

Had what sounds like a similar problem with my new phone last night. Just wouldn't charge regardless of what plug I used, hard booted several times with no change. Finally just restored the device, it's now reloaded and charging is underway.

BigCiX · 09-24-2009, 04:03 AM

My new Apple iPhone suddenly dissappears from Itunes screen after 2 minutes syncing, and stops recharging. Any idea why it does that?
I have a 32GB 3Gs iPhone. My dock is connected to my laptop via usb. My laptop is on AC power of course, so I am really annoyed.
It only recharging in those 2 minutes.
The only way now is do get it out from the dock, and plug it back again, every 2 minutes.

After 2 minutes, my iPhone still says it is syncing, but in iTunes there is no iPhone, and in real there is no syncing, no recharging!
Any idea what is wrong?

BrownGem · 09-24-2009, 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by BigCiX

My new Apple iPhone suddenly dissappears from Itunes screen after 2 minutes syncing, and stops recharging. Any idea why it does that?
I have a 32GB 3Gs iPhone. My dock is connected to my laptop via usb. My laptop is on AC power of course, so I am really annoyed.
It only recharging in those 2 minutes.
The only way now is do get it out from the dock, and plug it back again, every 2 minutes.
After 2 minutes, my iPhone still says it is syncing, but in iTunes there is no iPhone, and in real there is no syncing, no recharging!
Any idea what is wrong?

Have you tried taking the dock off and plugging directly into the phone dock port?