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Q: Charging iphone 4, charging going on and off in a loop

When I plug my iphone 4 in for charging (both from USB and from the wall jack, 3 different charge cables), it is stuck in a loop of charging on for about a second, then off, then on, and so forth. Each time it starts the charge cycle the vibrate happens (speaker is turned off).

 

My battery is currently @ 60%, so it's not full.  Phone has never gotten wet, no chips or cracks (mint condition, essentially)... Odd.

 

Anybody have any idea's what's causing this?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Mar 8, 2012 11:00 AM

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  • by ctwes,

    ctwes ctwes Jun 22, 2012 8:04 AM in response to spyrule
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    Jun 22, 2012 8:04 AM in response to spyrule

    Some at an apple store told me that it may b due to an electrical problem at my home's outlet.

  • by spyrule,

    spyrule spyrule Jun 22, 2012 8:38 AM in response to ctwes
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    Jun 22, 2012 8:38 AM in response to ctwes

    The home power doesn't make sense in this case, because it was happening on multiple different power charges on different plugs as well as multiple computers via USB.

     

    Final solution was to go to an apple store, they did a ton of testing (2hrs sitting in the store), and eventually replaced the phone itself. They we're truely not sure why it was happening. I think it might have been something stuck in the IO port on the bottom of the phone, but there was nothing there to see, and there was nothing in the headphone jack.

     

    Meh, problem resolved with a new replacement phone.

  • by ctwes,

    ctwes ctwes Jun 22, 2012 11:14 AM in response to spyrule
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    Jun 22, 2012 11:14 AM in response to spyrule

    I've had to get 2 new phones in about 4 weeks due to this issue.

  • by MNZS33,

    MNZS33 MNZS33 Jul 3, 2016 10:01 AM in response to ctwes
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    Jul 3, 2016 10:01 AM in response to ctwes

    This is happening to me with 4 phones and 1 iPad. I'm thinking it has to be a problem with the latest update on the computer. I've never had this before and all of the sudden it's happening with all my devices. I think we need a better explanation from Apple.