Lightning Cables Randomly Works / Fails
Yet again I find myself getting more and more irate with Apple products.
Up until a few weeks ago, I had an original lightning cable, and two Apple Certified third party cables, all of which were working perfectly.
Then the problems started.............
The iPad Air that I use suddenly stopped charging with one of the third party cables (bought less than 2 months ago) when plugged into a mains adaptor, yet would charge if using a battery pack. The second third party cable would not charge with either power source. The original cable would now only charge if it was inserted one particular way around, using both power sources.
Even when it is showing as charging, the charge is dropping when in use. In addition, I have found that it is running out of charge significantly quicker than previously (now only around 50 minutes use for e-mail and internet browsing, not much use on video/films/games).
The iPad mini that my wife uses is also now experiencing similar problems, except that the first cable noted above WILL charge using both mains and battery pack, will charge from the mains using the second third party cable, and as per the iPad Air, will only charge with the lightning connector inserted one way round.
In all cases, the same two mains power adaptors are being used.
I have been through numerous articles that proclaim to fix this, and I have cleaned both lightning ports (no difference), tried rebooting, checked battery usage for background apps, and more recently, updated to the latest iOS version......all without success.
What is annoying is that all three cables obviously work depending on the device and power source, so it isn’t that the cables are faulty. The only thing I can think of is that Apple have managed to disable the coding built into the third party charger, but then it should not work on either iPad.
Anyone else had similar issues, and more importantly, found a workaround (other than purchasing a non-apple tablet!!).
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