iPad Mini won’t turn on

An iPad Mini 2 is actually from 2013 and is going to be actually 8-years old this year.

It is possible that the battery in this model might be starting to fail.

You could have an issue with the portable power bank, a bad charge cable and/or bad or failing Apple power/charging adapter, as well.

All of those external components can fail at any time, for any reason, too!

You could just try a simple hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons, to see if this may jump start your iPad battery.

I would do the hard reset with your iPad still on the power/chargIng adapter.

Your iPad mini2 was supplied with a 10W USB Power Adapter - whereas your iPhone Power Adapter may only be rated at 5W. Might you be using your iPhone Power Adapter by mistake. If so, if the iPad can charge at all, it would be very slow.

Most models of iPad require at least 10-12W (2.0-2.4A @5V) to reliably charge - 5W Power Adapters generally being inadequate for the job. Your portable charger (presumed to be a USB battery PowerBank) will likely have a higher output than your Power Adapter.

TheComp56 wrote:

I was using my iPad adapter when I charged it the night before. Where I live the iPhone and iPad adapters are easy to tell apart so it might not be that

Having eliminated this possibility (it’s a common issue - many have been known to carry the iPhone 5W Power Adapter for its small physical size), you perhaps need to look at other common charging issues. To save needless repetition, this support page covers most of the potential causes:

If your iPad won't charge – Apple Support

You will need to see if you can pin down the exact culprit/source of this issue before contacting Apple.

Whether it is external components or actually the iPad, itself.

Apple CAN do a remote battery diagnostics to determine if the battery is failing in that iPad.

Contact Apple support via the contact support link located at the upper right hand corner of every Webpage of these Apple support communities OR by installing and using the Apple Support app found in the iOS App Store.

Tap the iOS App Store link below.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044

Best of Luck to You!