ipados 14.7.1 ipad not charging

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Hi Apple Support Communities,

I have Ipad Pro and installed Ipados 14.7.1 and I am facing the same problem and I did the steps before. But still the same problem. I am 100% sure that is a problem from the last patch. Please help me

I have the same problem on my iPad Pro 3rd generation, and it happened since last update. I have tried all different cables and adapters, but they are not working. I also took the iPad to apple support, they used a brush to clean and it worked. However, still not charging after I brought it back. (I have tried the same cable in the store, and it worked)

Hi. I took my iPad back to the apple support again. They couldn't figure out why it wouldn't charge, and they sugguested sending to the repair center which will charge about $650 US dollar. I rejected. Please let me know if you have suggestion to make it charged. Thanks~

I have been having the same issue on my brand new 11" iPad Pro. I have to power it off and back on again to get it to start charging when it happens. I now have to check to see if it starts charging when I plug it in and if not, do the power cycle. This is definitely and issue with 14.7.1, as it had no issues before I did the update.

Same issue. After updating to 14.7.1, I cannot get the iPad Pro to charge with the 30W usb c charger or the charger the iPad Pro came with. I can only charge it with the regular iPhone charger, computer usb or a car regular usb. The bigger chargers no longer work after the update. I did hard restart it many times and was able to get the chargers to work a few times, but now nothing, regardless of trying everything. This has to be an issue with the 14.7.1 update. Edit: I have an iPad Pro 12.9 3rd Generation

Same issue her with an iPad Air 4th Gen. Charging issue since the update to 14.7.1. The iPad does not recognise the original charger + cable and to get it charging I have to switch it off. This issue never happened before on older iPadOS versions. I guess it is a bug and not a feature.

Same here. 2nd gen 12.9 Ipad Pro. Unable to charge. Went to the Apple store. The Genius wild guessed that it was probably the motherboard who died and immediately suggested a swap with same ipad for 600€. My device never had ANY issues before that!

It appears to be somewhat unlikely that directly after the installation of the new iPadOS an apparently significant number of relatively new devices (sone of them being old less than a year) suffer from the failure of their motherboards.

It is not a feature, it is a bug.

Have any of you tried.

For older iPad models with a Home button, do a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake/power button simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.

OR

For much newer, larger screen iPad models, without a Home button, try the new hard reset procedure for the new 2018/2020/2021 iPad Pros and the 2020 iPad Air 4 models.

1. Press and release the volume up button.

2. Then immediately press and release the volume down button.

3. Then, press and hold the single sleep/wake/power button You will see the Slide to Power off button, but keep on holding down the power button until you see the Apple logo, then let it go.

Once you have performed all the steps, wait for a few seconds and your 2018 iPad Pro will boot up completely to the iPad Pro’s Lock screen.

Best of Luck to All!

I did. Then it just flashed the "Plug iPad" logo (Red battery + charging line) twice.

Since then, my iPad's battery went totally empty which means the device is completely mute now.

I sent it for a fine diagnose to an authorized service provider who had exactly the same answer as Apple:

"Motherboard is dead. In this situation Apple require device replacement. No repair"

It's a 4 y.o. device. I just use it for a few hours every weeks. It suddenly dies and the only thing I'm supposed to do is to find 600 cash when it happens. And the Genius answer was just "Computers are just a matter of luck you know".

I understand your frustrations and being upset, but the Genius’ answer is a valid one.

Tablets and smartphones are highly mobile computers/computing devices.

Computers CAN and DO fail at ANY time for ANY reasons.

It is not a matter of IF, but WHEN!

Nothing we humans design and build is perfect by any stretch of the imagination.

Stuff we humans design and make can have flaws and fail in some fashion.

Computers and computing devices are no exception

I'd like to post an update. Since upgrading to iPadOS 15 3 days ago, I have not encountered the charging issue. Every time I have plugged it in it begins charging so it look like its fixed. Whether it was a bug, or just in a bad state that was fixed when updating, I'm not sure.