My near new iPad Pro 12.9 takes many, many hours to charge.

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My near new iPad Pro 12.9 takes many, many hours to charge.

If the Barrera level says any amount of charge, and I plug it in, it could take 20 hours or more to fully charge it. Right now, it has been plugged in to the charger for 4 hours and it started at 38%, and now it is at 27%. It is the OEM brand new cord, and a generic charger that I have had for years and has worked flawlessly charging all of my Apple products (iPhone, previous iPad, iPad mini, etc, etc, etc)

Any ideas on what’s wrong?

iPad Pro 12.9-inch, 3rd Gen, Wi-Fi, Cell

Posted on Nov 28, 2021 12:23 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 28, 2021 12:43 PM in response to stedman1

It says 8 amps, but I am pretty sure that is split between the 8 USB outlets, so 1 amp each. I bought it about 6 years ago. IIRC, it is 1 amp per port.

On a positive note, I changed over to the OEM cube that came with the iPad. It now seems to be charging. It seems a bit slow, but maybe it is okay.

I am thinking the individual charging port may have burned out. I’ll keep my iPad on the OEM cube for the time being.

Thanks for your reply.

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Answer 2

Nov 28, 2021 12:47 PM in response to MichaelDWelch

You are welcome.

Yeah, that would explain the slow charging. If the ports are each rated at 1 amp, that would only be 5 watts. Newer models of iPad Pros are shipping with18 or 20 watt charge cubes.

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