iPhone 16 suddenly won't gain charge (neither cable nor wireless)

Hi all, merry christmas. My iPhone 16 has never had any issues, and not sustained any damage or been exposed to extreme conditions, and looks perfectly intact. However, yesterday it stopped charging through any means (yes I tried everything, wired and wireless, apple brand and not, in numerous outlets in numerous buildings). It will say its charging but the charge didn't go up at all. It's now dead and only shows the low battery symbols (both the unplugged and plugged one). There's no gunk in my port and the wired and wireless chargers work fine for other iPhones. I have seen two other posts like this in the past two weeks, below.


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Any advice other than get service? One poster above said that theirs started charging again suddenly. Doesn't inspire confidence...

iPhone 16, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 24, 2024 3:53 PM

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Posted on Dec 24, 2024 4:09 PM

Pragmatically, you’re all the way through: If your iPhone or iPod touch won't charge - Apple Support


And headed for service.


If you want to try a few more things (and recognize these unlikely to resolve this!), try a forced restart, and then try the DFU factory reset, and then you’re headed for hardware service.







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Dec 24, 2024 4:09 PM in response to frustrated_af_bro

Pragmatically, you’re all the way through: If your iPhone or iPod touch won't charge - Apple Support


And headed for service.


If you want to try a few more things (and recognize these unlikely to resolve this!), try a forced restart, and then try the DFU factory reset, and then you’re headed for hardware service.







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iPhone 16 suddenly won't gain charge (neither cable nor wireless)

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