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I woke up and my (AT&T) iPhone 4 won't charge. It just has the plug symbol in the battery picture when it's plugged in. It WILL sync, but won't charge. Battery Doctor app will charge it to 43% MAX in the app, but when I exit out it stays at 39% in the status bar. My warranty IS voided so I can't go to Apple. Any idea? I'm hoping it's just the battery, but I wanna know if anyone has any ideas. I'm on the most recent software.
iPhone 4
Nothing else? No other ideas on a temporary fix?
You are correct, one of the signs of a bad battery is being plugged with the plug symbol showing.
Anyway, try a Reset, maybe it will help, Hold both Home and Power buttons until the iPhone begins to restart itself. Ignore the "slide to power off", usually takes 10 seconds.
Should have said this. I did a hard reset and even a restore on iTunes. Nothing is working. And as I said it shows that it is plugged in but the battery is still draining, now down to 38%. I ordered a battery off of eBay but it won't be here till Thursday and I just want to also make sure it couldn't be anything else. I figured it's not the docking port as it is able to sync and shows it is plugged in. I also know the 3g and 3gs have charging fuses, but I didn't see any on the iPhone 4 logic board, so hopefully there aren't any and I don't have to deal with that. Any other ideas, or are we fairly certain it's just the battery?
Thursday wow, from US sellers if I ordered today Sunday using Free Shipping, items could arrive Tuesday. But that is not important. Batteries are inexpensive, basically not any cheaper trouble-shooting steps than that, except for the Reset and Restore Steps. You could try cleaning the iPhone Dock Port with a clean tootbrush and a bit of Isopropyll Alcohol, also an inexpensive Step.
Ya this guy is based in Miami that I am buying from. I like his customer service and everything and it's hard to find many based in US anyways. I'll try to clean the dock port again but not sure it'll help since I can sync and all.
iPhone 4 won't charge. Only shows plug symbol?
