Iphone won't charge - new battery

My best guess is the issue is at the connector.

Try doing a hard reset: Press and hold both the Home button and the Sleep/wake button simultaneously (while connected to poweradapter) for about 15 seconds and release when the Apple logo appears.

If that doesn't solve the issue, you could also try backing up the device and restoring the device as new.

In that case, follow the steps in: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137

NB: set up as a NEW device because a software issue will be in the backup. If the issue persists after restoring as new, you should offer the device for service.

If you're not able to restore the device, this one might help: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

Using his article will erase everything on the device, so make sure you have a backup!

Good luck

Yeah if you're able to restore the device and maybe even get a chance to try with another charger, the iPhone defenitely needs service.

Good luck again 🙂

Assuming you replaced the battery yourself, jesterwylde is correct in believing it needs to be serviced. Unfortunately, Apple won't touch it.

Find a competent repair shop.

Hey josh

I have the exact same issue so I upgraded but I still want to fix mine so did you get to the bottom of it?

Bren

It's also not the battery guys because I had mine replaced same issue or charger.

Same answer. Find a competent repair shop. iPhones are not user servicable.

if it is an after market battery, iphone won't recognize it. I am working between 3 iphone 4 right now and I had the same problem. the after market battery won't charge. I took the original battery off the other I phone and I put it on the other one and it recognized it. I hope that helpt

I inherited my 4s from my son when he upgraded to a 5. He said "the battery has never worked right".

What I discovered was that it was extremely sensitive to the charger: only certain chargers and certain charging cables would work, and then, only about 70% of the time (have to plug and replug those that it would accept, until it accepted them). It had nothing to do with cleaning the connector, hard-rebooting, or other simple solutions.

It's like there's a circuit inside that determines if it's going to charge from whatever power is being applied, and rejecting most everything. Just too sensitive.

Then, it got so sensitive, that only 1 in 50 attempts to charge would work (allow charging), then it would not charge with anything. This ramp down happened within a day.

I found if I powered-down fully, I could re-charge the battery... but it doesn't stay charged all day.Hoping that the problem was now the battery itself, I replaced the battery. The first replacement was fully drained upon arrival, and would cycle through a blank screen and the apple logo... which many say is a sign of a bad replacement... so I replaced it again.

The second replacement had a 50% charge upon arrival... but, like the original, will only charge if I power-down fully.

So, I figure there is some circuit that gives the "go" or "no go" to incoming power, and that circuit was always out of spec, but is now totally fried, and the only way to allow charging (and only at a trickle) is to bypass the circuit by powering down.

Does anybody know if there is a fix?

The iPhone 4 does not have a check on the power source. The iPhone 5 and later does. Most likely the problem is dirt in the connector on the bottom of the phone, or a bent pin. Inspect it with a bright light and magnifying glass, and clean it with a dry toothbrush or toothpicks (or both).