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Q: Ipad turns on and off in a loop during charging, and won't turn on at all off charge?

My Ipad has been in a constant loop of turning on and off on charge for the past few hours, I really don't know what to do. I've had a few charging problems before (taking forever to charge, the computer not recognising it, saying "Not charging" for numerous wall chargers and generally messing up.) But today it won't turn on at all. I've got through at least ten chargers over the months, and I've had this Ipad since Christmas, so not even a year.

Basically, when it's charging (I've tried wall and desktop computer.) it shows the Apple logo, then boots up, shows the lock screen for a second, then dies, then repeats this process over and over until I take it out, then it does the "No battery" sign.

I updated to IOS7 a while ago too, about a week after IOS7 came out. Please help?

Thanks,

Georgia.

iPad 2, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 15, 2013 12:42 PM

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Q: Ipad turns on and off in a loop during charging, and won't turn on at all off charge?

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  • by grumpymich,

    grumpymich grumpymich Feb 8, 2015 5:51 PM in response to shedric79
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    Feb 8, 2015 5:51 PM in response to shedric79

    Have you ever notice the iPad turns itself off and goes to "no battery" mode before it even reaches 0%? I've noticed this with my iPad, it shuts off at around 20% and I never get the 5% warning. Sometimes this is caused by the battery display calibration error.

     

    Either way, the one thing I could think of is maybe leave the iPad for awhile to try and drain the battery completely. Maybe for a day? And try plugging it into a wall socket and see what happens? If it does work leave your iPad charging until 100%. This action will reset the battery calibration (if that is the cause of the problem)

  • by freddiep,

    freddiep freddiep Feb 10, 2015 8:49 AM in response to Geesmine
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    Feb 10, 2015 8:49 AM in response to Geesmine

    None of the solutions here seem to be working for me.  i have iPad air (first generation) slightly more than a year old (conveniently just out of warranty)

     

    for the last few weeks or so, I've been having trouble charging the iPad.  sometimes it would charge normally, other times you would plug it in and it would show that it wasn't.  I tested with different power supplies, cables, and outlets, so i know they weren't the issue.  The only way i was able to get it charging again (and it was trial and error, no one way always worked reliably) was by, switching from the outlet to my computers USB port, (and then sometimes back again to the charger when that didn't work), and rebooting and then switching outlet. But it was very random.

     

    At no point did I ever let the battery run all the way down... However, this morning it did before i realized and the iPad automatically powered down, and now I cannot get it to start without powering down again.  Whether plugged into an outlet or my USB port, I am stuck in a 'loop' - where i reboot the iPad (which used to work), it goes to the bright apple screen, then starts up to the home screen and shows 1% charge in the upper right - but doesn't indicate that its charging. Then i immediately get a message of "Low battery -  5% of battery remaining". Then the iPad automatically powers down after 30 seconds or so (or as soon as i try to do something with it). I get the screen showing the big battery with a little red, but it never charges to the point where it reboots on its own.  Then i reboot myself, and the cycle starts all over again.

     

    I  have tried the suggested method  here of "repeatedly rebooting" until i get a higher percentage of battery charge showing -- which hast worked so far.  But even if i did, how do i get the thing to start charging normally?  It doesn't charge when its plugged in... ??

  • by gingerkris,

    gingerkris gingerkris Feb 17, 2015 1:56 AM in response to pturk
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    Feb 17, 2015 1:56 AM in response to pturk

    I tried this method and then after being unsuccessful, i got really frustrated and just left it unplugged over night.  Someone suggested trying it 100x as 30-40 wasn't enough for them so I thought I'd give it a go in the morning when i woke up.  I plugged it in after it being off and unplugged all night, and left it alone for a few hours.  It is charging now and not looping anymore.

  • by frakie,

    frakie frakie Mar 2, 2015 8:03 AM in response to Geesmine
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    Mar 2, 2015 8:03 AM in response to Geesmine

    i have tried  that method 60x and left it to charge and it got to 98% after 2hrs when i checked. i plugged it back and it displayed 93% before i shut it down to see if it would get to 100%. anyone having this problem too? seems it doesn't charge when turned off normal.

    I need to add that the main problem is that it refuses to charge when turned off! why?

  • by Dhammajay,

    Dhammajay Dhammajay Mar 3, 2015 8:09 PM in response to WildChild7778
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    Mar 3, 2015 8:09 PM in response to WildChild7778

    Thank you very much. Your response helped. My problem was, ipad2 was cycling between Apple logo & black screen/"no battery" sign. It was not charging, nor was it switching on/off or getting a hard resetted. This happened after it went off when battery was around 12%.

    I did your steps 3-5 after plugging to wall socket, but the home screen appears only very briefly & not enough time even to press reset button. It kept going back to cycling. Kept doing steps 3-5 several times & then finally "no battery" sign appeared & stayed on.

    Kept plugged on for charging overnight & it's back!!

    thank you once again.

  • by khalidnrqz,

    khalidnrqz khalidnrqz Mar 8, 2015 6:02 AM in response to Dhammajay
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    Mar 8, 2015 6:02 AM in response to Dhammajay

    Hey! Mine kept on cycling between Apple logo, black screen, and no battery sign as well! Then the home screen appears then quickly reboots. When you charged yours, did you charge it like that? I have school tomorrow so I have to sleep early and I can't do the manual process tonight. I already plugged in my iPad now and it's still on the AL/BS/NBS cycle. I hope it would charge!

     

    And thanks to WildChild!!! I followed your steps and just like everybody else, I had to make an account here to thank you!!!

  • by Dhammajay,

    Dhammajay Dhammajay Mar 8, 2015 10:42 AM in response to khalidnrqz
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    Mar 8, 2015 10:42 AM in response to khalidnrqz

    Yes, I did that until the no battery sign stayed on & then plugged overnight. I think you need to power down to get it charging which won't happen as long as its cycling.

    HOpe me it works for you too.

    GOod luck.

  • by khalidnrqz,

    khalidnrqz khalidnrqz Mar 8, 2015 8:55 PM in response to Dhammajay
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    Mar 8, 2015 8:55 PM in response to Dhammajay

    Hey! My iPad finally charged! Thank God! I switched it on after following WildChild's procedure and it reached 16% of battery life and that's already freaking amazing! Now I do not have to worry about going over the steps again (I think)!

     

    I came back to say thank you and God bless you all especially WildChild. I know I may be overreacting but no one can blame me! My iPad was dead - literally dead for 48 hours!!! I can finally use it again now without having to worry about losing all my important files! Yeah, it took a lot of patience (and two episodes of Case Closed and another two episodes of Adventure Time), but it was all worth it!!!

     

    Moral of the story: DO NOT FORGET TO CHARGE YOUR IPAD!

  • by ClaudiaD3,

    ClaudiaD3 ClaudiaD3 Mar 13, 2015 8:13 PM in response to rodneypwns
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    Mar 13, 2015 8:13 PM in response to rodneypwns

    OMG ! It worked !! Thank you !!

  • by wpau,

    wpau wpau Mar 16, 2015 8:07 AM in response to shedric79
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    Mar 16, 2015 8:07 AM in response to shedric79

    Best fix for this problem:

    (This worked for me)

    - simply leave your iPad/iPod/iPhone for a few days ( I left it for about 2 weeks)

    then the battery is so empty it will take about 30-60 minutes to turn on.

    - Issue should be fixed.

     

    good luck!!

  • by LacksIQ,

    LacksIQ LacksIQ Apr 11, 2015 6:27 AM in response to WildChild7778
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    Apr 11, 2015 6:27 AM in response to WildChild7778

    Followed your instructions perfectly, and it worked thank you so much!

  • by LacksIQ,

    LacksIQ LacksIQ Apr 11, 2015 7:14 AM in response to LacksIQ
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    Apr 11, 2015 7:14 AM in response to LacksIQ

    replying to my own post, i have found that turning it back on after an hour (10-20% step) made it drain the battery to 0 again, and force a loop even after i turned it off again, i found that after the first slide off (holding lock button after rebooting 30-40 times) let it charge over night after this step. that worked for me, i hope this helps

  • by Dean Perrine,

    Dean Perrine Dean Perrine Apr 12, 2015 10:56 AM in response to WildChild7778
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    Apr 12, 2015 10:56 AM in response to WildChild7778

    Boom. Brilliant. Thanks a ton friend!!

  • by Sebylite,

    Sebylite Sebylite Apr 21, 2015 11:40 AM in response to WildChild7778
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    Apr 21, 2015 11:40 AM in response to WildChild7778

    Thank you so much for your help.  This worked excellently for me. I had to do your 'trick' x80 though, until the battery no longer appeared in the cycle.  And was able to power down at 3%.  Thanks again!

  • by Hala373,

    Hala373 Hala373 Apr 23, 2015 2:46 PM in response to WildChild7778
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    Apr 23, 2015 2:46 PM in response to WildChild7778

    Amazing! I called Apple with my problem and they told me I have to change the battery which costs $99. Gave Wildchild's recommendation a try and after maybe an hour and a half of doing Step 3, I had 3% and just barely enough time to power down. And now it's been an hour of it being off and I tried turning it on and it's working at 17% so far! No more loop!!

     

    Thanks for the tip! And if it doesn't work for some people, just keep doing Step 3 for as long as physically possible.. For me it was about 1.5 hours!

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