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cmacmacma Author

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iphone 5 not charging blinking empty battery, lightning bolt and plug

My battery went low, to 1% and kept working for about 30 minutes.

When I got home it was showing the "charge me now".

Now its just blinking "charge me" for 4 seconds, going black for 4 seconds.

Posted on Jan 2, 2014 5:50 PM

16 replies

Jun 29, 2017 6:50 AM in response to cmacmacma

This is such a relief. Absolutely worked for me!! Just took the iPhone sim port opener and scratched off some dust from the charging port. Plugged back in and voila!

iphone 5 not charging blinking empty battery, lightning bolt and plug

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