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iPhone 5 16GB/white won't turn on or charge?, unless I change battery to a battery that has some charge

Hi, I would like to expose my iphone 5 situation. My iphone5 ran out of battery, cause I forgot my lighting cable and charger at home, so when I got home I pluged in the iphone to get charge, went back in half hour to check the status and it was still not charging and it would still not turn on, and not even showing any signs of wanting to charge. So after an hour waiting for it to get some charge I dicided to take matter into my own hands, did everything possible to try and turn it on to no avail; Hard reset, recovery mode, dfu mode, I mean everything, being that I fix iphones myself I dicided to change the battery with my wifes iphone, being that it had 50% of battery, so guess what, changed the batteries, and mi iphone turned on, and my wifes with my battery in it, it showed that it was dead, and it did turn on and started charging my battery, so then what is going on here. My iphone won't charge my battery but it will turn on with another battery that has some charge in it, and my battery will not even star charging in my iphone when its completely drained out, but in another iphone it will charge even if its completely drianed out(my battery). So this means my iphone has a prolem in charging my battery when its completely drains out, or my iphone is more like screwed now and that is it. Can anybody help me here, or may this is happening to somebody else. Short story: My iphone won't charge my battery nor wil it turn it on. But if I replace the battery with one that has some charge in it, my iphone will turn on and it will recharge the battery to 100%. if I let the battery die it will happened again, me having to just replace the battery with another that has some charge in it. Now if I never let the battery die and charge before it get to 1% or just don't let it die it will charge the battery back up from 1% to a 100% fine, and even the ihone works perfectly. Please Help. Thank You very Nuch hope you understand my situation and get some help from anybody. By the way I notice the problem when it was on ios 7.0 no jailbreak, updated to 7.03,7.04 and 7.06 to see if it will fix the problem and nothing, haven't updated to 7.1 cause I don't feel to confident with apple anymore, and practically it may not do anything.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.6, iphone 5 16gb/white

Posted on Apr 18, 2014 5:50 PM

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Jul 4, 2014 4:05 PM in response to Mike Waska

Mike,

You are not alone. I have exactly same problem. I have a battery problem maybe since last October. My problem started right after I upgraded to 7.0.

My iphone 5 standby time probably was around six hours. So I always had an external battery attached to my phone. I tried everything even replaced battery. Nothing worked.

Finally, last week I had a new phone, so I stopped using it probably for 2-3 days. Then I tried to charge it, and I found no sign of life. It won't turn on, and won't charge at all.

If you have searched (like me), and found many people have same problem after they have upgraded to 7.0; then apple should fix it ASAP. But again, if my short lived phone is fixed, I probably will not but a new one.

Sep 24, 2014 10:46 PM in response to Moonwalker68

My Iphone 5c is having this problem also and it was after the update. I have tried all the tricks and so far I have not found a solution.

I thought these forums were a place where people could come together & hopefully find solutions to problems, where manufactors are less willing to assist due to warranty issues.

Not that my opinon matters but Im gonna share it anyways. In my opinion KiltedTim & ChrisJ4203

you guys are rude and condescending. If your not interested in being helpful & sharing your knowledge, then why be in a furum that is designed for that purpose.
Thank you wjostenfor sharing your knowledge with all of us.

I totally get the fact that if you open your phone your warranty is gone, I called apple about my problem and they were actually very helpful. They informed me that I would have to pay a 279 out of warranty fee if they worked on my hardware but they were also willing to suggest parts that could be causing the problem.

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May 3, 2015 7:44 AM in response to Mike Waska

same problem here, mi iPhone 5 went off suddenly and I couldn't do anything to bring it back..

I SOLVED THE ISSUE CONNECTING MY IPHONE 5 TO MY COMPUTER AND HOLDING DOWN HOME AND POWER BUTTON LIKE FOR A MINUTE OR MORE AND IT CAME BACK! 🙂

iPhone 5 16GB/white won't turn on or charge?, unless I change battery to a battery that has some charge