iPad2 needs to be restored but won't charge

Thanks for your reply. I think I've determined that as it's charging, the symbol asking for it to be plugged into iTunes is draining the battery as fast as it's charging. It rotates between that symbol and the dead battery symbol. I've tried to get the iTunes symbol not to come up by pressing a combination of different buttons, but it always comes back up after it charges enough. I'm using a tried and true Apple wall plug and the iPad has behaved completely normally (charging well, good battery life) until now. If I can get it to stop asking for iTunes, I truly believe it would charge and I'd be able to recover it.

I did try that and I think only the reason it's not working is the iPad battery is completely dead so iTunes won't even detect it. The reason I can't charge it seems to be due to the iPad draining itself while on the charger by indicating that it wants to be plugged into iTunes. So as soon as it gets charged a small amount, the symbol for plugging into iTunes comes up and then drains the battery. I've gotten it to begin the recovery process through iTunes from DFU mode, but it wasn't charged enough complete the process so the iPad battery died and iTunes couldn't detect it anymore. I'm thinking I need it to stop asking for iTunes so it can get a good charge. I really appreciate your efforts. Keep the ideas coming if you think of anything else.

Yep - that's the next step as soon as I can get it to my supervisor. I was just hoping to fix it myself. Out of warranty unfortunately. 😟