iPhone won't charge after using a mini fan

I saw this fan at a local store and tested it out for 20 sec. Now my battery dies super fast and doesn't even charge with certain cables that worked only hours before using this fan. Can't even use my car charger anymore.

My phone has completely died after the same thing! Can't charge it and it is not recognized as being plugged in by my iMac ...... took it to apple they said it needs to be replaced because they can't fix it and I have to pay because the warranty period is over... I have asked my legal team at work about it and I have a third party claim! I didn't not even buy a fan, the sales man just plugged it into my phone to demonstrate it .... I will be chatting to him again very soon! Sad face ....

I had the exact same problem, only according to the geeks at the Apple store the mother board on my iphone was fried and was phone was rendered garbage. I could not charge my phone at all.

The Apple store would not even give me credit on the phone towards an upgrade as the iphone could not be turned on !!!

I feel Apple should investigate this further if this product is damaging our iphones, it should be pulled off the market.

I had the exact same problem, only according to the geeks at the Apple store the mother board on my iphone was fried and was phone was rendered garbage. I could not charge my phone at all. There was nothing visibly wrong with the charging port, no explanation as to why the phone would no longer charge.

The Apple store would not even give me credit on the phone towards an upgrade as the iphone could not be turned on !!!

I feel Apple should investigate this further if this product is damaging our iphones, it should be pulled off the market.

I saw these fans at Staples and decided to try one out to see if it was worth it. It was in my phone for no more than ten seconds and then my phone would not charge using my car charger or portable one. The only place my phone will now charge is on my dock and the battery won't last very long after taking a really long time to charge. It seems like it dies faster when I'm not using it than when I am. I'm a month away from an upgrade so I'm going to have to find an old phone to use until then. I have notified Staples and am trying to get in touch with Apple to warn people about these products.

This isn't Apple's responsibility. They warrant the phone free of manufacturing and workmanship defects when used correctly with the accessories provided with the phone. If your connecting a third party accessory into the phone that uses the phone in a way that it was intended to be used, that is your own fault.

Yep, me too. Someone gave me one as a charity event prize. Plugged it in to my 6S, the fan worked for about 10 seconds, then didn't work. And soon as I unplugged it, my battery drains fast, and is VERY SLOW to charge. Darnnit.

Has anyone successfully fixed this? I'm looking at replacement parts, but I am not sure how extensive the damage is. If I change the port and headphone jack assembly will that be enough? iPhone 6 Lightning Connector Assembly Replacement - iFixit

No, you will need to unsolder the power regulating IC and get a replacement and solder it on. The part will be relatively inexpensive the equipment you will need to perform the repair will be around $300 or so and you will need lots of practice. Or you can buy a professional jig for a few thousand.

it happens alot lately, customers are coming to my shop to fix this exact problem. the mini fan damages the iphone's charging ic on the motherboard- we call this ic U2, and once u replaced it everything goes back to normal. dont replace the charging port- it wont do a thing.. you will thank me later.

Same thing is happening with my 5c except I've used every single solution you could think of and I have a warranty on this phone just trying all possible situations before I get a new one. I don't know what to do someone please help

That happened to my iPhone 5 the phone didn’t charge and so I took it to the Verizon store and they said that my phone was going to blow up literally it over heated way to much so I got the iPhone SE there really is no way to fix it

You should get the phone examined by Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider next to your place. This might be a problem with your docking port, maybe some pins got damaged by the plug of your fan.

Start a service request

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I have the same problem. I plugged in the mini fan and now my phone will not charge even when using the original Apple charger. I've tried rebooting the phone, cleaning out the lint, etc. No luck! Please help!

As already mentioned, the docking port has not been designed to power other electronically devices, like for example a mini fan. So it is very likely that the fan damaged part of the circuit board that is handling the charging of the iPhone.

You'll have to get the phone serviced, sorry.