Why won't my iPhone charge after the battery drained completely?
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I went camping recently, and of course my battery drained completely about a day and half in. Once it drained I put it away in my bag.
On the way home, I plugged it into my Griffin iTrip to charge it, and I got nothing - no red battery, no screen flicker. I left it on there for at least a solid hour.
When I get home, I plugged it into a wall charger thinking it just needed more juice. It had been taking a really long time to charge lately, but once it's charged, the battery seems to hold it just fine. I left it on the wall charger for several hours, and I still got nothing.
At this point I tried rebooting it by pressing Home+Power, and I actually see a little flicker - like it's trying to kick over. If I hold them down for about a minute, it will actually keep flickering until finally it shows the dead battery screen, but that will go away in a few seconds or as soon as I unplug it from the wall. I can't get back to it unless I repeat the process from the beginning.
My first thought was the battery, but after reading some posts here, I'm not so sure anymore. It seems like it might be the charge circuitry or the dock connector. It's out of warranty, so I'd like to try fixing it myself. I figure at this point I can't make it any worse.
Is there any way to help pinpoint the cause other than guess and check? If not where should I start? Has anyone seen something similar to this?
I've had the phone for about seven months, but it was a refurbished unit from Apple.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
Why won't my iPhone charge after the battery drained completely?
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I went camping recently, and of course my battery drained completely about a day and half in. Once it drained I put it away in my bag.
On the way home, I plugged it into my Griffin iTrip to charge it, and I got nothing - no red battery, no screen flicker. I left it on there for at least a solid hour.
When I get home, I plugged it into a wall charger thinking it just needed more juice. It had been taking a really long time to charge lately, but once it's charged, the battery seems to hold it just fine. I left it on the wall charger for several hours, and I still got nothing.
At this point I tried rebooting it by pressing Home+Power, and I actually see a little flicker - like it's trying to kick over. If I hold them down for about a minute, it will actually keep flickering until finally it shows the dead battery screen, but that will go away in a few seconds or as soon as I unplug it from the wall. I can't get back to it unless I repeat the process from the beginning.
My first thought was the battery, but after reading some posts here, I'm not so sure anymore. It seems like it might be the charge circuitry or the dock connector. It's out of warranty, so I'd like to try fixing it myself. I figure at this point I can't make it any worse.
Is there any way to help pinpoint the cause other than guess and check? If not where should I start? Has anyone seen something similar to this?
I've had the phone for about seven months, but it was a refurbished unit from Apple.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt