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iPhone Not Charging on my Computer?

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jackz5o

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Aug 11, 2008
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Just today, when I plugged my iPhone in to charge/sync, the Windows USB sound came up but my phone would not charge. iTunes did not recognize the phone either. Anybody know whats wrong with it?

I have restarted both my computer and phone.. wall charging works fine.

Thanks
 
jimleszczynski

jimleszczynski

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Jan 19, 2008
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Mount Pleasant, MI
jackz5o said:
Just today, when I plugged my iPhone in to charge/sync, the Windows USB sound came up but my phone would not charge. iTunes did not recognize the phone either. Anybody know whats wrong with it?

I have restarted both my computer and phone.. wall charging works fine.

Thanks
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Have you charged or synced your device with this computer before?
 
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Ninja Guidan

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Sep 30, 2005
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jackz5o said:
Just today, when I plugged my iPhone in to charge/sync, the Windows USB sound came up but my phone would not charge. iTunes did not recognize the phone either. Anybody know whats wrong with it?

I have restarted both my computer and phone.. wall charging works fine.

Thanks
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Try a different USB port on the PC. Samething happens with my wife's iPhone. One USB port won't charge or won't be recognized in iTunes, the other will.
 
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9822679

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Aug 25, 2008
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some usb ports are powered, others run off a hub ( or internal hub) and are not powered

can you give us more details ?
 
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jackz5o

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Aug 11, 2008
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jimleszczynski said:
Have you charged or synced your device with this computer before?
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Yes this is the primary computer that I have been using to charge and sync everyday.

Ninja Guidan said:
Try a different USB port on the PC. Samething happens with my wife's iPhone. One USB port won't charge or won't be recognized in iTunes, the other will.
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The port I initially tried on was used for the past 3 month. I did try on other ports as well and it still didn't work

Dr. Cabrera said:
some usb ports are powered, others run off a hub ( or internal hub) and are not powered

can you give us more details ?
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All 10 of my USB ports are powered and I tried more than half of them. The same ports always worked before so I don't know why it doesn't now. :confused:
 
abijnk

abijnk

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Oct 15, 2007
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Do you have another USB cable you can try? Even though it is still working through the wall charger, sometimes USB can be down right picky.
 
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jackz5o

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Aug 11, 2008
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Wow, there was a piece of dust inside the USB end of the cable and it was blocking the full connection lol. I blew it out along with the USB ports on my computer and now everything is working fine..

I don't know how that same cable could still work from the AC charger with the dust in there though.. :confused:


Thanks for the help everyone lol.
 
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IIIMPower

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Nov 18, 2010
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I've been searching around for a while for this same question online and can't find a good answer. My iPhone 4S is also not charging or syncing when connected via USB to my macbook pro. However, it will charge with a car or wall charger. It's definitely a problem with the phone because I can sync/charge my brother's iPhone 4 with the same usb cord and same computer. I checked for dust in the dock connector and there isn't any. I'm very confused why it would just randomly stop working? :confused:
 
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Klasniedryg

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Mar 9, 2010
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same issue iphone 4 charges from wall only

IIIMPower said:
I've been searching around for a while for this same question online and can't find a good answer. My iPhone 4S is also not charging or syncing when connected via USB to my macbook pro. However, it will charge with a car or wall charger. It's definitely a problem with the phone because I can sync/charge my brother's iPhone 4 with the same usb cord and same computer. I checked for dust in the dock connector and there isn't any. I'm very confused why it would just randomly stop working? :confused:
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Did you ever fix the issue? I have the same thing with the iphone4. I will post a new thread about it.
 
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In Utopia

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Aug 11, 2008
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iPhone along with a lot of other toys don't like aftermarket USB connectors as well as being prone not to make connection with the least little bit of dust in them.
I was having the same problem on a second computer (non Mac) until I bit the bullet and bought an Apple connecter, no more problems.
Got a powered USB octopus and 4 of the 8 are hit and miss when connected to a device.
 
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