Hi, I’m having trouble charging my iPad properly. I am able to charge it with the 5w adapter that came with my iPhone, however when I charge it with a 12w adapter it displays ‘not charging” and basically keeps the charge roughly at the same level. I have tried charging it with 2 different 12w plugs and 2 different lighting cables, however both have the same effect. I have fast charged my iPhone with the 12w plus and an iPad 4 to check that they are working, was just wondering whether you guys have any suggestions?
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iPad weird charging
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Have you tried a different outlet? I have a surge protector that has lower watt plugs just wondering if that could be an issue. And what happens if you plug it in on power save mode?
Since you mention that you're trying it with 2 different charging adapters it makes me think that you're dealing with at least one, and possibly two, non-Apple 12W chargers. Which brings me to my point: anytime you're dealing with anything other than a genuine 100% guaranteed-for-sure Apple charger, all bets are off. If the charger didn't come in the sealed box with your iPad, or if you didn't buy it at an Apple Store, there's a very good chance that it is counterfeit. Counterfeit chargers are everywhere on Amazon, even claiming to be genuine Apple product... they're generally not. And the way that they cost less is they're not designed to perform like Apple chargers, in both performance and safety. Personally, I don't use non-Apple chargers ever, and won't even allow other family members to bring a counterfeit charging adapter into the house.
There are some branded non-Apple chargers that are not counterfeit (i.e. they don't look like little white squares). Some of these may be capable of safely supplying 12 watts of power, but only to the equipment that they were intended to be used with (which might not be Apple equipment). An example of this might be an Amazon charger intended for use with an Amazon Fire tablet. The way that chargers communicate their charging capability to equipment is usually by resistance value pull-ups or pull-downs on USB wires; there might be a mismatch between what the charger is trying to tell the iPad, and what the iPad wants to see or can recognize. The net result in such a situation might be poor charging.
There are some branded non-Apple chargers that are not counterfeit (i.e. they don't look like little white squares). Some of these may be capable of safely supplying 12 watts of power, but only to the equipment that they were intended to be used with (which might not be Apple equipment). An example of this might be an Amazon charger intended for use with an Amazon Fire tablet. The way that chargers communicate their charging capability to equipment is usually by resistance value pull-ups or pull-downs on USB wires; there might be a mismatch between what the charger is trying to tell the iPad, and what the iPad wants to see or can recognize. The net result in such a situation might be poor charging.