Before you toss away your cable or bring your phone into apple for repair you should take a moment and try.
Lightning cable not charging ipad air.
However it charges slowly.
To see if your lightning cable is what s causing the ipad charging problem try charging your ipad with a different cable.
If you ve double checked that it s the right charging plug and cable try cleaning out the lightning port on your device.
The lightning connector is a small connection cable used with apple s mobile devices and even some accessories that charges and connects the devices to computers and charging bricks.
Sometimes dust or other debris can interrupt the connection.
When you connect your ipad to an older computer you may see the warning not charging don t fret.
If you must charge using a pc don t use the ipad while it is charging.
If you don t have an extra cable lying around borrow one from a friend or check out our selection in the payette forward amazon storefront.
If your ipad starts charging with one cable but not the other then you ve figured out that your charging cable is causing.
Check your charging cable and usb adapter for signs of damage like breakage or bent prongs don t use damaged accessories.
Examine the charging port on the iphone or ipad and the connection where the cable meets the charging brick.
Follow these steps and try again after each.
Of course it s possible the cable is damaged inside and there s no way to tell from the outside.
There s also the possibility that the charging ports may be partially obstructed.
Your iphone or ipad has been working just fine but now you can t plug your lightning cable into it and get the phone to charge.
Use a wall power outlet and check for firm connections between your charging cable usb wall adapter and wall outlet or ac power cable or try a different outlet.
Any mfi certified lightning cable should support up to 12 w of charging power or up to 18 w if it s a usb c to lightning cable and usb 2 0 data transfer rates up to 480 mbps.
We get asked about this a lot.
You may just need to purchase a new lightning cable.
The lightning connector was introduced in 2012 with the arrival of the iphone 5 and shortly thereafter the ipad 4.
