Any “trick” to getting an unused iPhone charging?

[Wolfpup]

I’ve finally given up on my 6s (hasn’t charged right in 3 years and my various tricks are no longer working) and I’m trying to switch to an SE which worked the last time I used it 2ish years ago (if I’m remembering right...might be a bit less than that).

I plugged it in using the same cableI last used for it, connected to my PC. After a few hours I’ve tried swapping the connection to an iPhone power supply, since that provides 2x the wattage of regular usb.

Anything else I can do if it doesn’t power on?

100% of lightning connector devices have failed on me, but this se mostly still worked fine, had about 6 months of usage when I quit using it. Did occasionally require me to unplug it and plug it back in to get it to start charging. I was hoping to eke out a few months usage or if I’m lucky a year of use until Apple dumps it in late 2021 (probably).

 

[0128672]

You're saying that you're only trying to charge it connected to your PC? What happens if you connect to a wall outlet?

 

[one more]

100% of lightning connector devices have failed on me, but this se mostly still worked fine, had about 6 months of usage when I quit using it. Did occasionally require me to unplug it and plug it back in to get it to start charging. I was hoping to eke out a few months usage or if I’m lucky a year of use until Apple dumps it in late 2021 (probably).

It all depends on your SE’s battery health. Ideally, while not using your SE, you should have kept its charge between 50-70%, regularly topping it up if needed. If you did not do it, your SE battery might be worn out beyond repair. As the previous poster mentioned, try plugging it into a regular wall socket with Apple’s original iPhone charger and see if there are any signs of life on your iPhone’s screen after about 15-20 minutes. If the battery is “alive”, you should see a red empty battery symbol appearing on the screen after a while. If you get this far, you could then plug it into your computer and verify the current battery stats with an app like CoconutBattery:

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Good luck! 🖐

 

[Wolfpup]

Yeah, I’d tried switching to a power supply and that didn’t work either. I swapped directions on the connector and it finally indicated it was getting power. Not a good sign that it’s hit the point it won’t charge from any side/angle, but hopefully it’ll be on when I check later and I can eke our more use from it.