Is it the battery or the motherboard?

[Baldar]

I have an iPhone XR that I bought when they came out. Yesterday I noticed that my plugged-in phone hadn´t been charging and that it was on 1%. So I plugged it in using a different cable and adapter, but it still didn't charge. I tried restarting the phone, but the battery was too low so when I tried to power it on again it just showed the red battery icon. I then tried to clean the port and try again but only got it to show me the apple logo for a brief second before it all went black. The phone is now pitch black without any logo when I try to start it. I went to my nearby apple store to see if they could fix the problem. They told me that it wasn´t my charging port and that it looked to be dead. I was told that a repair would cost me about 500$ and that a new 12 or 13 iPhone would be better. I didn´t believe this and therefore went here to ask instead since I thought that it might be the battery since I hadn´t noticed any real problems with using the phone before. So my question is really if the phone is essentially unfixable or if a battery replacement or something else could work.

 

[mystery hill]

Try a wireless charger to check if the issue is with the Lightning charging port.

 

[Reno Raines]

I agree. Try a wireless charger.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

I’ll third that suggestion. I doubt my iPhone 12 Pro has EVER been plugged into a Lightning cable; I wouldn’t know if the jack works or not.

 

[BNFF]

Bad cable may not allow charging or cause problems! I have used a Bluehive wireless charger bought cheap on sale to start phone up and sometimes charge.