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[Lisamacnewton]

That's a life saving fix for a LOT of iPhone maladies......=)

[frankybeenz]

Great story.

- Your friend from dinner

[ErichLippert]

This reminds me of a similar fix for non-working USB ports on a computer.

It seems like USB 2.0 hubs have a sort of circuit breaker functionality where if you plug a shorted device into one of the ports, the entire hub shuts down until power is removed from it completely. We had an intermittently shorting digital camera USB cable around here at work that was doing this to Macs and PC's.

You have to shut the machine down completely and unplug it's power supply, on a laptop this means removing the battery as well; a simple reboot will not fix it.

[mhawks]

ErichLippert, on 20 April 2012 - 06:24 AM, said:

This reminds me of a similar fix for non-working USB ports on a computer.

It seems like USB 2.0 hubs have a sort of circuit breaker functionality where if you plug a shorted device into one of the ports, the entire hub shuts down until power is removed from it completely. We had an intermittently shorting digital camera USB cable around here at work that was doing this to Macs and PC's.

You have to shut the machine down completely and unplug it's power supply, on a laptop this means removing the battery as well; a simple reboot will not fix it.

I guess with my MacBook Pro (non removable battery) I would be sol.

[k88dad]

"... given that he’d already tried turning the phone off and on again ..."

Did I miss the part earlier in the story where Flex turned it off and on again?

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?" --Roy (from the IT Crowd)

[LexFriedman]

k88dad, on 20 April 2012 - 10:22 AM, said:

"... given that he’d already tried turning the phone off and on again ..."

Did I miss the part earlier in the story where Flex turned it off and on again?

Maybe?

But Flex saw no other detritus inside the dock connector port that could explain away the issue; no lint or other debris seemed be gumming up the works. He turned off the iPhone 4S and plugged it back in. An iPhone that’s charging successfully should power back on in this situation, but Flex’s didn’t.

[k88dad]

mhawks, on 20 April 2012 - 07:01 AM, said:

ErichLippert, on 20 April 2012 - 06:24 AM, said:

This reminds me of a similar fix for non-working USB ports on a computer.

It seems like USB 2.0 hubs have a sort of circuit breaker functionality where if you plug a shorted device into one of the ports, the entire hub shuts down until power is removed from it completely. We had an intermittently shorting digital camera USB cable around here at work that was doing this to Macs and PC's.

You have to shut the machine down completely and unplug it's power supply, on a laptop this means removing the battery as well; a simple reboot will not fix it.

I guess with my MacBook Pro (non removable battery) I would be sol.

Two possibilities, neither of which are strictly recommended in everyday practice...

1. Let the battery drain to zero before recharging (inconvenient, and shortens battery life)
2. Reset the SMC (the last-resort option for correcting similar issues)

Info on resetting the SMC...

http://support.apple...US&locale=en_US

[k88dad]

LexFriedman, on 20 April 2012 - 10:31 AM, said:

k88dad, on 20 April 2012 - 10:22 AM, said:

"... given that he’d already tried turning the phone off and on again ..."

Did I miss the part earlier in the story where Flex turned it off and on again?

Maybe?

But Flex saw no other detritus inside the dock connector port that could explain away the issue; no lint or other debris seemed be gumming up the works. He turned off the iPhone 4S and plugged it back in. An iPhone that’s charging successfully should power back on in this situation, but Flex’s didn’t.

There were two paragraphs between the off and the on. Apparently, that exceeded my maximum reading comprehension distance.

[Artiste212]

We neglect to consider one important factor here: The Flexible one had consumed mucho beer. Who knows what unspeakable crimes he committed on Siri, er, his iPhone in that states. That probably explains his iPhone's wish to die as soon as its charge drained away. By doing a forced reboot, he wiped clean its ability to remember what he had done, and, due to being such a healthy well bred phone of fine character from a good family, it continued blissfully happy in its electronic ignorance.

Flex, I hope you enjoyed your evening.

[Salvo]

frankybeenz, on 20 April 2012 - 05:21 AM, said:

Great story.

- Your friend from dinner

Don't you mean "Flex's friend from dinner?"

[iBookinLA]

"Googling reveals others have solved their iOS devices’ inability to charge" links to a Yahoo! query. I guess "Yahooing" never caught on as a verb.

[frankybeenz]

Salvo, on 20 April 2012 - 01:09 PM, said:

frankybeenz, on 20 April 2012 - 05:21 AM, said:

Great story.

- Your friend from dinner

Don't you mean "Flex's friend from dinner?"

Ummmm ... yea ....

- Flex's friend from dinner

[SaadJamil]

Hey, I like your story telling style with just the right amount of humor embedded