ancient ipad screen flickering and wont turn on

[fps102]

i have been pulling old tech things from around my house and seeing what i can do with them. This ipad a1219 does this whenever i plug it in. does anyone know what the issue might be and if its fixable. Idk if id to through with repairing it, but id like to know if its possible

[OhYou_]

the battery has gone completely flat and is probably ruined.
your best bet is to try to find a apple 30 pin to firewire cable and the special firewire port charger. those for whatever reason charge the devices harder and in some cases can make it run even without a working battery.

Otherwise just let it sit plugged in for a day and see what happens

[fps102]

36 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

the battery has gone completely flat and is probably ruined.
your best bet is to try to find a apple 30 pin to firewire cable and the special firewire port charger. those for whatever reason charge the devices harder and in some cases can make it run even without a working battery.

Otherwise just let it sit plugged in for a day and see what happens

okay ill give it a try. problem is i dont own one. they are kind of pricey and hard to find. I do have old macbooks with firewire ports. do you know if that extra power works from a macbook or will i need the charging brick aswell? Just tryna save some money

[OhYou_]

4 minutes ago, fps102 said:

okay ill give it a try. problem is i dont own one. they are kind of pricey and hard to find. I do have old macbooks with firewire ports. do you know if that extra power works from a macbook or will i need the charging brick aswell? Just tryna save some money

oh I wouldn't actually buy one unless you want to try recovering data off the thing.
you can probably get a working ipad mini or something for less than that special charger and cable, and the cable isnt even a given if it will fix the problem. it very likely wont.

[SpookyCitrus]

I'd let it charge overnight, see if that does anything, if not. Toss it. Literally not worth putting time or money into. An iPad this old won't be useful for much. It will not have up to date versions of IOS or the Apps they are mainly used for. Outside of anything basic like safari or note taking it's useless. Even then Safari may be out of date to where it doesn't have the security updates necessary to even browse the web securely.

[fps102]

27 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

I'd let it charge overnight, see if that does anything, if not. Toss it. Literally not worth putting time or money into. An iPad this old won't be useful for much. It will not have up to date versions of IOS or the Apps they are mainly used for. Outside of anything basic like safari or note taking it's useless. Even then Safari may be out of date to where it doesn't have the security updates necessary to even browse the web securely.

its mainly for the thrill of it. not really trying to use it for anything. I know its pretty useless, but its fun. ill do what i can, dont feel like spending money on it right now, but if i have the money and something to do, why not

[WhitetailAni]

On 3/6/2024 at 1:55 PM, SpookyCitrus said:

I'd let it charge overnight, see if that does anything, if not. Toss it.

It won't work, the iPlate (iPad 1) has a flat battery. It happens to a lot of them.

Fortunately the fix is easy, it just requires sacrificing a USB-A cable. Kill a dying microUSB cable is my advice

 

I've done it to two iPlates and both have recovered.