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Will ipad 2 Charge from Desktop?
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I have lost my plug from my ipad 2 and have put the lead into my desktop but on the top hand right side its telling me its not Charging.
So how can i get my desktop to Charge it?
So how can i get my desktop to Charge it?
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You don't need 12W, either. The charger included with the iPad 1, 2, and 3 was a 10W charger. It's only with the iPad 4 that Apple started including a 12W charger.
Just to expand on what Matt said, there was an add-on to the USB specifications agreed a couple of years ago allowing USB ports to supply more power for charging devices so some modern computers (the new standard isn't implemented on all computers) will be able to charge an iPad.
My 3 year old Dell notebook doesn't charge my 3rd generation iPad, but my work 1 year old work Thinkpad does.
Because it's not supplying enough power for the iPad to charge.
Darren
i left it in for a few hours and it did it but very slowly.
so that will do till i get a new plug.
Assuming your iPad is receiving some charge from the computer, even if only 2.5W (which will therefore take some time to charge its 25 watt-hour battery), the main thing is to ensure that while charging it, the iPad itself is using as little power itself as possible. If the iPad is "on" with the screen lit, is likely to be using close to 2.5W of power itself so it is no wonder it would say it isn't charging from a standard USB2 port which is only able to deliver 2.5W.
Turn it off (actually, put it into standby) and leave it overnight and it should be fully charged the next day. Or nearly fully charged, depending on how drained it was and how long you sleep for.