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Iphone 16 pro doesn't charge and does not turn on

Iphone 16 pro doesn't charge and does not turn on


Yesterday, my iphone 16 pro was working like usual. It's battery was 53% and I thought of charging it before leaving for groceries. I noticed that the battery started to drain while plugged in to my usual charger/usb c setup.


I quickly tried using my wife's charger, a couple of other chargers to see if was just 1 wire or if it was my phone. To my surprise, every wire just made my battery drain while plugged in. It finally reached 1% and died. Ever since, I have tried this:


Force restarting by using the up down and power button combination

Using wireless magsafe charger in a hope to charge the battery in case the issue is with my usb c port

Used high power charger and apple in package wire to see if it turns on

All combination of keys in a hope to revive it.


I used anker smart screen and phone detect charger which still identifies the phone as iphone 16 series but only shoes 1W of output which restarts after every few seconds. Magsafe charger shows 2W initially when its snapped but then goes back to 1W


If the battery is severely drained or in deep drain state, how will force restart work? Also, if my usb c charger still identifies my phone but just can't charge it, that also implies that the usb c port might be alright since even magsafe does not charge it enough to wake up. I have been trying everything and even left my phone on wireless charging for hours in a hope that it will slowly but eventually wake my phone. There is no red battery sign at all and it seems like the phone is drastically dead.


Is there any hope?


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Hi,


I have tried all these troubleshooting articles but the phone just does not show any sign.