If you happen to’ve been experiencing issues charring your iPad mini since updating to iPadOS 15.5, it appears to be like such as you’re not alone. Sufficient iPad mini 6 homeowners have run into this drawback that Apple has despatched out a memo to service suppliers with steering on methods to mitigate the issue.
Sadly, it doesn’t appear to be Apple has an actual answer to the issue but, however the memo, seen by MacRumors, obliquely suggests the difficulty is attributable to a software program change in iPadOS 15.5.
The issue in query mostly leads to the iPad mini not charging in any respect. In some circumstances, it can present the cost indicator when it’s first plugged in however then stops charging a number of seconds later. In different circumstances, the charging indicator doesn’t gentle up in any respect.
There are a number of posts in Apple’s Assist Group and on Reddit from iPad mini homeowners which have tried quite a few options which have solely briefly mounted the issue. The difficulty happens no matter what cables or charging bricks are used, and even restoring an affected iPad mini 6 to manufacturing facility settings is simply a short lived repair.
Within the service memo, Apple advises technicians and retail workers to inform clients experiencing this drawback to restart their units. Nevertheless, this isn’t a everlasting answer, and Apple says it’s nonetheless investigating the difficulty.
This problem isn’t affecting everybody, though it’s attention-grabbing that even people who’ve acquired substitute items usually have the identical issues with the brand new one. Some folks who’ve taken their iPad mini to an Apple Retailer or Apple Licensed Service Supplier and acquired a substitute unit however nonetheless discovered the brand new unit would finally undergo from the identical drawback a number of days later.
This aligns with Apple’s directions to service suppliers, the place it explicitly says {that a} {hardware} substitute of the iPad or its battery received’t remedy the issue. However, it appears to be the luck of the draw whether or not you find yourself with an iPad mini that’s impacted by this or not.
For the reason that drawback solely started after iPadOS 15.5 got here alongside in Could, there’s nearly definitely a software program problem concerned. Apple already has iPadOS 15.6 in beta testing, which can be accessible as a public beta. Nevertheless, we’ve been unable to seek out any confirmed reviews that the iPadOS 15.6 beta fixes this problem.
However, in the event you’re experiencing this drawback and getting pissed off, attempting out the iPadOS 15.6 beta is value a shot. Public betas of iOS and iPadOS level releases hardly ever introduce any critical bugs, so it’s unlikely that putting in the beta will make issues any worse.
As a public beta, iPadOS 15.6 is open to anybody. You merely want to join Apple’s public beta program after which obtain the required configuration profile to obtain the replace over the air. Right here’s how:
- Utilizing your iPad mini, go to Apple’s Beta Software program Program web site at beta.apple.com.
- Choose Register within the prime proper nook and check in along with your standard Apple ID and password.
- Choose Enroll Your Units from the menu on the prime.
- Choose iPadOS from the choices beneath the header.
- Learn the directions, noting the warning and directions about guaranteeing you’ve a backup earlier than putting in the beta.
- Choose the Obtain Profile button to put in the iPadOS 15 public beta profile.
- Open the iPad Settings app and search for the message on the prime of the menu, noting {that a} new profile has been downloaded and is able to set up. Choose this and observe the directions to put in the beta profile.
As soon as the iPadOS 15 beta profile is put in, your machine can be able to obtain not solely iPadOS 15.6 however all future iPadOS 15 public beta releases. Merely verify for updates as you normally would, and the beta variations ought to seem.
Putting in this beta profile is not going to enroll you within the iPadOS 16 public beta program; you’ll solely obtain public betas within the iPadOS 15 household. This implies iPadOS 15.6 now, and iPadOS 15.6.1 or iPadOS 15.7 if such releases ever present up. You’ll must observe the directions above to obtain a brand new profile for iPadOS 16 if you wish to take part in that public beta program as soon as it’s accessible.