If you’ve been experiencing issues charring your iPad mini since updating to iPadOS 15.5, it seems like you’re not alone. Sufficient iPad mini 6 house owners have run into this downside that Apple has despatched out a memo to service suppliers with steerage on methods to mitigate the issue.
Sadly, it doesn’t appear like Apple has an actual answer to the issue but, however the memo, seen by MacRumors, obliquely suggests the difficulty is brought on by 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 couple 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 house owners which have tried quite a few options which have solely quickly 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 barely a brief repair.
Within the service memo, Apple advises technicians and retail workers to inform clients experiencing this downside to restart their gadgets. Nonetheless, this isn’t a everlasting answer, and Apple says it’s nonetheless investigating the difficulty.
This situation isn’t affecting everybody, though it’s attention-grabbing that even of us who’ve obtained alternative models typically 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 obtained a alternative unit however nonetheless discovered the brand new unit would ultimately undergo from the identical downside a couple of days later.
This aligns with Apple’s directions to service suppliers, the place it explicitly says {that a} {hardware} alternative of the iPad or its battery won’t clear up 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 downside solely started after iPadOS 15.5 got here alongside in Could, there’s nearly actually a software program situation concerned. Apple already has iPadOS 15.6 in beta testing, which can be obtainable as a public beta. Nonetheless, we’ve been unable to search out any confirmed experiences that the iPadOS 15.6 beta fixes this situation.
However, if you’re experiencing this downside and getting annoyed, attempting out the iPadOS 15.6 beta is price 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 enroll in Apple’s public beta program after which obtain the required configuration profile to obtain the replace over the air. 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 high proper nook and sign up along with your regular Apple ID and password.
- Choose Enroll Your Units from the menu on the high.
- Choose iPadOS from the choices beneath the header.
- Learn the directions, noting the warning and directions about guaranteeing you might have 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 high 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 gadget can be able to obtain not solely iPadOS 15.6 however all future iPadOS 15 public beta releases. Merely test for updates as you normally would, and the beta variations ought to seem.
Putting in this beta profile won’t 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 obtainable.