My iPad

[ChrisKC]

My iPad works perfectly except I can no longer charge it. I have 40% power (it's powered off for most of the time now) left and after that is used up it will be defunct according to the Apple iCare Centre in Chiang Mai. A cursory look at it and they say they can't fix it and I need to buy a new iPad. Is this really so? Is there nobody that can fix it - some whizzos in Bangkok maybe.? Or some smart way to charge it?

 

Another matter unrelated to my iPad: I have a Compaq Notebook with no battery and now (because I gave it away to a hapless Thai girl) a connector to the mains electric supply. I have tried to buy a new one but seems nobody sells them. Has anyone got one they can let me have? or maybe a secondhand shop might have one. Any bright ideas appreciated. Thank you

 

Thank you for help in any of these two problems

 

Chris

 

 

 

[juehoe]

AppleCare in Thailand sometimes used the easy way for them...

How old is your iPad? It could be that it is no more supported by Apple.

I assume, that you have tried different cables and chargers?

You will find everywhere shops which repair older Apple models - but without genuine Apple parts. Sometimes Apple employees offer repairs.

I have mixed experiences with this kind of repairs. Some of them worked well others not.

[ChrisKC]

Thank you for your reply. They didn't tell me my iPad was no longer supported - it is old - I think about 5 or 6 years old. An Ipad 2 . But the important point is that essentially the ipad is working as normal. I have 40% power left on it now so when that is gone so, it appears, is my ipad. I am using it for "emergency" right now so I switch it off and don't use it much.

 

I think I will try to get something organised with a secondhand or repair shop . I am not that bothered about authorised parts if it continues to give me service. Better than losing it anyway,

 

An analogy would be that my car is working perfectly if only I could get gas in the tank!!

 

If you are familiar with repair places around Chiang Mai, I would appreciate knowing where they are.

 

Thank you again,

 

Chris