iPad - USB C charging port problem.

[KungFuPanda]

My mum has an IPad Pro 12.9” with a USB C charging port.

She’s recently had problems with it accepting certain charging cables. I initially thought that it just didn’t like the cheap ones. I took round an Apple cable and charger and it worked overnight. Now it won’t charge at all and just flashes between charging and not charging.

Before I take it in for repair somewhere, is there anything else I could check?

Thanks

[SteveKTMer]

You've turned it off and on again ?

Sounds like the charging port has a loose connection. If it's coming apart to replace the port, might also consider a new battery if it's old ?

[bangerhoarder]

Just like Lightning ports, USB can get bits in there that stop it from working. Fluff, usually. A sharp wooden toothpick, carefully used, can often fix that.

[essayer]

Small needle/pin works too.

[tight fart]

Doesn’t help with this problem but when I visited Apple for a faulty ear speaker, all he did was roll blue tack over the speaker.
It turned out to be a fault but worth trying if you can’t hear anything.