Amanda Riphnykhazova wrote:

I was wondering whether anyone had done many of these terminally 'wont
connect to itunes' port problems to know if it is the cable or the
motherboard connector?


I assume you restarted the iPad, but I didn't see that in your posts.
Hold both buttons until the apple symbol appears and then let it boot
from scratch. Also, try attaching it to someone else's PC. I have a
Windows 10 PC that refuses to see one particular iPad - not sure why.
It sees other ones and other Windows 10 PCs see the iPad. I haven't
had time to troubleshoot that, but don't assume the hardware is bad.
Good luck.

Pat