On 04.12.2016 17:57, Amanda Riphnykhazova wrote:
Does anyone have any experience on this please? Does it usually
tend to be 'replace the port'? or does slow charging make it the
infinitely scarier 're-solder the connections on the motherboard' on
this 2-3 year old unit?


Check cable and connections. I-pads tend to use the data lines for
detecting the type of charger they are connected to (Apple uses a
proprietary non-standard coding of charger types via the resistive
dividers from the data lines to GND and VCC). If one of the data
lines is open, the thing will likely assume a "standard" charger
being connected, and therefore charge slowly. Also without both of
the data lines being properly connected, it won't be recognized
by the PC USB controller - the symptoms would fit what you see.

Dimitrij