iPad Air - Won't charge

[ku7]

Well, it will when it's turned off.

When turned off it charges at a full 2.25A
The moment it starts to boot it drops to 0.01A and never...

[ku7]

I know this has been forever, I threw it in a pile and ignored it for some time.

pulled pmic off, reballed it, nothing at all
as in,...

[ku7]

I should have taken more notice of the bent shield.

i know my camera is really bad, but that's cracked balls under the PMIC.
I'm going...

[ku7]

I haven't had much more luck yet, but I am going to be getting hold of a known good (only smashed screen) 5s mid week, and will use that to further diagnose,...

[ku7]

Well, that made me find something else wrong...
I don't know if I ever tried boot from power button, only boot from usb.
anyway, it didn't...

[ku7]

Thanks for your time Jessa.

The Tristar was provided on reel, not already replaced, I replaced it.
Sorry for making that unclear....

[ku7]

I know this sounds hacky, and I'm not sure if theres a reason (voltage drop causing issues) that you don't want to do this, but I have always used a resistor...

[ku7]

This particular device has an unknown history, supplied to me, with a new tristar, with screen off.

So before touching anything, when I removed...