Is the charging cord for the iPad 4 the same as the charging cord for the iPad mini?

Is the charger for the iPad 4 the same as the charger for the iPad mini?

You have 2 questions here.
The actual cable is the same Lightning USB cable for all 3 current generation products. That is iPad Mini, iPad4 and iPhone 5. All the same.
The charger, however, that comes with the Mini is the 5W charger. This is the same charger that comes with the iPhone 5. However the charger for the iPad 4 is the larger 12W charger.
You can use the larger 12W charger to charge every other device, but the 5W charger will not correctly charge the iPad 4 as it requires more power than it can provide.

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iPod touch: Hardware troubleshooting
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http://tinyurl.com/7tscpa7
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