My ipad 2 will only charge if the system is completely shutdown and it can take up too 7-8 hours to reach 100% 2 hours later I'm down to 12-13% what's wrong with it?

My grandson's IPad 2 won't hold a charge. It will only charge when the system is completely shutdown and it can take up to 8 hours to reach 100%! he's only 5 so he uses it to watch netflixs and playing games but a couple of hours after finally getting a full charge the indicater is down to 12%-13%. Keeping the system plugged up while he's using it doesn't do any good its like its not even plugged up. What could be wrong? Any assistance would be appreciated! I brought the IPad 2 in 2011 and gave it to him in 2013 when I brought myself the IPad Air...so its really not that old to be acting up...

Hi manisnana09,
If you are having issues with charging and capacity on your iPad, you may find the following articles helpful:
iPad: Charging the battery
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4060
Apple - Batteries - iPad
https://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html
If you are still having issues, you may need to have your iPad serviced, or at least evaluated. You may find this page useful:
Service Answer Center - iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=United_States&product=ipad
Regards,
- Brenden

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