Lenovo tablet not charging or not holding a charge

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I've got an ongoing issue with my cheapo tablet. It doesn't like to be charged and when it does submit to this it only works for about 2 hours max. And that includes time when it's on but not being actively used.
Is it likely that some cables no longer work? I've tried 2 different cables this week and neither managed to get it beyond 2% which meant it died in about a minute. I'm now trying a third cable plugged into my laptop and that seems to be doing better as it's up to 11% after maybe 15 minutes.
I'm thinking there may be 2 problems - one with the charging connection and another with the battery. So a solution of each of these would be appreciated.
It's excessively slow too so that's I guess a third problem that will only be solved by buying a new one. so recommendations?? Disappointing if I do need to replace as I think I've only had this about 3 years.
fyi Lenovo TB-X104F with Android 8.1.0. 2 RAM 16GB storage
Is it likely that some cables no longer work? I've tried 2 different cables this week and neither managed to get it beyond 2% which meant it died in about a minute. I'm now trying a third cable plugged into my laptop and that seems to be doing better as it's up to 11% after maybe 15 minutes.
I'm thinking there may be 2 problems - one with the charging connection and another with the battery. So a solution of each of these would be appreciated.
It's excessively slow too so that's I guess a third problem that will only be solved by buying a new one. so recommendations?? Disappointing if I do need to replace as I think I've only had this about 3 years.
fyi Lenovo TB-X104F with Android 8.1.0. 2 RAM 16GB storage
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So how old is yours? I think after about three years the battery begins to falter so some loss is expected.
As to the speed, I agree that's it's no speed demon. I restart the whole thing every now and then, that helps a little. Once you decide to buy a new one, look for something with more RAM, as that seems to be the bottleneck in many cases.
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