iPhone charging.

jeff_chandler

I bought my I phone charger from e bay and it has been serving it's purpose since. Yesterday however when I plugged in the lead a message on my I phone stated it didn't recognise the charger as it wasn't a genuine apple product. How can this be?

Collabora

because from ebay it wont be genuine and could actually be a fire risk.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/19/iphone-5-faulty-chips/

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/LatestNewsReleases_FakeiPhonechargerdanger.asp

purpleshoes_2

jeff_chandler wrote: »

I bought my I phone charger from e bay and it has been serving it's purpose since. Yesterday however when I plugged in the lead a message on my I phone stated it didn't recognise the charger as it wasn't a genuine apple product. How can this be?

You can get that sign anytime. If you remove the charger and put it back in again it should be ok.

purpleshoes_2

Collabora wrote: »

because from ebay it wont be genuine and could actually be a fire risk.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/19/iphone-5-faulty-chips/

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/LatestNewsReleases_FakeiPhonechargerdanger.asp

Iphone accessories don't need to be apple. You can buy sound systems that have docks that will dock an ipod that work fine. My apple charger lasted me precisely 6 weeks.

Poundworld do a range of Iphone accessories including docking stations. There may be some non apple products that are fire risks, but certainly not all.

[Deleted User]

purpleshoes wrote: »

Poundworld do a range of Iphone accessories including docking stations.

You can also get USB phone charging cables from £land/world.

Connect one to a mains-USB adapter

or a car USB adapter (also available from £land)

and you can charge your phone pretty much anywhere.

If you want to be ready for anything, get yourself a USB multi adapter. :cool:

flashg67

I get this a lot - and as my kids can't seem to make the charger leads last more than a few months, I use my local phone repair shop ones at about £5 - seem to last longer than the £ shop ones.


The fire risk

wiogs

The "new" lighting connector cheapos do seem vastly inferior.

You don't need to spend a fortune but the Poundland ones seem to be a false economy - in my experience.

d123

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

If you want to be ready for anything, get yourself a USB multi adapter. :cool:

I don't see Apple Lightning plug on that .

Big_Graeme

Collabora wrote: »

because from ebay it wont be genuine and could actually be a fire risk.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/19/iphone-5-faulty-chips/

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/LatestNewsReleases_FakeiPhonechargerdanger.asp

The cable can not be a fire risk it only carries 5v at 2amps, the charger maybe a fire risk but the OP hasn't mentioned that.

Please stop scaremongering about cables.

[Deleted User]

wiogs wrote: »

You don't need to spend a fortune but the Poundland ones seem to be a false economy - in my experience.

I don't know about the quality of the charging cables at £land/world, as I haven't bought any (I have a multi-phone adapter), but I've been using a £land car USB adapter for quite a while, and it's still going strong.

wiogs

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I don't know about the quality of the charging cables at £land/world, as I haven't bought any (I have a multi-phone adapter), but I've been using a £land car USB adapter for quite a while, and it's still going strong.

The cables are certainly very poor quality and fail quickly.