It seems to me you've created your own monster. You don't want to use the Apple certified cable because it costs to much. You got what you bargened for. If your phone is still under warentee, you have voaided your warentee as well.
Alan Sent from my iPad Air > On Sep 4, 2015, at 3:00 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm curious about the success of others on this list with lightning cables > other than those coming from Apple. I only use Apple MFi certified lightning > cables so those are the ones I'm curious about others' experience with. > > Here's my story with lightning cables and my iPhone 6. When I purchased my > iPhone 6 last February, it would give me an error message about an > unsupported product whenever I plugged its 3-foot Apple cable into my USB > extension cable connected to my computer in order to charge it. I never got > such an error message when charging my iPhone 5 in the same manner. I decided > to purchase a 10-foot lightning cable to use with my iPhone 6 since I needed > the length as my mid-tower computer sits on the floor. Apple does not sell a > lightning cable of this length and even their 6-foot cable is expensive so I > decided to get an Apple MFi certified one from Amazon. I found one for about > $13 and have never gotten an error message while charging with it. > > However, starting a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the lightning > connector on this cable does not stay plugged in solidly to my iPhone 6 any > longer. It's almost as if it's become malleable and can't maintain a good > connection even though I plug it in securely. I put a lot of faith in Anker > external batteries and cables so I purchased a 9-foot Anker lightning cable > from Amazon but I'm also getting this connection problem with that one as > well. > > I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this sort of issue with any of > their lightning cables and whether it's specific to particular iDevices or > cables. I really don't want to hear from those who are going to say 'only use > Apple cables" because they don't offer a length I need at a price I believe > is reasonable. > > Thanks for any experience you can share with your non-Apple cables. > > Alan Lemly > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
