Also very good are Amazon Basics cables and Anker cables. One needs to keep in mind that just like with many other types of products, most brands are made in a very few manufacturering facilities.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2016 7:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: USB cable question Ixcc makes good, reliable MFI cables. I highly recommend that brand. No shortouts, and even when I shove the 6-foot Cable I have by my bed under my pillow (and as a result, have sort of bent the wiring in multiple directions) the cable is still holding up very, very well. They also work with the OtterBox Defender case for my iPhone 6S. Thanks, Ari > On Aug 5, 2016, at 11:18 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > It can absolutely be the cable. I have bought less expensive cables from > Amazon, but I always make sure they are MFI (Made for iPhone) certified. In > China last year a woman died because she touched her iPhone which was plugged > in with a cheap, non-certified charger while she was in the bathtub and she > electrocuted herself. Of course the headlines at first screamed how this was > Apple's fault until it was revealed she had been using a third-party charger. > > As for Windows 10, just go to Settings, System, Default Apps and set Internet > Explorer as your default browser (or Firefox if you prefer it and have it > installed). > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Rajmund > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 10:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: USB cable question > > Hi, > So, sadly, after 8 months of use, my original Apple Charger, has died. By > that, I mean, the plastic on the actual cable, near the end that you plug > into the phone, cracked open, allowing the inside to be visible. SO, I got a > replacement off eBay, which, cost me £1.50, however, over 20000 were sold. > The cable arrived today, and, looking at it instantly told me that it wasn't > a valid apple certified cable. But, no problems, or so I thought, it charged > beautifully, until.... Thought I'd plug it to iTunes, and show a friend > something. That's when reality hit me. At first, silence. Second, iTunes gave > an error. Then, said an iPhone was detected, but it could not connect, (or > whatever it says) please disconnect this iPhone, and try again. Did this > about 5 times, switching between 3 USB ports of this laptop, for which, I > have used the old cable to restore phone with. So, here's the question, is > it possible that it is the cable, or would it worth trying again? > PS. Its windows 10, on which, I have installed the update yesterday, and > iTunes is detecting an update, but couldn't bother figuring out Microsoft > edge, so that I could download it, hence the question. > > Sent from a Braille Sense > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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 https://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 V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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 https://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 V iPhone list. 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