Hi Grant, The iPhone 4 and 4S do not turn on if you just plug in a cable without the cable being connected to anything, this is an iPhone 5 or as far as I know a Lightning port/cable oddity.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 6:06 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: An Unusual Way to Turn on the iPhone 5 The iPhone 5, 4 and 4S all work this way. Grant On 5/17/13, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > I just purchased an iPhone 5 to replace my 3GS. If the phone is > turned off, I can turn it on by simply plugging the charging cable > into the phone's port. I don't have to press the "on/off" button, and > I don't have to plug the other end of the charging cable into a power > outlet. Do other iPhone 5s work this way? Needless to say, if I wish > to run the phone on its battery, I use the traditional way of turning > it on via the "on/off" button. > > Thanks for all help. > > Craig > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
