Tip: iPhone Charges with Belkin, but not Apple, Cables

Tip: iPhone Charges with Belkin, but not Apple, Cables

6a00d8341bfddd53ef0115714749a5970b In the car, we frequently charge our iPhone with USB-based cables, plugging one end into the device and the other into an automobile power adapter (with USB port) or the USB port on the Power Cup.

When we use the white, Apple-supplied cable, the phone refuses to charge.

When we use a cheap, black cable that came with a Belkin adapter, the phone sucks up juice like nobody's business.

If you've been having trouble charging your phone using USB-based adapters, you might try ditching the Apple cables for cheaper, third-party ones. 

6a00d8341bfddd53ef0115714749a5970b In the car, we frequently charge our iPhone with USB-based cables, plugging one end into the device and the other into an automobile power adapter (with USB port) or the USB port on the Power Cup.

When we use the white, Apple-supplied cable, the phone refuses to charge.

When we use a cheap, black cable that came with a Belkin adapter, the phone sucks up juice like nobody's business.

If you've been having trouble charging your phone using USB-based adapters, you might try ditching the Apple cables for cheaper, third-party ones. 

Mark McElroy

I'm a husband, mystic, writer, media producer, creative director, tinkerer, blogger, reader, gadget lover, and pizza fiend.

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Mark McElroy

I'm a husband, mystic, writer, media producer, creative director, tinkerer, blogger, reader, gadget lover, and pizza fiend.

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