Griffin iTrip Auto not charging iPhone

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Griffin iTrip Auto not charging iPhone

I have an iTrip auto which worked perfectly with my 1st gen iPhone ( http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itripauto07 ). It did give me the "not designed, interference , do you want plane mode on" message but worked fine.

I was very surprised when i plugged in my new 3GS that it worked as a transmitter but i got a new error message - It couldn't charge my phone...

This is killing me - no car charger for my phone...

I realise that most of these say they are made for ipod and not the iphone but are there any that work with the 3GS?

Any other charging problems?

eMac 1GHz, MacBook 2.2Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.1), iPhone, 6GB iPod Mini

Posted on Jun 23, 2009 3:48 PM

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Daiya

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Jun 23, 2009 8:51 PM in response to Andrew Nalty

Things made more recently should work. The original iPhone allowed two charging methods (via USB pins or Firewire pins)--the 3G and 3GS only allow charging via the USB pins. This tripped up a lot of older car chargers when the 3G came out (and some speaker decks, I think). By now, I expect manufacturers have all switched over.

Also, the two-piece type of car charger that uses a USB cable plugged into a USB port in the cigarette lighter thing should work fine, even older ones.

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