Error-This accessory is not meant to work with iPhone.Move to flight mode

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Error-This accessory is not meant to work with iPhone.Move to flight mode

Greetings,

I left my iPhone charging overnight two days back and I now am constantly getting this error " *This accessory is not made to work with iPhone. We recommend switching to airplane mode to reduce interference....."*

I used to get this error a long time back when using an FM transmitter to sync up to my car radio. but have not used that in a long time. I tried upgrading the phone to the latest 3.1.3 software and I still get have the error. In fact it popped up multiple times during the upgrade itself. It even pops up when there is no cable connected to the phone.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Ciao

iPhone OS 3.1.3

Posted on Apr 2, 2010 11:27 AM

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Answer 1

Ingo2711

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Apr 2, 2010 11:50 AM in response to machu_nair

Welcome to the discussions,
did you check if your docking connector is free of any debris? See this post: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1284032
or this one: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1505

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machu_nair Author

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Apr 2, 2010 2:15 PM in response to Ingo2711

Thanks
Tried to clean the dock/connector with an aerosol dust remover and also using an industrial micro-scope. Did find one pit of debris. Problem still exists.

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Answer 3

Apr 2, 2010 4:36 PM in response to machu_nair

I get the same message when I plug my 2g in to my ihome6. Seems to charge alright, but I find that the sound doesn't work right until I play an mp3 or something. No problems. But I'm wondering if I am risking damage by using it.

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Answer 4

Apr 2, 2010 4:45 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk

The older iHome is not compatible with the iPhone. You won't damage anything, but it may not charge the iPhone and the iPhone can cause interference to the iHome.

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Answer 5

Apr 3, 2010 12:46 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

That is what really bugs me about Apple. They keep changing the configuration of the ****** charge port! I currently have a 2G iphone, a V2 Touch, a V3 Touch, and a Video iPod. I also have an iHome5 and an iHome6. All the devices (except the iphone) work with one device or the other. What I cant understand is, why the iPhone doesn't work properly with either?? The iHome5 works with the Video iPod, wich is older than the iphone, so I can understand it not working there. But the iHome6 works perfectly with the V2&3 Touch, yet not the iPhone. So is there any iHome that the V2 iPhone works with?

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ChrisJ4203

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Apr 3, 2010 12:49 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk

I have an iHome iP97 that works with my 3G. According to the box, it works for the iPhone 3G and 3GS

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Answer 7

Apr 3, 2010 1:39 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk

Probably because your iPhone is broken. The ONLY change to the dock connector, effective with the 3G, is disabling the (very old) Firewire charging pin. And the message you get if you try to use a Firewire charger (which were discontinuted 5 years ago) is "The iphone cannot be charged with this device". If you don't get this message and your iphone doesn't play music it's broken. The "This accessory is not made to work with the iPhone" means just that; the device may have insufficient filtering to be close to a GSM phone.

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