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Hello. I have a few portable chargers for my iPhone. I purchased them when I had an iPhone 6 (I think it was a 6). I now have an iPhone 11.


I am also in a situation where I need the chargers for travel, etc. The problem is that the end of the lightning cable that plugs the charger into the iPhone is too big for the iPhone 11's lightning connection. Apple made the connector smaller? Is there a converter I can buy to adapt my charger cable to my iPhone?


I think I am using my terms correctly. The part of the lightning cable that plugs into the computer or power adapter is the USB. What do you call the end of the cable that plugs into the iPhone?


Thanks.



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Posted on Nov 10, 2022 9:46 AM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2022 9:54 AM

Both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 11 use the same port, called the Lightning port. Apple has not changed this port since 2012 when they introduced it. So cables the can plug into one, should plug into the other with no issue.


If it's too big, I would verify that the cable side you are using is indeed the Lightning side.


Depending on how new the cable is the other side may be USB-C which may look similar but is not the same type of connector.

This image shows the difference.


Make sure you are trying to plug in the correct end of the cable into the iPhone.


The part that plugs into a computer or charger., may be USB type A or USB type C.

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Nov 10, 2022 9:54 AM in response to NewYorkHarold

Both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 11 use the same port, called the Lightning port. Apple has not changed this port since 2012 when they introduced it. So cables the can plug into one, should plug into the other with no issue.


If it's too big, I would verify that the cable side you are using is indeed the Lightning side.


Depending on how new the cable is the other side may be USB-C which may look similar but is not the same type of connector.

This image shows the difference.


Make sure you are trying to plug in the correct end of the cable into the iPhone.


The part that plugs into a computer or charger., may be USB type A or USB type C.

Nov 11, 2022 5:49 AM in response to NewYorkHarold

NewYorkHarold wrote:

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/61397510-0a8a-4a71-a044-898ce701c487


This is not a Lightning connector despite the lightning bolt there. That looks like a micro usb connection, which would mean your "iPhone" is not an iPhone at all.


Whatever you have, if it used the connection above, is not an iPhone. No iPhone has ever used that type of connection.


Their second image you posted is an Apple Lightning connector.



This is an actual iPhone 6:


Nov 11, 2022 7:20 AM in response to NewYorkHarold

NewYorkHarold wrote:

I’m sorry but of course it was a real iPhone purchased at an Apple store in Manhattan. The connector worked with it then Apple changed the size of the lightning port for some reason. I’m just trying to make my portable charge work with the iPhone. Thank you for pointing me me to an adapter.

I'm sorry no. That picture you posted is not of an iPhone connector. That type of connector has never been used with any iPhone ever.


If your iPhone is real, then that connector is not one that belongs to that iPhone. Are you sure that is the part that connects to the iPhone?


Do you maybe have a battery case around the iPhone that may be using that connector?


Nov 14, 2022 6:58 AM in response to NewYorkHarold

The first photo appears to be perhaps a micro-USB cable. It has not fit into any iPhone ever made. What I can tell you is that the first picture is NOT a lightning cable and you can't use it on your current iPhone. All iPhones since the iPhone 5 have had the same size lightning connecter. It hasn't changed. If the cable fit the iPhone 11, it will fit any later iPhone up to the iPhone 14 series. So, I don't know what the cable is in the first picture but, it won't work on your current iPhone.


I wonder if the problem is that you're using the term "charger" but showing pictures of cables. By "charger" do you mean the adapter that plugs into the wall?

Nov 14, 2022 7:22 AM in response to NewYorkHarold

Idris makes a good point. By charger do you mean the block that plugs into a wall?


This is usually what one whirl refer to as a charger:


What does the connector on your first picture plug into exactly? As mentioned this cannot plug into an iPhone, any iPhone.


Can you post a picture of your iPhone please?

Preferably one where we can see the port at the bottom?




Nov 13, 2022 7:47 PM in response to Phil0124

Sorry for the delayed reply. I had a working weekend.


The photo above was of a charger that worked with my old iPhone. The second photo above was of my iPhone 11 connection. How do I adapt the charger that I used with my old iPhone to my iPhone 11?


the old charger with the larger lightning connection worked with my old iPhone but not with the iPhone 11 which has the smaller lightning connection. I know what did work and what doesn’t work.

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