Apple Lightning to USB 3 Adapter not charging phone or communicating to DAC after iOS 16.5 update

I responded to a similar thread in the iPad community section, but am posting here in case my phone-specific issue needs to be here.


I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max and have been using the official Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter for months to send lossless Apple Music to my DAC, and it's worked flawlessly and charged my phone at the same time.


As soon as I updated to iOS 16.5 this morning, the adapter not only doesn't communicate to the DAC at all, it doesn't even charge my phone. When I test plugging in an iPad on a previous OS version, it communicates and charges just fine.


This has to be an issue with iOS 16.5, and I hope it's resolved quickly - seems like a very bad look for an official Apple accessory to be rendered inoperable by a step update of iOS.


I chatted with support and submitted via Feedback page as well, just wanted to add my voice to the chorus here as well, very frustrating.

iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on May 19, 2023 1:00 PM

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Jun 12, 2023 6:10 AM in response to fifanatic

I am a musician. I use the Apple camera connection kit to connect my audio interface. After checking I thought my adapter was dead due to old age. So I ordered a new one from Apple online store. In India it costs Rs. 4000/-($48.5). I got it today. Moreover, it also didn’t charge my iPad. So fool I am! I didn’t think about a problem due to version update. To me this is a very costly otg. And now I cannot return it because I opened the package. It might not happen to me if the store stopped selling the device during the problematic period.

Aug 14, 2023 6:43 PM in response to Alex3145

The adapter works; I tried it on a very old iPad running 12.xx and it was fine. I also have found that if I plug it in and open photos myself, the SD card appears in the app and I can import pictures. It appears that somewhere in the last few releases Apple has broken the mechanism where the OS recognizes that when the adapter is plugged in with an SD card, it is supposed to start photos and open the card for import. The files app will also recognize the SD card.

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