iPhone 15 Pro Max thinks charger is an Accessory?

Maybe what you're experiencing is a software problem, but if it is, it's very rare. Millions of people have updated and not experienced this, myself included. Not to mention my wife, 4 adult children, their spouses, my father in law, and my mother.

You can add my Dad's iPhone 15 to that list as well. He updated it today, and hasn't received that message. I also checked with him, and he hasn't received it again on the iPad Pro. I haven't received that message again either. At the end of the day, these are computers, not appliances. At least on my end, it's probably just a hiccup if you will.

Thanks for getting back to me about it. If I'm suddenly getting it again, I'll post the additional information. But for the time being, everything seems okay.

I am having the same problem with my new I phone 15 pro max, trying to charge it using the portable charger that worked well for all the previous I phones and am getting the same message that everyone else is getting- cannot use accessory- accessory uses too much power!!

Apple won’t admit to anything that could negatively impact sales. Go figure? 🙄 Millions of people buying millions of iPhones and Apple products. you would think the least they could do is include a complete charging system for the device. Not just half! Drives me nuts!

I just started getting this message after all this time. Been using the same 15k mA charger pack with the original cable and never had an issue. Has nothing to do with being Apple certified and seems more to do with a software update or something else.

Hi there everyone, I have just received my new iPhone 15. upgraded from the iPhone 11.

I am 72, not an idiot but also nowhere near as au fait with the technology as you youngsters.

I opened the box containing the phone and the charging cable but no "plug".....

I have several of those white plugs already. I looked at the actual cable and both ends are identical. I plugged one end into the "15" but saw that compared with the "11" cable, the end is much smaller and therefore looks too small to go in to the plug! I managed to put it in without forcing it and turned it on. Now, I am not sure whether nothing is happening because I have not set up the 15 yet or whether I have done the wrong thing. Isn't this a bit weird? Why make the cable a different size to the actual plug hole?

I am scrolling through all sorts of instructions online but nothing seems to mention the actual plug! I do hope I am making sense everyone and hope I can get some help. Unfortunately I am bedridden right now due to recent surgery, so cannot get in to the APPLE shop.

regards everyone from Sydney, Australia

Almost feel a bit guilty that my wall plug usb-c to usb-c charges my 15 fine, as well as C/C cable in my MacBook Pro. However two different new powerbanks, one of which jump starts a pickup truck if required, can’t charge my 15 without the accessory message everyone on this thread has had thrust in their faces when needing some juice. Yeezus, mind blown 🤯🙄

Maybe I’ll accidentally on purpose lose my phone again in Amsterdam, similar to last week, so I have an excuse to use my bulletproof backup 11 again 🫳🎤💥

I’m having the exact same issue with my 15 pro. While I a. Using a 3rd party adapter, I am using the cord that came with the phone. I have charged my 15 pro with this adapter for the last two days (and my 13 pro for about 1.5years), but I just started getting the warning message now.

The third party adapter does meet all of the recommended specifications; could there be another reason?

Got the 15pro.

no problems until today.

The same power bank I previously connected multiple times without problems, now gives me the Accessory using too much power error message and won’t charge.

Never ever happened with the countless android phones I owned previously.

get that bugfixed apple

How I could fix this alarm

” this device uses too much power”

on I phone 15?pro max

when I got the massage the power cut off and the phone stop charging

so what I shall do to fix it ?

any advice?? Thanx in advance

Not even, because my phone is doing the same thing and I’m using the charger and adapter that came brand new with my new iPhone 15 pro max.. so what now?

Your iPhone 15 Pro Max did not come with an adapter though. It came with the charging cable. So the adapter could possibly be the issue (all adapters are not the same).

I am having the same exact problem to where the pop-up cant get off my screen, how did you fix it?

I’m using adapter that I bought when I purchased by apple pro 15

Was this an Apple adapter, or a third party adapter?

and what adapter would that be if the brand new one that was given to us when purchased is causing this issue? Let alone any other adapter we try