Issues with charging cable

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Issues with charging cable

I've been having issues with my USB-C to lightning charging cable. It stopped working to charge my phone (SE 2020) a few days ago. I think it's an issue with the cord itself, because it doesn't work with any block I've used. The weird thing is that it works fine to charge my AirPods (pro 2), as well as my friend's AirPods (same model). Is there something about the cord that would cause it to only work to charge AirPods? And is there anything I can do to fix it?

iPhone SE, iOS 17

Posted on Jan 26, 2025 5:40 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Jan 27, 2025 8:39 AM in response to orangewarrior

I had a problem like that once; a cable that wouldn’t work in my phone, but worked in the techs phone at the Genius bar. He just gave me a new cable. Have you tried the cable with other iPhones, not just AirPods? I ask because there are 4 microcircuits in the Lightning plug (nanocircuits?), and probably not all of them are used in charging AirPods. So if one fails that could explain what is going on.

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Jan 26, 2025 5:44 PM in response to orangewarrior

Get a bright light and maybe a magnifying glass, look in the Lightning socket on the iPhone, and clean it out with a toothpick.

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Kurtosis12

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Jan 27, 2025 1:21 PM in response to orangewarrior

It sounds like you have a bad cord, replace it.

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Kurtosis12

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Jan 26, 2025 5:44 PM in response to orangewarrior

Have you tried replacing it?

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Jan 27, 2025 8:24 AM in response to Kurtosis12

Other charging cords do work for the phone, it's just this specific one that's not working. So I don't think it's an issue with the charging port or anything.

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