charging is not supported with this accessory

Hardly.

I seriously doubt that there would be ANY purpose in manufacturing a USB cable without the power wires!!! This is NOT the case.

OK, so what is your explanation? I've seen lots of USB extension cables that are data only.

I have a 6 foot Apple cord and my phone charges just fine with it. So it isn't the voltage drop in that length of cord. Whatever it is, the problem is in the extension cord.

Lawrence Finch, what do you mean by "cable that has an active circuit", please?

My phone is a 3GS, and I have the old cable. Does it still have an active circuit?

how can I stop receiving emails from this discussion?

gciriani wrote:

My phone is a 3GS, and I have the old cable. Does it still have an active circuit?

No.

There is a button on my PC that says "Stop e-mail notifications". I suspect that would stop the emails to you.

Victor Mihajlov wrote:

how can I stop receiving emails from this discussion?

Top right of the discussions... "Stop email notifications"

So, the argument by Lawrence Finch goes down the drain in my case.

thanks

Here are the pinouts for the dock connector:

http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Apple_iPod,_iPad_and_iPhone_dock

this worked for me,thanks! now i dont have to make different shapes with my cord and changing the angles and crap

So what is the real problem here? Is my iPhone going to explode? They basically disallow everything with the product. It seems the iPhone is a faulty product altogether.

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I just put the USB plug in another plug socket and it worked fine