lightning connector problem

Since your phone is new, I'd recommend bringing both your phone AND the cable back to Apple for evaluation.

Hard to know. People who aren't having problems aren't likely to report here, are they?

I have exactly the same problem but I have decided to live with it because I don't want to end up with a replacement set. Replacement sets in Singapore are basically refurbished ones and could come with other problems. I know this because I have 2 other friends who didn't have much luck with multiple refurbished sets.

Mine won't work at all, I have had the iPhone now since release, and it has ceased working twice. This includes plugging it into an AC plug adapter, in car USB charge, and when I plug it direct into my MacBook Pro, it says it was drawing too much power, and will not connect....Well I'm stuffed, iPhone is now at 0%, and I have no way of charging the damm thing. It's really weird.

So take it to Apple Genius bar that is what a warranty is for and it is

unlikely refurb iPhone 5 have made into the system yet

So the brown box Service replacements are most likely off the normal manufacturing line

So, for those interested, it was in fact a faulty charge cable. Must have been internal because there were no external abnormalities.

Cheers

I got it swapped, supplies are extremely limited in Australia, so I was lucky. I was told it appeared the cable was 'shorting', which meant it just completely shut off.

I am also facing same problem. I am in India and Apple launched iPhone 5 just 2 days back so there are no supplies. Somehow it works if I bend the cable left or right at lightning connector end. My earlier phone was using different SIM and with iPhone 5 I swapped that with nano SIM whihc won't work on my old phone. So I will keep charging my phone by pressing or bending the cable for sometime till I get hold of a new cable.

I have gone through about 3 lightning connector cables over the last year. They initially work, but later they go bad.

They start having the same symptoms described above where the cable will sometimes charge if you reverse it or press down on the cable. Over time, they just stop working. When connected via USB to my computer, I started getting an error message indicating that the device was not working properly and the computer stopped recognizing the device as an iPhone.

Replacing the cable fixed the problem, but I'm wondering if there is a way to get the non-functional cables to work again or maintain them so they last longer.

One thing I noticed is that over time the center gold connection wire turns black in color, as if it was burnt as the phone was charging. I tried using an eraser to get the black stuff off to no avail. I will try a Q-tip with alcohol next. Wish there was a documented quick fix or maintenance plan for keeping the cables functional.

Something is not right with your ligtning port maybe, I have the same cable my iPhone and iPad came with and neither have gone wrong and niether have gone black on the middle contact, somethings not right there.

I have three cables and an adaptor, I have problems with all of them. The new plug seems to get dirty even though not touching anything but the devices it's plugged into and usually fails to connect. I can't use some external devices like my Bose Sounddock at all.

I clean them repeatedly and soon they will lose metal from cleaning and replacements are expensive.

I'm having the same issue now although at times I have to pull UP on the port instead of push down to get a connection. Is this a cable issue or with the actual port in the phone?

Get a new cable for $19.00 and find out. Or go to the Apple store and use one of their cables.

Figured it out. It was a huge build up of lint in the port. I used a paper clip to pull it all out and now it's working perfectly.