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cable or accessory is not certified and may not work reliably with this iPhone

Hello!

I have Iphone 5 and today I got this text on my screen all the time: "cable or accessory is not certified and may not work reliably with this Iphone". I get this message even when I don't touch my Iphone, I can still load it with my cable but my problem is that this text shows up all the time and it is very annoying. What is the problem and how do I fix this?


Please help me


Best regards,
A worried girl

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Nov 15, 2013 1:58 PM

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Dec 30, 2013 2:02 PM in response to Moiiz

Try checking your cable socket/lightning cable for dirt, grime, pocket lint, etc. I could not find the solution to this issue myself and after much searching I found someone stating that cleaning this out helped them immensely.



After taking a wooden toothpick (making sure the phone was OFF first) and gently clearing out the edges and inside of the lightning socket this went away.) It is worth noting that I had a significant amount of dust or lint buildup along the edge rails which I think was causing the iphone to believe it was plugged into something when it was not.


Try it and see, ensure you are very careful and do not use any conductive tools to clean the area in question. Compressed air also does wonders here.

cable or accessory is not certified and may not work reliably with this iPhone

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