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how to tell my usb charger is genuine

We have iphones 4, 4s, 5, 5s and have mixed up the chargers and thik one is not genuine, how to we sort them out?


Have two a1299 and two a1399.


Three made by Emerson and one by Salcomp.


One a1399 by Emerdon has Apple symbol near earth pin. None of the others has the Apple symbol.


Which goes with which and how to tell if any are not genuine?

Posted on Mar 28, 2014 11:54 AM

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Jun 17, 2014 3:48 AM in response to fivish

I wouldn't spend money on unlicensed cables since they may work now but stop working with next update. I would email the company just to be sure.

BTW I never had a problem with the official cables (I have two 1-meter and one 0.5-meter) but with unlicensed cables sometimes they give a warning, sometimes they don't and sometimes they don't work at all.

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Jun 16, 2014 2:58 AM in response to fivish

I have a couple genuine of european chargers and one if done by Flextronics and the other by Salcomp (models A1400). None of them have the apple symbol and all say "Designed by Apple in California". Try to search for pictures and compare, sometimes it´s hard to tell.



@joeyman2 FYI Apple's charger are done in China by other companies. Just search for images in the internet (search for the Apple replacement program for A1300) and you will see in the downright corner that it says Flextronics.

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Jun 16, 2014 8:55 AM in response to fivish

Hi sorry for going slightly off topic but I didn't want to start a new thread.


Has anyone had any experience with a lightning cable from a company called DNS? It can be got in Asda for £10.


I seem to be charging my phone more often than with the official apple cable.

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Jun 16, 2014 9:03 AM in response to Trev-O

Be aware this is an Apple hosted site

if it is £10 you can be sure it is not a licenced by Apple cable so you will not get any recommendations here

and if you are having charging problems first ensure there is no fluff or debris in the charging socket which is the cause of most similar issues

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