Is there a female-to-female lightning cable joiner?

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Is there a female-to-female lightning cable joiner?

As was stated above, is there a female-to-female lightning cable joiner where you can plug in two lightning cables and essentially make one extended cable?

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D.A.

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Posted on Jan 20, 2015 4:05 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Jan 20, 2015 4:40 PM in response to nobodd

That wouldn't work. You would end up with a cable that had a USB connector on each end. In general it is not a good idea to use extension cables with iOS devices. Instead get a single cable of the right length. There's a limit to the cable length that will work. It's about 1 meter, or a little over 3 feet.

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Jan 20, 2015 5:01 PM in response to nobodd

A male to male lightning cable won't work either. The lightning cable is directional; it must be usb at one end, and iOS device at the other, because there are actually 3 microcircuits in the connector that goes into the iDevice that interface with the device.

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tonefox

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Jan 21, 2015 2:24 AM in response to nobodd

Why extend the cable from the Lightning end? There are hundreds of USB extension cables on the market. (Or Griffin do a four foot USB to lightning cable.)

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pogster

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Jan 20, 2015 4:36 PM in response to nobodd

Have you tried using google?

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nobodd Author

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Jan 20, 2015 4:54 PM in response to pogster

Both of you are correct about there generally being a USB end, I am simply trying to see if one exists. This also begs the question is there is a male to male lightning cable? I know that there are male to female cables and dock extenders. The application for all of this would be in instances such as the lightning/hdmi converter - unless you have a very long HDMI cable you are tied within a few inches of the TV or other device unless you can extend your lightening cable.

Thank you for the replies!

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