iPhone 7, 3rd party lightning-to-headphone adapter stops working with iOS 10.3

Litenkuling wrote:

I think I need to buy something else than an iPhone next time! That will solve my problem!

You should certainly buy whichever phone you feel best meets your needs.

Otherwise, options for resolving the issue include:

Buy an MFi-certified adapter for your iPhone.

• My previous reply, which offered this advice, answered the OP's question. Buying an MFi-certified adapter would cost much less than buying a different phone.
• Product options include, for example:
  • Belkin 3.5mm Audio + Charge Rockstar - Apple
  • Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge Rockstar - Apple
    • (Can be used with Apple's Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter).

Use Bluetooth headphones instead of wired headphones.

Hi

When using electronic accessories with your iPhone, Apple advises ensuring that they are either genuine Apple products or that they have been certified as Made for iPhone under the MFi program.

Certified items come with the "Made for iPhone" logo on them and/or on their packaging.

Using uncertified or counterfeit accessories may damage your iPhone and/or adversely affect operation.

More information:

About iPhone, iPad, and iPod accessories - Apple Support

This move from Apple is not well thought out and will ultimately hurt Apple in my opinion. Do they not realize how many people bought third party Lightning accessories that provide a function that many times Apple doesn't even offer OEM, nor those with MFi certified accessories even provide?

Seems pretty dumb to **** off a bunch of loyal Apple users by deactivating what otherwise worked fine and provided flexibility in functionality.

I used a third-party Lightning to aux analog audio with charging capability in my commute car that worked flawlessly. Now I'm stuck to spend $40 for a Belkin dongle that hardly has stellar reviews, have to use an additional Lightning to analog adapter, and burns another hole in my pocket.

Yep I was very happy using my SMSL m6 dac to listen to music at my office. I was using an inexpensive lightning otg cable. Now after a few seconds I get the device not supported error. This seems like a pretty bad way to treat loyal customers, if ios updates are going to break things we have no choice but not to update our devices leaving them with unpatched security issues.

Rachel.8661 wrote:

.. if you have found a solution to this problem it would be much appreciated if you could share it with me

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKKP2ZM/A/belkin-lightning-audio-charge-rockst ar

I own an authentic beats pro MfI

My iPhone7+ currently running on iOs 10.3.1

When i hear music for 2-3min it stops and says "this accessory may not be supported"

Then i couldn't use the volume up/down and play pause button

Anyone knows what's going on here and how to fix it?

iOS 10.3 is not compatible with almost all third party adapters released before the 10.3 update. However, there are some companies who have updated their adapters and have made them compatible once again. Their adapters are relatively cheap ($8 - $15). Check eBay.

Agree, the Belkin one universally gets bad reviews and lots of units stop working after a few months. At least Apple should give us a reasonable option other than 3rd party garbage....I'd be willing to pay one time for something that works......

I have the exact problem. The only difference is I never had the chance to try it in previous versions of iOS. I just received my 3rd party aux-to-lightning. Same problem, listening for a short period, and then the error happens.

In other words, your post helped me identify if it was a hardware problem or software. It's clear now. So what do we do?

If the 3rd party accessory you purchase is marked Made for iPhone then talk to them and exchange it for one that works. If it is not so certified return it and get your money back and buy one that is certified.

I know that Apple will remove this post, but I still have to lodge my protest. Making third party headphone to lighting cable adapters obsolete, penalizes early adopters and loyal customers. The adapters are small and easy to lose. I teach spin classes, so I bought a few to have on hand. Then the 10.3 update made them all obsolete & caused me to have to delay a class. I find it interesting that charging cables still work. This really is a cheap shot from a multi billion dollar company.

It is actually long overdue. How is it fair to the 161 companies that support MFi and play by the rules to be undercut by counterfeiters? Cheap shot by a bunch of thieves. Next time buy ones that are MFi and you won't have the issue.

Agree, problem is that only one company makes this device that is MiFi and it's overpriced and the reviews are pretty much universally bad. So there is no good option, unless I want to pay $35 for something that lasts 2 months

The problem here is that it is difficult to find or confirm that it is MFi. I have searched for that specifically and it comes back with many options but very few confirm that they are MFi. The other problem is that often, products are inferior. It seems arbitrary to do this to only lightning to headphone jacks. Why not charging cables, headphones, Bluetooth devices...the list goes on.