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

You are just copying what someone else says without checking to see if it is true. No, truth and honesty does not bother me at all. Do you think people should be honest? Is counterfeiting other people's work honest? Have you checked the reviews at Best Buy? Have you tried the device? Know anybody who had one?

Yes, I am an apple fan but lately they are loosing some of my trust. I am the definition of an early adopter but when they pull the headphone jack out of their phones and block third party adapters it's frustrating! I get it as a money making model but ******* off customers isn't a great long term money making approach. Make it right apple! Plus they don't need more money off of little stuff like this.

It would be nice if Apple just made one of these. How can they not have one. That was the first question millions asked. How can I listen to music and charge at the same time? It's not rocket science Apple...

I have the same problem, I have tried several different adapters now and none have allowed me to listen to music AND charge my phone for more that 5 minutes, if you have found a solution to this problem it would be much appreciated if you could share it with me

I've been an andriod and pc user forever. Until 13 days ago I had never owned any apple product. I know how proprietary Apple is about their systems. I like the pc world because it's wide open, anyone can make a product and it works on everyone's system. 13 Days ago my android quit. It overheated. So I went to best buy and decided to give Apple a try. I came home with the Iphone 8 and fell in love with it. I immediately lost the headphone adapter so I can't connect my phone to my stereo in my truck. No problem, I thought, I'll just hop over to Amazon and order a new one. Sure enough, there are plenty on Amazon and I found a good deal . Two for 18 bucks and I can charge my phone while using the headphone jack. Today my cords showed up! I plugged it into my phone, plugged my oxtail in to the cord and started to listen to pandora on my car stereo. Yay! It worked! and then it stopped. With a message on my phone that said, "This accessory is not supported by this iPhone". I listened to Pink Floyd for roughly 1 1/2 minutes before the message appeared. So my fears of Apple's insistence that only 'Their' products be used has come true. So this weekend, I will, with a heavy heart, be taking the phone back to Best Buy and exchanging it for the S8 and freedom. I was so impressed by this phone that I was going to buy an iPad this black friday. But I'm going to get a surface pro instead. Thanks, but no thanks Apple.

These are adapters that are not “active” but rather passive so therefor far from potentially damaging the iPhone. This is just Apples way of encouraging you to purchasing thier “magic” product. If anything, it would damage the headphones, not the iDevice.

I also observed same issue with the Iphone 7 plus under IOS11. However, there is an alternative solution apart from restarting the phone once it issues the warning of incompatibility. You can try unplugging and then plugging again the Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter instead of restarting phone and it works fine. Though a very inconvenient and impractical solution, also prone to damage the lightening connector after excessive use 😟

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This has just happened to me too!! Is there a fix for that?

Rebeccamom1 wrote:

This has just happened to me too!! Is there a fix for that?

See my previous reply.

Are you using the provided Apple adapter with it? If so get it replaced by Apple.

No, it doesn't. Check the reviews on Best Buy.

Speaking of the dual charging/headphone adapter

Oh please, quit parroting other people. Check the reviews on the Best Buy site. Also check the Apple list of MFi companies and see if someone else offers one.

Why is that parroting others? Truth bugs you? Crawl away