Why can I not find a Lightning male to Lightning male cable? I see there are and do have a Lightning male to USB-C male. But that does not solve my issue. Does such same-sex Lightning cables (including female to female) exist? If so, where do I order? If not, is there a reason?
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 11 beta
The link sends me to a male to female adaptor. I am looking for a male connector on one end, and another male connector on the other end. I sometimes use my iPad to charge my iPhone. Also, would like to tether the iPad to my iPhone to use the iPhone’s cellar data plan using a direct cable instead of through Wifi or Bluetooth. Additional want to try other things.
Keith Istre wrote:
Why can I not find a Lightning male to Lightning male cable? I see there are and do have a Lightning male to USB-C male. But that does not solve my issue. Does such same-sex Lightning cables (including female to female) exist? If so, where do I order? If not, is there a reason?
The reason is that it would serve no purpose. You can't transfer data over it. You can't use one device to charge another (the connector on the phone cannot supply any current). A Lightning cable is not a passive cable. There are 4 microcircuits in the Lightning plug that goes into the phone.
They likely dont want them popular because toooo many people will connect two ios device with the cable and complain they cant transfer or use each other as webcams or ..
but all comes to those who google https://www.amazon.com/BYSTECH-Lightning-Extension-Adapter-Extender/dp/B074TGST8 P
None of those things will work so there is no use finding the cable.
Why is there no Lightning male to male cable?
