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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Can ;a USB chargiing cable be connected but bad?
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:20:30 -0000 (UTC)
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micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> I found a locked iphone and I'm trying to return it to the owner.  
> 
> Maybe he will call me, but the battery was at 30% and now it's at 22%.
> That's only 8% in 11 hours, but still, in 33 hours it will be dead as a
> doornail.  And I don't want to turn the phone off because he, or someoen
> who knows him, might call. If I turn it off now, can I turn it on
> tomorrow even though I can't unlock it?   When it was at 27%, I borrowed
> a cable to charge it
> 
> 1) Most important:  When plugged in, it says roughly, "Accessory
> connected.  Unlock phone to use accessory", but it didn't show that it
> was charging.  The icon in the upper right continues to show a percent
> but no lighting bolt and no greenness.    What's going on?    All I can
> imagine is that the cable is no good, but my neighbor says he keeps it
> in the basement to use there.  He's not stupid. 
> 
> A friend tells me there are 3 kinds of cable plug, USB-C, Flying Harpie,
> and a third one, but I thought there were only 2 kinds.  This is NOT
> USB-C. Is there a 3rd kind? 
> 
> 2) Unlikely? The USB port is normally used for an external
> microphone/speaker,  I only use the mike to speak search terms to
> google, but it works for that. I've  tried two adjacent ports.  do I
> have to try the other 2 front ports? 
> 
> 
> 3) Somewhat less important:  How do I tell if it's an iphone 5, 6, 87,
> whatever?  Knowing that would enable to understand webpages.  For
> example, one or two say I can find the owner by pressign the home button
> or the side button and saying Siri, who's the owner.   But other pages
> say the home button doesn't exist on all phones.   BTW< I tried the side
> key and it didnt' work, and it says that people are advised to turn Siri
> off when the phone is locked, and that's probably what he did.  Still
> there are many other reasons to know what model the phone is. 
> 

Only iPhone 15 and above use USB-C connectors. What you have is likely
older than that and hence it uses a Lightning cable. They are available at
gas stations and anywhere else.