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Path: ...!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail 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) Message-ID: <veaqkt$9eou$1@solani.org> References: <qsdhgjh62t7br545ra0ebng3oa34iv6fg4@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:20:30 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="310046"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jJ1IlI3EILJ+XsLKEgG2pycp4Lo= sha1:jn5HineA6f5KbYoMckVRbaHvg0o= X-User-ID: eJwNx8EBwCAIA8CVGiABxrEq+4/Q3u/ognaGqOBw5tykLc/HHPt0HATWyjJq7E9DrV1ZR3QY5uJtr+dmOBEfNtEUGA== Bytes: 3110 Lines: 40 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.