Hey folks,
Just wondering if anyone else noticed the plug charger with the USB output that came with my iPhone will only charge up my iPhone. When I tried to plug in another USB cable to charge an Android or BlackBerry, nothing happened.
Normally I thought all of these plugs just basically output 5V on the standard USB pins, while the data pins are ignored. That's why plug chargers for other phones work interchangeably. I can plug it into any type of phone, as long as they all get 5V output and ignore the data pins. Any device that has USB can charge.
But the iPhone plug charger must detect what is on the other end, perhaps using the data pins over the lightning cable. If it does not detect an iPhone USB cable then it doesn't seem to push out any voltage, hence why my other phones did not get any juice.
Does anyone know more about this? Could it be an easy way to tell between a real and fake iPhone plug charger?
Just wondering if anyone else noticed the plug charger with the USB output that came with my iPhone will only charge up my iPhone. When I tried to plug in another USB cable to charge an Android or BlackBerry, nothing happened.
Normally I thought all of these plugs just basically output 5V on the standard USB pins, while the data pins are ignored. That's why plug chargers for other phones work interchangeably. I can plug it into any type of phone, as long as they all get 5V output and ignore the data pins. Any device that has USB can charge.
But the iPhone plug charger must detect what is on the other end, perhaps using the data pins over the lightning cable. If it does not detect an iPhone USB cable then it doesn't seem to push out any voltage, hence why my other phones did not get any juice.
Does anyone know more about this? Could it be an easy way to tell between a real and fake iPhone plug charger?