iPhone 5 - LightningGATE ??

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I have now had 2 of my "Lightning" cables replaced from Apple. The phone just refuses to charge from a socket and the only way I can get any juice into my phone is by hooking it up to my Mac's USB port; and even that isnt 100% successful.

The second cable I tried on my brothers phone and it wouldnt charge his either, thus ruling out the phone itself......

Anyone else had any cable issues on here?? After a quick google search it looks like this issue may be growing.....

Hmmm.......

 

[Scuzzy]

The plug adapter is fine, as it powers my old 4S fine, maybe I have been a tad unlucky, but I still think apple may have a slight issue from looking at other complaints on this issue.... A couple are claiming "static" but who knows!!!

Not really sure why my mac would power the handset, but even when I could get this to work I had to mess around with it...

It's weird that a new cable resolves the issue, hopefully this will last....