Yeah, and I bet money changes hands in order to obtain that license. All I'm saying is that this is about control, and a pretty sleazy attempt at making a buck. Cheers, Donna On Sep 24, 2013, at 6:47 PM, Kevin Barry <krbarry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You do not need an actual Apple cable. You do, however, need a cable made by > a manufacturer who obtains the license and thus meets the technical > requirements for one. > Amazon Basics cables are ggreat and so are cables sold by monoprice.com. > hth > Kevin > > At 06:10 PM 9/24/2013, you wrote: >> I don't agree. There not going to stop people from buying other cables. In >> fact, this message annoys me enough that it makes me feel more inclined not >> to buy an Apple cable, unless it comes with the device. And, as you pointed >> out, if I'd never upgraded to IOS 7, I would never have known this wasn't an >> Apple cable. And since my phone isn't under warranty, there's no way I'm >> going to shell out the money just to buy one, either. So, giving me this >> very annoying error message accomplishes absolutely nothing. If they want >> to do this, they ought to at least give you the option to not see the >> message again. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> On Sep 24, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > Hi Donna, >> > >> > Not at all. Do to the people in China who have died of electrocution from >> > using knock off chargers, it's in their best interest to regulate this >> > stuff. All though its not their fault people died, they are still the >> > ones who get the negative press and backlash from it. I think this move >> > makes perfect sense from a public safety, and PR position. >> > >> > JMO. >> > >> > Ricardo Walker >> > ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > Twitter:@apple2thecore >> > www.appletothecore.info >> > >> > On Sep 24, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Ibrahim, >> >> >> >> I'll have to think about this. Since my phone was purchased used, it >> >> isn't under warranty anyway, and frankly, I find this a little Naziish of >> >> Apple. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Donna >> >> On Sep 24, 2013, at 6:35 AM, Ibrahim Gucukoglu >> >> <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi Donna. >> >>> >> >>> The cable you have then is probably a non genuine cable, since I only >> >>> use genuine Apple cables then I don't get this message. You should go >> >>> to www.apple.com/store and buy yourself a genuine cable, they do them in >> >>> different lengths now too. >> >>> >> >>> All the best, Ibrahim. >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Donna Goodin >> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:33 PM >> >>> To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >>> Subject: accessible-iOS Re: strange error message when charging my phone >> >>> since upgrading to IOS 7 >> >>> >> >>> Well, the cable I'm using is the one that came with my phone. Now since >> >>> I bought my phone used, hard to say what that means, but when I bought >> >>> the phone all the pieces and packaging were there, so I have no reason >> >>> to believe it isn't an Apple cable, other than this stupid error message. >> >>> Donna >> >>> On Sep 24, 2013, at 3:50 AM, Alex Stone <alexstone871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Neither did I, but I get it with ios7 now, with exactly the same cheap >> >>>> Iphone5 cable I bought off eBay about six months ago. >> >>>> Cheers >> >>>> Alex >> >>>> >> >>>> -----Original Message----- >> >>>> From: accessible-ios-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >>>> [mailto:accessible-ios-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >> >>>> Sent: 22 September 2013 21:04 >> >>>> To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >>>> Subject: accessible-iOS Re: strange error message when charging my phone >> >>>> since upgrading to IOS 7 >> >>>> >> >>>> Weird. I never got that message in IOS 6, strange that I would start >> >>>> getting it now. >> >>>> Cheers, >> >>>> Donna >> >>>> On Sep 22, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Beto Arreola <beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>> Hi, I used to get that it will happen if the cable used is an after >> >>>>> market >> >>>> cable not an actual apple cable. >> >>>>> On Sep 22, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> Hi all, >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Ever since I upgraded to IOS 7, when I plug my phone in to charge, I >> >>>>>> get >> >>>> the following message: "This is not a registered cable and may not work >> >>>> reliably with your device." I'm using the cable that came with the >> >>>> phone. >> >>>> I did buy the phone used, so it's conceivable that it may not be the >> >>>> original cable that came with the phone, but it is an Apple cable, has >> >>>> the >> >>>> correct connector, etc. anyone else ever seen this? Any thoughts on >> >>>> how I >> >>>> can make that message go away? 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