The Apple certified cables with lightning adaptors have a special chip which communicates with the battery system in the iDevice to best manage the battery charge and condition. Non Apple certified lightning adaptor cables do not have this chip, and will shorten one's ultimate battery life. I only use Apple certified cables for this reason.
Also, Apple certified wall adaptors have regulator technology which stops current flow if there is a strong power draw as well as surge protection. This system communicates with the lightning chip to best manage the iDevice or Mac battery condition and charging. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Aug 2014, at 9:07, "Alan Lemly" <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm used to getting the above subject error message when charging my iPhone 5 > using the third-party lightning cable I bought from Amazon on the cheap. > However, I'm now starting to get it from time to time when charging using the > Apple cable that came with my iPhone. > > I'm curious with what others have experienced with their Apple cables and how > long they've lasted. I take extremely good care of my stuff almost to the > point of being OCD so I'm concerned that this message is starting to occur > too frequently. > > Is anyone else getting this message and under what circumstances? How well > are your Apple cables holding up? > > Thanks for any comments. > > Alan Lemly > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.