Bumper no good with BELKIN MICRO AUTO CHARGER

Who's at fault, Apple or Belkin?

Apple's sync cables fit perfectly.

A couple of my aftermarket cables fit, but most don't. Who should I sue? Apple or the 3rd party?

Granted, Apple could have made the opening a bit larger but you know how they are about aesthetics.

I just grounded the charge plugs on the cables/chargers I wanted to keep and tossed the rest of them in a box. They were all crap quality anyway.

Kenny

I don't understand this one bit.

This is the Belkin Micro Auto Charger:



How does this have to do with the bumper at all? Any cable works with this. Therefore, it works fine with the bumper? What am I missing?

lorenwade said:

I don't understand this one bit.

This is the Belkin Micro Auto Charger:

How does this have to do with the bumper at all? Any cable works with this. Therefore, it works fine with the bumper? What am I missing?

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I have one and it's belkin. If you sit the cable next to a standard apple cable you can see there is a fair difference between the length of the metal that inserts. Solution - use an apple cable.

Gav2k said:

I have one and it's belkin. If you sit the cable next to a standard apple cable you can see there is a fair difference between the length of the metal that inserts. Solution - use an apple cable.

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Is there a Belkin cable with this too? I ordered one and didn't received a cable.

Otherwise, I just assumed using the apple cable.

lorenwade said:

Is there a Belkin cable with this too? I ordered one and didn't received a cable.

Otherwise, I just assumed using the apple cable.

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Brought mine from Costco, it came with a cable, the annoying type that locks when pushed in.

Can't use the Griffin PowerJolt SE w/ the bumper either. Same problem. End pops out. Also, the older Apple USB cables (the ones that you need to press on the sides to release) do not work with the bumper.

The black belkin cable seems to miss by just a hair. I will take a file to mine and trim down the top/bottom about 1 mm in. I don't feel like buying all new sync cables just to work with my car and portable battery chargers.
I just tried my apple plug with the clips, and it also does not fit. Looks like plenty of room on the sides, just the top/bottom that miss by a hair.

I just received this exact charger with the belkin cable in the mail yesterday and it works perfect with my Ifrogz Luxe Lean case.

Took only a few minutes using my bench grinder to trim down the top and bottom of the belkin plug, about 1mm in from the edge. Seems the whole plug is very thick plastic. Works perfectly now!

Gav2k said:

Brought mine from Costco, it came with a cable, the annoying type that locks when pushed in.

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Got mine on ebay for $5. Hehehe. Okay... there are cheap $2 eBay cables that work and look almost exactly like the slim iPhone ones. Not exactly sure if it works with the bumper yet (might be slightly different specs) but I'm gonna double check and let you guys know.