Lightning Cable is Terrible - Page 2

oghowie · Feb 5, 2013, 01:34 PM

My real and fake ones work perfect!

Mrbobb · Feb 5, 2013, 06:23 PM

I bet the dog chew on it.

Dunno why nothing ever exciting happen to me, my devices are so boring.

Eckscaliber · Feb 5, 2013, 06:41 PM

User error.

Hobbers · Feb 5, 2013, 07:04 PM

Alright guys I tried to get a good shot of the burn area, it's very odd honestly.

Prime85 · Feb 5, 2013, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hobbers

I've gone through two lightning cables for my iphone 5 since launch day, and tonight my second one actually short circuited and started smoking while charging my phone. In my opinion, this is the worst accessory/product I've ever owned. I hate the lightning connector with a burning passion.

I have 8 Lightning cables and have not had a problem with any of them. You might just have bad luck.

mwashbush · Feb 5, 2013, 09:01 PM

Sounds like a personal problem. Mine are great

grafftillidie · Feb 6, 2013, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Hobbers

Alright guys I tried to get a good shot of the burn area, it's very odd honestly.

I had a lightning cable do the bunching up on me in the same spot that yours has done. Just took it into Apple and they swapped it. The genius I spoke to said he had seen maybe a handful come back like that. I followed it up with a call to Apple CS to compliment on the service I received in the swap process and was told that the rep I was speaking to had dealt with a few cables like that. Not a large enough percentage to warrant a freakout but enough that they have taken notice.

John T · Feb 6, 2013, 04:25 AM

The cable used by Apple in its leads is the standard variety (Apple don't manufacture cable!) which has a PVC sleeve. PVC is not particularly flexible and, if submitted to continuous bending or flexing, can fracture. For this reason, when the relevant plugs are inserted/removed from their appliance, the cable should only be held by the plug. In addition, bending of the cable adjacent to the plug should be avoided as this creates stress on the cable sleeve.

The photos submitted by the OP clearly illustrate the above faults. The cable has obviously been bent close to the plug which has resulted in the fracture of the cable.

Providing cables are only held by their plugs and the actual cable is not twisted, the leads should last a lifetime. I'm still using cables supplied with my first iPod, many moons ago.

Hobbers · Feb 6, 2013, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by grafftillidie

I had a lightning cable do the bunching up on me in the same spot that yours has done. Just took it into Apple and they swapped it. The genius I spoke to said he had seen maybe a handful come back like that. I followed it up with a call to Apple CS to compliment on the service I received in the swap process and was told that the rep I was speaking to had dealt with a few cables like that. Not a large enough percentage to warrant a freakout but enough that they have taken notice.

I want to be clear that it wasn't bunching up. It looks like that from the plastic expanding when it had sparked and started smoking.

danpass · Feb 6, 2013, 01:13 PM

I just confirmed earlier today that one of my 3 cables won't give a charge. Either iphone or Mini and neither the apple wall wart or 3rd party wall wart.

But another lightning cable works fine with any those combinations.

Haven't determined yet if it will communicate with the computer.

The magic smoke remains in the cable.

RichardC300 · Feb 6, 2013, 02:07 PM

It looks like you manhandled where the wire goes into the lightning end and that might have done something.

Hobbers · Feb 6, 2013, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RichardC300

It looks like you manhandled where the wire goes into the lightning end and that might have done something.

But I didn't. As I stated previously it looks like that from the spark and smoking that came from the wiring inside the plastic outer sleeve. The hole is from the spark burning through the sleeve, not from bending or stretching.

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Hobbers Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2012	Alright guys I tried to get a good shot of the burn area, it's very odd honestly.
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John T macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK.	The cable used by Apple in its leads is the standard variety (Apple don't manufacture cable!) which has a PVC sleeve. PVC is not particularly flexible and, if submitted to continuous bending or flexing, can fracture. For this reason, when the relevant plugs are inserted/removed from their appliance, the cable should only be held by the plug. In addition, bending of the cable adjacent to the plug should be avoided as this creates stress on the cable sleeve. The photos submitted by the OP clearly illustrate the above faults. The cable has obviously been bent close to the plug which has resulted in the fracture of the cable. Providing cables are only held by their plugs and the actual cable is not twisted, the leads should last a lifetime. I'm still using cables supplied with my first iPod, many moons ago.
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RichardC300 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	It looks like you manhandled where the wire goes into the lightning end and that might have done something.
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