IMHO it’s too big of a coincidence that it happens every time a software update becomes available. I feel that some of the “Appleheads” that voiced opinions early on in this matter were quite unkind and possibly unfair.
Maybe a class action suit isn’t the answer (Southern California is a litigious area of the country). However if you count the number of times that the fix request for, “This accessory…supported” shows up on Apple forums & Genius Bar appointments, not to mention the sheer volume of YouTube episodes purporting to have “solved” this problem with the same old tired “advice” you should consider the possibility that her complaints are justified.
Now when you notice that the problem is more frequent with older model but brand new iPhones… Hey folks if it “walks like a duck and quacks like a duck“ perhaps planned obsolescence is at least a reasonable possibility. I’m not too sure about the “non-MFI” cables causing electrical fires…I have yet to see any evidence supporting those statements. The fact that this error message occurs with real MFI CERTIFIED & APPLE cables, & the iPhones in question charge by software not hardware, in and if itself implies a software issue.
What would be the harm Apple, especially now when Genius bars are closed, in writing & sharing a patch with everyone that disables the “cable sensing” software until further notice?
So what is the best way to coerce a large corporation in US to prove it’s intentions? Not rhetorical I don’t know here…I’m really asking.
I want to trust Apple here...I was getting ready to get my first non windows OS portable. (iPad Pro folio and all), but I think I’ll wait to see how this plays out.
PS hey Apple I live on my iPhone so I need to be able to use it when battery runs low especially from a hospital bed. Mag chargers just don’t work well in the hand. Well gentle beings? How about you does the need for “hand use but still charging” something you could use?
UPDATE JULY 16 2020
I ended up purchasing a new 7th gen iPad and have already had this probleM occur. I ended up jailbreaking my iPhone 8 plus just stop this problem I didn’t bother with what they called tweaks or any of that other BS. And that did solve the problem, except once I updated to iOS 13.5.1 jailbreaking was no longer an option I hope I’m not going to have to do that with my iPad. iOS 14 looks very promising I hope it releases soon but I understand the need to work out the bugs. Based on my experience I just cannot believe that this cable charging problem is anything other than deliberate and I am very very disappointed in Apple.
