Anyone have any experience how the authentication chips Lightning cables work?
I've got a ridiculous problem I need to fix. For presentation purposes I bought the Lightning HDMI adapter. But it has an extremely short cable, which means the adapter has to hang off the bottom of the phone; and for any significant distance from the display, a thick, stiff, HDMI cable has to be used.
To solve the problem, I bought a Lightning extension cord from Amazon, Lightning male to Lightning female. However, when I plug the cable into my phone and adapter, I get the message that "this accessory is not supported".
Since this is just an extension cord, it's basically a pass through, so that all signals should just be passing through the cable, including the "authentication" chip. Since it's not, I'm curious where the problem is.
Is this because the authentication chip is too far from the Lightning port? And if so, is it in the Lightning plug itself, in which case is it just a matter of moving the Lightning plug to the end of the extension? Or is there something else going on here?
The thought occurred to me this morning that the extension cable I bought might not actually pass all 9 conductors from one side to the other, which the HDMI connector might use. But the only way for me to verify that I think would be by dismantling the adapter and the extension.
Anybody have any ideas? I'd love for this to be as simple as splicing 8-9 wires in the middle of the adapter cable to create my own extension cord of whatever length I need, but considering its cost, I'd rather know for sure...
I've got a ridiculous problem I need to fix. For presentation purposes I bought the Lightning HDMI adapter. But it has an extremely short cable, which means the adapter has to hang off the bottom of the phone; and for any significant distance from the display, a thick, stiff, HDMI cable has to be used.
To solve the problem, I bought a Lightning extension cord from Amazon, Lightning male to Lightning female. However, when I plug the cable into my phone and adapter, I get the message that "this accessory is not supported".
Since this is just an extension cord, it's basically a pass through, so that all signals should just be passing through the cable, including the "authentication" chip. Since it's not, I'm curious where the problem is.
Is this because the authentication chip is too far from the Lightning port? And if so, is it in the Lightning plug itself, in which case is it just a matter of moving the Lightning plug to the end of the extension? Or is there something else going on here?
The thought occurred to me this morning that the extension cable I bought might not actually pass all 9 conductors from one side to the other, which the HDMI connector might use. But the only way for me to verify that I think would be by dismantling the adapter and the extension.
Anybody have any ideas? I'd love for this to be as simple as splicing 8-9 wires in the middle of the adapter cable to create my own extension cord of whatever length I need, but considering its cost, I'd rather know for sure...