Does anybody know of a lower profile Lightning to 30 pin adapter cable for the iPhone5? Obviously, this will have to be a non Apple solution, but there are lots of supposedly working adapters on eBay. I tried the Apple cable, and had to return it because it's too thick for my case (SwitchEasy Tones) even though the Apple branded USB cable works fine. Unfortunately, I need a 30 pin connection for the car, where it connects to the stereo system and power with one cable. Let me know if you know of any. Thanks
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Low Profile Lightning to 30 pin adapter?
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I also am having this issue. I have an Element Case I just received the other day and, to my surprise, the lightning to 30 pin adapter (with the .2m cord) doesn't fit my iPhone 5 when I have the Element Case! You can tell from the pictures that the left lightning connector is clearly much thinner than the lightning connector on the right. It's pretty upsetting because I was having decent luck with several other cases fitting the lightning to 30-pin adapter in my car, but not the most expensive one 
My only 2 thoughts for solutions are either to buy a generic version of the 30-pin adapter that might have a thinner lightning connector profile, or the other solution would be to find some sort of female-to-male lightning extender cable, which would add even more clutter in my car.
What do you guys think?
My only 2 thoughts for solutions are either to buy a generic version of the 30-pin adapter that might have a thinner lightning connector profile, or the other solution would be to find some sort of female-to-male lightning extender cable, which would add even more clutter in my car.
What do you guys think?
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Do you have an Element Case? And if you don't mind me asking, what did you use to sand the plastic down?
Yes, I do own a Sector 5.. I used my big electric grinder on one and a metal file on my second adapter. The plug body is solid all the way through. There is a glue or epoxy that you can see which is the clear area that I sanded into. It was simple and worked like a charm and didn't damage the cable at all.
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You are very welcome.. I figured the pictures were worth a thousand words! Hopefully this will help others as well!
Just in case anyone else ever needs to reference this again, I just want to say that I spent about 3 minutes shaving the edges of my Lightning-to-30-pin adapter off using just scissors and I was able to get it to fit into the Element Case. It's only a tiny margin preventing the adapter from fitting into the case, so I would advise anyone who needs to get this to work to just shave the edges off using scissors. There's essentially no way for you to mess it up.