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I'm the guy that did this disassembly, so let's summarize, since there's a lot of information out there and not everyone is synthesizing it fully. The cable's chips/board is only able to interact with the USB V+ wire (the USB power line). I…
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I think the bottom line here is that stuff like this: http://www.amazon.com/iTronz-Charging-Lightning-Cable-iPhone/dp/B0091ABWIO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348254725&sr=8-1&keywords=iphone+lightning+cable May not be functional…
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The chip does not look like any sort of garden variety voltage regulator that I've ever seen. I'm not a chips expert though, so I don't know. When I got down through the epoxy to it, it was very shiny, metallic silicon, highly polished. The tex…
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Another thing to consider. The grey market cables here: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Lightning-to-USB-Cable-for-iPhone-5-iPod-Touch-5th-iPod-Nano-7th-10000-pcs-per/641167126.html While they are suspiciously cheap, it's entirely poss…
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No, you won't be able to charge your iPhone with the fake cables. The whole point of the teardown I did was to show that the chip is in the path of the V+ (main power wire) of the USB. The chip is in the way of the signal, there's no direct conn…