When it is plugged into a car that would normally charge my iPhone, do i have to keep pulling this out to charge or will it charge with the 30 pin?
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While I ultimately returned mine due to it not holding a charge, I believe it charges primarily through the 30 pin connector. It will most certainly run indefinitely while plugged onto a 30-pin connector as that's the only way mine would operate. That being said there isn't much space between the 30-pin and the 3.5mm aux jack. The thin 3.5 male plugs will be fine, but certain headphones and bulkier adapters will not.
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It utilizes the 30-pin to charge it. I leave mine on the charger all the time and I never remove it.
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Since it's meant to be an 'universal' car kit, it comes with micro-usb connector to charge the phone. In order to charge your iPhone you'll need a Lightning to micro-USB adapter, so you can plug the micro-usb cable from the car kit into the adapter, and the adapter in the iPhone.
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The charging plug is micro usb. I believe APPLE uses a proprietary (their own specification) plug so that won't work. The USB outlet is, however, usable with a universal USB to Apple connector, so you could use that part of the charger to power your 4S. Probably make more sense to just buy the APPLE car charger if you can. Otherwise, it's a good car charger
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Scott is wrong you can charge this with a wall charger as long as the wall charger puts out enough amps, i.e. my iPad charger allows me to charge it but the smaller iPhone does not. hope this helps. I know you posted this a while ago and you probably already know the answer.
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For my car, I have two ways of charging. The cigarette lighter adapter was defective and did not fit the phone. The other means is by USB which does work.
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It will keep charging your phone until you unplug it. I had my backup completely charged the other night, I left my phone pluged into it and by the morning the backup was drained because it never shut off. Even after my phone was 100% charged.
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The USB side of the cable goes into the charger and the phone gets charged at the same the audio is played using the line out port. E.g. in the car the line out goes into Aux In and the USB will go into the car charger (need to buy it seperately) which plugs into the cigarette lighter socket.
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Yes it is. When you plug it in a message will pop up and say this accessory is not optimized to work with the iOS. It's a little annoying, but you can dismiss it and it'll still charge your phone.
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Frankly, I had not checked until asked this question so I tried it. My iPad 2 64gb device knows that something gets plugged in, but displays the "Not Charging" warning as it does on other iPhone charging blocks. Sorry, but it does work great with my iPhone and highly recommend it to connect through the car's audio system.
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From what I can tell, the cord that comes with the charger is used to plug the charger into a computer using the USB end to plug into computer and the smaller end into the charger. A red light will appear and turn to blue then green when fully charged. You must use your iPhone white cord to actually charge your iPhone, plugging the USB end of the white cord into the charger. Hope this helps!
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I'm sorry, I don't understand your question. You can plug it into your apple device and continue use while charging yes. it works the same as a charger would. it makes charging very convenient and easy, but the negative is that it fits apple plugs...but loosely, like...you have to keep it in just the right position to charge it. other than that, it's a 3 out of 5 star product for me
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I purchased the adapter that fits into the cigarette lighter in the car. Then the usb end of the 10 in 1 plugs into that. It has 10 different sizes to fit most of your "toys". You can charge your phone and Ipad at the same time or any other device you have with you. It only works while the car is running and you can only charge one item with the same end at a time, but if you have the use for different ends of the charger you can use each one separetly at the same time. I hope you understand what I am telling you. I love it for long car rides and my phone is always on even if I entered the car with a dead phone battery.
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you use your iphone charger- for example you charge the battery pack (anker astro mini)with its enclosed charger- then you use your charging cable that came with your iphone, plugging USB into battery pack and other end into phone- hope that makes sense
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Yes this will charge. Turn your phone completely off or your ipad. It'll charge, But not as fast as with the wall charger. The only reason it says not supported is cause you're trying to charge while it's active, so it's trying to use the active power input while it charges the battery. So it needs more input power while it's on, then while it's off.
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It probably depends on the vehicle and also if you're trying to keep a cd changer in play. For my installation, I only needed the iPod 30 pin cable as I wanted the USB port free so that I can use it as a charging port for my iPhone while in the vehicle.
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It as short as your iPhone charger . I know apple sells a longer one that you can use with the car charger . I would know since I had to run to apple for one .
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It doesn't charge. I have a car charger that is plugged into my second "cigarette lighter" and I plug that charger into the phone when I need to charge it.