If you’re experiencing problems with charging your iPhone or iPad and you want to know the possible cause- and solution- check out our newest article. Read More
(NOTE: This article is aimed at more technical users and goes into more detail than most people will need. If you’re simply looking to have your iPhone or iPad fixed, please see “Get Your iPhone and iPad Charging Problems Fixed” instead.)
Unofficial and Fake Cables- How They Can Damage iPhones and iPads
This article is intended to provide a brief overview of a very common cause of Tristar IC (charging chip) problems and failure- specifically the use of unofficial or fake cables, and the reasons they are a problem.
This is an iPhone 6 Plus we were repairing under contract for another store. They’d attempted to replace the display and straighten the frame- but unfortunately it wasn’t powering up. We replaced the Tristar chip as this is usually the problem in cases like this.
