Monoprice.com cables

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rich

29 June 2010

Hey i posted mono price.com cables were great and cheap but they only sync they don’t charge ipads at all. Don’t know why. See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11618818&#11618818

2 responses to “Monoprice.com cables”

jonsmirl

29 June 2010

My cell phones won’t charge under Windows until you load a device driver for them. Windows disable the USB power on the port without a device driver to tell it to turn on. Older versions of Windows didn’t do that.

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1. rich
  
  30 June 2010
  
  Yes I didn’t know that. What a pain. But this isn’t the problem. Apparently the monoprice cables have something electrically wrong. I cant imagine what it is but their cables charge very slowly. Reported on the internet and I verified. Takes eight hours to get 10 percent charge. While a normal cable from apple or Kingston works fine. So you don’t really save money for that all important charging. I thought I was saving $2 vs. $20 for an apple cable but beware.
  
  Finally beware ofnipad chargers. T hey need to supply 2.1 amps and those that advertise compatibilty don’t. So I guess we are stuck with the expensive apple cables and chargers until third parties catch up. For $20 you can get a 2.1 amp car charger too.
  
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