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06-27-2009, 11:01 AM #1
Reward $50.00 USD
I will pay someone 50usd to figure out how to get a new 3G or 3GS to charge with older car chargers.
If you guys can figure out how to unlock/jailbreak these darn things, I'm sure you can figure out how to make my old car chargers work.
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06-27-2009, 11:06 AM #2
It would probably charge while in Airplane Mode... But then you can't actually use the phone, but it would charge (hopefully)
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06-27-2009, 11:16 AM #3
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ill give ya my paypal info in a while
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06-27-2009, 11:17 AM #4
why would u pay $50 to make it work when you can buy a new charger?
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06-27-2009, 12:54 PM #5Supreme Moderator
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Agreed. How expensive of a charger do you own?
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06-27-2009, 04:47 PM #6plain jane vanilla (post count restored to FULL AWESOMENESS)
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Ok, I'll tell you how.
Apple changed the pin order in the 3g/3gs dock connector, hence chargers had to be updated with the new pin order to match. (It had to do with USB/firewire support BS)
So, you want an older charger to work.....
You'd have to disassemble it and swap around all the wires going to all points on the connector. It aint gonna happen with software.Last edited by cpjr; 06-27-2009 at 04:51 PM.
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Originally Posted by cpjr
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06-27-2009, 04:52 PM #8plain jane vanilla (post count restored to FULL AWESOMENESS)
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Its true. Everyone was pissed when it happened and none of their first-gen stuff would work.
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06-27-2009, 04:55 PM #9Super Duper Moderator
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I know, I remember. I just found your post hilarious.
And also that he/she would pay $50.00 for something when you could buy 2 of them for that money. Not trying to poke fun at him/her necessarily, just funny. lmaoLast edited by blkcadi; 06-27-2009 at 04:58 PM.
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06-27-2009, 04:57 PM #10plain jane vanilla (post count restored to FULL AWESOMENESS)
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I want my $50
LMAO.
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^ Check your paypal cpjr
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06-27-2009, 07:34 PM #12Livin the iPhone Life
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Maybe there is way to talk people out of 5 or ten dollars to convert their old adapters to work with the newer phones. Other than that I don't see a benefit of doing this.
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06-27-2009, 07:59 PM #13
All new apple products just the new pin configuration. Not just the iPhone. My car iPod cable does not charge my iPod touch but I am awaiting the new cable to be released so I can just swap it.
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