I get "Charging is not supported by this device" w/nothing attached
Contaminated my iPhone 3GS with a mixture of oil, sugar, soy sauce. (Korean BBQ Marinade)
Not much but just enough to cause the message "Charging is not supported by this device" when ever I wake the phone from sleep.
Everything seems to work and it will charge. The message goes away when the docking cable is attached.
What do I do as the Apple "Genius" told me I'm sol unless I want to pay full freight on a new phone.
Is this a good question?
5 Comments
Thank you markus, after a bit of scrubbing with a brush and alcohol I am alert free. No disassemble required.
by David Nakase
Can you accept his answers? Then he'll get credit :)
by Chris Cline
hi david,
great that it worked for you
²chris - yeah - would be a good idea - but the important part was that it worked
by markus weiher
LOL, it's not just for credit, we do a lot of backend things based on "accepted" answers. When good questions like this get good answers I try to push to make sure the right answer gets accepted.
by Chris Cline
Ok, I liked the answer because it fit with my theory of what could be causing the problem. Technically it didn't "fix it" per say, but improved the situation to where I only get transitory messages telling me I have an unsupported device attached where before it was when ever I woke the phone from sleep. A tear-down and through cleaning would probably cure it, but I don't trust myself not to break a known good component in the process.
by David Nakase