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After seeing the circuit on all of them, I realised that they’re all the same and after doing some research it turns out that Apple sells the Lightning connector to the MFI manufacturers for $2.8. I then bought a few L2C cables that were certified MFI but not made by Apple.
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That means it’s very hard to get to the circuit near the Lightning port without breaking it. I first tried to open a few Apple Lightning to Type-C (L2C) cables, they are build like tanks. The cable used for this project is important.
Prototype 1 mod license#
In 2019 Apple opened up the license to the Lightning to USB-C cable to third party manufacturers through its MFI program. Guess now I have to dig deeper into the cable and find a way to make reversibility work. This means that reversibility doesn’t work that easily and it is definitely a requirement I have for the project. It works, but then I try to plug the cable the other way and nothing happens. Then I tried to charge with a Type-C to Type-C cable (an e-marked one, similar to the one to charge a Macbook Pro). Trying to charge with a USB-A to USB-C cable, it works, both ways. Does the Type-C female to Type-C female trick actually work? Well, I bought a breakout board that did this and tested it. The first step is validation that the electronics side can work, regardless of the size of the circuit. The main idea behind the project is to use a USB-C to Lightning, convert the Type C male end of the cable to a female port and then make the whole thing fit inside the iPhone.Īs with any engineering project, I needed to break it done into steps as to actually make progress. Have one charger and one cable to charge everything. Why? Because everything I own has USB Type-C so it would be pretty neat to convert an iPhone too. I just want an iPhone with USB Type-C on it. The motivations behind the project are simple. Once the project is done, that is when everything fits inside the iPhone, I will release all the knowledge I have accumulated with the methods to reproduce what I’ve done. I’ll try to make this short and straight to the point. For those who prefer a write-up Introduction