Re: Can ;a USB chargiing cable be connected but bad?

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

I found a locked iphone and I'm trying to return it to the owner. 
 
Maybe he will call me, but the battery was at 30% and now it's at 22%.
That's only 8% in 11 hours, but still, in 33 hours it will be dead as a
doornail.  And I don't want to turn the phone off because he, or someoen
who knows him, might call. If I turn it off now, can I turn it on
tomorrow even though I can't unlock it?   When it was at 27%, I borrowed
a cable to charge it
 
1) Most important:  When plugged in, it says roughly, "Accessory
connected.  Unlock phone to use accessory", but it didn't show that it
was charging.  The icon in the upper right continues to show a percent
but no lighting bolt and no greenness.    What's going on?    All I can
imagine is that the cable is no good, but my neighbor says he keeps it
in the basement to use there.  He's not stupid.
 
A friend tells me there are 3 kinds of cable plug, USB-C, Flying Harpie,
and a third one, but I thought there were only 2 kinds.  This is NOT
USB-C. Is there a 3rd kind?
 
2) Unlikely? The USB port is normally used for an external
microphone/speaker,  I only use the mike to speak search terms to
google, but it works for that. I've  tried two adjacent ports.  do I
have to try the other 2 front ports?
 
 
3) Somewhat less important:  How do I tell if it's an iphone 5, 6, 87,
whatever?  Knowing that would enable to understand webpages.  For
example, one or two say I can find the owner by pressign the home button
or the side button and saying Siri, who's the owner.   But other pages
say the home button doesn't exist on all phones.   BTW< I tried the side
key and it didnt' work, and it says that people are advised to turn Siri
off when the phone is locked, and that's probably what he did.  Still
there are many other reasons to know what model the phone is.
 

Only iPhone 15 and above use USB-C connectors. What you have is likely
older than that and hence it uses a Lightning cable. They are available at
gas stations and anywhere else.