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Quick review of the #BOUTOP USB-C to Lightning adapter, the only one I could find that is MFI certified: Charging works as expected, and pleased to see that even data transfer/sync works.

Connected it to various Lightning devices including #iPhone 11, iPhone 6, and charging/data sync worked without any warning. The only thing that prompted a warning was my wife's old #iPod Touch 5th gen - but even then it still works.

I'm surprised I've not thought of using something like this before.. but it's a gamechanger, esp in this 'transition' phase of phasing out Lightning stuffs - which will take a long time, these things last forever. So now at home, in my travel pack, and in my car, I just carry a bunch of 240W 80Gbps #Thunderbolt/#USB4 (USB-C) cables and a couple of these USB-C to Lightning, as well as USB-C to Micro USB adapters - and I'm golden.

Bonus: I also have a USB-A cable with a magnetic port which only comes with magnetic USB-C and Micro USB connector heads - this Lightning adapter works perfectly with the USB-C head, so I could even dedicate one of these adapters to a USB-C head like that for an MFI-certified 'magnetic Lightning cable'.

Also, TIL: #Apple actually has a site where you could verify a product's MFI certification, that's helpful.

🔗 https://mfi.apple.com

RE: https://sakurajima.social/notes/aakqisbi3l

Is there an #Apple/#MFI certified USB-C to Lightning (or the other way around) adapter? Ideally usable for both charging and data transfer.

The only one I could find is this from #BOUTOP (never heard of em before), but they're only on #Amazon lol so the shipping cost is a lot more than the actual cost of the adapter. Not that bad of a price tho, ~RM50 total for 2.

That being said, even this MFI certified one does not support data transfer, only charging. The goal is so that I could bring a single USB-C cable, and still be able to use it for older iPhones or Lightning devices.

🔗 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B6PDGLWZ

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Update: Ok, supposedly, according to reviews I'm seeing on the listing as well as a separate listing elsewhere - it might actually support data transfer?

Just heavily advertised as, not, to deter people from thinking it could do things a regular USB-C to Lightning cable couldn't like for OTG, headphones, etc.

Anyway, ordered em since I'm not even sure an alternative that is MFI-certified exists. The price, honestly isn't that bad either - even with the pricey shipping. For 2, it's ~RM50 bucks. A non-MFI certified one I found on #Shopee from China/Malaysia is like ~RM30 a piece, before shipping (tho shipping's always free, so).