A Harrowing Experience: When iPhone Charging Cable Caught Fire

I wanted to share with you all something that happened to me recently, which was quite unexpected and had never occurred before. The situation was relatively dangerous, and I hoped by filming this video, I could prevent such incidents from happening to anyone else in the future. This is indeed the first time when charging my iPhone 10s that the actual iPhone cable, the one that came inside of the box, caught on fire.

I also contacted Apple for some details about what happened. Today, I went on a family trip and decided to plug my iPhone into the vehicle's charger to keep it charged throughout the day. The charger in question is a third-party charging accessory designed specifically for charging iPhones in cars. I plugged this into the actual socket of course, and then connected the USB cable to the one that says five volts right there - five amps.

Once I plugged it in, all I did was plug my iPhone in as I normally would. Anybody would know what I'm talking about here. What I noticed was that the iPhone didn't last long on the charge; there wasn't any indication that the accessory was not supported or anything like that. Instead, I saw the battery indicator flashing on and off constantly back and forth as if it was charging, then discontinuing and charging again - multiple times in a row.

I thought maybe it was just the connector which I bought at a gas station. It's not a certified connector for an iPhone; it was one of those cheap ones you can get for ten bucks. As a result, I never buy these types of accessories because I had heard that they can cause damage to devices and be dangerous. However, until today, I hadn't realized how dangerous buying these cheap iPhone accessories for vehicles could be.

I decided to use my iPhone as normal, showing you the picture here, all of a sudden just burst into flames. That was when I quickly dropped the iPhone and disconnected the plug. The flame went away, but the smoke kept going - look at that; it's completely fried now. This is the original cable that came with my iPhone.

What was surprising was that my iPhone didn't give me any warning about this accessory not being supported. Usually, when you plug a cable or use an accessory that isn't compatible, your phone gives you a prompt saying something like 'Accessory not supported.' Well, this wasn't the case here. Thankfully, I was in the vehicle and could catch it in time to disconnect it before any harm could be done.

However, if I had left my iPhone connected for even one second longer, who knows what could have happened? The situation was indeed very scary, especially thinking about my family being in that car with me at that moment. That's why I want to warn all of you out there not to use these types of cheap accessories.

Apple does offer some certified chargers and adapters on their website - check them out below. As for me, Apple will be calling me tomorrow at noon to discuss the whole situation further. In the meantime, I'll be following up with you guys in the description or where we follow-up video. This is basically the message of this video: do not use these types of accessories; what happened to me could happen to anyone else.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI got some welcome back to the channel and in today's video I want to share something a little bit different something that occurred to me that has never happened to me before the situation was relatively dangerous and I wanted to film this video in hopes to prevent any of this from happening to anyone in the future nothing like this has ever happened to me by the way this is the first time when charging my iPhone 10s that the actual iPhone cable the original cable that came inside of the box caught on fire and when I say caught on fire there was an actual flame coming out a live flame coming out of the cable let me explain how this happened and why I think this happened I also contacted Apple get to some of the details here but today I went on a family trip and when I went to plug my iPhone to charge inside of my brother's a vehicle with this charger here this charger is a third-party charging accessory to charge your iPhone in the car now the situation here was that I plug this into the actual socket of course and plugged the USB right there into the one that says five volts right there the five amps so once I plugged it in of course all I did was plug it into my iPhone as I normally would anybody would now what I noticed was that the iPhone did not get long to the touch no indication that the accessory was not supported or nothing or like that so what I did notice was that the battery indicator was you know flashing on and off constantly back or forth as if it was charging and then discontinuing and charging and discontinuing to charge once again so I just left that be I thought it was the actual connector which this one I bought at a gas station this is not a certified connector for an iPhone right this is one of the cheap ones that you can fire for 10 bucks and I never ever ever ever buy these cheap accessories because I heard that these accessories can cause damage to the device and can be dangerous and it was until today that I realized how dangerous are buying these cheap iPhone accessories for vehicles can be until today it was very very scary so I'm using my iPhone as normal and I will show you the picture here and all of a sudden just burst into flame I quickly drop the iPhone I disc did the plug and the flame went away but the smoke kept going and look at that it is completely fried now this is the original cable that came with my iPhone and that what was so surprising was that the iPhone did not give me any warning telling me that this accessory is not supported usually when you plug a cable or you use an accessory that it's not supported you get a prompt on your iPhone accessory not supported well this was not the case and luckily luckily I want to say luckily in a way because I was in the vehicle and I could catch it and disconnect it in time but if I would have left my iPhone in they're connected and would have gotten out of the vehicle for whatever reason and came back the vehicle could have actually been in flames because as I mentioned guys it actually a live flame was on the cable and then when I disconnected it from the iPhone the circuit I guess disconnected and the flame went away it was just happened so so quickly just caught me so off guard now I did contact Apple while I tweeted out to them and they got back to me they've been trying to help me out they did contact me directly on Twitter and they send me a direct message and they're gonna be calling me tomorrow at noon and asking some more information and details on how this occurred but the whole situation and the whole message of this video is do not use these cheap accessories as you see here what happened to me could happen to anyone and I don't want anyone to be hurt when companies say use the accessories and the adapters that are certified that Apple sells on their websites please just buy those accessories although they're a little more expensive you'll have that extra peace of mind because if I wasn't there to disconnect this cable who knows my brother's vehicle could have been on fire and that was a very very scary situation for me and for my family in the vehicle now Apple does offer a few here on their website a link a few down below but as I mentioned Apple will be calling me tomorrow which is May 2nd at noon and we're going to be talking about the whole situation of course I'll follow up with you guys in the description or where they follow up video but just kind of give you guys giving you guys a quick warning do not use these types of accessories because what happened to me could happen to you and that's pretty much the message of this video I hope you guys I found this information at all helpful if you did of course you can always click the like button and I'll see you guys on the next one paceI got some welcome back to the channel and in today's video I want to share something a little bit different something that occurred to me that has never happened to me before the situation was relatively dangerous and I wanted to film this video in hopes to prevent any of this from happening to anyone in the future nothing like this has ever happened to me by the way this is the first time when charging my iPhone 10s that the actual iPhone cable the original cable that came inside of the box caught on fire and when I say caught on fire there was an actual flame coming out a live flame coming out of the cable let me explain how this happened and why I think this happened I also contacted Apple get to some of the details here but today I went on a family trip and when I went to plug my iPhone to charge inside of my brother's a vehicle with this charger here this charger is a third-party charging accessory to charge your iPhone in the car now the situation here was that I plug this into the actual socket of course and plugged the USB right there into the one that says five volts right there the five amps so once I plugged it in of course all I did was plug it into my iPhone as I normally would anybody would now what I noticed was that the iPhone did not get long to the touch no indication that the accessory was not supported or nothing or like that so what I did notice was that the battery indicator was you know flashing on and off constantly back or forth as if it was charging and then discontinuing and charging and discontinuing to charge once again so I just left that be I thought it was the actual connector which this one I bought at a gas station this is not a certified connector for an iPhone right this is one of the cheap ones that you can fire for 10 bucks and I never ever ever ever buy these cheap accessories because I heard that these accessories can cause damage to the device and can be dangerous and it was until today that I realized how dangerous are buying these cheap iPhone accessories for vehicles can be until today it was very very scary so I'm using my iPhone as normal and I will show you the picture here and all of a sudden just burst into flame I quickly drop the iPhone I disc did the plug and the flame went away but the smoke kept going and look at that it is completely fried now this is the original cable that came with my iPhone and that what was so surprising was that the iPhone did not give me any warning telling me that this accessory is not supported usually when you plug a cable or you use an accessory that it's not supported you get a prompt on your iPhone accessory not supported well this was not the case and luckily luckily I want to say luckily in a way because I was in the vehicle and I could catch it and disconnect it in time but if I would have left my iPhone in they're connected and would have gotten out of the vehicle for whatever reason and came back the vehicle could have actually been in flames because as I mentioned guys it actually a live flame was on the cable and then when I disconnected it from the iPhone the circuit I guess disconnected and the flame went away it was just happened so so quickly just caught me so off guard now I did contact Apple while I tweeted out to them and they got back to me they've been trying to help me out they did contact me directly on Twitter and they send me a direct message and they're gonna be calling me tomorrow at noon and asking some more information and details on how this occurred but the whole situation and the whole message of this video is do not use these cheap accessories as you see here what happened to me could happen to anyone and I don't want anyone to be hurt when companies say use the accessories and the adapters that are certified that Apple sells on their websites please just buy those accessories although they're a little more expensive you'll have that extra peace of mind because if I wasn't there to disconnect this cable who knows my brother's vehicle could have been on fire and that was a very very scary situation for me and for my family in the vehicle now Apple does offer a few here on their website a link a few down below but as I mentioned Apple will be calling me tomorrow which is May 2nd at noon and we're going to be talking about the whole situation of course I'll follow up with you guys in the description or where they follow up video but just kind of give you guys giving you guys a quick warning do not use these types of accessories because what happened to me could happen to you and that's pretty much the message of this video I hope you guys I found this information at all helpful if you did of course you can always click the like button and I'll see you guys on the next one pace\n"