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New update bricks 3rd party charger? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by PinkVelvetPony@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Question simple. I do my usual to place my watch on a 3rd party charger last night. Wake to find my watch totally dead.

Connected watch to OEM charger cable I got with the watch. Immediately started to charge. Has this happen to others?🤨

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[–] Old_Goat_Ninja@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

My 3rd party charger stopped working immediately. The day I updated to iOS10 it stopped working. I had to search for the charger that comes with it. My 3rd party charger still works, just not with iOS10.

[–] nem_erdekel@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Using some cheap charger right now and it's working

[–] Richard1864@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

For several years now Samsung, Google, Oppo, Apple, and other companies have have been blocking non-certified 3rd party chargers from working with their phones, tablets, watches, and computers. This is because a large of those chargers do NOT follow safety laws and represent major fire risks as they are prone to fire-causing short-circuits, over-charging/overheating phones and watches to the point their batteries explode, etc.