iPhone AC adapters failing

I am not so sure it is the bricks. I have a 4G iPod power adapter that I use at work for my iPhone and it sometimes charges and sometimes it doesn't. I have a reliable charge in the dock, but a direct connect to the iPhone connector doesn't always work. Strange....

this happened to me within 2 days of buying my iPhone. I was able to isolate the issue to the "brick". I took it into the Apple Store. Worked with a Genius. Confirmed that the brick was the problem... And he took a new brick off the shelf (retail packaging) and gave it to me gratis.

Great service... Not what I expected to happen at all!

Mine too. Flaky really - worked about 50% of the time. The spare I bought is fine. Called Apple, replacement on its way.

One problem with this report - Look at the charger that came with your iPhone - it does not say iPhone - it says iPod - this is the same charger you get with the iPod. Literally the exact same one. So this is not an issue with AC adapters for the iPhone.

I would guess the percentage of failures of the charges is the same as for the iPod - which is not high.

Just a vocal minority. Really this looks to be a non-story.

Rob W host - Today in iPhone Podcast http://www.todayiniphone.com

when a repair store let me borrow a brick

There's a brick??

ohh... yeah. I'd never even noticed, and certainly never used it. USB charging is the only way to go.

This is such a non-story that not even mac-baiting c|net are reporting it. Only MacNN...makes you kinda wonder?

If you have a problem like this Apple will replace it for you. This is a non-story and Apple is doing everything it can to make everyone happy and I think is doing a very good job of it.

Time to visit Radio Shack!

http://iphone.corank.com

Based on my experience, I'm not certain it's a non-story. I don't think it's a huge issue, but I've had this happen with my phone and a coworker's brick. It did wind up working with mine when I got home, but then happened again with my own brick. In both cases, there has been no underlying problem with the brick itself, and a restart of the phone resolved the issue. I have not seen these problems since wiping and restoring my phone.

I suspect a bug in the iPhone's software. I'm wondering if Apple hasn't implemented the power-anti-theft system in stealth to enable it at a later date with a software update ( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070725-apple-anti-theft-system-would-leave-thieves-powerless--literally.html )