Then I tried to charge with a Type-C to Type-C cable (an e-marked one, similar to the one to charge a Macbook Pro). Trying to charge with a USB-A to USB-C cable, it works, both ways. Does the Type-C female to Type-C female trick actually work? Well, I bought a breakout board that did this and tested it. The first step is validation that the electronics side can work, regardless of the size of the circuit. The main idea behind the project is to use a USB-C to Lightning, convert the Type C male end of the cable to a female port and then make the whole thing fit inside the iPhone.Īs with any engineering project, I needed to break it done into steps as to actually make progress. Have one charger and one cable to charge everything. Why? Because everything I own has USB Type-C so it would be pretty neat to convert an iPhone too. I just want an iPhone with USB Type-C on it. The motivations behind the project are simple. Once the project is done, that is when everything fits inside the iPhone, I will release all the knowledge I have accumulated with the methods to reproduce what I’ve done. I’ll try to make this short and straight to the point.

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Prototype 1 mod