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Jones hat geschrieben:du lachsch itz aber dr kolleg het no überleit, ob er dr ander mitem zelt söu verzeige wäge campiere uf öffentlechem grund!
und dr kolleg het sogar säuber es iphone...

Jones hat geschrieben:de kolleg het sogar säuber es iphone...

Skeletor hat geschrieben:und das sich falsch?

genau richtig. wiä au all dänä idiote mit em natel ih dä hand.

Supersonic hat geschrieben:Es chan genau nüüt besser usser dases schneller isch und das langt mir au.

Masatshi hat geschrieben:kuul. und ä, ö, ü direkt im keyboard? gsehni au zum erschte mal. super super

Supersonic hat geschrieben:Es chan genau nüüt besser usser dases schneller isch und das langt mir au.

Masatshi hat geschrieben:sitt wenn chamer sich mit sinere musig wecke lah? gsehni zum erschte mal. LOL

Herr Rossi hat geschrieben:ja isch halt scho e herusforderig sone schtecker

A cabling expert has taken a closer look at how Apple's new Lightning connector works, and has come to the conclusion that the 8 pins on each side of the plug are dynamically assigned, likely thanks to the use of a unique chip in the iPhone 5.

Peter from Double Helix Cables first shared with AppleInsider last week his discovery that Apple's new Lightning connector cables feature integrated authentication chips. He has since taken an even closer look at Lightning and concluded that the layout of the pins must be dynamically assigned based on how the cable is physically plugged in to a device like the iPhone 5.

When it unveiled Lightning earlier this month, Apple noted that the new, all-digital connector "features an adaptive interface that uses only the signals that each accessory requires." But Peter's testing has shown that Apple's cable goes even further to allow for reversible use in either orientation.

Peter believes that the iPhone 5 Lightning port probably reads the type of data being sent from one of the pins, and then dynamically adjusts based on the orientation that the cable has been inserted.

"Dynamic assignment of the pins is the only way for the USB data to be routed, since I've proven that top pin 2 and bottom pin 2 are the pins that go to the Data+ connection of the USB," he said.

Dynamic pin assignment performed by the iPhone 5 could also help explain the inclusion of authentication chips within Lighting cables. The chip is located between the V+ contact of the USB and the power pin of the Lightning plug.

The new Lightning cable and accompanying port are about 80 percent smaller than the legacy 30-pin dock connector. As a result, manufacturing Lightning cables has proven to be complex and has decreased the yield rate.

The inclusion of an authentication chip in Apple's Lightning cables means consumers are advised to steer clear of cheap third-party cables that have appeared for sale online out of the Far East. According to Peter, there is "basically no way those are functional cables."