I was surfing the web on my MacBook in bed when suddenly I heard a loud *POP* sound and I started smelling something strange. So I turn on the lights and realized it was my iPhone charger! I was charging my iPhone 3GS with my 2G iPhone’s power adapter like I did last night except tonight the thing exploded. Luckily nothing caught on fire but this is seriously messed up. My iPhone 3GS is fine and is currently being charged on my PowerMac but I am still pissed.
50 replies on “My iPhone charger exploded!”
Damn…why weren’t you using the charger that came with the 3gs though Mark?
Probably a small power surge. I had few US power adapters stop working in Kuwait but non actually exploded. An electrician told me to buy a power regulator and never attach the adapter directly to the outlet. It is good thing that your iPhone didn’t get damage. Why you are not using the charger that came with your 3GS?
Looks like somebody got ound, brotha. [/Desmond]
Didn’t see a reason to use the new adapter. My iphone power adapter was already conveniently plugged in next to my bed so I continued using it.
I see, I was always cautious when it came to apple’s power adaptors for the Ipods and iphones. Well atleast the 3GS is safe, be glad its battery didn’t explode or anything.
Damn! And I was gonna ask if it’s ok to use my iPod charger for it. Guess that answers my qst
whoa! 3 fire incidents in less than a week, what’s next Mark? 🙂
that is very very weird. Apple’s chargers have always been set to accept universal voltages & so all u needed to do is change the head & it should work. I dunno how this could happen
did u report it? you should! They would send you a new one!
good thing no major damage/loss
RMA it through Aramex or DHL Mark
It would just be cheaper to buy a new one.
kha6ak el soo Mark
Mark- I’m still using my old iPhone charger on my 3Gs and nothing happened. It’s the same charger.
I don’t think it has anything to do with the 3gs!
I think something went wrong with the charger and probably that would have happened even if you were charging the 2g iphone that night!
just a coincident! Why now? cause you have been lucky fire guy !! 😛
mmmm sounds funny but yeah voltage difference might have caused this problem… and your 3GS is from australia …
and your 2G is from US I assume… anyways
buying a new one would be faster, reporting it makes sense but no replacements 🙂
@Shopa reporting it ?? its a 2G charger 🙂
Dratsab: I am definitely reporting it. It doesn’t matter if its a 2G charger this shouldn’t happen. All Apple adapters work with everything. Same adapter works for the iphone and all the ipods. If its not supposed to be used with the new 3GS there would be a big yellow card in the box warning not to use it with any other adapter. The adapter is just a USB charger so its universal.
is that you Mark
https://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?p=644485
https://forums.applenova.com/member.php?u=675
Ja3Ja3 is you Hero ?! LOOOL
Hope I don’t get banned or something 😛
hehe, got to update that
How come we don’t see the Magenta link of “Mark” in the above post of yours !!!
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hmmm don’t know.
mark,,the exact same happened to me….i got american ipod speakers..it came with a really heavy adaptor that you plug it in the wall…i didnt feel like using the adaptor so i just plugged in the wire alone. it started making a noise and then BOOM….
god damn..! luckily no serious damage though..
Is this the reason Mark?
https://forum.mark248am1.wpenginepowered.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10739
I ordered 2 iphone/ipod power adapters from Amazon yesterday, found them for 3.5$. But i need something now so called every brand of Digits and iCity and no one has any power adapter. Manshar branch of iCity did have a power adapter that came in a bigger package but costs KD25!
Check with Alghanim. I bought a power adapter for little over KD. 7/-. Of course that was for iPod. I guess you can use for iPhone too.
I just got one with multi adapters for KD4.5 from alghanim.
Mark,
Don’t you use the supplied adapter which you got with the iphone 3gs.
Regards
Did anybody notice the how the burn marks look like batman. The first one is the bat sign. The second one his face. Anyone???
LOL…first one looks like a spider and the second looks like cat face
wow that does look like batman
thanx god 3gs is fine!!!…..salamt salamt…..mayshoof shar
Mark you should sell the charger on e-bay, kinda like that whole Jesus on Bread thing, you could label it as Batman on Iphone Charger. >_>
Looks like a spider… if u look at it sideways…
hehe, second one does look like a cat…
lol @ ahmed
loved ur observation!
the only thing that i can say is mac sucks
So I just discovered people are buying their iphones off me and re-selling them on Mark’s forum. I will have you know, I will not be liable for any damage or warranty issues if you do decide to buy these phones.
Why would you buy an iphone for 290kd when I’m selling them for 275kd? Seriously, you guys cant wait 4 days?
If I’m not wrong there was a recall for this chargers that came with the Iphone 2G. So it might be your mistake.
Nope, the recall was for the 3G iPhones and it wasn’t because of a fire hazard but because of a electrical shock hazard.
Thanks god it’s not from the 2G port .. cuz I charge my 3G iphone with a worse charger than urs “ipod charger” .. if u need a new charger I’ve got an extra one ;P
This story seemed relevant to your blog post:
https://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6736587.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164
OMG the same thing happen with my macbook and its only like 6 months old, when i called al ghanim about my warranty they were total jerks and refused to fix my computer or my charger for like 3 days, then they wanted me to pay like 150kd. i suggest before buying anything you call and fight with them until they do it for free…it worked for me, its not fair that you should have to buy a new ANYTHING!!!
https://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6736587.ece
Exact same thing happens to me last month.
Worst thing provider refused to change it, I’m very upset.
Same happened to me too. it was a cheap charger: model number: CBL – 100. it imploded when I plugged it in for the first time. My provider gave me a new one, but I am always afraid the same happens again.
(sorry for my bad english)
same thing happened to me…THRICE!!
bought my iphone 3g in the states (110v) went back to the Philippines (220v) and used my 2g charger, it worked fine the first week and then *pop* it stopped charging, used my iPod usb on my computer, bought a new charger here (thought it would work better) then 3 days after *pop* same thing. asked my boyfriend to send the charger that came with my 3g, after a week *pop* did the same thing. i’ve been using my computer to charge my phone & its getting really annoying.
i tried using other people’s charger and my iPhone gets hot when i charge it directly to the wall socket. is it possible that my iPhone is 110v??
This happened to me.
Brand new uk iphone4 with the apple charger that came with it been charging in uk on standard 240v for approx 30mins, loud bang black charring on charger and usb cable…luckily phone is ok!…apple want me to send them the parts for inspection!