[b-real]

Hey everyone, is the dock required for charging and syncing? On the Apple support site, it says that I should be able to both charge (via AC adapter) and sync the iPhone with just the USB cable. When I do this, my powerbook won't recognize the phone. When charging with the cable straight to the phone and wall outlet, I don't see any indication that it's charging. Both processes are normal when the dock is used. Something wrong or is this normal?

[DigitalEl]

My iPhone behaves the same whether I use the dock or just the cable. For those of us that use cases of one type or another, the dock is no longer an option.

[icruise]

Yes, it should work with the cable or the dock. Maybe you can ask Apple for a replacement cable.

[Man-in-Black]

My daughter's power supply for the iPhone died. When I switched over to my power supply, the iPhone lite up and showed the green horizontal cylinder that indicates charging. Same things when I connected it direct to the iPhone instead of the dock...and also same when plugged into USB on laptop. Sounds like something funky to me.

[b-real]

Yeah, it's the cable thats defective. I used my ipod cable and it works fine.