Accessory is not made for iphone

For Christmas my daughter received a ipod speaker player. One of those speaker systems that you plug you ipod into and you can hear it... external speaker style for your bedroom. Well I plugged my iphone into it to play my music and got an error message.
THIS ACCESSORY NOT MADE FOR IPHONE SWITCH TO AIRPLANE MODE.
now I get this message even thou I'm not plugged into that box anymore. How can I get this message to stop showing up.

I have an original iphone with all update sw/fw, etc. I have never had any problems with my phone. Mine just started giving me this random message as well. It began after plugging my phone into a third party wall charger that was "made for iphone". Now I get that accessory message constantly throughout the day.
Does anyone know how to resolve this yet? Will it help to wipe the phone and reload everything?
Here is what I've tried so far:
-plugged the phone into the original iphone dock and left it there overnight. Restarted the phone in the dock as well.
-plugged the phone in a car charger that works perfectly in the past with no issues.
-restarted the phone numerous times.
-Plugged the phone into computer and synced it several times.
-'blew' out the connector with one of the computer dust removal aerosol cans.
Thanks for any info. This is driving me nuts.

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