Accessory not made for i phone

I get a meddage "This accessory not made to work with iPhone" I have no accessory attached. The message comes up every few minutes and is draing my battery

There was alot of pocket fuzz in the connector. Cleaned it and so far the problem has gone away. much thanks

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This accessory not made for iphone

"this accessory not made for iphone would you like to turn on airplane mode" message keeps coming up. I select no, I have to unplug and plug back in the apple earbuds, yes the ones that came with the iphone and it will work for a song or 2. Suspecting the earbuds perhaps have a short in them ( yes the right speaker is pretty distorted at volume) I tried to play my songs with no head set plugged in, and I still get the "this accessory not made for iphone would you like to turn on airplane mode" message. This phone is pretty much useless as an ipod, and frankly thats the only reason I bought it. My phone is approximately 3 months old. Is there a fix, is my phone a lemon or am I gonna have to send it out and be out of luck for awhile? Like most people Im very dependent on my phone and music. Thank you

done211,
The message you are describing occurs when either a device is connected to the dock connector port that is not designed to work with the iPhone, there is debris such as lint in the dock connector, or the dock connector itself is physically damaged.
Connecting something to the headphone port will not cause this message to be displayed.
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

Accessory not made for iPhone! It in the iPhone dock!?

My iPhone has a problem when it is put on its dock and ONLY when its put in the dock it occassionaly comes up with the "this accessory is not made for iPhone..." message.
This has happened 3 times over a period of 7 days- it does not occur everytime the phone is in the dock and it has never occurred any other time.
I have managed to get it to happen twice tonight but half pushing the phone into the dock BUT I can't get it to happen everytime - it came up about 2 times in 100 attempts over 4 hours to see if I could replicate it.
I have not restored it as it is so random I am not sure that restoring it will even fix it - although I will if it gets worse.
I have another iPhone dock I am trying and it has not come up in that dock but again it may not appear for hours or days as its so random!
There are no other problems with the phone. I don't know what to do!
Any suggestions? Thanks.

I was in the shower when I received a call. I turned off the shower, blotted my ear, and tried to keep the phone dry. I got to my headset (corded one that comes with it), and plugged it in to be safe. All of a sudden I start getting the message you're talking about. I also had had the ringer turned off the day before. I have no idea what caused it, or if any of that was something above that started the issue. I wasn't getting the clicking sound when I turned off the keyboard, and that stupid message kept popping up.
I tried turning off the phone and resetting it, I unplugged and replugged the headphones, and blew the phone's dock connector, earpiece, and headphone jack. I turned ringer mode on and off with the switch. None of this seemed to work.
Then I plugged the phone in DIRECTLY to the computer, just with the cord and no dock. Be-deep. The sound I loved to hear. Sleeping the phone with the top right button now clicked again, and MOST importantly, I haven't gotten the message in the last 10 minutes!!!!!
I'd love to know if any of those situations I listed above was something you had done before this occurred. And I'd love to know if it works.

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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.
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My phone displays " This accessory is not made for the iphone every 10 seconds and I can't get it to stop doing that. It is not plugged into any accessory at all. Please help

Hi, my phone have a same problem. I try to clean up, but look like not easy to do it. Do u have some way to clean up it ?
Just in case, the message still pop up after cleaning, then what to do ? Can u pls teach me.
TQ

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Just got caught in a really heavy rain shower and now my iPhone is intermittently showing the Accessory is not made for iPhone message. But I don't have anything plugged into it!
I've turned it off, taken the cover off and placed it somewhere dry (it didn't actually get wet at all, just a bit damp).
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I had the EXACT same thing happen to me. It's so annoying and I don't know what to do! I hear there is a way to fix it, but your phone needs to be jailbroken.. which mine is not. My bottom water sensor is totally red, so I know taking it to the apple store isn't going to do anything for me. If your sensors aren't red or pink... you should take it in!

My iphone 4 started displaying a message box with the following message: "This accessory is not optimized for this phone. You may experience noise and loss of battery." My question is: how to fix this?

My iphone 4 started displaying a message box with the following message: "This accessory is not optimized for this phone. You may experience noise and loss of battery." My question is: Why is this happening and how do I fix it? (I'm losing battery power precipitously). Thanks in advance for any assistance with this question.

Thanks Kilted Tim, you solved the problem. I'm mightily impressed at the simplicity of the solution!
Jaded Kane

I get a message that says "this accessory is not optimized for this phone" how may I get rid of the message?

I get a message that says "this accessory is not optimized for this phone" how may I get rid of the message?

A lot will depend on what "accessory" the message is "not optimized". I get this message when my Mophie Juicepack is depleted, recharge it and no problems. Till the next time it is drained of course. That might give you hint of the issue. If you tell use what device you might be using when you get that message, we might have a different suggestion.

Sitting in the dock - keeps prompting: this accessory not meant for iphone?

while sitting in the provided dock - keeps prompting: this accessory not meant for iphone?
What is up with that? Keeps doing it over and over...

while sitting in the provided dock - keeps prompting:
this accessory not meant for iphone?
What is up with that? Keeps doing it over and over...
1. It's not aligning properly with the dock. Take phone out and really look carefully at the dock and the port on the iPhone and attach them both very carefully making sure the phone is fully and completely seated in the dock.
2. Even when seated properly, the message may display once. Hit OK and move on.
Here's what I've learned having encountered this (though not the repetitive display of that message):
The old docks for our other iPods really are not quite fully compatible with the iPhone. (Shame on you Apple). Somewhere on this board is a note that the new docks will be coming out soon as these 3rd parties re-vamp. I know I know... where does that leave all of us who have all this stuff that we had working just fine with our iPods pre-iPhone. I dunno but they better come up with some fix other than buy a whole new clock radio, et al.
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IPhone keeps saying that this application is not made for Iphone

My phone won't be plugged into anything and it says that the application was not made for an Iphone. It also wont sync with my computer. My computer doesnt even know its there
any ideas?

Hi GaterFarms,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has some things you can try if iTunes repeatedly prompts you to authorize your Apple ID and may help your iPhone syncing trouble:
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1389
Cheers,
- Ari

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HT1349 this pop up keeps coming on my iphone this accessory is not optimised for this phone. it stops my sound

hopefully some one can help to know why this message keeps poping up and stop my sound.
this accessory is not optimised for this phone

Clean your dock connector, used canned air & a soft toothbrush. Look closely...a small piece of lint or other crud can create a short, thus producing that error message. Also look for any bent pins.

After 2.0 upgrade: "This accessory not made..." error

I upgraded my iPhone to 2.0 today, and ever since the error:
"This accessory is not made to work with the iPhone" constantly (well, at random, frequent intervals) appears, together with the annoying offer to turn on airplane mode. Nothing is plugged in at the time.
I have tried using an air duster to check that there is no lint in the docking port.
This started happening exactly at the time that I upgraded the firmware.
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For the last two days whenever I switch on my iPhone I am greeted with this message: "This accessory is not made to work with iPhone. Would you like to turn on Airplane Mode to reduce audio interference? You will not be able to make or receive calls."
Whatever does this mean? I am not using any accessory with my iPhone, and never have.
It's all one big mystery. Can anyone help?
Derek

I really thought you'd found an answer to this mystery. But not so.
I've done what you suggest, and the error message reappears. I've reset the iPhone's hardware. Still the same. I've reset the iPhone's settings. No change.
I'm rather apprehensive about going the whole hog and erasing the entire phone, which would mean erasing all the content and settings – zapping everything. But as David Pogue says in the Missing Manual for the iPhone, this is getting into the area of last resorts.
Unless someone comes up with an answer I shall be forced reluctantly to take the nuclear option and resetting everything to factory-fresh condition.

Accessory not made for i phone

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