IOS 8 third party cable

Hey guys, I recently bought an iPhone 5 on iOS 8 from ebay, and it seems it came with a third party charging cable. I have since discovered Apple have decided to block these so they can rip us off even more with their official cables.
I have ordered an MFi certified cable, but it won't be arriving until next week! I can't go that long without my phone, and live nowhere near a store where I can buy a cable (also don't want to spend £16 on a cable in a store when I have another one in the post...)
Is there any work-around I can use to charge my phone until the new cable arrives? I have tried plugging it in while the wheel is spinning after turning the phone off and leaving it, and also tried plugging it in, dismissing, plugging in and dismissing again, neither of these solutions fixed it. I assume it's because they were for iOS 7 and I am on iOS 8.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Stu.

IFailedTheTuringTest wrote:
I Don't buy that. I actually don't think that Apple uses so low cost/quality components that a simple charging cable can fry them. No other manufacturer does. And that would be even worse; saving money on components and then have us buy expensive cables for our fragile devices but rather expensive devices.
No, it's just a dirty money making scheme, I'm sure.
I guess you didn't actually read the link (perhaps it doesn't support your agenda). It isn't APPLE that is using low quality components; it is third party vendors. There are 3 proprietary chips in the phone end of a lightning cable. As they are made exclusively for Apple only Apple or Apple certified OEMs can get the real parts.
To save you potential repetitive stress injuries from having to click a link here is the relevant quote from the link:
After seeing a rash of iPhone 5 handsets come in with battery charging issues, repair firm mendmyi was able to isolate the problem to unofficial USB adapters and USB-to-Lightning cables, the company reported on its blog earlier this week.

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