IPhone 4S doesn't work with car adapter

My wife and I upgraded our 3GS phones to 4S.  We have an aftermarket iPhone adapter in our car, I don't recall the brand, but it worked fine with our Toyota Camry sound system.  We could charge our phones and play music using the factory stock CD transport controls with the adapter.  When we plugged in the 3GS phones, we would get a message "This accessory is not optimized for iPhone..." but once the message was dismissed it worked fine, even with iOS5.  Howwever, my 4S phone does not work with the adapter.  When I plug it in it charges, but I don't get the error message and the music function does not work at all.  Strangely, my wife's 4S works fine.  The only difference is that hers is 16 GB and mine is 32 GB.  I tried removing apps and hard re-starting, to no avail.  Is it possible that the hardware connector on my phone is defective and the contacts for music playback aren't functional?  Any other suggestions?

To update my original post, I discovered that my 4S does work with my JVC car radio when I use the Apple USB cable that I use to sync with my PC. This happens to be the cable that came with my 3GS, but it works fine to sync the 4S. I don't know whether the short non-Apple cable I had in the car is broken, or whether something about the iPhone has changed to make it obsolete. In any case, I'm back in business!

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