"this accessory is not.." error is driving me crazy.

"this accessory is not optimized for this iPhone" error will not stop popping up on my phone every 10 seconds or so. Plugged in or not, it continues. Did an update, a full restore, NADA!. It is eating away at my battery life during the day and the joy I get when my iphone lights up with a text message is rapidly becoming a feeling of hate and frustration.
help.

This means one of several things.
There is some lint, dirt, or foreign material in your iPhone's dock connector port, and it doesn't take much.
Your iPhone's dock connector port is damaged - one or more pins is/are bent.
Your iPhone's dock connector port has some moisture damage.

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How To Fix "This accessory is not optimized for this iPhone” Error?

Clean the iPhone dock port with a clean dry tooth brush. If the warning occurs again, clean the dock port very carefully and thoroughly with isopropyll alcohol, especially the pins which are on top of the dock mid rib. If still warning, then take iPhone to Apple for Warranty service.

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I would be concerned too if the speaker on my iPhone was not working, and if I was getting a message about the accessory not being optimized. I found an article with some steps to take when you are experiencing issues like this.
iPhone: Can't hear through the receiver or speaker
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1630
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Greeting folks,
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seanb2008 wrote:
I know this is a common issue as there are dozens of threads, but after reading more than a dozen I still do not have a solution.
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