Carplay comparable magnetic cable?

[JRW]

anyone have a recommendation?

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XWZ21JF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I purchased these and the charger works with no issue, it's awesome, but will not connect to Carplay.

off topic: anyone notice that your handsfree is much better with your phone plugged in.

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[Mkcagle]

The owners manual specifically says to use the OEM phone cable for best performance.

 

[Renegade]

Aren’t those magnetic cables for charging only, and not data transmission?

 

[Papalecki]

I could see how the digital data would have trouble getting transferred via the magnet, but the charging doesn’t. Ive tried the other Chinese made cables, they work fine. I would think the official JEEP specs would say go OEM.

 

[JRW]

Aren’t those magnetic cables for charging only, and not data transmission?

that's above my pay grade, but the description says data and charging.

 

[Dak]

I’m using this one. It has two orientations, one for quick charge and one for data transfer, so if for some reason CarPlay isn’t working flip the plug over and try again.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KD14JDS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_9gLUDbRXSQ4CX

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Did anyone notice that they say specifically - Magnetic Charging Cable ?
There's no real shielding for data. There's a huge difference between quality USB cables (having worked IT for government for a few years before I retired - been through a few issues with USB, phones and so on)
If you open up a quality USB cable, there is shielding and there are multiple wires, not just one or two as would be used for charging. Unless the magnetic connection has a way to transmit data specifically, I'd not count on data. That requires an extremely clean line, any outside interference and all bets are off.

The one Dak mentions is iPhone/Apple only, and is very different............ it's dedicated so is far more likely to work well than a "universal" cable.

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