If nothing happens when you plug your iPhone or Android phone in, try this easy DIY trick before spending any money.

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Forget to unplug the iron this morning? The best smart plugs, outlets, and power strips we've tested let you control anything you can plug into the wall from your phone.

Scribner would go on to get more patents related to the plug, and the 1893 patent drawing looks like a modern plug and jack. As you might expect, all of these patents were assigned to the phone ...

Apple will change the plug on the bottom of the iPhone, it has confirmed. The company will comply with a new EU ruling that will force all devices to use the same USB-C standard, a senior ...

To find out which smart plug you should invite into your connected home, we tested ten, using Alexa, Siri and the Google Assistant.

To charge your iPhone without disturbing or awaking others, you just need to open the Camera app before you plug it in. And you can do this whether your phone is locked or not.

The only defense is a very simple rule: don't plug your phone into a charger you don't own. If you do, you could find your supposedly-secure iOS device totally owned by malware.

So can you just plug any charger into your phone to juice it up, especially now that the vast majority of handsets support the same wireless charging and USB-C standards?

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The Loopy Secrets of How Charging Cables Work Your phone charger and USB cables look like they're single cords, but don't be fooled: Unwrap any cable and you'll find multiple wires inside.