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"Accessory not designed for iPhone..."

I hook my week old iPhone up to 2 accessories on a regular basis. An Apple dock and the Alpine iDA-x100 in my car. I'm paraphrasing the screen message but initially connecting the iPhone to either triggered:

" This accessory is not designed for iPhone. Would you like to enter airplane mode? This will reduce audio interference but you will not be able to make or receive calls".

Now I'm lucky as both devices do charge the phone, I realize some older accessories do not.

Here's the odd thing, it has obviously decided the Apple dock was designed for it after all (the dock is maybe 3 mos. old). The message stopped appearing.

Is there a way to stop the message with the Alpine?

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KidCorporate

KidCorporate

I get the same message when I plug my iPhone into my Alpine deck, luckily my 5G iPod does DJ duty in the car so it's not a big deal. What I did have happen that I thought bizarre was the first iPhone I had (that got returned for case cracks, yes it was white) could decide whether or not it liked my car charger. My current phone doesn't seem to have any problems with it though...
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I have a Pioneer deck and every once in awhile my iPhone says "Accessory not designed for iPhone," but it does play through my system quite well.

So if it bothers you, I've found that if I restart my iPhone I get the normal "Would you like to enter Airplane mode?" question and all is well.
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