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I needed a new lighting cord, especially a longer one (6 feet) so I bought this one in thoughts that the Nylon will make it last longer since that's the idea with nylon braided cables. At first sight and opening the package, it was seemed like it was good quality and it seemed like it was going to be promising but it actually doesn't work. I've plugged it into my charging block which came with my iPad and left it for an hour and when it was time to get up and go, I realized it only charged a couple percentages. Not too long after, it wouldn't even charge, nor would my phone even recognize that it was plugged in. I've used the regular iPhone charging block and nothing happened. I had to go back to using my old frayed cable for the mean time. I guess I just received a defective one?