I was very excited when I found this power cord on Amazon, mainly because of the length and quality of the cord. I ordered two so I have a backup. Almost two weeks before the day I used the first cable, it stopped charging my phone. (Which made me panic as I assumed something was wrong with my phone and I was on vacation 600 miles from home). I brought a backup and plugged it in and the phone started charging. I decided I had to have a defective one and decided to just throw it away and not cycle it. Until almost two weeks after using the second one my phone stopped charging. With no way to charge the phone, I went to the store to buy another cable.