For hours I thought I had done something wrong trying to upload photos from my iphone 8 to my new 6 month old hp tower. I just wouldn't admit it. Then my worker came and I asked him to try it and he quickly said it was the new cables. Then tried the old cable and it accepted the boot. The cables seem usable for charging, but for some reason it can't carry the communication signal. Not as happy as I expected, it works like any other I've ever bought.