Connect to iPhone 15 PM using USB C

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I had a hard time connecting my M11 to my iPhone 15 Pro Max via USB, but it finally worked with the USB-cable that was included with the phone. Tried several other cables without success. 

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[imsky]

TLDR; Leica Fotos USB-C to iPhone 15 Pro Works with Apple's USB-C to USB-C cable but not Cable Matters [Intel Certified] 40Gbps Thunderbolt 4 Cable and Anker's Bio-Braided USB-C cables.
Leica Fotos x M11-P are cable sensitive. Only the Apple USB-C- to USB-C cable iPhone 15 Pro worked 80%+ of the time. My Cable Matters worked 0% of the time and my Anker worked 30% of the time.

1. My Cable Matter's Thunderbolt 4 USB-C Cable did not work. Leica Fotos says "Please check your cable connection".
2. Switching to the USB-C cable that came with my iPhone 15 Pro, Leica Fotos detected my M.
3. I proceeded to sync the time and configure geotagging.
4. After which, Leica Fotos kept spinning on "Connecting to the camera"
5. I quit and relaunched the Leica Fotos app. Now all my photos on camera are present in the Fotos app. The wired connection is working!
6. I tried the Anker Bio-Braided USB C cable and surprisingly it worked 30% of the time. If I relaunched the Fotos app and plugged in my M right after turning on, it might work.

[Photoworks]

16 hours ago, imsky said:

TLDR; Leica Fotos USB-C to iPhone 15 Pro Works with Apple's USB-C to USB-C cable but not Cable Matters [Intel Certified] 40Gbps Thunderbolt 4 Cable and Anker's Bio-Braided USB-C cables.
Leica Fotos x M11-P are cable sensitive. Only the Apple USB-C- to USB-C cable iPhone 15 Pro worked 80%+ of the time. My Cable Matters worked 0% of the time and my Anker worked 30% of the time.

1. My Cable Matter's Thunderbolt 4 USB-C Cable did not work. Leica Fotos says "Please check your cable connection".
2. Switching to the USB-C cable that came with my iPhone 15 Pro, Leica Fotos detected my M.
3. I proceeded to sync the time and configure geotagging.
4. After which, Leica Fotos kept spinning on "Connecting to the camera"
5. I quit and relaunched the Leica Fotos app. Now all my photos on camera are present in the Fotos app. The wired connection is working!
6. I tried the Anker Bio-Braided USB C cable and surprisingly it worked 30% of the time. If I relaunched the Fotos app and plugged in my M right after turning on, it might work.

the problem is the FOTOS APP, which does not recognize the cables.

Apple USB-C cables are only 2.0 and all are limited in speed. 
Apple limits the on all devices the USB-C to 20Gbps, they promote more thunderbolt. But that is good speed for most uses, I use the Iphone ProRes video on USB-C SSD drive

If you test all you cables in capture one for iPad, you will find that most cable work just fine, some faster then other, there is USB-C 2.0-3.2

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[marchyman]

17 hours ago, imsky said:

Anker's Bio-Braided USB-C cables

Not surprising.  These are often marked and advertised as charging only cables.  They are fine for charging devices and can handle devices that that require higher power when plugged into an appropriate charger.  I don't know if the data lines are even connected.

[Kiwimac]

I see the SL3 connects just fine with USBC. 
 

i wonder if that will come across to the M11

[Jon Warwick]

On 3/13/2024 at 6:13 AM, Kiwimac said:

I see the SL3 connects just fine with USBC. 
 

i wonder if that will come across to the M11

Gives it has been a few months, anyone know if the Fotos app will connect now to the M11 with a USB C to USB C cable, such as the one that comes as standard with the SL3 (and hence that SL3 cable could be purchased readily as a Leica accessory)? My iPad is several years old now, and even that needs a USB C cable (not Lightening) and the latest iPhones are also USB C too, so it seems the original Fotos “Lightening” cable that came with the M11 is becoming quickly superseded.